Concord Officer Returns From France Instructors Role
First Lieutenant Thomas H. Mansfield of Concord. serving with M Company, 104th Infantry AEF, arrived at an Atlantic port. He led the first group of U S army officers to return from France to teach trench warfare to new trainees. Mansfield relayed Allied counterattack optimism and praised the Concord contingent as fine and dandy, noting they were ready to go over the top.
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Concord
Thomas H. Mansfield
M Company
104Th Infantry
American Expeditionary Forces
France
Atlantic
United States Army
United States
Mansfield
Seeds for War Gardens at Dorchester Meeting
A patriotic mass meeting at Dorchester High School hall featured a seed presentation for 6000 war gardens. Wilbur S. Beale of Dorchester Trust Company distributed seeds in the company’s name and announced prizes for top garden results. Speakers included Mrs. Edwin H. Wright, Victor A. Heath, and Robert H. Newcomb.
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Dorchester High School
Dorchester Food Conservation Committee
Wilbur S. Beale
Dorchester Trust Company
Beale
Edwin H. Wright
Mr. Beale
Victor A. Heath
Public Safety Committee of
Boston
Robert H. Newcomb
Ryan Appointed to Rush Airplane Work
A reorganization of the Signal Corps splits aviation from the corps, assigning production to a civilian division led by Mr. Ryan. Brigadier General William L. Kenly becomes head of a new military aeronautics division to oversee aviator training and aircraft use.
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Signal Corps
Mr. Ryan
William L. Kenly
Aircraft Board Reorganized Chief Signal Officer shifts focus
Major-General Squier will confine his activities to the signal branch while Howard Coffin retires as Aircraft Board chair and Mr. Ryan assumes full executive power over army aircraft production. The board remains advisory with centralized control to accelerate quantities, drawing on Crowell Stettinius and March to shape the plan. Ryan brings industrial leadership from Anaconda Copper and other firms, seen as key to the vast aviation drive.
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Aircraft Board
Ryan
Congress
Coffin
Signal Corps
Ile
Crowell
Baker
Marshall
Charles M. Schwab
Emmergency Fleet Corporation
Army
Red Cross War Council
Wilson
Michigan
Tie
Anaconda Copper Company
United Metals Selling Company
Montana Power Company
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Lowell High School Beats Mitchell Military 9 to 1
In Billerica on April 24, Lowell High School defeated Mitchell Military School 9 to 1 with a dominant offensive showing. The game featured strong pitching and timely hits as Lowell showcased clear control from start to finish.
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Billerica
Lowell High School
Mitchell Military School
Tales of Heroism in Battle of Seicheprey
The Seicheprey shell torn village in France becomes a symbol of American valor as AP recounts feats by ordinary soldiers. David Griggs braved shellfire seven times to deliver ammo. two Americans with pistols charged a machine gun, killing eight and capturing the weapon. A sharpshooter felled 15 Germans. Salvation Army sisters Gladys and Irene McIntyre, and another nurse, gave coffee, doughnuts, and cheer under fire, earning the title Daughters of the regiments.
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France
Associated Press
Seicheprey
David Griggs
Fast Hampton
Conn
Charles Sinkler
Philadelphia
Red Cross
Gladys
Irene McIntyre
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Salvation Army
America
Middlesex 1, Groton 0 in private schools game
Middlesex School defeated Groton School 1 to 0 in Concord. Brown scored in the first on a missed throw by Groton’s first baseman after Mason’s single from Thayer. The win improves Middlesex’s prospects for the private school diamond championship.
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Groton
Middlesex
Brown
J. Crocker
Mason
Thayer
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