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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1918
Page
9
St Louis Jan 8 Chairman Padgett of the House naval committee said the United States will have a submarine fleet within a year as good as Germany or better. He noted the number under construction is a naval secret and the 138 built under the August 1916 program are only part of the total.
Two underage girls faced shoplifting charges after resisting arrest by women detectives at a Washington street department store yesterday afternoon. They struggled for several minutes as about a hundred bystanders watched the incident unfold.
A Public Service Commission hearing on Dorchester car service is set for 10 30 this morning at 2 Beacon Street. The Dorchester Board of Trade arranged the meeting to discuss service concerns.
An American youth, who earned the title Sergeant after 13 years in U S military service, travels to England to join the British army and lands in France. He endures a brutal first night in a shell scarred trench at H village, crawling through Whiskey Street, hearing machine guns, and witnessing a comrade killed by a trench mortar. He endures rain, rats, cold, and fear until dawn brings relief with tea and a renewed resolve to fight for King and Country.
The narrator describes being dragged to the rear by other men and resuming work on the parapet. Despite cold weather, heavy sweating reflects effort and fatigue. The entry ends with a note to be continued tomorrow and in future Daily and Sunday Post issues.
Mrs. George A. Crocker urges American women to conserve and substitute foods to aid soldiers. At the Brighton-Allston Special Aid Society meeting at Brighthelmstone Clubhouse, Mrs. William H. Huicott presided as charts recipes and samples of foods were shown.
Mrs. Ethel Gerber of Dorchester, an artist, will appeal the two month sentence in the house of correction handed down by Judge Dowd in Municipal Court yesterday. She was charged with larceny of a fur neckpiece from a department store. The defendant said she took the scarf by mistake thinking it hers. A sales girl claimed she had attempted to take pink sill underwear days earlier.
New York January 8 C Donald Fox promoter of the army and navy bazaar held last October was convicted of appropriating bazaar funds and sentenced to an indeterminate term in the penitentiary for petit larceny. The maximum term is three years, parole board may shorten.
Joseph H. Collins announces Gray Dawn will join the Red Cross benefit horse show at Park Riding School on Saturday afternoon and evening January 19 for the Boston Metropolitan Chapter. Miss Constance Vauclain of Philadelphia sent the horse to enter.
Miss Vauclain plans to ride Gray Dawn herself and displays The Whip, a Madison Square Garden champion for two years. Miss Webb, daughter of Jebb, joins the lineup, while Louis Liggett and daughters Lorraine and Janice enter a string of thoroughbreds including Wulgora Princess Trillo Swell and Harmony Girl. Donny Brook and Connie enter by Elmer Bliss and Herbert Camp offers Billy Sunday for auction to benefit the Boston Metropolitan Chapter.
Roxbury yesterday filed an entry for her horse Domino. Opponents for the polo game at the evening show will be the 36th Regiment Field Artillery from Camp Devens. First period starts at 8 p.m. and second at 8:40 p.m. A polo pony class is slated for the afternoon.
The League for Protective Work prepares a report by Michael M. Davis Jr. outlining food consumption and economy among moderate income families. It details methods used by 200 families to live on limited incomes and a proof has been sent to Massachusetts food administration officials with a pamphlet to follow after printing.
Chief William F. Hill resumes control of the Everett force after mayoral reinstatement. Acting Inspector John J. Lonergan and Acting Sergeant John O Neill are removed from duty, while suspended patrolmen Staples Risley Hansen Fullman Small return to ordinary status from assigned chemical works detail.
A number of ships loaded with Allied supplies finally sailed for European ports after delays of over two weeks due to coal shortages. One steamer carried the first mail to depart in 17 days while many vessels remain idle awaiting fuel.
A damaged OCR fragment lists various garments and prices for boys and children. Items include boys shirts at 1.16, boys sweaters at 7.50, cotton pajamas at 1, blouses at 6 percent, neckwear at 0.50, ribbed tee vests and underwear, wool union suits at 2.50, Misses gloves and kid gloves with inconsistent pricing.
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