Double Triangle Replaces Cross on Jewish Graves in France
Col Harry Cutler of the Jewish Welfare Board reports War Department approval to substitute the double triangle insignia for fallen Jewish soldiers in France. Pershing has been informed by cable, and the American Graves Registration Service in France will be notified. Other allied nations already use the symbol.
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Providence
France
Harry Cutler
Jewish Welfare Board
War Department
Cutler
Keppel
Pershing
Cable
Liberty Loans Aid Wildcats
Washington July 24 Louis B Franklin director of Liberty Loan organization for the treasury says propaganda promoting Liberty bonds has boosted wildcat securities during the war more than in peace times. He spoke at a conference of government agencies and others convened by the Capital Issues Committee to curb speculative promotions.
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Washington
Louis B. Franklin
Liberty Loan Organization For the Treasury
Capital Issues
Fraudulent securities rise as promoters swap Liberty bonds
Speakers described a nationwide fraud scheme selling wildcat stocks and bonds in exchange for Liberty bonds. Franklin noted promoters target wage earners, using wartime needs to push new wells and factories. Fraudulent securities sold without recognition by bankers amount to hundreds of millions of dollars.
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American Bankers’ Association
Investment Bankers’ Association
United States Chamber of Commerce
Associated Advertising Clubs
Franklin
Capital Issues Committee
Bankers Warn of Losses by Purchasers and Government
Richard Morse speaking for the Investment Bankers Association said that within the last year a large sum has been lost, affecting both individual buyers and the government.
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United States
Richard Morse
Investment Bankers’ Association
Roxbury Boy Wins Corporal's Chevrons
Relatives of Ward E. Flynn of 31 Magnolia Street Roxbury were delighted yesterday by news that the young man has been promoted to corporal. Flynn enlisted as a private at the start of the war and serves with B Company 101st Engineers. He is the son of Mr and Mrs E C Flynn.
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Ward E. Flynn
Magnolia Street
Roxbury
Flynn
B Company
101St Engineers
E. C. Flynn
Irish Question To Be Debated Monday
London July 24 Andrew Bonar Law announced in the House of Commons that the motion laid down by Irish Nationalist leader John Dillon regarding the Irish question would be debated on Monday.
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London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
John Dillon
David A. Collins Dies After Operation at City Hospital
David A. Collins longtime proofreader for the Boston Herald died at Boston City Hospital after an operation. The funeral is set for tomorrow morning at Immaculate Conception Church on Harrison Avenue.
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David A. Collins
Boston Herald
Boston City Hospital
Immaculate Conception Church
Harrison Avenue
Wages Raised for Railroad Shopmen by McAdoo
Washington reports Director General McAdoo set new wage rates for railroad shopmen at 68 cents per hour retroactive to January 1 1918. The scale covers machinists boilermakers blacksmiths sheet metal workers moulders first class electrical workers and car men with eight hour day from August 1 1918 and time and a half for overtime Sundays and seven holidays.
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Washington
McAdoo
Rail workers win eight hour day and overtime pay nationwide
Starting August 1 eight hours becomes the standard workday with overtime Sunday and holiday work at one and a half times the normal rate. Back pay will be issued as soon as calculable, applying to about 500,000 workers nationwide and adding roughly 100 million dollars to annual payroll. The change follows the Commission on Railroad Wages and Working Conditions and shop representations.
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Commission On Railroad
Mystery auto probe in Taunton River murder case
Police focus on a strange car seen near the shore where the girl’s head and legs were found ten days earlier. Fall River and Somerset investigators canvassed garages and towns but found no trace of the auto or two young men. District Attorney Kenney puts Captain Proctor in charge, with local inspectors reporting to him.
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Fall River
Taunton River
Wood Road
Somerset
Fahey
Department
Murphy and Fleming
Proctor
State Police
Kenney
Captain Proctor
Careless Driver Given Two Months in Quincy Court
Charles H. Coulter of Dorchester was sentenced to two months in the house of correction for failing to stop after his auto truck sideswiped D. J. Heaney’s vehicle on June 20. Coulter appealed and was held in 500 dollars bail.
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House of Correction
Quincy
Charles H. Coulter
Dorchester
D. J. Heaney
Thane Street
Coulter
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