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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1918
Page
14
General Pershing's communique details a successful Vosges raid with enemy losses and multiple skirmishes across the Chateau Thierry, Picardy, Lorraine, and Marne sectors. Reports describe patrol actions, ammunition dumps hit, reduced German air activity, and continued raids through July 4 with varying intensity.
Berne reports an epidemic of Spanish grippe sweeping Switzerland with rapid spread especially among those under 40. Several deaths include interned British prisoners at Chateau Dex and a military doctor at Soleure.
Depot Brigade at Devens, now 12 000 men, will be doubled. New soldiers begin arriving July 22 and continue for three days to reach 15 000 men drafted from all New England states except Rhode Island. The brigade now has 15 battalions with a development unit, and 12 to 15 companies will be added. Many new officers will be assigned to drill the arrivals.
Colonel George L. Byroade will lead the enlarged depot after rising from private in 1894. New officer training opens to civilians who pass preliminaries with 600 graduates monthly, earning second lieutenant rank and $33 monthly during schooling. Camp Devens excluded with schools planned in the South and West, and admissions controlled by Harvard MIT Amherst and Williams. Private Waler L. Merrill of Company B 301st Engineers is sent to Atlanta federal prison for 15 years after a court martial for theft. he had escaped and was recaptured at Alfred Missouri after absconding in January.
Seventy-five more American youths from the East and Middle West passed examinations at Boston yesterday for enrolment on United States Shipping Board merchant marine training ships.
William M. Wood of the American Woolen Company appealed to Secretary Baker for government intervention as about 1500 weavers walk out. Each day of stoppage halts 50,000 yards of army khaki cloth, enough to outfit 16,000 soldiers.
President Wood sent a telegram requesting federal aid after a mass meeting of nearly 1000 striking weavers in South Lawrence Common. They voted to meet again tomorrow and stay on strike until demands are met, pressing a 55 percent wage rise and the abolition of the premium bonus system. They seek a flat wage scale aligned with other mills, arguing the premium boosts total pay irregularly. Endicott is likely to arbitrate, with the weavers’ committee approving him as mediator.
About 700 Worthington Pump and Machine Co employees in Cambridge met at Wells Memorial Hall Boston and unanimously voted to continue the strike until the War Labor Board rules on demands for shipyard wages and conditions. Despite urging to return to work by IAM agents, the union remains firm awaiting the board’s decision and possible rapid call for a return if one is issued.
An Atlantic port reports a warning that submarines may be encountered between latitudes 35 and 45 north. On July 5 an enemy sub was at 42.32 north 43.50 west, likely returning to Germany from American waters about 1300 miles east of New York.
Amsterdam dispatches report Berlin confirms severe floods across Germany after heavy rainfall. Widespread crop damage and property losses affect multiple districts, with authorities assessing the extent of the disaster.
Miss Edna Belain and Master Frank Manning will unveil the McCall shield of honor in Martha's Vineyard next Saturday. The Gay Head service flag with 19 stars will be raised just before the ceremony, pulled aloft by Miss Viola Van derhoop and Master Otis Jeffers.
Island residents and visitors from New England prepare for a governor led celebration with a parade schoolhouse program and shield of honor ceremony in Gay Head Oak Bluffs Edgartown Vineyard Haven and surrounding towns. The day includes colors flag raising singing by schoolchildren and a Naval Band led banner anthem with extensive transportation arrangements and nonstop festivities.
Special Officer Ferrari traced Hattie Haxton to Boston where she presented Hannah Menelo to her husband as their own child after abducting the 11 month old from North End resident Mrs. Philomena Menelo. The suspect is also known as Dickerman or Di Copa and fled via Fairhaven New Bedford to Providence.
A Heber Springs operator reported fighting in the hills near the town between alleged draft evaders a detachment of national army soldiers a company of the Arkansas National Guard and sheriffs posses from three counties. Evaders were said to be fleeing at noon and setting woods on fire to conceal movements as posses closed in. The incident had not produced a confirmed report by night.
The funeral for John J. Mogan 45 a native of Waltham and longtime Greater Boston amateur musical show producer will start Thursday morning from his brother William H. Mogan 38 School Street Waltham A high mass of requiem will be at St Marys Church Waltham He was a past deputy grand knight of Waltham Council K of C and is survived by three brothers and two sisters Thomas F Mogan Edward S Mogan and Mrs John Ellsworth and Mrs Joseph Carsy of Waltham in addition to William H Mogan
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