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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1918
Page
2
The Retail Credit Men's National Association approved a plan to establish a national record of deadbeats and a system to prevent evasion of creditors. The proposal was adopted at the group’s convention held yesterday at the Copley Plaza Hotel.
President Crowder forms a committee to create a central office to track store customers for credit protection. J K Cuddy urges reform of bankruptcy laws and cash sales for food and household goods. Delegates foresee rapid price declines and possible failures after the war. Speakers warn against long term credit allowing capital tie up. Delegates tour Rowe's Wharf and Nantasket Beach excursion after sessions.
The Secretary of State reports more than 23 000 signatures on Lieutenant Governor Calvin Coolidge's nomination papers. Volunteers gathered signatures across counties except Dukes and Nantucket, with over 250 voters signing in each county, meeting the legal requirement.
The Socialist party did not nominate candidates for most state offices. Only Sylvester J. McBride of Watertown was set for governor. Other nominees were missing required petition names in Suffolk and Middlesex counties, including Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State contenders.
A foreign born workman with Socialistic leanings was discharged yesterday from the Charlestown navy yard after denying a scurrilous remark about the United States and an officer. When proof was shown, he admitted making the statement and was told to leave promptly.
Captain Leland Hawkins and six officers of the steam ship Yadkin were indicted by a federal grand jury in Newark New Jersey for looting ship stores valued at $10,000 during a Mediterranean voyage.
All men who turned 21 since June 5, 1918 and by August 24 1918 must register on August 24 1918. They should consult local draft boards for details on how and when to register.
More than 2300 pupils of the Associated Boston Hebrew Schools assemble at Franklin Field for a patriotic demonstration. The American born children express support for the Stars and Stripes and for relatives fighting in Europe. They travel in special cars at 9 30 and the program begins at 2 p m.
A spike in Irish enlistments in the British army follows Major William Hingston's recruitment address on Boston Common. Ten men joined yesterday and several more enlisted at a Charlestown rally with a City square event planned for tomorrow evening.
In Central square Cambridge speakers include Rev Father Hingston Captain T F MacMahon MC of the Irish Guards and Sergeants A M Markey and Robert Brydon of the Canadian army.
Government agents interviewed a man who signed for 12 registered letters addressed to the Shipping Board at the Washington post office yesterday. The letters' nature was unclear, but Shipping Board officials doubted they contained money or information of enemy value.
The Senate sub-military committee reached agreement on a report about the airplane situation. The document will be submitted to the full committee tomorrow before its public release.
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