Fear more massacres in Turkey
Miran Sevasly of the Armenian National Union warns that the Young Turks orchestrate mass killings in Egypt and Armenia as Allied powers face a potential new catastrophe. He cites executions under Halim Pasha and calls for Armenian and Greek units to protect civilians until Allied troops arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Turkey
Miran Sevasly
Armenian National Union
Associated Press
London
Webb, R. N
Constantinople
Sevasly
America
Armenia
Asia Minor
Allenby
Halim Pasha
Enver
Talaat
Cilicia
Armenian Cilicia
Smyrna
Grave Anxiety Over Situation in Turkey
London reports grave anxiety over Turkey with internal disorder rife and feared massacres of Armenians. Smyrna sees Turks and Greeks spying on each other as Krisbands gangs terrorize areas near Constantinople. Union and Progress reorganizing in secret after Allied victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Turkey
Webb
R. N
Constantinople
Smyrna
Committee of Union and Progress
Young Turk Organization
New Hampshire G A R Membership Drops
Concord April 17 The New Hampshire department of the Grand Army of the Republic fell from 1227 members on January 1 1918 to 1107 on January 1 1919 per Assistant Adjutant General Frank Battles report at the annual encampment. The department lost 107 members by death that year. Frank W Wilson of Manchester was elected commander today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
New Hampshire Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Frank Battles
Frank W. Wilson
Manchester
New Hampshire
Irish Victory Fund Reaches 2059 50 After Latest Gift
The Irish Victory Fund total stands at 2059 dollars and 50 cents after a 100 dollar contribution received yesterday via the Prudential Trust Company from Joseph H. O Neil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudential Trust Company
Joseph H. O’neil
Waste is Shameful Urges Nation to Tap Resources
William C. Redfield, U S Commerce Secretary, urged the public to curb waste and develop domestic resources at a New England wholesale grocers banquet. He called for higher food dealer profits to fund national development and backed Victory Loan subscriptions while warning Bolshevik agitators. He argued America must become more self sufficient, reduce reliance on foreign goods, and use existing coastal resources and overlooked materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Redfield
United States Secretary of Commerce
Executive Association of Wholesale Grocers of
New England
Brunswick
America
Redfield
Springfield
Holyoke
New York
Mr. Redfield
Boston
Congress
Worms Make Sick Children Ad
Signs of worms in children include stomach pain, swollen lip, sour stomach, bad breath, full belly with griping, pale face, dull eyes, twitching eyelids, nose itching, rectal itching, dry cough, teeth grinding, red tongue points, sleep starts, and low fever. Dr True's Elixir advertised as a safe gentle expeller for children and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Bonin
Caddo
Oklahoma
Dr. True
Holy Thursday Observed in Boston Diocese Churches
Thousands of Catholics across Greater Boston and New England observed Holy Thursday with adoration of the Sacred Host. Cardinal O Connell celebrated a pontifical Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and led a major procession decorated with azaleas lilies and candles. Repositories and churches across Dorchester Roxbury and the North End held similar ceremonies as Tenebrae was chanted in several parishes drawing large crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Boston
New England
Boston
Cardinal O'Connell
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Mission Church
Roxbury
St. Peters
Dorchester
St. Philip’s
St. John’s Seminary
St. Cecilia’s Church
William B. Finegan
William J.dacey
Mon
John B. Peterson
George W. Leahy
T. L
John J. McGarry
M. J. Scanlon
Catholic Charitable
Joseph F. McGlinchey
D. D
Society For the Propagation of the Faith
Augustine F. Hickey
St. Mary’s
St. Williams
311 Names On Last Warlist Shows Casualties and Roster
A War Department casualty release lists 311 names nationwide with 27 fatalities. New England contributes 63 names and two fatalities on the regular lists. The roster details killed in action, died of wounds or disease, missing, wounded, and returned to duty, with officers and soldiers named along with addresses across Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine Connecticut Rhode Island Vermont and other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
New England
Charles D. Bourcier
Millbury Street
Grafton
Evounee
Eae
MOG
Sebeh Gear Lareesssetonnas
Sapeerg secredeaQenes
New England Boys on Casualty List
Official list names multiple fallen service members from Massachusetts and nearby states. Includes PTs and corpses such as Pt Rocco Piso Framingham and Sgt. Harry Rollins Manchester NH, with others from Newtonville Hartford Somerville and more, reflecting regional wartime losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW England Boys
Casualty
Earthquake Recorded by Georgetown Seismograph
An unusually severe quake was recorded at Georgetown University with tremors from 4:59 to 6:10 PM. The center of disturbance was estimated about 2000 miles from Washington, likely in Central or South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Georgetown University
Central
South America
