Ban on Lawrence visits to Camp Devens stays in place
A committee of mess men from Lawrence after a meeting reports the ban on soldiers visiting Lawrence will continue until city authorities assure camp officers the area is safe. Draftees advance to noncommissioned officers schools. fly control efforts begin in the depot brigade with passes for weekend home visits tied to fly counts. Lieutenant George C. Tait earns a captaincy and teaching staff move to Jacksonville for further training. Benjamin Isaacson becomes dancing instructor at the Enlisted Men's Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Devens
Lawrence
Spindle City
Richard Ward
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
John P. Kane
Frederick Eaton
The
Bay State Bank
George C. Tait
Personel
Sheriff Fairbairn
Middlesex County
Quartermaster Corps
Officers Training School
Jacksonville
Fla
Quartermaster’s Department
Benjamin Isaacson
Pier Casino
Old Orchard Beach
43D Depot Brigade
Field Day at Wood Island hosts Gaston and parade of events
Colonel William A. Gaston Democratic candidate for Governor headlines a Wood Island Park field day and military athletics carnival in East Boston. The program includes a First Naval District Boston Base nine versus Fort Strong baseball, a Commonwealth Pier drill, service member events, Boy Scout drills, and speeches by Gaston former Mayor John F. Fitzgerald and other officials at 2 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Gaston
Wood Island Park
Boston
Church of the Assumption
First Naval District
Fort Strong
Commonwealth Pier
Boy Scouts
Joseph W. Fitzgerald
the Assumption Church
John B. Condon
Walter A. Quinlan
The
Assumption Church
Gaston
John F. Fitzgerald
Walsh
Mur- Tray
United States
Mitchell
Tague
British Recruits Examined in Worcester by Mission Leader
Captain R H McNair head of the medical board of the British and Canadian Recruiting Mission at 44 Bromfield Street visited Worcester to examine a large number of recruits gathered there in recent days. Major M M Hart M C directs the Worcester campaign and will travel to Springfield and other Western cities to speak with British subjects about the alien draft law provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
R. H. McNair
Bromfield Street
M. M. Hart
M. C
Boston
Hart
Springfield
Girls Demonstrate Red Cross Life Saving on Charles River
Field Agent W E Longfellow of the American Red Cross will publicly exhibit life saving methods this afternoon at 3 o clock near the Union Boat Club at Chesnut Street on the Charles River lower basin. Harvard summer school girls assist by demonstrating freeing from clothing in water breaking the death grip carrying unconscious persons and resuscitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. BE. Longfellow
First Aid
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Union Boat Club
Chesnut Street
Charles River
Canning and Food Preservation Demonstrations In Allston
Miss Minnie Turner led canning classes at the Public Health House on Harvard avenue and at St Columbkines Hall teaching cold pack methods. She urged washing and grading fruits and vegetables, uniform sizes, blanching, and using damp jars to avoid air entry and metal corrosion. wartime program supports war work in Allston with a renovated two family house providing a well baby clinic district nurse association demonstration kitchen maternity housing and public safety offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allston
Public Health House
Harvard Avenue
Miss Turner
St. Columbkine’s Hall
Max Schoolman
Public Safety Committee
Food Conservation Committee
W. J. McDonald
Boston Telephone Operators Seek Court Stay Against Brotherhood
Judge Loring issued a temporary injunction in a Boston case where Miss Mary A. Mahoney and over 2000 operators seek to block the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers from amending its constitution to abolish the Boston Local Union 1. The ruling halts Frank L. Kelly from actions harming the union and its members ahead of a Buffalo convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Telephone Girls
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Supreme Court
Loring
Mary A. Mahoney
Burffalo
Brotherhood
Judge Loring
Bedford Man Receives Post Cane For Longevity
Bedford July 19 James Clapp Jones is named the town oldest male resident and will receive the Boston Post gold headed cane tomorrow from Dr Emanuel Pfeiffer Jr chairman of the Board of Selectmen. The previous holder Benjamin Day died this week at age 84 and was buried recently. Jones turns 84 on November 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
James Clapp Jones
Boston Post
Immanuel Pfeiffer, Jr
Board of
Selectmen
Benjamin F. Day
Mr. Jones
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised for soldiers and sailors
Antiseptic powder to shake into shoes relieves friction and refreshes feet. A 25 year standard remedy for callouses tired aching sweating and swollen feet, making tight shoes feel easy. Plattsburg Manual advises using Foot-Ease each morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
30 Year Term for Sedition
The Rev. Theodore Buessel pastor of the German Lutheran Church at Bristol was found guilty of seditious utterances in U S Court. He was sentenced to 10 years on each of three counts in Atlanta penitentiary with terms to run concurrently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Theodore Buessel
Bristol
United States Court
Atlanta
H. B. Howe
Judge Refuses to Set Aside Verdict in Counterfeit Citizen Case
Judge H. B. Howe denied a motion to set aside the verdict. Buessel pleaded for mercy and another chance, asking to be sent to France to die for his country. The court found his evidence untrue and sentenced him to severe punishment for his counterfeit citizen offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Howe
Buessel
France
