Training for Class 1 Men in Massachusetts at Wentworth Institute
Massachusetts draft boards are asked to provide 250 Class 1 men for two months of training at Wentworth Institute in Boston starting May 1. The program prepares volunteers for roles in automobile maintenance, blacksmithing, carpentry, gunsmithing, sheet metal work and other mechanical military duties. Training is free and authorized by General Crowder, with each local board supplying a proportion of the 250 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Wentworth Institute
Boston
General Crowder
Roosevelt 10 Speak May 2 in Boston
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will deliver an address on Americanism and Preparedness in Mechanics Building Boston on Thursday May 2. The talk was postponed from Feb 9 due to illness and tickets remain valid with proceeds to the American Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt
Mechanics Building
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Pilgrim Publicity Association
Boston
The
American Red Cross
Roosevelt
Army Field Clerks face Yeogirl Navy Yard in charity game
The Army Field Clerks of the Department of the Northeast women meet the Yeogirls of the Boston Navy Yard on Tuesday at 8 pm in Posse Gym 77 Beacon Street. Proceeds go to the Red Cross. Army captain Miss Lillian Sinclair predicts a second win. navy leader Miss Gertrude French vows a tough challenge. Large delegations from both services attend, with dancing after the game until 11 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Girl Field Clerks
Department of the Northeast
Yeogirls
Charlestown Navy Yard
Posse Gym
Edith Grady
Mary Duffy
Nellie Looney
Sue Sinclaire
Julia McSweeney
Lillian Sinclaire
Julia Leahy
Army _ Field Clerks
Boston Navy Yard
Washington
Beacon Street
Red Cross
Army
Christine Hennessey
Posse
Lillian Hi. Sinclair
Navy
Gertrude French
House Asks About Meyers Captaincy
The House passes Rep Anthony of Kansas resolution asking the War Department for information on commissioning Herbert A Meyer, formerly secretary to Secretary Lane, as a captain in the aviation service. Anthony cites alleged political favoritism in army appointments and says the War Department told Congressmen that draft-age men would be commissioned only after enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Today
Anthony
Kansas
War Department
Herbert A. Meyer
Lane
Shipping Flag To Be Raised In 182yards Of Oceanfront
Washington April 5 America marks one year in world war with flag raisings at shipyards in the Atlantic Pacific Gulf coasts and Great Lakes. The new United States Shipping Board flag will fly as patriotic exercises occur with officers marching with workers led by bands. Citizens cheer the President Emergency Fleet Corporation soldiers and sailors as "America" is sung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
United States Shipping Board
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
Great Lakes
United States
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Amy Lowell reads from her works at Boston University
Miss Amy Lowell spoke at Jacob Sleeper Hall yesterday on Tendencies in Modern Poetry. The reading, part of a series by the Boston University Women Graduates' Club, aims to raise funds for war relief work in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Lowell
Jacob Sleeper Hall
Boston University
Boston University Women Graduates’ Club
France
Furloughs For Camp Farm Work At Devens
At Devens Army Camp authorities announce furloughs for soldiers to aid farming during planting and harvest. Local exemption boards will decide eligibility. leaves extend through harvest with return after. Also announced: a second alien enemy found at the camp, an Austrian, under investigation.
Four Bridges Declared Unsafe By City Official
John E. Carty head of the bridge and ferry division says the Harvard Chelsea Warren and Broad Way bridges are in an unsafe condition. The bridges require constant watching but not traffic bans. He requests a $200000 appropriation for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peters
John E. Carty
Public Works Department
Harvard
Chelsea
Warren
Broad Way
Carty
Drug Traffic Board Appointed to Study Soldier Use
Washington April 5 A special study on preventing drug traffic among soldiers will be conducted by a committee named by Secretary McAdoo to aid Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper. Members include Representative Henry G Rainey of Illinois chairman B C Keith deputy internal revenue commissioner Professor Reid Hunt Harvard University Dr A G DuMenz public health service and Lieutenant Colonel Pierce Bailey War Department representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McAdoo
Internal Revenue
Roper
United States
Henry G. Rainey
Illinois
B. C. Keith
Reid Hunt
Harvard University
A. G. DuMenz
The
Public Health Service
Pierce Bailey
War Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Army Girls
Waltham Watches
Frank A. Andrews
Washington St. Col. Water St
Union Street
Ondensed
Best Prunes Prunes
Kellogg's
P.toasies
van Camp
Milko
Food Administration
House
Meyers
Miss Lowell
John J. Mahoney
Devens
Department of Justice
Coleman Brothers
Cantonment
Massachusetts Legislative Committee On Public Health
Ayer
Senator Hart of Webster
Liberty
Lima
Berlin
Baltimore
Camp Meade
A. H. Anderson
J. B. Moody
Fort Banks
Signal Corps
Charles Lewis
Amann
French Military Commission
Somme
Manders
Liberty Loan
Wolf’s
MY Clothier
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Washington Sr
Drug Traffic Board
Commonwealth Avenue
Amey Jewellers
Washington St. Col
Water St
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!