Supreme Economic Council Acts On Europe Crisis
Paris April 10 The supreme economic council adopted a resolution urging allied governments to address Europe’s grave economic situation. It discussed reopening trade with Estonia Latvia Lithuania and Switzerland traffic on the Rhine and ending the allied maritime transport council. It also covered rolling stock for Romania Poland and Czecho Slovakia and Italian coal supply.
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Supreme Economic Council
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Esthenia
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Rhine
Allied
Maritime’ Transport Council
Rumania
Czecho-Slovakia
Hospital ship Essequibo docks in Portland with wounded
The British hospital ship Essequibo arrived in Portland Maine at 3 15 PM bringing 581 wounded soldiers with only 15 unable to walk There were no deaths on the passage and the voyage was comfortable
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Essequibo
Units on Board Return Home From War Aboard Winifredian and Patricia
Northeastern Department reports arrival of units aboard the Winifredian and Patricia. The Patricia carries 102d 103d Machine Gun battalions 101st Field Signal Battalion and other Boston and New England officers. Boston hosts plan welcoming events for the returning troops and local militiamen highlight the 102d and 101st units.
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Patricia
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101St Field Signal Battalion
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New England
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101St Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop
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103D Field Artillery
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Fung Hing to Host Chow Feast When First Pass Arrives
CAMP DEVENS April 10 The Yan kee Division notes its diverse makeup with Chinamen Fung Hing and Sing Foo among the fighters. Fung plans a chow party for his buddies after a pass to Boston, arranging chop suey fixings with Chinatown contacts Yee Wah and Yee Wah Fook, if possible. The piece highlights the division’s cosmopolitan mix including Italians Swedes Poles Canadians Spaniards Armenians and others forming a melting pot in the army.
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108Th Infantry
Fung Hing
Fung
Boston
Yee Wah
Chinatown
Yee Wah Fook
May Dew
Western Front
Sing Foo
104Th Infantry
Canada
Last Yankee Division units to return home aboard German liners
The 26th Division's final units head to the United States aboard the Winifredian Patricia and New Jersey, with the Patricia the first German liner lent for troop transport. The Winifredian carries 2335 troops and assorted officers, while the Patricia may double troop capacity after refit at Boston Navy Yard. The New Jersey is due by the 17th.
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France
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Hamburg-American Line
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Cowes
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Boston Navy Yard
Boston
Psychic epilepsy linked to murder trial in Pittsfield
Lincoln McKinley Grant, on trial for Miles Hewitt's murder in Superior Court, was described as a victim of psychic epilepsy by defense alienists Dr. Morris C. Haviland and Dr. R. H. H. Mason of Worcester, who testified on his sanity. They said the fatal axe blow on February 26, 1917, occurred under this condition.
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Pittsfield
Lincoln McKinley
Grant
Lanesboro
Miles Hewitt
Morris. C. Haviland
R. H. H. Mason
Worcester
Epileptic insanity defense cited in Grant case proceedings
Doctors and witnesses described Grant as epileptic and mentally out of accord with a 12 to 14 year old mentality. Haviland Mason and others testified to insanity and irresistible impulse, while named relatives and neighbors testified to family history and alleged misdeeds and boasts about women and boxing performances. The defense will rest and alienists for the Commonwealth will rebut.
Unemployment Up in New England and Nationwide
Reports from 66 cities to the Federal Employment Service show increases in unemployment for the week ended April 5. New England states saw the heaviest surplus rise, with 38 cities reporting a combined surplus of 133 507, up 6 855 from the prior week, while 19 cities noted a short age totaling 4 650 and nine had balanced supply and demand.
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Washington
Federal Employment Service
New England
Chelsea Robbers Net $285 From Break-in
Flat breakers active in Chelsea entered Joseph Belseco's home at 121 Williams Street using fake keys and forced a door. They secured 200 dollars in cash a 50 dollar Liberty bond and a watch and chain valued at 35 dollars.
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Joseph Belseco
Williams ‘Street
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