Miss Sabina Delaney Named Chief Nurse in France
Relatives report Miss Sabina J. Delaney of 6 Nesmith Street has been appointed chief nurse at Base Hospital No. 56 in France after being selected from 100 nurses. In a recent letter she states plans to leave for home soon after months of Red Cross work there.
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Lawrence
April
Sabina J. Delaney
Nesmith Street
Base Hospital No. 56
France
Red Cross
Delaney
Suing Realty Firm for Heavy Damages in Portland Case
In Portland on April 8, two suits were filed in the Supreme Court seeking damages totaling 300000 against the American Realty Company. Frank J. D. Barmjum of Lynnfield Centre Massachusetts alleges the firm failed to meet timber cutting terms in Franklin county Maine as per an agreement.
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Portland
Supreme Court
American Realty Company
Frank J. D. Barmjum
Lynnfield Centre
Mass
Franklin County
Nation predicts record wheat harvest and government costs
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture projects a winter wheat crop of 837 million bushels, the largest ever. The government will pay the gap between 2.26 dollars a bushel and world prices for surplus wheat, with spring wheat adding to the total. Estimated export surplus could reach around 450 million bushels, far above prewar levels.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Congress
United States
Wheat crop outlook boosts farmer prosperity amid surplus
The forecast sees a winter wheat crop of 837 million bushels valued at about 1.892 billion dollars, with spring wheat projected between 225 and 360 million bushels. Total U.S. wheat value could near 2.3 billion, though government price support details remain undisclosed. Officials expect strong foreign demand to absorb the surplus, benefiting farmers and circulating money into the economy. The forecast also foresees an unprecedented U.S. wheat surplus and notes per capita consumption.
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Department of Agriculture
Argentina
Australia
America
United States
Mother finds wrong John at Camp Devens
East Boston widow Mrs. James T. Hall travels to Camp Devens seeking her missing 19 year old son James Hall Jr. After examining a tall soldier with a burn scar she learns the man is not her son. James Jr. had hoped to enlist since before the war and wrote from Norfolk that he would join the army. Her husband is near death at home.
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Camp Devens
James T. Hall
Curtis Street
Boston
James Hall
108D Infantry
America
Norfolk
New England
James Hall, Jr
Ingland
United States
Hall
State House Briefs reveals varied bills before Senate
The Senate sent to a third reading a bill for a Commission on Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Other measures include pensioning janitors, paying legislators mileage via rail fare, creating separate district attorney posts for Plymouh and Norfolk, outlawing bad checks, and literacy based English education requirements with support from MIT professor Sedgwick and Tufts President Bumpus. Public Service activity featured opposition to salary cuts for the Public Service Commission.
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Senate
Coolidge
Commission On Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Committee On Public Service
Plymouth
Norfolk
Walsh
Waltham Welcomes 40 Of Her Soldiers Home
Five thousand people gathered on the Waltham Common to welcome 40 Waltham boys of F Company 101st Infantry home from overseas. A citizens committee secured furloughs from Camp Devens and brought them to the city. Mayor Beal spoke of Waltham's pride while Maj Arthur A Hanson and Captains Jeary Moyse and Johnson recounted the unit's valor and citations. Captain John, son of F Company, noted the company held more citations than any other in the 101st and said two more were forthcoming from General Edwards.
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Waltham Common
Waltham
F Company
101St Infantry
Camp Devens
George R. Beal
Arthur A. Hanson
101St
Jeary
Worcester
George Moyse
James Johnson
Johnson
Edwards
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Hailparn’s
Winter St
Baltimore
Lrove
Mayr
Wilson
Paris
Son
Scar
State House
William T. Sedgwick
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Legislative Committee On Education
Special Recess Commission On
Bumpus
Tufts College
Bernard J. Rothwell
Massachusetts Americanization Bureau
Charles F. Towne
Department of University Extension
Board of Education
Payson Smith
Frederick J. Macleod
The
Public Service Commission
Walter L. McMenimen
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Samuel Silverman
Guy W. Cox
Percy M. Blake
New
Georgette
Filene
Vilene
Coats
SION
Filene’s
Capes
Vality
Carpenter-Morton
Carpenter-Morton CO
Sudbury Street
Ture Top
Raglan
Guardian Welt
Frou
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