Novel Labor Day Parade in Boston under War Effort
A Boston parade on Labor Day is proposed to show organized labor’s role in winning the war. The American Alliance for Labor and Democracy requests the event, with Boston Building Trade Council leaders receptive and the Central Labor Union to defer to Sunday delegates. Proponents expect about 80,000 participants with floats illustrating labor contributions, aided by army and navy authorities.
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Boston
American Alliance For Labor and Democracy of
New York
Ing Trade Council
The
Boston Central Labor Union
Army
Navy
Greater
Drowned Bathing Incident At Salisbury Beach
Drowning reported at Salisbury Beach as 25 year old Peter Kowalczyk of 1 Elm Street Lawrence drowned while bathing near his cottage at 1 pm. The body was recovered by Paul Debresschere of 7 Elm Street, Lawrence.
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Salisbury Beach
Peter Kowalczyk
Elm Street
Lawrence
Paul Debresschere
Gas Attack on Smiths Island Doubted as U-Boat Source
Washington reports preliminary findings hint that the so called gas attack on Smiths Island North Carolina last Saturday may not have originated from a German submarine. Final explanations await full information and have not reached the Navy Department.
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Washington
Smith’s Island
North Carolina
Navy Department
Submarine theory questioned after coast guard incident
Naval experts disputed a submarine gas discharge theory near the island where six coast guard and lighthouse men were overcome. Fishermen and locals said no submersible could reach that close. Separately, the oil tanker Frederick R. Kellogg Henry S Kellogg was torpedoed with seven crew missing, sinking in five minutes.
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Coast Guard
Navy Department
Frederick R. Kellogg
Henrys. Kellogg
Beach Bathing Restrictions Tighter Enforced at Revere
Metropolitan Park Commission police increase enforcement of beach lounging rules after complaints from women strolling the shore in light summer garments. Complaints cite men lying on their backs for improper purposes and bathers not properly dressed on the Revere beach.
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Revere
Metropolitan Park Commission
Laborers Strike at South Boston Terminal Over Wages
A group of laborers at the South Boston Quartermaster Terminal affiliated with several Local Unions walked off the job seeking 47 1 2 cents per hour, up from the government rate of 43 1 4 cents. W. F. Kearns Construction Co. reported about 260 of 3500 workers left, but said work continued with no interruption.
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South Boston Quartermaster Terminal
International Hod Carriers
W. F. Kearns Construction Company
Medford Announces 1918 Tax Rate of 22.60
Medford's assessors yesterday set the 1918 tax rate at 22.60, up 1.26 from last year. Municipal departments will cost about 718,258.75 to operate, with total levies to be raised by taxation at 884,604.53.
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Medford
Temperatures in Other Cities At 8 p m
Temperatures listed for numerous cities show Atlantic City 70 Nantucket 82 New Orleans 86 Charleston 88 New York 72 Philadelphia 80 Cincinnati 80 Pittsburg 68 Des Moines 80 Portland Me unknown Portland Ore 64 Galveston 80 San Francisco 64 Washington ?? Los Angeles unknown.
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Monsort Cays
Atlantic City
Nantucket
New Orleans
Charleston
New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Denver
Portland
Tes
Jacksonville
Washington
Kansas City
Williston
Abe
Los Angeles
Some Food Figures Not Very Patriotic
A letter to the editor discusses wartime food consumption, citing a metropolitan family of seven. It notes weekly sugar use of 10 pounds and butter use of three quarters of a pound per meal, suggesting the family consumes far more than ration allowances and shows little sacrifice.
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Davis
Waste Buckets Reveal Food Conservation Gaps
A Boston letter notes that household waste buckets mirror broader food waste issues in the nation. The writer urges better practices as part of the campaign under the slogan Food Will Win the War to strengthen America’s wartime food conservation.
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America
Boston
Hervey Mason
Sugar Basis Change For Manufacturers In New Basis
New basis for sugar to manufacturers announced by the federal food board. Beginning tomorrow, purchases of Louisiana second and third sugars may be made on a basis of 125 pounds per 100-pound certificate, with 10,000,000 pounds available. The change ends the prior 100-pound certificate rule that yielded only 80 to 93 pounds of real sugar.
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New York
Louisiana
Federal Food Board
Springfield paper man dies after 44 years in business
Wilbur M. Swan aged 62 died today in Springfield after 44 years with his father and later with two brothers in the New England Card & Paper Company. He was widely known in business circles.
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Springfield
Wilbur M. Swan
New England Card & Paper Company
Brookfield Cadet Killed in Aerial Collision
Cadet William R. Turnstall son of John R. Turnstall of Brookfield Mass was killed when his airplane collided with another machine several thousand feet up. The second machine landed safely and the cadet occupant escaped uninjured.
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Fort Worth
Tex
William R. Turnstall
John R. Turnstall
Brookfield
Mass
Bowler Freed After Declined Prosecution by Dr Spencer
John Bowler the Worcester brewer who had been sentenced to three months in the House of Correction for threatening Dr William W C Spencer will not face further action. District Attorney Pelletier refrained from pressing the case after Dr Spencer declared he did not wish to prosecute Bowler in Superior Court.
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John Bowler
Worcester
House of Correction
William W. C. Spencer
Pelletier
Spencer
Bowler
War Value of Peach Stones Noted in Local Appeal
An appeal urges saving peach stones for wartime use. Stones may be dropped at Liberty Bank or picked up by local teams in Boston Allston Brighton Brookline Longwood Cambridge Dorchester South Boston Somerville and West Roxbury territory.
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Liberty Bank
Boston
Allston
Brighton
Brookline
Longwood
Cambridge
Dorchester
South Boston
Somerville
West Roxbury
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