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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
10
Boston officials issued a proclamation for National Service Sunday on June 3 urging pastors to post registration posters in churches and Sunday schools. The move precedes Registration Day under the conscription act with city leaders, clergy, and civic figures coordinating public notices and posters.
The Women’s Municipal League demonstrations showcased fireless cooked cereals and wheat flour substitutes. Miss Alice Wiggin highlighted the high calories per cost, presenting recipes for popcorn candy, samp, hominy, cracked wheat, and various breads. Children attended and learned methods for overnight fireless cooking to save fuel.
Daylight robbers grabbed $672 from Herbert F. Phinney on Tileward street Cambridge and were trapped after a mob chase on Bulfinch street. The two suspects named themselves as John Lynch 24 of Chandler street and Frank Johnson 28 of Carver street and will face Central Court.
Mayor Curley and clergy from all denominations agreed at City Hall to observe National Service Sunday and to highlight June 5 as registration day in sermons. Bowles outlined draft law principles to the clergy as head of the Boston Public Safety Committee.
Admiral Bowles warned that statements delaying drafting until September mislead the public and urged that conscription may start earlier. Mayor Curley said he would consult with school officials about circulating information on the draft law through the channels available.
Teams from Malden Y M H A and Providence R I Y M H A will hold a joint debate next Sunday night at Ford Hall on the referendum.
Captain A. P. Balentine of Portland urges Governor Milliken and the Maine executive council to add a National Guard artillery regiment. Balentine proposes to recruit the unit at his own expense and resigns from the United States Army in 1908 to do so.
A 17 member women’s food conservation board was created by Rear Admiral Francis T. Bowles to mobilize Boston’s female civic groups against food waste. The group, chosen at City Hall with about 100 representatives present, will appoint subcommittees and organize efforts led by civic leaders including Mrs. Curley and Mrs. Samuel W. McCall.
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