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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1918
Page
14
Washington will add thirty women to its police force following the work of Mrs. Leona King, the nation’s first woman traffic officer. Major Raymond Pullman, police superintendent, asked the U S Employment Service of the Labor Department to help recruit the officers.
Major Hullman appoints Mrs King to the police force as an experimental officer and praises her service as highly satisfactory, noting continued success and potential expansion of the program.
A push to employ 30 more women across police roles emerges as a women's bureau debuts within the police department. Among its four members are two college graduates, two nurses in training, the sister of a United States Senator, and a wealthy woman. Major Pullman states police work aims at prevention, not punishment, highlighting the vital role of women in ethical policing.
Miss Grace O Bry an associate director of the Instructive District Nursing Association will speak at the Massachusetts Teachers Federation gathering next Saturday at Boston University. The topic is The Value of the Teacher in a Civic Crisis. The event is organized by the health and hygiene and publicity committees.
Paris dispatch reports five trawlers with arman submarines are due at Cherbourg tomorrow, the first batch to be handed to France. The submarines are the newest submersible cruiser type. Also, the Japanese armored cruiser Nishin and two torpedo boats have arrived at Constantinople.
A vintage cough and cold ad urges readers to take Pape's Cold Compound every two hours for three doses to end grippe misery and break up a severe cold. It claims quick relief for nasal congestion, runny nose, headache, feverishness, sore throat, sneezing, and stiffness, with affordable cost and no substitute.
Brockton police warn residents that inferior poisonous liquor is sold in drug stores. A drug store raid occurred as Chief James Ryan states several people have fallen seriously ill, one man collapsing on Main Street and needing hospital care.
Lieutenant George Harvey of Everett, among Americans captured with the British air force, has been released from Villengen camp and is now in Paris. He and other prisoners report severe cruelties, including starvation and abandonment after release. J A Martin of Boston fell ill en route and remained in a hospital in southern France. The camp commandant urged the men not to think harshly of Germany on the day of release.
Bennington Vermont December 9 One of the first institutions to care for sons of World War I veterans was announced with the incorporation of the Green Mountain Home Inc Edward H Everett founder The institution will provide care maintenance and scientific education in agriculture and horticulture for minor sons of service members and will be located on two farms near Bennington owned by the founder
The Farm Loan Board announced that two million dollars of Farm Loan bonds bearing 4.12 percent have been sold to the Treasury since November 1. No bonds will be sold publicly until after the war to avoid competing with Liberty Loan bonds.
Casualty lists total 3239 names for the country, doubling yesterday's War Department release. More than half are major casualties with 1856 names among the dead and severely wounded nationwide.
The report lists 181 New Englanders with 23 fatalities among the dead wounded and missing. It breaks down as killed in action died of accident died of disease severely wounded wounded degree undetermined slightly wounded missing in action with unclear wording in several lines.
A long casualty roster lists numerous New England service members from states including Rhode Island Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine Vermont and New York. Names and addresses cover Sgt Majors Lieutenants Corporals and privates with homes in Providence Willimantic Turners Falls Berlin Lynn Worcester Boston New Haven Bangor and more. Several died in accidents or were severely wounded in service.
Jim hopes he will not live in a boarding house again as he recalls Al Sauce making common hash or stew bearable. He shares using leftover steak heated with melted butter substitute and two tablespoons of Al Sauce. The sauce enhances broiled steak or fish and makes impromptu meals feel like Waldorf-Astoria.
A dense OCR list shows numerous male residents with addresses in Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine Rhode Island and New York. The entries mix titles such as Pt Sgt Corp and Ft with varied street addresses including towns like Waterbury Hartford Manchester and Danbury providing a snapshot of regional name and address records.
In Philadelphia on December 9 a federal court denied a new trial to two editors and three business staff members of the Philadelphia Tageblatt a German language morning newspaper convicted of violating the espionage act. They were found guilty of publishing articles and distorted news dispatches inimical to the United States during wartime.
An eight inch self propelled gun on caterpillar tracks, a prototype for a fleet of similar monsters, was demonstrated in Washington before Assistant Secretary of War Crowell Major General Snow and a large group of American officers and engineers.
Gun and tractor gun completed firing tests under the direction of Pliny FE Holt and Colonel J B Dillard. The tractor gun hauled 55,000 pounds up a 45 degree ravine, reached four miles per hour on level ground, and leveled large trees with ruthless efficiency comparable to tanks in action in France.
London reports an official government statement announcing the coalition will seek at the peace conference the abolition of compulsory military service across Europe. Churchill previously signaled similar aims in a Dundee speech, asserting representatives will demand general abolition of conscription.
A Brussels despatch reports strong Belgian sentiment against the Netherlands for allowing German soldiers to pass through Limburg with arms and baggage. Belgians resent Dutch use of Belgian automobiles interned in Holland to transport the former crown prince and his suite fleeing to the Netherlands.
Madrid decrees Polo de Bernabe relieved as ambassador in Berlin. La Liberte reports Madrid plans to expel German ambassador Prince von Ratiber and staff for spying and backing agitation against the Spanish royal family.
Antwerp dispatch reports Cunard steamship line will make Antwerp a port of call and has asked city authorities to use the former North German Lloyd dock for berthing.
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