Railroad Bill Heads for Quick Senate Vote Thursday
Washington report states administration leaders expect passage of the railroad bill this week. Debate will be limited to five minute speeches starting at 2 p m Thursday with a final vote likely before adjournment. Senators Pomerone Watson Poindexter Johnson discuss government ownership and timing.
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Washington
Senate
Smith
Poindexter
Pomerone
Ohio
Watson
Indiana
Interstate Commerce Committee
Johnson
California
McAdoo Urges Action in Letter to Interstate Commerce Chair
A letter from Director-General McAdoo to Chairman Smith of the Interstate Commerce Committee urged prompt consideration of the new proposal. The document signals serious policy attention and momentum behind the administration stance.
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Smith
Interstate Commerce Committee
McAdoo
Mrs. Veo Admits She Started Six Fires
Viola Veo aged 43 a chambermaid in a Springfield rooming house pleaded guilty to arson and was held for the grand jury in 2000 bond. She admitted setting six fires yesterday within hours in her workplace and three on earlier dates causing several hundred dollars in damage.
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Springfield
Viola Veo
Food conservation bill would give President control of foods
Washington February 18. The House agriculture committee finished a food conservation bill that would grant the President authority to control the manufacture and distribution of foodstuffs and the operation of public eating houses.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Hoover Food Administration Plan Narrowed By Committee
Blanket authority was withheld and the panel chose to limit the measure to Hoover's essential features. The plan would let the food administration control manufacture and distribution to conserve wheat and other staples. It would not pursue general rationing and would not affect housewives or farmers.
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Hoover
Food Administration
Daniels' Son Promoted in Marine Reserves
Philadelphia February 18 Josephus Daniels Jr son of the Secretary of the Navy has been promoted to a second lieutenancy in the United States Marine Corps Reserves quartermaster's department The 24 year old enlisted as a private in Washington last April and is stationed at the quartermaster's depot in this city.
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Philadelphia
Josephus Daniels, Jr
Secretary of the Navy
United States Marine Corps Reserves
Quartermaster’s Department
Daniels
Washington
Quartermaster’s
Ice Tide Swamps Boston Harbor Damages Yacht Club
A strong tide and wind pushed great cakes of ice onto Boston harbor shores causing jams and property damage. The Winthrop Yacht Club saw its float runway badly damaged as girders were uprooted, and the harbor froze with drifting ice signaling spring’s arrival.
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Boston Harbor
Arctic
Winthrop Yacht Club
Miss Hannah Gilman Dies After Long Illness in Brookline
Boston educator Miss Hannah Gilman dies at her home 150 Babcock Street Brookline after a long illness. Born March 27 1836 in Foxcroft Maine she graduated Bradford Seminary in 1857 and in 1884 founded the Misses Gilmans School with her sister.
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Hannah Gilman
Boston
Babcock Street
Brookline
Foxcroft
Miss Gilman
Bradford Seminary
Misses Gilmans
Breaks a Cold In a Hurry with Pape's Cold Compound
A vintage ad promotes Pape's Cold Compound as fast relief for grippe symptoms. It claims two hourly doses up to three, opening nasal passages, stopping discharge, easing headaches, feverishness, sore throat, and sneezing, and touts low cost and easy use.
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Grippe
Pape
Medical Corps Seeks Draft-Age Men for Service
Men of draft age may join the medical department of the national army. Those who wish to serve in this branch should report for a physical examination to Captain R. B. Parker at Room 804 755 Boylston Street Boston. If examined satisfactory, a blank is provided for filing with the local board for induction into the medical department.
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Medical Department
R. B. Parker
United States Ambulance Service
National Army
Boylston Street
Boston
Portland to Be Heard on Fare Boost Plan
Governor Milliken asked the Attorney General to protect Portland and nearby residents at a Public Utilities Commission hearing on proposed fare increases for electric lines. The plan requests six cents in the city and two cents for each additional mile.
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Augusta
Portland
Public Utilities Commission
Milliken
Guy H. Sturgis
Everett Special Aid Society to Boost War Work Sings
Mrs. Benjamin M. Rowand announces continued community sings to foster war relief efforts in Everett. The Junior League members and children will meet today in the high school hall, with plans for outdoor sings to engage the whole city. The group aims to grow membership from 400 to over 600 or 1000, and clarifies it remains a separate organization from the Red Cross despite shared meeting spaces.
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Everett
Ben
Jamin M. Rowand
Special Aid Society
High School
Mayor Weeks
Harry W. Baldwin
Special Aid
Red Cross
Irish Flying Corps Planned Forming Navy Unit
An Irish aviation corps is to be formed in the navy with 200 mechanics from this district asked to enroll at once. They will be sent to Ireland to continue their work. The enrolling office at Charlestown navy yard will receive applications for enrollment.
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Navy
Ireland
Charlestown Navy Yard
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