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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1918
Page
4
Women whose names appear on the eligible substitute list and who have passed civil service exams may soon fill office positions in the Boston postal district. Most letter carriers are over draft age, so younger men fill offices. women may take these posts in the near future.
Edward Powers 19 a passenger brakeman on the New York New Haven Hartford railroad fell between two cars near the North Easton station and died minutes later. He was the son of Mr and Mrs J W Powers of Stoughton and had worked on the railroad only a short time.
The Salvation Army opens a campaign to raise 200000 for war welfare work in New England. Boston headquarters expect first returns by noon. Seven hundred Boston corps members began covering districts, with 8 cities in the region launching similar drives. Boston theatre leaders plan a country fair scene at the Common to aid the effort. Women's committee organized a sales force of 100 to sell Save and Serve certificates at hotels stores and stations.
A wireless chorus of 200 students from the Harvard Radio School will be a featured act at the All College Rally in the Boston Opera House Saturday night. Fifty colleges will be represented. Tufts Professor Leo R. Lewis will direct the musical program.
British-Canadian recruiting officers staged rallies in Lynn and planned a week long drive across major cities and towns north of Boston. At 44 Bromfield Street mission HQ, 30 men were recruited for British and Canadian armies, with three aiming to join the Royal Flying Corps after tests in New York. Captain A M Thomas, in Boston, then left for New York to oversee potential volunteers.
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals reports unprecedented winter strain. President Francis H Rowley notes horses suffer more this season as dire weather conditions persist and directors meet to review actions.
Washington Feb 12 Chairman Harris of the Federal Trade Commission tendered his resignation to President Wilson. He intends to run for the Senate in Georgia against Senator Hardwick.
The lecture hall in Horticultural Hall becomes an Acacia tea garden for the Red Cross flower show by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society to aid the Boston Metropolitan Chapter. March 13 to 17 feature daily speakers, music, and tea service from 5 to 6 pm with Mrs. J. Montgomery Sears in charge of tea foods and staff from the Vincent Club and Greater Boston Society.
Walter Thornhill Steibel private in the 213th Aero Squadron served aboard the Tuscania. He enlisted last October and was first assigned to the 158th squadron at Fort Slocum New York before transfers to Texas Louisiana and back to New York to the 218th squadron. Born in Lenox aged nearly 24 he moved to Boston with his family five years ago and attends St Pauls Cathedral parish at 15 Rutland square South End.
New York reports the national food administration revoked the license of B Baff & Son Inc wholesale poultry and egg dealers for the war period following a charge they profited by selling eggs at 51 cents a dozen while the price was fixed at 46 cents. The action, the most drastic yet against New York food dealers, followed a recommendation by the New York federal food board.
The Rev. Dr. Woodman Bradbury of Cambridge was elected professor of homiletics at the Newton Theological Institution yesterday. He has served as pastor of the Old Cambridge Baptist Church for 17 years and will likely assume duties at the fall session.
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary urged a separate federal department for war and civil aeronautics at the Traffic Club of New England banquet. He warned of aerial war power, projected mail and news via air, and predicted air defenses for cities. George W. Anderson clarified federal railroad control while McAdoo’s stance remains undecided, refuting claims of impending nationwide war taxes and rail collapse.
Harvard Congregational Church in Brookline adopted resolutions regretting Rev Ambrose W Vernon resignation and wished him success. They praised assistant pastor Fritz A Baldwin and Mrs Vernon, while a motion by Miss Ann Feasen den was expunged. The meeting aimed for harmony but surfaced autocratic church tensions.
John J Roach and Daniel Roach of 37 Plain Street Dorchester were arrested by Patrolmen Hennessey and Hunter near Fire Alarm Box 3456 at Neponset Avenue and Tolman Street. The fire department was kept busy answering false alarms in the area last night.
Society notices announce the engagement of Miss Charlotte Baylies of 5 Commonwealth Avenue to Dr Randall Clifford son of Mrs Harriet P Randall of New Bedford. Clifford, a 1912 Harvard graduate, serves as lieutenant junior grade in the U S Naval Reserve at Newport. No wedding date set.
A Harvard committee of undergraduates will round up 233 students who have not paid pledges for the Y M C A fund this week and solicit their payments. The recent campaign raised over $50,000, with most pledges already redeemed by faculty and students.
Harold Alfred Vyvyan St George Harmsworth heir of Baron Rothermore and nephew of Viscount Northcliffe died in London from wounds received in the battle of Cambrai. Rothermore's second son was also killed in the battle of the Ancre.
Daniel B. Howard aged 38 dies after a five week illness with typhoid fever. He led Emerson Fabric Company Rockland, Lenox Motorcar Company Jamaica Plain, Mayflower Rubber Company Braintree, Rockland Trust director, The Shoeman treasurer, and presided over Brockton YMCA for four years. He was a Brown and Penn alumnus.
General Pershing informed the War Department that enlisted men of the American Expeditionary Forces are candidates for entrance to the West Point Military Academy. The President can appoint and keep a roster of 180 enlisted men at the academy.
The railroad administration decides circuses touring state fairs and outdoor shows will route outside congested districts except when movements do not interfere with war shipments. Movements within congested districts receive special consideration to minimize disruption.
An old advertisement touts Jad Salts as a remedy for kidney and bladder issues caused by uric acid from meat. It promises relief by flushing waste, reducing irritation, and normalizing urine, advising a daily tablespoon in water before breakfast and claiming wide pharmacist support.
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