Local Girls Take Honors in Radcliffe Class Day
Freida Osgood of Cambridge named chair of Radcliffe general committee for Class Day. Helen White of University City and Ruth Blackman of University City elected chairs of invitations and baccalaureate committees. Assisting Osgood on the general committee are Priscilla Gough Mildred Grimes Mary Taft and Anna Wyman. Invitations committee includes May Chapman Mary Toland and Virginia Frost. Baccalaureate committee members include Helen Campbell Mary Peabody and Gladys Watkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Freida Osgood
Helen White
Ruth Blackman
University City
Miss Osgood
Priscilla Gough
Cohasset
Mildred Grimes
Medford
Mary Taft
Chicago, Ill
Anna Wyman
Winthrop
May Chapman
Somerville
Mary Toland
Virginia Frost
Roxbury
Helen Campbell
Belmont
Mary Peabody
Gladys Watkins
Wakefield
Italy's rights praised for peace conference coverage
Benedict V. D. Bellis of Boston University School of Law commends the Post for C. B. Carberry's Italy article. He accuses the Information Bureau of the Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes in Washington of propagandizing against Italy and says American correspondents are influenced by it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Carberry
Italy
Post
Carberry
Mediterranean
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Washington
Boston
Benedict V. D. Bellis
Boston University School of Law
Men From Patricia At Devens See Duty To Camp Devens
Two thousand three hundred soldiers from the transport Patricia arrive at Devens and march into the cantonment as the Yankee Division changes to the homeward push. They march from dark trains into lighted camps with officers and doughboys fresh from foreign shores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Devens
Yankse
Patricia
Mothers Await Return of Doughboys at Ayer Detrain
Evening trains bring home the first YD unit to detrain at Ayer. Families wait in the cold for word and a glimpse. Mothers, fathers, and siblings line up as 250 men pass, with one woman staying overnight to greet her son, while others reunite with limousines and tents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Boston
Brookline
Patricia
Salvage Corps
Mobile Ordnance Detachment
102D Field Artillery
Winifredian
Holding Company for Firearms Works Formed in New Haven
The Winchester company, incorporated at 30 million dollars with the Secretary of State in Hartford, will act as a holding company for 97 percent of the stock of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company of New Haven. Officers named are President Thomas G. Bennett. vice presidents J. E. Otterson and D. W. Weeks. secretary and treasurer R. Earle Anderson. assistant treasurer R. R. Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Winchester Company
Hartford
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Thomas G. Bennett
J. E. Otterson
D. W. Weeks
R. Earle Anderson
R. R. Williams
Lemon Juice for Freckles Becomes Cheap Skin Tone Enhancer
Squeeze juice from two lemons into three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint of freckle and tan lotion. Grocers stock lemons and drug stores supply three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Massage the fragrant lotion daily on face neck arms and hands to fade freckles and blemishes and achieve clear rosy white skin without irritation.
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Young Turk” Party
Onick
McKesson
Rob
Pico E
Bins, Inc
Riu
Christy
Sunday Post
U. S
James M. Gary
Gammett St
Amesbury
Harold P. Timmins
West St. Hyde Park
Thomas J. Milnes
Osgood St
North Andover
George F. Bour
Shelton Ave
John J. Bradley
Byron Ave
Lawrence
Clarence Draper
Ohio St
Bangor
George Wentworth Drew
Milton
Irving J. Drew
Jackson
Frank H. Geary
Clinton Ave
Leon G. Genette
ST. Albans
Leo Gagnon
Louden
Roy B. Goddard
Cooper St
South Manchester
James Patrick Lally
Austin St
Fred S. Logan
Bodwell St
Michael Lubags
Cottage St
West Warren
Joseph T. Lynch
Grove Sst
Worcester
Alfred M. Ricker
Essex St
Lynn
Michael J. Rogers
Starr Mill
Middletown
Rosario J. LeClair
Templeton
Charles
le Cours
Temple St
Haverhill
Albert C. Lefebvre
Rumford
William H. Lockyer
River St
John McKinnon
Fletcher St
Winchester
Ernest E. Record
Intervale
Henry EB. T. Ring
Ann &J
Newpopt
R. I
Stephen Sarron
Cherry St
Woonsocket
Frank B. Warren
Blackmore Ave
Cranston
Harold M. Weeks
Oakland St
Wellesley Hills
Chester W. Unwin
Massachusetts
Ave
James Vocino
Webster
East
John E. Walsh
Beacon St
James Leavitt
Allen. St., Boster AT
Walter Donahue
Hanover St
Tony Varnivale
Steiben
Bridgeport
Daniel F. Hicks
Derry
William B. McCarthy
Wells St
South
Eeeeee
Rocco Piso
Waverley St
Framingham
John F. Weis
Evelyn St
Mattapan
Cornelius P. Collins
Rivers St
Newtonville
Ernest P. Levesque
Huntington St
Michael Scanlon
Joy St
Corp
Joseph W. Cunningham
Woodland Ave
Stamford
Millbury St
Harry E. Rollins
Amherst Ave
William C. Ross
Ashmont St
Alfred J. Therrien
Shepard St
Edward Wandrey
Webber St
Adams
Leon A. Ferguson
Washington St
Walter G. Knutson
Birch
Barre
Edward S. Lund
Main St
Radcliffe
Devens
Herbert L. Baldwin
Four Corners
Sherburne
Herberth Auty
Exeter Street
Charles Agnew
Reservoir Avenue
Providence
R. L
Stalwart Sons of
Maine
103D Infantry
Frank Hume
Charles H. Cole
FOR Firearms Works
Federation
of Labor
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