Governor Holds Up Kelcher Sheriff Appointment in Suffolk
Governor McCall's council delayed the confirmation of ex-Congressman John A. Kelcher as Suffolk sheriff to a later session amid Republican displeasure. Councillor Richard F. Andrews moved to lay the appointment over for one week. no opposition to the delay was reported. The council also postponed action on Mrs. Masry H. Dewey's reappointment to the State Board of Labor and Industries and on John F. Meade as deputy commissioner of labor, awaiting the board's placement of former Deputy Carmody.
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McCall
John A. Kelcher
Suffolk County
John Quinn
Richard F. Andrews
Roxbury
Kelcher
Masry H. Dewey
Cambridge
State Board of Labor and Industries
Judd Dewey
John F. Meade
Board of Labor and Industries
Carmody
Navy Increase Bill Favored by Naval Committee
Washington April 5 The administration bill to raise enlisted navy personnel from 87 000 to 140 000 and marines from 17 00 to 90 000 was reported favorably to the House today by unanimous voice of the naval committee.
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Washington
Administration
Navy
Naval Committee
Appeals for Books for Navy Men From Massachusetts Navy League
The Massachusetts branch Navy League women sent appeals for magazines books small games and phonograph records for 2000 Naval Reserves naval militiamen and recruits in training at Commonwealth pier South Boston. Contributions go through the YMCA marked for Commonwealth Pier Branch to aid men at the pier during the war.
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Women’s Auxiliary
Massachusetts
Navy League
Naval
Navy
Commonwealth Pier
Boston
Big Pier
Houston seeks women editors for food conservation drive
Secretary Houston asked editors of about 50 women’s publications to Washington for a conference on food conservation. The goal is to enlist their aid in promoting household economy and teaching housekeepers to cut consumption to wartime standards. T. D. Harman offered a thousand trained agriculturalists to the government. Houston accepted.
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Washington
Houston Today
Agricultural Department
T. D.D. Harman
Pennsylvania
Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity
Houston
Funeral for John M Whitcomb veteran Customs inspector
John Murray Whitcomb longtime customs inspector died at his South Weymouth home. Funeral set for Saturday at 2 30 PM from Second Universalist Church. Whitcomb served over 40 years as a weigher and was well known in the customs service. The next Sunday Post shows W E Hill's People We Meet sketches.
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John Murray Whitcomb
Customs House
Pond Street
South Weymouth
Second Universalist
Customs Service
W. E. Hill
Next Sunday Post
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