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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1917
Page
11
City Council budget session proceeds swiftly with 49 of 97 departments reviewed. Limited reductions reflect cooperation between the Mayor and Finance Commission in preprep. no broad axe yet.
Massachusetts inquiry eyes food limit measures to conserve supplies. John Ek Allen, directing sub committee on conservation, proposes hotels and restaurants trim fancy dishes and reduce portion sizes and prices where liberal orders are not fully consumed.
Massachusetts public safety efforts push reduction of waste and expansion of home farming. Governor McCall pledges state aid with seeds fertilizer and expert advice. Patriotic Planting Day set for April 19 to mobilize citizens. Gardner plans land use program with plowing, seeds, labor aid and credit access. schools urged to grow food.
Harvard will hold its June commencement and conferring of degrees as usual though the war atmosphere predominates at Cambridge. President Lowell announced that all seniors must wear caps and gowns on class day and commencement day, with students urged to secure robes promptly.
More than 30 amateur wireless plants were dismantled in Newton yesterday on orders from federal authorities. Police notified private radio operators to take down their outfits, with inspections planned to verify compliance. The Newton Technical High School plant was the largest dismantled.
Miss Frances P. FitzGerald of 15 Sargent Street Dorchester entered the novitiate of the Sisters of Notre Dame at Waltham as a postulant. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs C S FitzGerald and sister of Rev David V FitzGerald of Somerville, and a Notre Dame graduate from St Augustine's parish South Boston.
Two hundred voices will join the Harvard Varsity Glee Club and the Radcliffe Choral Society in Sanders Theatre tomorrow evening for a benefit concert supporting the Radcliffe choral scholarship fund. Dr. A T Davidson directs and Frank F P Hancock is the soloist.
Mme Gertrude Auld California singer ill with a severe cold cancels Thursday April 12 Steinert Hall appearance. Event postponed to Thursday April 26 with tickets accepted for the new date.
The Catholic Club of Lexington announces a public flag raising at the clubhouse on Waltham Street next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. A parade of local military organizations may precede the ceremony with United States Marshal Mitchell as principal speaker.
Frederick Reuter acting German vice consu l in Juarez was interned at Fort Bliss after being taken into custody at the international bridge. His El Paso home and daily crossings to Juarez were noted and he was warned to stop crossing to the American side.
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