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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1918
Page
12
The one day off in three plan for the city fire department begins today. Mayor Curley appointed eight men from the civil service list and 68 on provisional appointment. Those not on the civil service list and provisional appointees await Civil Service Commission examinations.
A long list enumerates residents by name and street in South Boston East Boston Charlestown Roxbury Dorchester and Roslindale. The document also notes civil service appointments including Franklin B. Sanborn Frederick W. Clement James J. Devany John S. Cheevers Dana W. Freeman Joseph H. Collins and John W. McDonald.
Scarcity of domestic help grows as immigration declines and trained workers join government production. Boston agencies report no green girls available while many American and immigrant maids move to ammunition and supply plants. Wages rise to 20 and 25 dollars in factories, deterring domestic hiring.
Middlesex County officials bring Tony Pellegrino from Fraterson New Jersey to Boston. They say he confessed to the January 19 murder of Louise Granata in Winchester. DA Tufts aims for early indictment and swift trial and Pellegrino waived extradition.
Mayor Curley announced the Civil Service Commission rejected Owen J. Farley as a Mattapan Consump tives Hospital trustee. He then appointed Dr Peter J. Fleming of 1258 Blue Hill Avenue Mattapan to the post.
A Boston petition from Representative Winchester aims to require the State Board of Labor and Industries to provide employers of minors ages 14 to 16 with report blanks. These forms would inform parents about wages hours and whether the minor’s work meets standards, starting August 1, 1918.
The War Department approves Pershing recommendation to form 15 cavalry regiments for the national army. Commanders named for seven regiments announced today. organization of the remaining eight regiments postponed.
Louis A. Frothingham will lead the celebrating class of 1898 at Harvard commencement next June. Named chief marshal by the alumni association, he is a prominent member of the 1893 class which marks its 25th anniversary. A committee will arrange the celebration and alumni may expect a war-time program for the festal week.
George A Sagendorph Boston businessman and Penn Metal president is appointed special representative by the War Ordnance Bureau to recruit 2000 stenographers office workers and technical staff for Washington and arsenals. He says War Department offices are clogged with unpaid backlog and lack staff. Applications are filed at the New England ordnance bureau on 45 Bromfield Street.
The funeral for Walter J Mayer a former Boston police board counsel and Dorchester resident will be held from his 147 Harvard Street home with a requiem high mass at St Leos Church at 9 oclock He was a member of the Catholic Union and other prominent local organizations.
A federal department statement from the Northwest argues against detailing soldiers to protect manufacturing plants. It notes railroads and water front plants, led by the New England Transportation Conference, are coordinating to avoid actions that would weaken military strength.
New York January 31. The General Board of Religious Education of the Protestant Episcopal Church completed plans to place trained workers in state university communities to study work, worship, and education for Episcopal students. The collegiate department is empowered to launch a campaign to equip these workers and new scholarships for capable upperclassmen being prepared for church service.
Governor James M. Cox telegrams President Wilson urging patience as political turmoil grows. Wilson replies thanking Cox and affirming confidence that the boat remains sound and will not be upset.
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