Troops to Learn Art of Jiu Jitsu at Camp Devens
Dec 11 at Camp Devens an army athletic officer announced that Jiu Jitsu the Japanese art of breaking a neck or shattering an arm will be taught to New England soldiers. Officers will learn the techniques and pass them to their men for hand to hand fighting when going over the top.
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Devens
New England
National Army
Robert C. Deming
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
3024 Infantry
Lowell and Worcester
302D Infantry
3084 Field Artillery
Maine
Presque Isle
Jiu Jitsu in Training for Modern Soldier Defense
The article details martial arts training for troops including jiu jitsu as a final defense on European battlefields, with officers to decide its imparting. It notes boxing influence, a new athletic program, quarantines for measles, promotions in the Depot Brigade, and a Connecticut day review by Governor Holcomb.
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G. M. Peek
Connecticut
Marcus A. Holcomb
Herron
364Th Infantry
SEEK RECRUITS FOR THE MEDICAL CORPS
At Camp Devens on December 11, the base hospital unit of the 76th Division seeks medical corps recruits. A recruiting office will operate daily at the base hospital through December 15 for men of draft age. Successful applicants pass physicals and become privates, then assigned as orderlies nurses or clerks with higher pay than other branches.
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Camp Devens
76Th Division
Army
Glen I. Jones
Social Equality Inquiry on Officers and Privates
Senate adopts resolution by Senator Overman asking the Secretary of War if military rules prohibit officers and privates from social mingling off duty or fostering caste distinctions. The question centers on social equality within the armed forces.
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Washington
Senator Overman
Secretary of War
Senate
Benefit for Soldiers at Intercolonial Hall
A benefit tonight at Intercolonial Hall 214 Dudley Street will aid Roxbury Division 14 soldiers in national service. Along with dancing the program includes a literary and musical entertainment.
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Intercolonial Hall
Dudley Street
Roxbury Boys
Division 14
Give Boys A Square Deal From Boston Masters
Judge M H Sullivan told the Boston School Masters Association at Lincoln School that boys are forced to do what they dislike and kept from natural activities. He praised the Boy Scout movement for aligning education with boys interests and aiding future citizenship.
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M. H. Sullivan
Boston School Masters’ Association
Lincoln School
Boy Scout Movement
Wellington Targets Good Government Control in Boston Council Race
Councillor Alfred E. Wellington seeking re election spoke at rallies last evening at the Tudor AA South Bay Associates and Tiger AA in South Boston. He blamed his lack of Good Government endorsement on not following the Association's demand to control his City Council vote.
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Alfred E. Wellington
Tudor A. A
South Bay Associates
Tiger A. A
South Boston
Good Government Association
Postal censorship budget request to Congress
Postmaster General Burleson asked Congress for half a million dollars to fund postal censorship during the current fiscal year ending June 30. The post office appropriation bill pending in the House carries a request of 1.2 million dollars for next year.
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Washington
Congress
Burleson
House
Inquiry Into U S War Work
Washington December 11 The Senate military committee ordered a general inquiry into War Department activities with emphasis on arming and arming and equipping manpower. Leaders said it would lead to further investigations by Senate and House on executive conduct of the war. The joint committee plan was dropped due to President Wilson opposition.
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Washington
Congress
War Department
Senate
Capitol
House
Joint
Wilson
Senate to probe War Department amid war time concerns
Inquiries by standing committees into Navy Shipping Board and other wartime agencies aim for efficiency in war work. The War Department probe starts with General Crozier before the Senate panel, Baker directing, with some sessions confidential. Senators report clothing shortages, ordnance gaps, crowded transports, and cantonment contracts under scrutiny.
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Navy Department
Shipping Board
War Department
Crozier
Senate
Baker
Chamberlain
Congress
Wadsworth
Freilinghuysen
New England Milk Board Organized by Federal Commission
The Federal Milk Commission for New England organized yesterday at the State House with Philip R. Allen as chairman. The commission includes notable appointees from Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont Maine Connecticut Rhode Island and Harvard University among others.
