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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1918
Page
4
A soldier bound for France donated the first dollar to a $10,000 Volunteers of America drive to establish a West End lodge for soldiers and sailors. The facility would offer meals at cost, sleeping rooms, baths, and a library to aid service members, with Col. Fred A. Lindsay receiving the gift.
Mrs. F. Platt of 9 Woodbine Street Brooklyn credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with curing her from a displacement and two inflammation attacks after doctors said surgery was needed. She urges other women to try the root and herb remedy before hospital operations.
Dorchester Day events unfold with morning youth baseball at Mt Ida Park and a 2 PM historical program at William Russell School led by Edwin J. Lewis Jr and William Sawyard. Mayor Peters and ex Mayors Fitzgerald and Curley attend. A Ronan Memorial Park tablet is unveiled by Miss Gertrude O Kane with speeches. Athletic contests, horse racing at Franklin Field, and a 10 mile road race begin at 4 PM from the Dorchester Club.
Word from marine circles that the Italian steamer Verona of 261 tons gross register was sunk by a German submarine. The report came from New York on May 81 in the new series.
The War Department announced changes in general officers today. Erasmus Weaver is relieved from the War Council after retirement. Robert N. Getty is discharged to Camp Gordon Ga and assigned to infantry replacement. Wilder S. Metcalf is honorably discharged. Saltzman of the Signal Corps joins the new division of military aeronautics under Major General Kenly.
In Springfield on May 31 forty five men graduated from the war work department of the Y M C A college to serve as workers in army cantonments both in the United States and abroad. Fifteen proceed to Princeton New Jersey for further training after completing the physical training course. the remaining thirty will be assigned from New York and Boston.
Women entered the lunch room workforce yesterday as counter men. Miss Alma Swanson wore a white clerk coat and hat and handled a section of the busy courier counter. The manager predicted women may soon replace male staff in quick service eateries.
The first war emergency course for employment managers ends today with exercises from 9 30 a m to 1 p m at Boston University College of Business Administration 525 Boylston Street. It was conducted at Harvard with MIT and Boston University cooperation. The second course opening is postponed to June 24.
A regimental fund for the 104th Infantry, formerly the 2d and 8th regiments of the National Guard, gains momentum as 17 city and town mayors plan a luncheon at Young's Hotel. John E. Hannigan initiated the drive to raise $1000 weekly to supply banquets and comforts for the troops and prevent any member from being broke before payday. Kidder Peabody Co. will serve as treasurer.
Pittsfield May 31 The threatened strike of Berkshire Street Railway employees scheduled for midnight tonight has been delayed as company officials submit a new agreement to the grievance committee for consideration before further steps. A strike would have tied up all trolley lines in Berkshire County.
In New York on March 31, United States Assistant District Attorney Barnes opposed reducing bail for J J OLeary. He linked seditious hearings and Irish propaganda supporting Germany to OLeary, as Federal Judge Augustus N Hand heard the habeas corpus petition to lower the $100000 bail.
A German submarine was rammed and sunk by a large British liner off the Irish coast in mid May as transports carrying American troops moved with destroyers nearby. The liner hit the U boat amidships after a torpedo and accosted depth charges, with the submarine surfacing close to the vessel and being cut through.
The Louis L. Brown Company launched the East's first sea going concrete vessel at its Verplanck Point shipyard near Peekskill New York. The 700 ton barge is designed to carry coal or oil and was poured within months.
Food Administrator Endicott fined Magaziner's Model Bakery of Springfield $1000 yesterday for violating the white flour regulations. The penalty will be donated to Springfield chapter war funds and local welfare groups including the Red Cross Y M C A K of C and Jewish Welfare Board.
James J. ONeil admits he went out to view Thursday’s parade wearing Liberty buttons and a fresh smile but spent 40 minutes scattered on the road with a soldier and a sailor atop him and others in the gutter claiming he knocked them. Police said alcohol on his breath and a broken store window led to his central court appearance, and he was placed on probation as he headed home to start anew.
Franklin May 31 A 9 year old Daniel F. Kelly son of Jerome Kelly of 227 Union Street died minutes after an in house accident. He fell while playing with a toy balloon and the balloon bag particles lodged in his throat according to physicians.
To permit work on car tracks at Huntington and Massachusetts Avenues the Elevated plans to reroute Huntington Avenue cars via Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston Street starting 9 o clock tonight through Monday morning. Outward-bound cars expected to return to their regular route Sunday afternoon.
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