Ayer Army Artillery Gives Barrage at Camp Devens
Two batteries of field artillery fired a steady barrage at the maneuvre field near Still River as over 2500 men advanced on enemy trenches. The simulated divisional attack saw eight three inch guns firing at a rate of one shot per minute with shells arcing over advancing infantry.
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Devens
Maneuvre
Still River
No Man's Land
Eddie Mack
Boston
301St Regiment of Infantry
Reginald Barlow
302D Infantry
35 Nurses Are Graduated From City Hospital Training School
The Boston City Hospital Training School for Nurses graduated 35 members as Mayor Peters and others praised duty loyalty and devotion to country. Dr. Edmond W. Wilson led exercises with diplomas presented by Dr. George G. Sears and an address by Dr. George W. Gay. A laboratory prize of $10 was won by Winifred H. Macomber of Vermont.
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Peters
Boston City Hospital Training School
Surgical Department
Edmond W. Wilson
John J. Dowling
Base Hospital No. 7
Mary A. McMehon
Messrs. Forsyth and
Manning
George G. Sears
Sears
George W. Gay
Winifred H. Macomber
Vermont
Navy Bars Gold Stripes Banned From Uniforms
Official orders from Rear Admiral Wood bar gold stripes and insignia sewn on uniforms by New York and Boston tailors. Sailors must remove the $2.50 stripes and stars while investigations decide if additional designations are needed. Tailors must discard stock as orders detain sailors until removed.
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New York
Boston
United States
Wood
First Naval District
Navy
Roxbury Latin School Alumni Hold Annual Pop Concert
Alumni and upper classes of Roxbury Latin School gathered for their annual celebration at a pop concert event. The programs featured performances by former students and included remarks from school officials.
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Roxbury Latin School
Sym
Philharmonic Hall Saturday Concert Progam Set
A large audience attended last night as a Saturday evening program was outlined. The lineup includes Gladiators Entrance, Fucik Waite Jouy, Verdi Overture A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mendelssohn selections, Liszt Second Hungarian Rhapsody, Star Spangled Banner, Tittle-William, March of the Little Lead Soldiers, Pierne Toll, Hellmesberger Overture Solennelle, 1812 Overture, and Tschaikowsky pieces.
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Gladiators
Fucik Waite Jouy Nengws
Siens
Mendelssohn
Mtscolio
Pierne Portree Rou
Tschaikowsky
Italy Imposes Export and Import Controls Beginning June
Italy will halt imports into the country after June 1 without special government authorization and require national exchange institute approval for exports. The move, announced by the Italian bureau of information in New York, aims to curb exorbitant exchange rates.
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New York
Italy
Italian National Exchange Institute
Italian Bureau of Information
Greek Victory at Saloniki on Macedonian Front
Greek troops supported by French artillery captured strong enemy positions on the Struma front at Sika di Legen. The operation yielded more than 18,500 German and Bulgarian prisoners, including 383 officers, and a large quantity of war matériel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Saloniki
Sika di Legen
Struma
Army Bill Passes House at Record Speed for $12 Billion
The House approved the largest American army appropriation bill, $12,041,682,000, authorizing call up to 3,000,000 men for next year to speed troops to France. Major allocations include 6.32 billion for quartermaster, 3.40 billion for ordnance, 1.03 billion for engineers, 990 million for aviation, and 267 million for medical corps. A stop watch ban on spending plants passed 63 to 59, and an anti cost plus clause was added.
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Washington
House
Senate
France
Anthony
Kansas
Longworth
Ohio
Lewis
Illinois
Chicago
Europe
Representative Caldwell
New York
City Employees Receive Pay Increases Across Departments
Mayor Peters announced pay raises for 121 city workers in the city clerk public buildings department hospital and fire department. Most recipients earned under $1000 annually and will benefit from the higher wages.
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Peters
Shipping Board debates rivet racing contests in shipyards
Washington May 31 Informal union criticism of rivet driving contests gets attention at the Shipping Board. Chairman Hurley says tonnage production matters most in the crisis and that the sporting rivet tests may speed ship completion.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Hurley
Mother's health lecture warns on infant eye care and milk
Mrs Samuel W McCall guest of honor at Jordan Marsh lecture on Care of Children in Summer. Dr Fritz Talbot cautions mothers about eye strain from bright sun and white carriage robes and warns heat, flies, bad milk, impure water and overfeeding endangers infants. He urges pasteurized milk though mother's milk is safest.
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Samuel W. McCall
Jordan Marsh Company
Fritz Talbot
Dr. Talbot
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Sunday Post
Ayer Army
John J. Mahoney
Western Front
304Th Infantry
Thomas Mahoney
Portland
Josephs. Herron
City Hospital Training School
Boston City Hospital
Pauline Riha
Mary L. Marshall
May M. Houston
Ettie A. Owen
Hannah J. Donahue
Julia M. Daley
Mary A. Maxwell
Elizabeth J. Adams
Elsie M. Pinckney
Margaret Carey
Kathryn A. Hurley
Catherine A. McLaughlin
Etta M. Sewall
Gertrude C. MacDonald
Olive McKee
Gladys J. Lyon
Maude E. Ducklee
Gemfort
Lagrange ‘St. Met
Tel. Beach
Lagrange St
Phony Hall
U. S
Union
Huris Baby’s
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Franklin Street
Boylston Street
Charles R. Talbot
Treas
Franklin
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Boylston
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