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Federal Milk Commission For
New England
State House
Philip R. Allen
Mr. Hoover
Walpole
Mass
George I. Morris
Lancaster
N. H
Elbert S. Brigham
St. Albans
Henry B. Endicott
Robert Winsor
Boston
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
J. B. Russell
J. Frank O'Hare
Frederick S. Snyder
J. S. Murdock
Providence
R. I
Robert Scoville
Hartford
Conn
James O. Jordan
Walter H. Sawyer
Auburn
Harvard Geology Prof. Davis to Western Colleges Exchange
Professor William Morris Davis of Harvard's geology department is assigned as exchange professor to the Western colleges for the second half year under the Harvard Western interchange agreement. Professor Joseph Garfield Walleser of Grinnell College will teach English at Harvard for the upcoming term.
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William Morris Davis
Harvard
Joseph Garfield Walleser
Grinnell College
Big Jump in US Food Exports in Ten Months
U S exports of foodstuffs for ten months ending October totalled 1 082 244 046 up from 865 942 176 a year earlier with October exports over 98 million. Manufactured goods abroad rose to 3 362 844 951 from 2 903 856 0 for the same period in 1916Imports for ten months stood at 2 504 033 908 versus 2 009 833 398 in 1916.
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Washington
Dec
United States
Bureau of Foreign and
Minneapolis Strike Threat Reaches Washington
John Lind former Minnesota governor and Public Safety Commissioner spoke with Secretary Baker and Assistant Secretary Post about Minneapolis labor tensions as 28 000 union members threaten a general sympathetic strike. Government action was not planned.
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Washington
John Lind
Minnesota
Public Safety Commission
Baker
War Department
Department of Labor
Minneapolis
Navy purchasing system defended by paymaster general
Rear Admiral McGowan in his annual report defends the navy centralized purchasing system and urges its continuation without outside war powers. He says the system has proved efficient under war strain and meets all fleet needs, despite criticism from uninformed individuals.
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Washington
McGowan
Navy
Triangular Debate Set With Yale Princeton and Yearvard
The annual triangular debate among Yearvard Yale and Princeton will occur in late March despite smaller debating teams. Each college will exchange teams to argue on both sides of the question with the topic announced two weeks prior.
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Yale
Princeton
Daughter sues over rats in Winthrop apartment
Pauline Hyman, a 7 year old of Winthrop and daughter of Harry Hyman, seeks $3000 from Morris Goldfine and others, owners of a Winthrop apartment at 38 Forrest Street, claiming the suite was unwholesome due to rat infestation and that a rat bit her while she slept.
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Pauline Hyman
Winthrop
Harry Hyman
Morris Goldfine
Forrest Street
Mr. Hyman
Pauline
Rats Bite Nighttime Terror in Thirteen-Story Flat Case
On November 25 1915 Hyman testified of a rat raid in their home biting his wife and child. The family moved after the incident and left the flat rooms locked at night. The Hymans and their lawyer described rats roaming the pantry kitchen and dining area while guests and a maid failed to control the problem.
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Hyman
Samuel Goldfine
Crew of Abandoned Schooner Saved After Foundering
A steamer arrives at St John New Brunswick bearing officers and men from the front and the crew of the Quebec schooner Forbin abandoned in a foundering condition six hundred miles off Cape Race Newfoundland.
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ST. John
N. B
Quebec
Forbin
Cape Race
N. F
Reed warns on export bill amid war burdens
Senator Reed told the Senate that the United States must prepare for greater war burdens and oppose the Webb export combination bill urged by President Wilson. He argued Congress should focus on major war problems and defer export trade legislation, noting that with Russia and Romania out of the war the enemy is numerically superior in manpower.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Reed
Wilson
Congress
Missouri
Russia
Romania
Reed Opposes Draft Bill While Predicting Need for New Levies
Senator Reed, opponents of army conscription, warned draft increases may be necessary and urged youth military training for coast defense. He warned invasion of America remained possible if allied powers falter. The Webb bill drew fire for undermining Sherman anti trust law and aiding trusts, with Cummins calling it a foreign trade repeal. Defenders Pomerene and Townsend argued in favor as debate continued ahead of holiday recess.
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Reed
America
Russia
Romania
Serbia
Webb
Cummins
Iowa
Pomerene
Ohio
Townsend
Michigan
Middlesex Hopes for Feb 6 Ice Game at Concord
The Middlesex School ice hockey team will play Noble and Greenough at Concord on Wednesday February 6.
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Middlesex School
Noble and Greenough
Concord
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