Retailers In City Halt Army Food Sales To One Day A Week
Citywide sale of surplus army food continues but limits set to one day per week. Officials cite delivery delays from the army base in South Boston and a surge in demand as reasons for restricting distribution while mantendo ample stock at designated stations. Brookline reports heaviest rush with about $1000 sold in an hour. The sale at Ward 12 Municipal Building drew complaints as a dealer used a truck to remove cases.
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Ward 12
Hilda A. Hedstrom
Roxbury
Brookline
Tion
Jamaica Plain
Farragut
Lowell
Boston
Boston Women’s Committee For Public Service
Mary A. Barr
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Aided Maternity
Mitchell Indiana woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from neuralgia during pregnancy and says three bottles restored strength and health for mother and seven month old baby weighing 19 pounds. Recommends product to other expectant mothers.
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Pearl Monahan
Mitchell
Ind
Lydia E
Supplies Fail to Reach Hyde Park
Nearly 1000 Hyde Park residents queued for hours for surplus army foods advertised at the Henry Grew School. Goods were due by 1 pm but did not arrive. committee chair Mrs. John Oderman said headquarters reported the items were being packed or on the way.
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Hyde Park
Henry Grew School
John Oderman
Limited sale of surplus army blankets to individuals
The War Department issued orders restricting public sale of surplus army blankets to one bale per person. Each bale holds 20 to 25 blankets and prices will not exceed $6. Municipalities or their agencies may buy in larger quantities. The Army Supply Base in South Boston serves as district HQ.
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South Boston
Summer Street
Boston
Muunicipalities
Charitable Institution
ARMY
War Department
Army Supply Base
South
Crowd grows as hourly calls show little change
Hourly calls yield the same information and the crowd swells. By five, about 100 in lines formed with half as many automobiles present. Patrons paid 30 to 40 cents for car fares to reach the school amid disappointment. Hyde Park last sold army food on Tuesday.
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Hyde Park
UNEARTH HUGE HOARDS OF FOOD IN CITY WAREHOUSES
Federal agents in the city report uncovering valuable evidence in a probe of hoarding and profiteering. Indictments against hoarders are expected after the special session of the federal grand jury next Tuesday. Frank S. Osgood, a Newburyport banker, presides as foreman of the 23 member jury.
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Department of Justice
Federal
Federal Grand Jury
Frank S. Osgood
Newburyport
Dorchester Army Food Centers Opened Fast Amid Shopper Frustration
Four distribution points in Dorchester opened yesterday with one at Tile Stone School Mattapan selling quickly from 9 a.m. to late afternoon. Bowdoin street station had none and hundreds of women were turned away. Early openings caused crowding and dissatisfaction as supplies ran out. Upham's Corner and Codman Square sold many cases within hours. St Ambrose parish station opened around 2 p.m. with ongoing buying until exhaustion and sales limited.
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Dorchester
Tilestone School
Mattapan
Bowdoin Street
Upham's Corner
Codman Square
H. H. Jacobs
St. Ambrose Parish
Mattapan Station Serves Town Food Drive Through Legion Effort
The Tilestone School in Mattapan ran a busy day as over 200 cases each of corn tomatoes and peas were sold at the new station opened yesterday for the people of Mattapan. Mrs W J Doyle led the ladies overseeing the bustling sale aided by the Mattapan Post of the American Legion which secured the station and goods.
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Tilestone School
Mattapan
W. J. Doyle
American Legion
Brookline Government Food Sale Moves 90 000 Pounds Stock
The Food Centre sale in Brookline on Washington Street moved over 90 000 pounds of food with 14 auto trucks used. Manager Daniel J. Lacey and staff oversaw smooth crowds as hundreds of boys offered curbside delivery. Miss Helen Rick and Miss Maria Rick assisted at the register with a long list of aides.
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Young America
Food
Washington Street
Brookline
Daniel J. Lacey
Brookfine
Curbstone
Helen Rick
Forestry Department
Mr Lacey
Miss Rick
Maria Rick
Anna Lacey
John G. Gerrish
Henry Smith
John Roache
Timothy McCarthy
Dennis Mahoney
Henry Nt
Carlton Parker
Charles G Lacey
Government seizes 200000 pounds sugar in Canton storage
J C Breitenstein announces a libel under the Lever Act seeking seizure and condemnation of 200000 pounds of sugar owned by the C D Kenny Company of Baltimore. The sugar is held in storage by Canton Storage and Transfer Company in Canton Ohio.
