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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1917
Page
3
Muriel E. Dunfee, 10, cried “I haven’t a friend” as Probate Court heard her mother Emma Dunfee seek removal from her guardian. Judge Grant ordered a neutral examiner to probe Mrs. Dunfee’s past while the girl stays with Parker Field’s guardian.
Announcement states $100,000 of Maine’s wartime appropriation will fund coast patrols on the Maine coast. The service will be maintained by the United States Naval Reserve force, using part of a $1,000,000 war expense appropriation approved this week by the Maine Legislature.
The weather foresees a bright sunny Easter and the piece promotes spring fashion. It highlights Delano hats with a smart conservative look and two new weightless models, M de La Noye French felt top at 3.50 and a derby at 4.00, plus Harris Tweed Caps for travelers.
An advertisement features testimonials from Alma Mills of Eaton Illinois and Hazel Hamilton of New Castle Indiana praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from monthly cramps headaches and backaches. It urges other girls to seek restoration to health with the product.
As the nation enters war, life and property insurers add war clauses with extra premiums for military service. Some old policies waive extra charges for service abroad, while new clauses may require up to 10 percent annual premiums for five years. Marine rates double for coastwise shipping, yet transatlantic shipping faces little change.
Joseph A Nash business agent of Boston Stationary Engineers Union 16 seeks court restraint against removal from his post and expulsion from the International Union of Steam Engineers. He alleges a conspiracy by Arthur M Huddell and others to bar him from membership and work. Judge Jenney set pleadings due April 13 and merits hearing for April 30.
Washington April 6 Cabinet discussed food production and distribution for the war period. Secretary Houston will fly to St Louis to confer with cereal states experts and later hold an East conference. Agriculture and National Defence coordinate nationwide plans to boost and conserve supply for Allies. Senate urged Agriculture to prepare comprehensive conservation recommendations.
Rabbis in Boston synagogues urged young Jewish men to be ready to serve the country when needed. Rabbi P. Israeli praised the United States for freedom equality and justice. The city observed Passover on its first morning as crowds joined observances. over 100000 worshippers attended.
In San Juan Puerto Rico on April 6 federal authorities took into custody the crews of three German ships the Odenwald the President and the Kd-3. The Kd-3 a British collier captured by the Germans had its seacocks opened by its crew before arrest and is sinking slowly.
The upper floor of Commonwealth Pier is to be converted into temporary quarters for the naval militias of Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island and Maine. Government denial that the Navy has taken over the pier. about 1000 men expected to be housed with cots and furnishings provided.
A patriotic mass meeting is slated for this afternoon at First Parish Church in Harvard Square Cambridge. The event is under the auspices of seven Cambridge churches and the Boston branch of the Society for the Advancement of Colored People.
Andover will furnish a complete ambulance unit to the American Ambulance Field Service in France. Twenty men from Phillips Andover Academy are to depart April 21 for six months of duty. All college sports including baseball and track are abolished for the rest of the year.
The Port of New York will be closed to all ships from six oclock each night, effective immediately, as announced at the Custom House in New York.
Philadelphia marks a wartime moment as the Liberty Bell successor rings from Independence Hall in half minute intervals for thirty minutes to honor the President's war resolution. The bell’s toll echoes the city’s Revolutionary past and signals a national decision.
A proposed resolution at the American Association of Teachers of Road t quasi paper for wartime press aims to replace a censor with a federal Department of Publication. It would be headed by a newspaper man and have authority to disseminate helpful news during the war with Germany.
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