Army Bands Plan War Footing at Camp Devens
At Camp Devens a broad reorganization aims to raise regimental bands from about 60 to 80 musicians to match Allied corps. Modeste Alloo of the Boston Symphony leads the effort with an expert committee. new instruments will be added as shortages are addressed. The move marks the first such cantonment drive in the country as a model for others. A separate meeting addressed jitney fares in camp grounds with proposed rates to the Yase hospital and post office. Chief Beatty reportedly ordered out-of-town drivers to leave Ayer amid jitney nuisance. Ayer voters face license questions with clergy urging a no vote, warning that licensing would betray patriotism. Three Privates from B Battery, 802d Artillery, after a 12-week quarantine, wed their brides and were quarantined again on return. The grooms are Carl Brandt, Harry Baldwin, and Howard License.
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Euurope
United States
Black Diamond’s
Yase
Carysso Fents
Beatty
Ayer
Thomas McGinn
St. Mary's’ Church
Camp Devens
802D
Carl Brandt
Pittsfield
N. N
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Blackwood Street
Boston
Harry Baldwin
Shoreham
Howard License
Pawlet, Vt
General Thomas J. Shryock Dies at 67 in Baltimore
General Thomas J. Shryock, prominent in business political and financial circles, died today in Baltimore of pneumonia at age 67. He served many years as grand master of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Maryland and was known across Masonic and Knights Templars groups nationwide.
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Baltimore
Thomas J. Shryock
Grand Masonic Lodge of
Maryland
Knights Templars
Somerville Fire Captain Dies After Fire Alarm
Captain Frank W. Ring of Hose 8 in Somerville collapsed and died shortly after responding to a fire at Daniel J. Gallagher's home 16 Bradley Street. Feuerwehr report notes he died yesterday afternoon after the call.
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Frank W. Ring
Somerville Fire Department
Daniel J. Gallagher
Bradley Street
Somerville
Peters Takes Office Today
Andrew J. Peters will become Mayor of Boston this morning in Faneuil Hall. Chief Justice Arthur P. Rug g administers the oath, making him the 41st mayor, with ceremonies and luncheon to follow and a procession from City Hall.
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Faneuil Hall
Andrew J. Peters
Boston
Arthur P. Rugg
Supreme Court
Mr. Peters
Curley
Leary
James J. Storrow
Edward J. Moriarty
St. Thomas’ Church
Jamaica Plain
Rug
Somerville Fire Captain Ring Dies After Rescue Effort
Captain Ring, among the department’s oldest members, collapsed on the second landing after entering the burning house to direct the rescue. He joined as a call man in 1976 and was a Mason and Odd Fellow. He survived by a brother, Deputy Chief Edward W. Ring, and a sister, Mrs. Edgar T. Mayhew.
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Captain Ting
Somerville
The
Masons
Order of
Odd Wellows
Edward W. Ring
Somerville Fire Department
Edgar T. Mayhew
Barbers Vote to Raise Prices in War Era
The master Barbers' Association executive committee met in the Old South building and announced higher shaving and haircut costs due to living expenses. President Joseph V. Dutra cited stock price increases since the war began, with shaves rising from 10 to 15 cents and hair cuts from 25 to 35 cents. The reorganization earlier this year elected Dutra president with Maffeo as vice president, Ciccolo secretary, Cappiero financial secretary, and Merlino treasurer.
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Master Barbers’ Association
Old South
Joseph V. Dutra
Association
Elks’ Hall
Hayward Place
Nichols To Be Secretary To Mayor-Elect Peters
Senator Malcolm W Nichols of the Fifth Suffolk district will serve as secretary to Mayor-elect Andrew J Peters at the inauguration today. Nichols, a Massachusetts Republican leader, will split duties after the current legislative session ends. He was born in Portland Maine on May 8 1876, Harvard educated, and has served in the state House and Senate.
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Suffolk
Andrew J. Peters
Senator Nichols
Massachusetts
Beacon Hill
Mr. Nichols
Portland
Ile
Harvard College
House
Senate
Boston Press Club
The
City Club
Harvard Club
Ward 7 Republican League
Boston Republican City Committee
General Wood Feels Better in Paris Hospital
Major General Leon ard Wood U S A who was wounded recently on a visit to the French front left bed today and received visitors. His arm remains in a sling and he hopes to leave the hospital this week. Lt Colonel Charles E K Kilbourne wounded in the face will be moved to Paris from a front hospital and surgeons expect to save his right eye. Major Shenyon A Joyce remains in a front area hospital with a painful arm wound.
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Paris
Leonard Wood
General Wood
Charles EK. Kilbourne
Shenyon A. Joyce
Signal School Opens at Vermont University
A Signal Corps instructional school will be opened at the University of Vermont on February 15 and will close June 30. The course covers fundamentals of electrical and visual communications including radio wireless and Morse telegraph operations the location and repair of faults in telephone switchboards and telegraph and telephone lines.
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Signal Corps Department
United States Army
University of Vermont
Honduras imposes ban on German trade
In San Juan del Sur Nicaragua the Honduras government blocks German commission houses at Amapala from maritime shipping facilities and bans vessels belonging to Germans. President Bertrand has interned their owners, ending a three year German trading monopoly in southern Honduras.
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Nicaragua
Amapala
Pacific
Honduras
Bertrand
Republic
Fingerprint clues in Dorchester liquor- store heist
Prints from the Timberlake and Small liquor store safe reveal four suspects after a dawn robbery that netted nearly 18 000 in government notes and 2000 in cash. Investigators link the crime to a Friday night South Boston drugstore holdup, noting expert nitro- glycerine work. Police describe the men as foreigners about 20, 150 to 160 pounds, five six to seven feet tall, wearing dark clothes with caps or a derby.
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Timberlake & Snmall
Neponset Avenue
Dorchester
Fromm
James Kirnan
South Boston
East Third Street
Mulvey and Donovan
Thomas Gallagher
Highway Commission Visited Over Ford Touring Car Ownership
The Highway Commission visits today to learn who owns the Ford touring car registered 42 144 used by four cracksmen in their getaway, with registrations of evidence.
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the Highway Commission
War Dept Announces $50 Million Smokeless Powder Plants
Production will begin by August at two plants to be built in Charleston West Virginia and Nashville Tennessee. Each plant will employ 10 000 to 15 000 men. Output will be shipped to the Allies rather than supplying raw materials.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Nashville
Steam Train Crash Fails To Clear Gates At Station
A steam feed pipe puncture caused by a New York bound train at South Station led to a crowd panic as the 38 o clock train crashed through the end bumper and tore apart the heating pipes. The steel coach train halted just inches from the station gates.
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New York
South Station
Service flag unfurled at St Bridget's in Lexington
A large service flag was raised outside St Bridget's Church in Lexington yesterday morning without ceremony. The white field bears 54 blue stars, each representing a parishioner serving in the military.
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St. Bridget’'s Church
Lexington
Women Give Aviation Tea at War Service Shop
The first naval district’s aviators, mostly college men in a 10 week MIT course, were guests at an aviation tea by the War Service League at 415 Boylston Street. Barbara Sherman chaired a 20 girl committee with chaperones, providing music and sociability before the men returned to socialize and some stayed for supper.
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War Service Shop
Boylston Street
United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
War Service League
Boston
Barbara Sherman
Louis Prouty
Leon Morrill
James Parker
Alice Jee
Catherine Trown
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