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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1917
Page
12
The government broadened its program to insure officers and men of the army, navy and marine corps against death and injury while in service. It would provide allowances for families and rehabilitation and training for injured personnel to help them return to civilian work after the war.
Officials from war navy treasury commerce labor and insurance leaders discuss a plan to insure officers and men at peace time rates with government paying the extra cost. It would indemnify death or disability and provide dependents with pay allotments and government allowances. Rehabilitation and life insurance for sailors and soldiers would be created with premiums tied to ordinary risks.
The City Council learned that plans to acquire the police headquarters site on Pemberton Square and to buy 85 and 87 Franklin Street for a new station were thwarted. Two expenditure propositions of 200000 and 160000 were dropped by the board.
Mayor Curley told council owners leased Pem berton square to F W Woolworth Co for 1 years 10 months. City may seize via eminent domain costing about 300000. Woolworth may sublease to city for 15000 yearly. Council approves 4000 loan in addition to 200000 for Ward 19 playground. No action on lease.
In the House of Commons John R. Clynes announced the food controllers plan to fix maximum prices from Sept 1 and to control all firms operating in England. The aim is to eliminate intermediaries in food supplies.
President Viera and the ministers of foreign affairs, war and marine today received Admiral Caperton commander of the American squadron and his staff prior to the departure of the squadron for Buenos Aires.
London July 23 The House of Commons defeats the Wardle amendment to the corn production bill by 3 to 1. Ministers framed it as a vote of confidence, and the government win is seen as ensuring the bill’s passage though many MPs and the public dislike it.
Amid strong antiwar general election sentiment the government pressed the wage bill as a vote of confidence. Walter Runciman and others denounced 25 shillings a week as inadequate, arguing soldiers would desert on returning to civil life for insufficient meals. The attorney general noted protections against farmer exploitation and higher wages if justified. Some opposition figures backed the government to avoid election, while labor leaders insisted the aim was to improve people’s condition.
Austrian front dispatches from Copen hagen report Austro German armies driving south of eastern Galicia to strike behind Russian forces between Brzezany and the Dniester. Teutonic units claim reach of Koseva station near Brzezany and crossings of the Koseva Tarnopol line with Tarnopol said to be aflame.
The American government imposes an absolute embargo on cargoes destined to northern European neutral countries. No licenses have been issued for these nations since the control took effect about a week ago, a temporary policy to move neutrals toward rationing. The measure aims to prevent any goods reaching Germany through neutrals.
Thomas H. Potter of 829 Beacon Street Boston chose to become a British subject when he joined the Royal British Flying Corps yesterday. His parents Mr and Mrs A R Potter of Intervale New Hampshire have lived in the United States over 20 years but never naturalized.
Paris July 23 plans set to unite all American aviation forces in France under a single director. Airplane squadrons divided into tactical and strategic classes with ranges of 25 kilometers and 200 kilometers respectively.
German forces in German East Africa attempted a stand as Allies closed in. An official London statement reports heavy fighting last week with the Germans suffering large losses.
Mrs. Mary H. Hawkins, Haverhill policewoman, stopped Miss Alice Gerard from slashing her throat after a struggle over a razor. Gerard, 21, was cut on both hands. Hawkins knocked her unconscious and secured the weapon. The girl was taken to the Mission Home to await witness pending.
Miss Gerard, living at 10 High Street, was found at 36 Orchard Street during a raid into a disorderly house. Policewoman Hawkins escorted her home where the girl, with her sweetheart William Walsh present, briefly spoke in French before grabbing a razor and threatening self harm. Hawkins restrained her in a struggle.
Promote a summer trip linking Glacier Yellowstone Estes Rocky Mountain via the Burlington Route. Highlights include Cody Road, Denver, Pike’s Peak, Garden of the Gods and easy rail travel with one ticket. Flyers and maps are available from Alex Stocks at New England Pass Agent, Boston.
President Wilson plans steps to settle the shipping board dispute within 24 hours. Officials expect Chairman Denman and Major-General Goethals to be directed to mend differences and push ahead with the government ship building program. Reported resignations of Captain J B White and John A Donald were disputed.
City Council committee on ordinances indefinitely postponed a proposal to grant firefighters one day off in three instead of the current one in five. After hearing pro and con arguments, the panel left the decision to Chairman J. W. Ford, signaling no action until after the draft of the new national army.
Frederic H Fay of the Boston Chamber of Commerce urges against the ordinance noting army mobilization would lose eligible men He questions shifting city funds from fire relief to grant extra days off for the fire department and cites potential higher insurance He argues the council lacks authority while Attorney Lavelle backs the measure and supports delaying until February 1918 to allow army completion and pay for benefits
A parade with the National Guard of Massachusetts and various organizations will welcome the Belgian mission Aug 3 and 4. The event, Belgian Day commemorating German invasion, seeks to become a major military demonstration in the city. Cardinal OConnell will speak at the rally on the Common after the parade.
Washington July 23 reports say shipping commissioners for the United States and Great Britain have agreed in principle to a radical downward revision of ocean freight rates. The delegates, named by President Wilson and the British foreign office, represent their governments in this pact.
Copies of a proposed agreement circulated to the State Department and the British foreign office envisage sweeping reductions in prohibitive rates and allied control of merchant shipping in the Atlantic. Most allies signaled acceptance, Japan potentially contributing ships to transatlantic trade. The plan would compel neutral ships to sail routes approved by the United States and Britain, limiting bunker coal supplies to enforce co operation, effectively reshaping global ocean transport during the war.
In New Harbor Maine this afternoon Mrs. Clarence M. Hunt of Dorchester Mass and Mrs. Kenneth C Morse of Leominster Mass were injured when a horse hitched to a carriage spooked by a child's balloon and overturned the vehicle. Charlotte Skinner and Morse's son were also aboard with minor injuries. Mrs Hunt remained unconscious and a skull fracture was feared.
An advertisement claims the gas tablet relieves stomach gas fullness and distress after one or two tablets. It urges readers to buy from Sreee Tis ado.
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