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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1918
Page
2
Haverhills April 29 John Burns a shoe factory worker was fatally injured this afternoon when an elevator in the building dropped to the basement after the cable snapped His skull was fractured and both feet crushed He died an hour later at Hale Hospital after being rushed there
When asked if he could hold a section by himself he answered yes and proved it. The piece highlights Parker’s claim and action in backing the Liberty Loan drive and asks readers to participate in sustaining the regional effort.
An advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a leading remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It touts quick mild effects from a gentle vegetable compound and offers sample bottles for 10 cents with a request to mention the Boston Daily Post.
A sol dier linked to Forge Village terror was captured near Aver after a freight-yard chase in which four shots were fired. He is confined in the guard house at Camp Devens awaiting handling for absence without leave and related charges.
Massachusetts reports 5180 men sent to Camp Devens including 919 from Maine and 421 from Vermont arriving tomorrow. Rhode Island sends 35 colored draftees and Connecticut 2 colored. no white troops from those states. Base hospital capacity rises to 220 beds with Red Cross recreation building planned. The 303d Infantry will maneuver outside the camp for a second time, while several soldiers and NCOs from various units are listed for transfer or training at camps in Florida and other states.
Senate and House conferees agreed on a bill to speed naturalization for aliens in the U S military, safeguard them if captured, and naturalize enemy aliens. An amendment barring Germans while German law permits retention of German citizenship was removed from the bill.
Patrolman Patrick J. Sullivan of West Roxbury retires after 3 years and 9 months of meritorious service. He is noted as one of the department's veterans. The notice urges a final strong push for the Liberty Loan to keep New England's national standing honorable. Buy today.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla before meals and Hood's Iron Tonic after meals as the ideal spring regimen. It claims to purify impure blood, revitalize the worn system, relieve rheumatism and other humors, awaken appetite, aid digestion, and improve sleep, with Hood's Pills recommended for liver and digestion harmony.
In London on April 29 a heated Commons debate focused on resignations in the air forces. Lord Hugh Cecil pressed for Major-General Trenchard to be reinstated as head of the Air Staff while Premier Lloyd George rejected claims cabinet advisers pushed for Trenchard. He announced Lt General Smuts would study the dispute and favored placing Trenchard in a powerful role, noting Smuts found Trenchard’s leadership qualities suited to command rather than staff duty.
Charles A. Whittier, a cousin of John Greenleaf Whittier, died in New York on April 29, according to a brief obituary note. The report gives no further details about his life or survivors.
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