Howe
Lightless nights to resume nationwide fuel cutbacks
The fuel administration announced that outdoor illumination will be discontinued next Wednesday except for essential street lighting. In New England and select states lighting will be off Monday through Thursday, with Monday and Tuesday off in the rest of the country. Roof gardens outdoor restaurants and motion picture theatres remain unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Fuel Administration
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
United States
Grand Jury Fish Probe Near End
The Suffolk grand jury session closed with Attorney-General Attwill stating the fish monopoly inquiry against Bay State Fishing Company in Boston is practically complete. The panel adjourned to July 29 awaiting further decision on presenting more evidence or acting on existing testimony. Witnesses yesterday covered the fish trade, including Thomas Gillam Nicholas Fulham J Henry Hunt Thomas R Hart George A Grueby and Warren Fitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
Attwill
Boston
Bay State
Thomas Gillam
Nicholas Fulham
J. Henry Hunt
Thomas R. Hart
George A. Grueby
Warren Fitch
Hoover in London to survey European food situation
Herbert C H Hoover American food controller arrived at a British port from America. He left Washington July 8 to meet allied food ministries and unify distribution, aided by Cotton Bell Jackson Strauss. The pooling of food supplies will occupy much of his European visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Herbert C.hoover
America
Hoover
Washington
Atlantic
Europe
Joseph P. Cotton
James W. Bell
George 8. Jackson
Grain Corporation
Food Administration
Lewis Strauss
Charles Williams and Alice Keough Win New England Dance Title
Charles Williams and Miss Alice Keough won the New England championship at the Crescent Garden. Ten couples reached the final from an initial entry of over 200, with 37 advancing to the semi finals. The final featured the one-step fox trot and waltz, with Mrs. Gilbert De Santo and William Flannery taking second prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Williams
Alice Keough
New England
Crescent Garden
Gilbert de Santo
William Flannery
Endicott Johnson Raises Wages with War Stamps Plan
Endicott Johnson plants in Endicott and Johnson City New York announce a 10 percent flat voluntary wage increase payable in thrift stamps. With a weekly payroll near 250000 dollars this means about 25000 dollars weekly to government thrift stamp purchases. The company, the world’s largest shoemaker, produces about 76000 pairs daily and several factories make military footwear. An eight hour day was adopted about a year and a half ago, praised by workers and management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Endicott-Johnson Company
Endicott
Johnson City
N. Y
Massachusetts Committee On Public Safety
Walworth Workers Pledge War Support After Address
More than 1200 Walworth Manufacturing Company employees in South Boston renewed allegiance to Old Glory and vowed to aid the war effort following a noon patriotic address by Corporal F. A. H. Street of the Shipping Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walworth Manufacturing Company
Boston
F. A. H. Street
The
Shipping Board
Lieutenant Souther Dies in Naval Plane Crash
Lieu tenant A F Souther U S N was killed when a naval airplane plunged 100 feet into the water near East Greenwich R I during a training flight. He had flown two trials on Tuesday and three more on the morning of the accident before the fatal plunge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. IL
A. F. Souther
East Greenwich
Souther
Cleveland
Potowomut
Newport
Rabbis Pray for Allied Troops in Boston Synagogues
Jewish leaders across Greater Boston offered special prayers for the success of American and allied forces in France, expressing jubilation over their deeds and honoring the troops during a night of prayer across nearly all synagogues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater
Boston
France
Lieutenant Wilson and Figudreau Convicted in Baltimore Raid
President Wilson ordered three months confinement in camp for Second Lieutenant Joseph B. Wilson son of the labor secretary and First Lieutenant Charles T. Figudreau after a Baltimore gambling raid. They were in uniform when arrested and found guilty of gambling violating the article of war against bringing discredit upon the military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph B. Wilson
Wilson
Charles T. Figudreau
Baltimore
Women’s Association backs peace conference invite
Cincinnati July 19 closing session of the Women’s Association of Commerce of the United States adopted a resolution urging the United States to appoint at least one woman to sit at the peace conference after the war. The group also backs machine made soldiers’ garments and re elected Florence King of Chicago as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Convention of the Women’s Association of Commerce of the United States
United States
Florence King
Chicago
Officers Sought for Artillery Training Camps
The Military Training Camp Association announces vacancies for commissions in field artillery. Enrollees should have algebra and geometry knowledge, preferably trigonometry with logs. Training camps begin Aug 15 with 20 years eight months to 40 years, lasting three months for artillery infantry and machine gun branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field Artillery
Military Training Camp Association
Stall Street
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Wood Island
Col. Gaston
Union Street
Atser Crash
Kellogg's Krumbles
Lion C. Mille
Neyadiaane
Miss Minnie Turner
Walworth
Lieut
Sec. Wilson
Renue
Nmien
A. New & Company
Chalmer
MY Clothier
Hanover
Portland Streets
Washington St
Norfolk
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