Yankee Heroes Cited In War Department Honor List
Thomas Whiteside Wilbur a YMCA secretary with the 5th Machine Gun Battalion of the Marine Corps is named among War Department citations. Also listed are Second Lieutenant Thomas K. Carter of the 4th Infantry killed near Tuillere Farm, Private Patrick J. Clark of C Company 6th Machine Gun Battalion and Private Stanley Mazurkevezk of the 9th Infantry for actions under heavy fire near Jaulay and Thiancourt France in September and November.
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Thomas Whiteside Wilbur
France
Thomas K. Carter
Carroll Avenue
Bridgeport
Conn
Thiancourt
Stanley Mazurkevezk
M Company
9Th Infantry
Ellsworth Street
Worcester
Jaulay
Peanuts and Peanut Butter Prices Cut
Peanuts fall to 12 cents a quart from 18 cents wartime level and first quality peanut butter drops to 21 cents a pound. The price change brings relief to households amid ongoing economic concerns.
Federal Aid for State Vocational Rehabilitation
The House education committee reported a bill for federal aid to states to promote vocational rehabilitation for industrially disabled persons. Minimum state grant is 90000 yearly. proposed appropriations 500000 for 1919, 750000 for 1920, and 1000000 annually thereafter, with state contributions required to match the federal funds.
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Washington
House Committee On Education Today
Prohibition Liquor Shops May Be Declared Public Nuisances
Washington February 7 Secretary of the Treasury Glass urges the House judiciary committee to enact legislation designating buildings operating liquor sales in violation of wartime prohibition as public nuisances Courts could ban any use of such property for up to a year as part of the proposal.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury Glass
House Judiciary Committee
Prohibition Enforcement Plan Prompts Hearing Proceedings
The Anti-Saloon League backed bill seeks strict enforcement with the Internal Revenue Service, federal courts, and U S attorneys. Citizens could file sworn information to seize liquor production, with destruction after seizure and prima facie intent to sell. Property owners failing to eject violators face nuisance charges. one year bans and bonds offered for good faith abatement.
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Anti-Saloon League
Glass
Internal Revenue Bureau
Edwain Dinwiddie
Wayene B. Wheeler
League
United States
Seized Goods Bill Expands NM Quorum Transport Penalties
The bill would authorize seizure sale or destruction of vehicles used to transport NMquor and extends powers to confiscate illicit cargo and equipment tied to smuggling operations.
Miriam Goldberg Youngest Woman Admitted to Massachusetts Bar
Lawrence report notes Miriam T. Goldberg daughter of Mr and Mrs Simon Goldberg of 25 Sheridan street believed to be the youngest woman member of the Massachusetts Bar. She appeared before bar examiners last December and is now with Rowell and Clay. Born September 17 1897 in Lawrence she graduated Lawrence High School in 1915 and earned a degree from Boston University after 1918 due to age. She is a cousin of Lewis Goldberg assistant U S District Attorney of Boston.
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Lawrence
Miriam T. Goldberg
Simon Goldberg
Sheridan Street
Massachusetts
Rowell and Clay
Goldberg
Lawrence High School
Boston University
Lewis Goldberg
U. S
Bostom
Guns a Civil War style display chosen for Boston Common
Governor Coolidge picked a site on the Common near Charles Street for the first big gun captured by the 26th Division in France. Governor Holcomb wrote General Edwards proposing Hartford. Edwards favors Boston as the historic center and ordered the gun placed on Boston Common pending Coolidge’s permission.
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Boston Common
Watertown Arsenal
Coolidge
Charles Street
France
Marcus H. Holcom
Connecticut
Edwards
102D Infantry
Connecticut Regiment
Hartford
Boston
New England
102D
Commandants of Maine Forts Are Transferred
Colonel Thomas Ridgway leaves Portland coast defences for Honolulu and will command there. Colonel John B. Christian replaces Ridgway at Portland Fort. Captain Albert A. Allen also headed to Honolulu and is on leave in Pennsylvania. Colonel E. E. Farnsworth moves from Camp Eustis to Fort Williams. Colonel Louis Brinton assumes command at Fort McKinley.
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Portland
Nec
Thomas Ridgway
Honolulu
John B. Christian
Fort McKinley
Ridgway
Albert A. Allen
Fort Williams
Pennsylvania
E. E. Farnsworth
Camp Eustis
Virginia
Louis ©. Brinton
McKinley
Springfield Tops Massachusetts Cleanliness Survey For Food Establishments
The Consumers' League of Massachusetts reports Springfield leads with 78 percent cleanliness across bakeries and restaurants after a complete survey with Board of Health cooperation. Brockton follows at 73 percent, while Holyoke Lawrence Westfield and Fall River range from 63 to 68 percent. Boston and Cambridge data pending.
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Springfield
Consumers’ League of Massachusetts
Board of Health
Commonwealth
League
Brockton
Boston
Cambridge
Holyoke
Lawrence
Westfield
Lowell
Fall River
Framingham
Lynn
Pittsfield
Plymouth
Woburn
Don’t Favor Purchase of Second Hand Machinery
Representatives of 40 New England machine tool builders connected with the National Metal Trades Association elected Albert E. Newton of Worcester to travel to Washington for a conference with C. W. Hare the U S sales manager regarding buying back war produced machinery now unused. The group took no final action but favored the bill in Congress to use government machinery in trade and technical schools.
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Worcester
New England
National Metal Trades Association
Albert E. Newton
Washington
C. W. Hare
United States
Congress
Bar to Honor Elder Memory at Supreme Court
Prominent jurists and citizens gather in Boston to present a memorial to the late Samuel J. Elder in the Supreme Court’s full bench room. Addresses by Taft McCall Morse and Wait precede the memorial’s reception by Justice Braley, with the event leading to court record inclusion.
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Bar Association
Supreme Court
Pemberton Square
Samuel J. Elder
President Taft
McCall
Robert M. Morse
William C. Wait
Taft
Boston
National Peace League
Joseph Walker
Massachusetts House of Representatives
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Coats
Verly
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Blackstone St
All New England
Cottage Farm
Wilson’s Nut
Hanover
Portland Streets
Washington Street
Big Guns
Attorney Goldberg
Holocom
Maine
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