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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1919
Page
6
Seattle reports D. M. Delmas a Victoria Cross recipient and former sergeant major of the British army is jailed and awaiting a second transfer to Huntsville Texas State Penitentiary, per local dispatches.
Camouflage has survived the war and returns in bathing costumes of the summer girl. The piece describes camouflaged designs in black white blue green and yellow that float out upon the briny deep as swimmers dive and float.
A wartime letter by First Lieutenant Harmon describes a Paris honeymoon plan funded by friends and a troop charity gift. He jokes about a thousand francs and buying a travel bag for Jeanne, while noting his return from France and hopes for the World Series.
At a recent committee meeting the arrangements group set new dates for the St. John s Preparatory College Danvers alumni reunion and banquet. The reunion will be on August 23 and the banquet on August 21 instead of the previously announced August 31.
Bill Allan of Freeport Maine claims a simple fix for the L affairs problem. He suggests a 12 ride strip ticket valid only for one week at about 70 cents total, 6 cents per ride, plus a Sunday 10 cent fare. Tickets would be usable within the issuing week, citing Portland as a successful model.
Officers of the old Massachusetts Naval Militia will come under the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts of the Navy Department. They will be reimbursed for money spent on their uniforms when transferred from the National Naval Volunteers, per a notice from Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan. The exception is if a State has already reimbursed the officer.
Several units of the Fourth Division arrived today from Brest aboard the transports Von Steuben and Tiger. The force included the Fourth Engineers unit, the Fourth Engineer Train, and the 12th Machine Gun Battalion, while the Tiger carried the 11th Regiment of Field Artillery and the 11th Machine Gun Battalion.
Fardinal A. Perrault of 127 Sandwich Street Plymouth was injured when his motorcycle struck a shop window on Main Street, breaking two panes while he tried to avoid a child that darted into his path. The incident occurred early this evening and left him with cuts to the right leg and arms.
Discharges were issued to two officers and 251 men of the Third Pioneer Regiment ending Massachusetts National Guard troop service. The demobilization leaves only casuals remaining.
Non-commissioned officers delay discharge to escort 300 Minnesota troops attached to the Third Pioneers. Sergeant Cornelius Condrick of East Weymouth, with William Christy, among Weymouth men returning home. Base Hospital 118 arrivals total about 250, to be mustered out tomorrow. Devens may house prisoners of the American expeditionary force. A detachment from the 36th Infantry to Camp Merritt to guard 200 serious-offense prisoners. Riot guns issued to guards. a veterans detail to supervise road work. Bishop Rhinelander confirms a large Y M C A class in Y M C A No. 30 and delivers an address.
Paterson New Jersey July 29 Pompton Lake was dragged today for the body of Miss Mabel Harris aged 20 police held Lester Becker who went canoeing with her Sunday He told her parents she had returned to a sanitarium where she was employed When she did not return police questioned him he said he struggled an hour in the water to save her after the canoe went over a dam The wreckage of the canoe was found.
Frederick G. Payne of Lewiston, once a celebrated bandmaster who organized the Brigade Band of Lewiston and Payne's Second Regiment Band, died after a long decline. He later focused on a Lewiston printing business. He was 63 and survived by a daughter and a son.
A front line correspondent signals travel to the United States aboard a London English port. He describes a bridal suite, a dinner gift of a gold wrist watch, and plans for a speech to the troops. He mentions Jeanne and their baby, hopes for a quick end to the war, and a pocketbook gift from Slugger Weir and the Roughnecks before docking in New York.
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New York, July 29. San Diego leads 77 American cities in the share of returned soldiers placed in jobs in the five weeks ending June 28. San Diego reports 152 percent, well above the national average of 66 percent. New York, with 15,653 applicants, placed about half of available positions, while Boston secured 38 percent.
The schooner Ambrose Snow bound from the Cape Verde Islands to New Beaford Mass became lost at sea in fog and anchored off Shore here while the skipper used a small boat to chart bearings. She carries 58 passengers and a crew of 20.
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