Soldiers Leaving Camp Devens to Get Jobs
Soldiers exiting Camp Devens will be placed in civil jobs through a national network of employment agencies run with War Department support. The Devens bureau, led by Captain Allen and Sergeant Steele, records soldiers as they depart and matches old positions or new openings, with railroad and shipyard opportunities highlighted by Shipping Board representatives. Recruiters include A F Donnell for merchant marine and Harry Otis Mayo for Shipping Board, plus John Markey and Sumner Haley coordinating labor and railroad interests.
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Washington
Camp Devens
Captain Allen
Sixth Street
First Avenue
United States Shipping Board
Merchant Marine
Sol
A. F. Donnell
Harry Otis Mayo
Shipping Board
United States Department of Labor
John Markey
New England
Sumner A. Haley
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & Maine
New Haven
Boston & Albany
True Name Law Cases Sent to Grand Jury in Central Court
Judge Murray declined jurisdiction as Coolidge House and Massachusetts Hotel Corpora tion faced alleged True Name law innholder license violations. Cases arose from a Hanover and Joy street police inspection weeks ago. several couples were arrested for false registration and convicted. The matter proceeds to the January grand jury sitting.
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Murray
Coolidge House
Massachusetts Hotel Corporation
Central Court
Grand Jury
Hanover Street
Joy Street
Jeanne Smiled on by a Francophone Suitor in Wartime Tale
In Vivela France a hapless American narrator courting Jeanne recounts jealousy as a French officer kisses him on the cheek. He fumbles with a French book and learns the new suitor is Jeanne’s brother, ending with a cliffhanger to be continued tomorrow.
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South Africa
Joe
Jeanne
Frerel
M’clure
Small, Maynard & Co., Inc
Hero Flier and War Exhibit Draw Crowds at Farre Show
Two major events drew attendees at Horticultural Hall with Lt. Henri Farre’s antiwar exhibit highlighted by a Ralph Osborne concert and Harold Willis delivering his escape tale from a German prison. Willis, Lafayette Escadrille veteran, will be greeted at Back Bay station as organizers promote the program.
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Henri Farre
Horticultural Hall
Ralph Osborne
Paris Grand Opera Company
Harold Willis
Newton Land
Rhine
Liberty
Osborne
Willis
Back Bay
National Aeronautic Committee
Massachusetts
la Lorraine
Lafayette Escadrille
Switzerland
Royal College of Music
London
Buckingham Palace
Paris
Monsieur Clement
Campaign to raise 60000 for Boston Boy Scouting
The Greater Boston Federation of the Boy Scouts of America launches a three day drive from January 4 to raise 60000 for expanding training. The movement runs within a ten mile radius of the State House under local districts with 300 troops and 500 scouts.
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Greater Boston
Greater
Boston
Boy Scout Movement
Boy Scouts
Cold Weather Heralds Influenza Return Awareness Ad
An advertisement warns that influenza danger remains as cold weather comes. It promotes Hyomei inhalation therapy to destroy germs, touts a home inhaler, and claims the spray can prevent illness, cut absences, and be inexpensive and durable. It cites Boston as a past example and urges buying a complete Hyomei outfit at local drug stores.
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Boston
Private Alfred Bannister Details Frontline Deaths in France
In a letter to his father Billie Bannister Private Alfred Bannister of Porchester, a member of the 4th Machine Gun Battalion, 2nd Division, recounts reading a Boston Post on No Man's Land and learning of an intimate friend's death. He notes serving at three fronts since going to France and being in the front line when the final shot of the war was fired.
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Boston
No Man's Land
Alfred Bannister
Westville Street
Porchester
Billie’ Bannister
Young Bannister
France
Christmas Tree at Blue Triangle Tonight
A Christmas event at the Blue Triangle Recreation Centre Mechanics' building runs from 7 to 10 with a tree and programme. J L Harbour will perform a monologue titled Blessed Be Humor and Alfred Hallam will lead singing, followed by navy jazz band music, dancing, games, and refreshments.
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Boston
Blue Triangle Recreation Centre
Mechanics’ Building
J. L. Harbour
Christmas Spirit Shines in Betty and the Cherubs Tale
In the Christmas issue of the Boston Post Sunday Magazine next Sunday readers meet Betty and the Cherubs in an amusing holiday tale about the real meaning of Christmas and the joy it brings.
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Boston Post
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Devens
Brewster
UGE Poe
Ehikering
Tremont Street
Mason
H. C. Witwer
Norman
Vivela
America
U. S
J. P. Morgan
Walter Johnson
Windy Haskins
Haskins
Daily
Sunday Post
Farre
Newton Boy
Escape
Hans
Chicago
Adolph Germer
National Socialist Party
Vermer
United States
Blue Triangle
The
Land
Palestine
Land of the Bible
Life of Christ
L. H. Burack & CO
Broomfield Street
Dr. Hilton
la Grippe
Gen. Pershing
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