Draft boards reopen exams for men with defects in Boston area
Large numbers of draft registrants discharged for physical defects will be re examined by local boards under new standards. Rulings from Washington ease prior rejections, with teeth rules changing bicuspids to molars boosting fit rates. District 25 and Boston boards prepare for exemption debates amid pending district meetings.
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State House
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South Boston
John Mayers
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Stephen Casey
Gettemy
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Citizen Army
U S Will Control Wheat Crop Prices
The food administration proposes licensing elevators and mills over 100 barrels daily, purchases at principal terminals, and the creation of an independent auditing committee to fix a fair price for the 1917 harvest. It aims to stabilize wheat flour and bread prices, curb speculation, and support exports while protecting consumers and producers.
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Europe
Food Administration
Garfield
Williams College
Millers Co-operating
Bakers’ War Emergency Committee
Indusae
Division 8 Reports First Draft Examinations
Division 8 at 1 Beacon Street reports 390 men called for the first draft. 82 failed to appear. Of those examined, 114 were rejected medically, 156 filed exemptions, 185 passed the physical test, and 92 of the passers did not claim exemption. Board to start second draft examinations today.
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Beacon Street
Two Men Killed After Street Incidents in Worcester
In Worcester on Aug 11 two men died in separate street incidents. Thomas Foley age 70 was struck by a Boston and Worcester electric car bound for Boston and died instantly. Walter Greenwood Jr riding a bicycle on Main Street was struck and run over by an automobile truck.
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Thomas Foley
Boston & Worcester
Boston
Walter Greenwood, Jr
Main Street
Clairvoyant couple wed in Fort Smith
Fort Smith Arkansas August 12 Mrs Effie Owens and Ernest B Willis both crippled and clairvoyants were married at the bride's home by Rev J David Arnold The bride has not walked since age three and uses a wheelchair The groom has been paralyzed for ten years and walks with a crutch.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Effie Owens
Ernest B. Willis
J. David Arnold
First Christian Church
War Prisoners In Russia Atrocities Shame Germany
The central committee handling war prisoner affairs condemned Germany for refined barbarity toward Russian prisoners in Petrograd. The statement, issued today, protests the treatment and calls out German conduct amid the war.
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Phetrograd
Central Committee
Germany
Germany Accuses Allies of War Prisoner Harshness
The complaint charges that internment of sick prisoners in neutral countries is improper and that military prisoners unfit for service are detained illegally. It alleges Home contact restrictions, intercepted letters to Red Cross, reduced and adulterated rations, and forced extreme labor. Germany says exchanges for civilian prisoners or tuberculosis cases have not been replied to.
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Red Cross
Germany
Sisters of Charity
Studley Dies in Auto Crash at Hingham
Harry H. Studley 22 of 144 Main Street North Hanover died at Quincy Hospital from injuries after his auto ran into a telegraph pole on Rockland Street Hingham while returning from Nantasket Beach. He was thrown through the windshield and landed on a stone wall after his front tire burst and he lost control during a high speed pass of machines.
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Main Street
North Hanover
Quincy Hospital
Rockland Street
Hingham
Studley
Nantasket Beach
Deserter Charles W. Goldsmith Captured Near Brighton
Charles W. Goldsmith a 16 year old resident of 188 Green Street Cambridge was arrested near the Brighton police station by Special Officer Gorman. He was handed to naval authorities at Commonwealth Pier after capture.
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Charles W. Goldsmith
Green Street
Cambridge
Navy
Brighton
Gorman
Goldsmith
Naval
Commonwealth Pier
Bandits Rob North Providence Club Players of 12 000
Eighteen men were robbed at a club as bandits seized about 12 000 dollars from players. The thieves forced victims to the wall, searched wallets, and warned of consequences for bad acts before leaving in a waiting car. Police were notified and launched a search.
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Bandits
KOB
Providence
Maxwell of Lewiston Bank Dies at 80
H. W. Maxwell, president of the People's Savings Bank in Lewiston, Maine, died at his home after a long illness. He was 80 years old and had lived in the city about 60 years.
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Lewiston
H. W. Maxwell
The
People’s Savings Bank
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