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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1918
Page
5
Deputy Secretary of State Boynton received page proofs of Star of Service, a proposed authority on war service flag regulation. The 20 page pamphlet, funded by a $5000 legislative appropriation, outlines star meanings for service status including gold symbols for wounds and death, red marks for missing or capture, and insignia to show rank.
Federal authorities removed from a gate deposit vault in New York $350 000 worth of stones alleged to be part of a consignment of Russian crown jewels smuggled into the country. Montefiore Kahn and Vladimir Jogelson were arraigned and released on bail. Investigators seek a man who claimed to be an American diplomatic attache who arrived May 26 with the suspects.
The Rhode Island Company operating traction lines in Providence warns it may quit and suspend service wholly unless federal aid is provided. A practical ultimatum has been sent to Washington after rate increases and zone system changes.
Portia Smiley demonstrates a cornmeal loaf bread recipe at the National Civic Federation Cottage on Boston Common. She mixes white cornmeal, wheat flour, mashed potato, barley flour, sugar, salt, yeast, soda, molasses, shortening, and water to bake four loaves with light, white bread and suggested rolls.
Wellesley graduate of 1918 Miss Winifred Allison will marry Lieutenant Thacher Nelson of the Fifth Pioneer Infantry. Nelson, Harvard class poet and stationed at Spartanburg South Carolina, won the Garrison prize for a Belgium poem. Ceremony date not yet set. Allison resides in Hazelton Pennsylvania.
The Catholic Mission church in Boston a Cathersolic order marks the Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help on June 2 with a novena starting June 14 and a special blessing at 2 p m. A series of confirmations and devotions fill churches in Amesbury Rockport Hopkinton and surrounding parishes as next week highlights include feasts for St Margaret St Barnabas and other saints.
Ottawa announces that 75000 Canadian youths are eligible for military service under the registration act. Of these, 46128 are in the 19 year old class, with total enrollment percentage unavailable due to estimates for service totals.
James V. Donnaruma proposes in Boston that every district have at least one drug store open all night for emergencies. He notes current midnight illnesses face long waits until morning and argues Italy’s towns show such service is feasible, with government aid to offset costs.
Campaign teams of over 50 prominent Boston Jewish leaders launch an eight day drive starting Monday to meet Boston's 100000 quota toward a national 1 million dollar Palestine Restoration Fund. Daily reports from Kimball building committee rooms begin 4 30 p m with a closing event after a Somerset Hotel dinner hosted by Zion Association president Louis K Kirkstein.
Representative Rainey of Illinois told the House platinum jewelry makers should face a prohibitive tax in the revenue bill He charged German interests control the platinum industry and said the jewellers vigilance committee acted as un patriotic profiteers He asserted platinum dealers profited and discouraged substitutes
The World of Books surveys Aircraft and Submarines by Willis J. Abbot and Sea Power and Freedom by Gerard Fiennes, praising readable prose and detailed history from earliest balloon flights to modern naval dominance. It also discusses concurrent works on Turkey, Russia, and maritime figures, plus travel and essay volumes, noting varied quality and enduring interest in literary nonfiction.
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