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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1917
Page
4
The column advises registrants to seek legal advisory help and explains how classifications work. It covers dependency rules for Class 2 and Class 4, timing for mailing questionnaires, residency abroad, order of call by class, income considerations, alien status, conscientious objection, and transferring to another local board upon hardship.
The Civil Service Commission may respond to District Attorney Pelletier’s claim that blocking Daniel V. McIsaac’s appointment as corporation counsel was politically driven to aid Andrew J. Peters’s mayoral bid. A commission meeting yielded no statement. A member said delays stem from charges against the district attorney's office. The Good Government Association backs McIsaac’s confirmation, with Billings and Bottomly supporting Peters.
Long extract traces Zionist aims from 1897 onward, detailing population figures in Palestine, Brandeis leadership, and goals of self rule. It notes Jewish National Fund as key, Olive Tree Fund, education emphasis, and Hebrew revival shaping life in colonies with schools, universities, and language shift from Yiddish and Ladino to Hebrew.
Washington December 11 C W Cook of San Francisco was named director of operations for the Shipping Board on the Pacific Coast. He will oversee building and operations for the entire Pacific seaboard.
Diplomacy aimed at public recognition of Palestine as the Jewish national home. Basle platform of the Zionist organization set this goal at the first congress in Basel. War's onset scattered European leaders and forced relocation of Inner Actions Committee operations to continue aiding Palestinian institutions. Over $150,000 needed. American Zionists faced unprecedented funding demand.
Navy Department measures to raise Annapolis midshipmen to 3128 and to allow naval and marine officers and enlisted men in the Dominican republic to collect government pay beyond regular U S wages were favorably reported by the naval affairs committee to the House.
A Champlain volume Des Sauvages from 1603, bought in Paris for 30 cents, sold at New York a book sale for 3600 dollars. The work details Champlain explorations in Canada and notes the later discovery of Lake Champlain.
Tony Ursha and Paul Millio, both alleging New York residences, appeared before Judge Sheehan in Municipal Court charged with holding up Robert Soner, a Finn, and robbing him of $4. Both pleaded not guilty and were held in $2000 bonds for the grand jury, with jail in default of bail.
Miss Katherine Stinson the Texas aviatrix started from San Diego at 7 31 p m and reached San Francisco at 4 38 p m in a non stop flight She became the first person to pilot an aeroplane over the Tehachapi mountains on a non stop flight The San Diego San Francisco distance by air is 461 miles.
Ralph Goulding aged 18 of 51 Pierce street Malden was taken to the pest house yesterday with smallpox officials report much valuable plumbing had been stolen since it last housed patients Malden health officers say there is no danger of an epidemic.
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