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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1918
Page
7
J J McGraw Republican committeeman says German soldiers remain ignorant of why America entered the war after a two month tour of France. He quotes a German prisoner who says we are being tricked and notes the grim mood of prisoners ages 17 to 49. McGraw returned with messages from the front.
In Paris hospitals Colonel Theodore Roosevelt sees his wounded sons Major Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Captain Archie Roosevelt after injuries. The correspondence highlights family concern and wartime sacrifice amid recovery.
Harvard astronomer EF C Pickering was yesterday re-elected president of the American Astronomical Society at the Harvard convention. Seventy seven papers were planned but many were cut short for time. Other officers named include Frank Schlesinger first vice president Pittsburg and W W Campbell second vice president Mt Flamiston Canada secretary Joel Stebbins Urbana treasurer Annie J Cannon Cambridge. Councillors for 1918 1920 E W Brown New Haven and Otto Klotzm Ottawa with S A Mitchell filling the 1917 1919 vacancy at the University of Virginia.
Portland August 22 Edward Comeau a mill worker from Waterville was charged on an FBI warrant with cutting off his index finger in a pulp machine to avoid Army service. The Department of Justice requested the warrant.
Henry B. Endicott state food administrator urged at a state conference that candy be banned in multiple pound lots. He cited a claim that telephone girls consume about 30 tons of candy monthly.
Mr Endicott urged limiting candy intake for girls and tightening sugar use by manufacturers and soft drink bottlers to aid war needs. He suggested shifting labor, reducing production percentages, and noted a 50 percent supply cut already hit manufacturers for government orders. A. C. Ratshesky reported a state sugar deficit of 2,734,000 pounds with misdirected certificates and 30,000 applications awaiting processing.
Greater Boston telephone operators denounce Henry B. Endicott for claims they consume 30 tons of candy monthly. Union leaders say the actual figure is about one ton, with workers enforcing sugar conservation, aiding Red Cross efforts, and supporting overseas service. The dispute aims to restore the girls’ good standing and clarify the record.
Local authorities reveal the mystery of the Somerville beach marshes is solved as plans advance to convert the area into a functioning ship. The project aims to turn the marsh into a symbolic vessel anchored by community oversight and maritime heritage.
The skeleton keel, destined to become a four masted schooner owned by Hanscom Construction, has sat at Mystic Ship Company yards for ten months. Built last October only ribs were added before stoppage due to pine and steel shortages. Rumors swirled about its identity. launching is planned before snow flies as work restarts.
Esther A Woods 34 of 37 Witt Street Lynn sent her two children aged nine and five to play and later took gas in her bathroom. James A Woods husband returned from GE company work at 6 30 and discovered her body by the bathroom door.
President Wilson announces promotions in a war time expansion of general officers. Eleven brigadiers including William H. Johnston and Beaumont B. Buck are named major generals, with others elevated to brigadier general or major general in various branches and temporary wartime grades.
Golden L. H. Ruggles Samuel Mc Roberts George W Burr Odus C Hor ney Guy E Tripp named as colonels to brigadier generals in permanent promotions John W. M Heavey Ulysses G MaeAlexander Lucius R Holbrook Amos A Fries Preston Brown Frank R Mc Coy listed as promoted officers in the United States Army roster.
Francis J. Finneran president of the Democratic club of Massachusetts issues an open letter to Richard H. Long, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate. He calls Long to return war profits to the government or withdraw from the race in the name of Democracy and decency.
James Clapp Jones Bedford's oldest male resident and holder of the Boston Post gold headed cane was buried in Shawsheen cemetery after services at the Congregational Church with Rev. J. W. Garton officiating.
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