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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1918
Page
14
The plaintiff Rev. Frederick W. Buis former pastor of the First Baptist Church of Salem sues Leroy B. Philbrick a prominent church member for 25000 alleging slander. The defense opened yesterday as the Salem court heard the case and the trial is expected to run several days.
Warren B. Symonds testifies that parish criticism centered on Rev. Mr. Buis for not making parish calls. Mrs. Lucy H. Folsom recalls threats to ruin Philbrick, and Samuel Greer notes Buis kept church books at home. Witnesses discuss Buis focus on edifice and personal work. The court allows the testimony and the case resumes next morning.
Isadore Levitt of Malden was taken under police guard from Malden exemption headquarters to the U S marshal's office for refusing a draft examination. Class 1 registrant, he cites Tolstoy beliefs and opposition to war as his reason. He spent the night at City Hall avenue station and will be moved to East Cambridge and then to Ayer.
Washington dispatch reports Ford Motor Company's Detroit plant will shift all available capacity from government war work to high speed production of Liberty Motors. The plant has produced engine parts and will now assemble complete Liberty engines, with tests showing at least 400 horsepower per engine.
Stephen F Blair, veteran of the 88th Royal Engineers and the French Foreign Legion, recounts his front line service in Belgium and France. He describes Neuve Chapelle Verdun gas wounds and the human cost, praising mid class English soldiers and French camaraderie while noting a shell wound and a blood transfusion episode.
A 34 year old Blair recounts travels in South America China and Borneo for railroad projects before joining the engineer corps to depart for France. He notes French roads are suitable for autos but ruined by war and mentions meeting Pershing. He jokes about a French pension of two cents daily.
Three American airmen are dead after crashes during training flights. Cadets T. C. Rogers and P. D. Cooley collided around 250 feet high at Park Field near Memphis, Tennessee. Lieutenant L. F. Plummer, from New Rochelle, New York, died when his plane went down at Gerstner Field near Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Sigma Alpha Iota Sorority of the New England Conservatory of Music held a silver tea yesterday to benefit the conservatory Red Cross auxiliary. Proceeds fund knitting material and surgical dressings. Ruby Knapp led the committees, with Laura Newell featuring as harp soloist in the music program.
Harvard University will cooperate with Cambridge school authorities to provide instruction during fuel-shortage induced vacations. The Fogg Art Museum and University Museum will host small classes with Harvard professors and regular teachers assisting. At University Museum 400 plus weekly nature-study students will be taught. four days a week. Edward W Forbes will lead art instruction for Cambridge teachers who will bring 25 pupils to learn from museum collections. The program, arranged through Mayor Quinn and the Public School Association.
A 75 year old widower and a 70 year old widow, each with five children, will wed on Friday Web 22 at First Baptist Church in Cambridge. Albert W. Mann of Boston filed intentions to marry Mrs. Mary Ke Delancy of Somerville, a mother of five and three girls, two boys.
Letter to the editor from G. A. Lancaster of Revere proposes government support to house and feed 9000 to 10000 shipyard workers near Fore River in Quincy and Squantum. He argues for home-like lodging instead of cantonment style barracks, suggesting weekly board payments and wholesale provisioning to attract local families within an hour’s reach. Dated Feb 8 1918.
The Rev Friedrich Fritz, a Lutheran missionary among Germans rounded up at Manila and sent from Zamboanga to the United States, traveled 15000 miles to reach Boston aboard a U S army transport. He and his wife and infant now await possible relocation as war displaces many.
Washington announces new rules for mixed flours. Flours with less than 8 percent wheat may be sold without substitutes. If mixed flour contains more than 50 percent wheat, retailers must supply substitutes to equal one pound per pound of wheat. Graham and whole wheat can be 3:5. Infants and invalids food may receive exceptions.
Mrs. Henry E. Hagan announced the engagement of her daughter Miss Vesta S. Hagan to Thomas H. Sullivan of Somerville. The couple's tea at 18 Victoria Street Dorchester introduced the match with Marion Sullivan and others assisting. No wedding date has been set.
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