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Gleveland
J. C. Breitenstein
United States
Ohio
C. D. Kenny Company
Baltimore
Canton Storage and Transfer Company
Canton
Big Fruit Dealers Indicted Under Anti Trust Law
A secret indictment charging violation of the Valentine anti trust law was returned today by the special Cuyahoza county grand jury in Cleveland. The targets are William E. Bigalow Harry J. Bigalow and Albert Co Blair officials of the Consolidated Fruit Auction Company.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Willam E. Bigalow
Harry J. Bigalow
Albert Co. Blair
Comolidated Fruit Auction Company
Crowds Gather for Sell at Cost Food Station in Roxbury
A large Sunday crowds gathered around Roxbury's municipal building at Vine and Dudley streets for the food station opening. Families and neighbors lined up to buy under the sell at cost program, with children among the eager shoppers.
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Vine and
Dudley Streets
Roxbury
Busy Day as Boston Kids Help Distribute Government Food
Crowds surge toward city stations with parents and carts to collect surplus government foods. Volunteers and youths haul purchases home as demand overwhelms supply, with Roxbury and Vine Dudley street stations turning people away and warnings of temporary closures.
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Boston
Roxbury
Vine and
Dudley Streets
South Boston
Box Falls From Truck Wounds Roxbury Boy
Sixteen year old Joseph Connolly of 12 Roswell Street Roxbury is hospitalized with back arm and hip injuries after a box fell from a loaded auto on Devonshire Street yesterday afternoon. The box narrowly missed his head and struck his back as he stood on the sidewalk waiting for the vehicle to pass.
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Joseph Connolly
Roswell Street
Roxbury
Relief Hospital
Devonshire Street
Heroic Rescues Off York Beach Save Two From Drowning
At York Beach Maine on August 15 Herman Howes of Salt Lake City aided Miss Mary Bradley of Lowell and Edwin Flaherty of Carlin New Jersey after they were swept out by undertow. Flaherty was exhausted. Howes and bystanders helped bring them to shore. Flaherty remained serious. Bradley and Howes recovered. Earlier Charles Wheeler and Rose Bullock were rescued from Fort Head rocks after being swept out. The northeast gale kept surf unusually high.
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York’ Beach
Summer Colony
Herman Lowes
Salt Lake City
Mary Bradley
Lowell
Edwin Flaherty
Carlin
N. J
Flaherty
Arthur de Moulpied
Manchester
N. H
Harry Andrews
Wakefield
Charles Brooks
York Beach
Miss Bradley
Howes
J. G. Hanson
Northampton
Mass
Charles Wheeler
Leonard Wheeler
Worcester
Austria Must Deliver Bela Kun to Allies
The allied governments told Austria it will be held responsible for Bela Kun the Hungarian Communist leader and his delivery later for trial by an allied tribunal per Innsbruck dispatch.
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Austria
Bela Kun
Geneva
Innsbruck
Food supply tale for Boston civilians during 16 days
Army base estimates 12,000 tons of food equaling 12,000,000 days of meals for one man. With 750,000 hub population and 36 million meals possible, Boston could be fed three meals daily for 16 days. City purchases so far suffice for 336,000 pounds, not enough for all to have a single square meal.
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Army Base
South Boston
Boston
Hart
Three Held Pending Death at Boston Psychopathic
Investigation into Francis J. Lynch's death at Brockton City Hospital uncovered evidence leading to the prosecution of three attendants at Boston Psychopathic Hospital. District Attorney Pelletier and Assistant D A Kane will present to Suffolk grand jury. one employee allegedly struck Lynch in the stomach, rupturing his bladder and causing death. Lynch stated he was ill treated by two or more attendants on arrival for nervous trouble treatment.
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Francis J. Lynch
Brockton City Hospital
Boston Psychopathic Hospital
Pelletier
William F. Kane
Plymouth County
Suffolk Grand Jury
Lynch
Window cleaner’s 20 foot fall injures man at 120 Boylston
Walter F. Somes of Jamaica Plain fell from a second story while washing windows at 120 Boylston street. He landed on the sidewalk suffering a fracture of the left leg and kneecap and other minor injuries. admitted to Relief Hospital yesterday afternoon.
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Boylston Street
Walter F. Somes
Green Street
Jamaica Plain
Relief Hospital
Londonders Walls Manned In Ireland Turbulent Day
Londonderry Ireland Aug 15 troops manned the walls for the first time since 1689 to deter a Sinn Fein Lay Day parade. British censors banned the nationalist event as Unionists vow to stop it. Irish MPs left for Ireland after government moved to suppress Sinn Fein and related groups in Clare and Tipperary per Dublin Castle proclamations.
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Londonderry
Ireland
Iseveral Hacket-Paii
London
House of Commons
Sinn Fein
County Clare
County Tipperary
Dublin Castle
Epidemic of Cholera in Harbin Manchuria
An epidemic of cholera has broken out at Harbin Manchuria with an estimated 150 to 200 deaths mostly among Chinese. The American Red Cross is assisting local authorities.
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Washington
Harbin
Manchuria
State Department
American Red Cross
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