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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1917
Page
7
Harvard students gathered in the Harvard Union last evening to discuss serving in the aero corps. About 150 men attended as they formed the university flying unit.
The article notes hundreds of American ambulance drivers with allied forces in France may be recognized as U S military if war breaks out with Germany. Harvard offers five more berths to join the Feb 17 departure of student volunteers for ambulance work despite submarine threats.
The measure, sponsored by Mrs. Ida M. Hebbard and the Housekeepers' League, targets price keeping schemes and will be heard by the joint judiciary committee at the State House at 3 PM with Hebbard leading a group of league members.
Up State Senators challenged the plan to move Friday Senate sessions from 1 pm to 11 am. The attempt failed by a 16 to 15 vote, keeping the old 1 o clock start. Senator Hull of Great Barrington called for reconsideration to renew the fight.
Four men arrested in a riot at Haverhill on April 3 pleaded guilty in Lawrence Superior Court to disturbing a public meeting. Sentence was deferred. The defendants are Edward Kerrigan William Hamilton James Bradley and James Sweeney.
The council voted to appoint a 20 member committee to study social insurance and self insurance and approved a $5000 appropriation to support the work. The panel will examine the impact of self insurance on the state and report its findings.
The Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange voiced alarm at a bill to double municipal debt limits. It warned the move would invite graft and extravagant spending, raise real estate assessments, and push higher taxes on taxable property, with four-fifths of the burden falling on real estate. The group filed resolutions protesting the bill and any measure increasing city debt.
Francis A. Lavelle known as Frank Lavelle, long time City Hall reporter for the Globe, passed the bar exam and was admitted. He will practice with a Boston law firm as part of his new professional status.
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