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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1918
Page
4
Marion Decatur, a Beverly boarder at 4 Franklin Place, was robbed while sleeping on a kitchen couch. She reports a man wearing 7 1/2 or 8 shoes bought new rubber footwear earlier in the week, leaving footprints outside the house after a noise woke her at midnight.
Will of Zenas Crane of Dalton was allowed today in Pittsfield. The document specifies bequests totaling 2 217 000 dollars. Charles K. Crane declines to serve as executor while in France for war work. A brother former Governor W M Crane and son Z Marshall Crane will serve as executors.
The Atlantic fleet men send New Year greetings to the Red Cross and thanks for Christmas gifts. The fleet commander in chief expresses appreciation for the Red Cross work, saying it strengthens the service's resolve to bring the war to a successful conclusion.
Dorchester starts a new civic forum named the Harvard Street District Forum with an opening meeting Sunday evening at the Harvard Congregational Church on Gleason Street. Dr. Harry Levi of Boston will speak on Religion in War Time. The movement is non sectarian and citizen backed with an active program planned by Chairman Solomon Lewenberg and his committee.
The article notes a price hike in rubber shoes and boots on January 1 with a 10 to 15 percent rise for gum rubber items and a 20 to 25 percent rise for overshoes. It emphasizes the unaffordability of new rubber footwear for ordinary readers and jokes about aspiring to hip rubber boots.
A reader from Woburn urges the Post to address rising grain costs affecting New England poultry producers. He notes many hens and pullets have been killed due to high feed prices and warns of a hatchery season shortage unless grain is cheaper. The letter supports Mr. Kling's ideas and asks poultrymen to unite for fair prices, aligning with Hoover's goal to boost stock.
State education commissioner Dr. Payson Smith warns of a severe teacher shortage in both public and private schools. He cites higher pay in government and private sectors, war-time demands, and aging staff as reasons for fewer young people entering normal schools.
Theodore E. Ferris told the Senate commerce committee that Hog Island in Hog Island Penn will be slow to deliver ships on schedule due to a slow start in fabricating steel yard construction. He said Newark Bay and Chester plants should meet contracts while overall shipbuilding proceeds as well as expected. He cited timber-size shortages causing delays in wooden construction.
New York Jan 3 More than a quarter of the first 1 000 000 for immediate needs in re establishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine has been subscribed Dr Stephen S Wise chairman announced tonight The campaign started Monday and drew enthusiastic response from Jews nationwide
Mayor Curley promotes Dr Paul Butler to acting director of the City Hospital with a salary of 1800. He previously served as an assistant in X ray work earning 100.
Captain R. G. Fuller a Harvard faculty member and adjutant of the college regiment resigns to join the Intercollegiate Intelligence Bureau in Washington He will assist in placing graduates in government departments and the bureau will help soldiers and sailors find civilian work after the war.
Harvard soldiers will drill under cover until better weather. They will move from Commonwealth Armory in Alliston to the municipal drill hall in Cambridge and the baseball cage on Soldiers Field for their maneuvers.
The indictment charging Congressman John M. Nelson and Byron Nelson with conspiring to evade the selective laws was quashed by Judge Charles Carpenter in Chicago. The government may appeal to the Circuit Court of Appeals.
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