Boston Draft Board Delivers Early Exemption Policy Shifts
Attorney general rules justices of the peace are liable to draft. District boards speed up certifying first 5 percent for Sept 5 call. Cases show exemptions granted for dependents and hardships, with several notable examples including Corrigan and Ventre. District boards aim to finish quotas quickly for the new national army draft.
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Attwill
Justices of the Peace
Massachusetts
Cohen
Boston
John Kelley
Maplewood Street
Malden
Luis Ventre
Breck Avenue
Brighton
Ventre
South End
Dorchester
District Board
Salem
Lexington
Belmont
Watertown
National Army
District Board No. 5
Thomas F. Harrington
Governor's Office
Commission of Justice
Men From Six Divisions Certified for Ayer Camp
Boston division lists show multiple men certified to attend next week camp as the first 5 percent of quotas. Divisions 6 5 13 16 include dozens of named residents with addresses across Boston and nearby areas.
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Ayer
Boston
How to Help the Man in Uniform Letter to the Editor
A letter to the Post praises support for troops and shares examples from Syracuse San Diego and American Lake. It urges locals to give rides wash woolen shirts mend clothes and provide dinners or picnics to aid soldiers and sailors. The writer thanks Boston residents and the editor as allies of the uniformed men.
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Syracuse
N. Y
San Diego
Cal
American Lake
Wash
Boston
Post
Ex-German Ship Larceny Charge Arrest of H L Dodge
H L Dodge of Chelsea, formerly a Kronprinzessin Cecilie shipworker, was arrested by U S Deputy Marshal Bradley for larceny of $100 worth of silverware from the steamship. He awaits a Sept 7 hearing and is jailed in East Cambridge on $10 bond.
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H. L. Dodge
Chelsea
Navy Yard
United States
Marshal Bradley
East Cambridge
Elevated Car Rams North Station in Cambridge
Five year old JACK WIESMAN and his family were injured when an elevated train collided at North Station. Passengers aided one another amid smoke and shattered windows as brakes failure and car damage were investigated. Jay S. Kadesch and others were treated after the crash.
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Cambridge
North Station
Nathan Wiesman
May Coakley
Mildred
Ethel Joy
Carrie Matney
Miss Mainey
Miss Joy
Nathan Weisman
Jay S. Kadesch
Brockton High School
Mass transit crash injures many travelers in Somerville area
A shuttle train two cars long on the South station run collided after a fuse blew and smoke filled the front car. Motorman George A. Donnelly and guard Charles Winters helped steady passengers as a bumper strike caused a deadly smash, injuring about 150 people and prompting medical attention for numerous listed victims at nearby streets.
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George A. Donnelly
Cottage Street Everett
Charles Winters
Bean Terrace
Somerville
Donnelly
Elevated car and automobile collide in Boston suburb
A Boston Elevated Railway car outbound from Medford to Spot Pond collided with an automobile owned by MM. M. Stevens of 44 Pleasant street Woburn at Fulton and Fellsway streets. No injuries except Stevens was shaken. the auto suffered front window and fender damage. Motorman Joseph Campbell operated the car.
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
Medford
Spot Pond
MM. M. Stevens
Pleasant Street
Woburn
Fulton and
Fellsway Street
Stevens
Joseph Campbell
Trial Set for Warm Murder Case in Vermont
Private Robert Warm of the 18th United States Cavalry, 18, from Pottstown Pennsylvania, charged with murdering Jennie Hemmingway on August 12 in St. Albans Vermont, will face the County Court on September 11 in the regular session with no special session planned.
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ST. Albans
Robert Warm
United States Cavalry
Pottstown
Penn
Jennie Hemmingway
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Fannie Weisman
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