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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1918

Page

12

Deaths and Funerals in The South Boston Area

Death notices and funeral details for Bernard Barry Edward Cass Coburn Abbie Collins Levi Forrester Montgomery S. Gibson William Griffin Elmer Howe Daniel Keller Johanna Kirby Jennie Lind Patrick McGuigan Mary Nevon John O Meara Susan Prescott John Quinn Clara Ritchie Janet Sharkey Jeremiah Sheehan Edna Shutt Minnie Sweeney Michael Tehan Richard Thomas Lucretia Wallis list multiple services in Dorchester Roxbury Somerville Melrose Watertown Dedham South Boston East Boston and surrounding towns with dates June 18 19 20 21 and 22 including masses and interments at St Monicas St Ambrose St Patrick St Marys St Leo’s and other churches and cemeteries

Barry South Boston Bernard Catherine Regan Barry Dorchester Vve St. Monica's Church UASS Dorchester Edward Mary G. Cass St. Ambrose’s Church Coburn New York City Howera Lincoln Coburn Broadway 66Th St Patten Maine Landers Tremont St Everett At &S A. m Immaculate Conception Holy Cross Cemetery Diyle Ellen M James A. Doyle Sheat Ketot St Jamaica Plain St. Thomas Noyle Watertown Patrick Margaret Doyle Forrester Somerville Levison G. Forrester Elm, St Allan W. Pollard Upham St Melrose Portland Chattanooga Hwowk Elmer Parker Howe Marblehead Kings Chapel Kelley Dedham Daniel V. Keller Whiting Ave St. Mary's Church Kirby Johanna M William Kirby Lind Jennie E John T. Lind Swedish Congregational Church Glendale McGuigan Allston James P. P. McGilligan Summit Ave St. Aidan’s Church Nevon Mary M Patrick J Margaret Nerton Bellflower St St. Margaret's Church O'Meara Roxbury John E Frank A Gertrude O'Meara Dug Quinn Alpine St John H Mary Quinn Bharkey Janet, Pales Hugh Sharkey nee _ Armstrong Itaynes St Rein Tités Glasgow Scotland Bhmehan Jeremiah Sheelwin Daniel P. Sheehan Henry A. Eichorn Shuster St St. Leo's Church Esmond St Edna William A. Shutt Soauth Sweeney Minnie T Edward M. Sweeney Tehan Michael J Catherine Sullivan Tehan Finneral Tire St. Augustine’s Church Chesses Richard Thomas Winthrop Mass Waterman Chapel Washington St

Emperor Charles Plans New Effort Against Italians

London reports that the Austrian Emperor at the front is disappointed by current offensive results and, jealous of German credit for last year, intends a second desperate unaided push to overwhelm Italy before seeking German aid.

London

Italians Repulse Austrians and Bold German Assaults

Austrian forces in the Grappa Montello region suffer heavy losses as Italian gunfire and air power strike hard. Rome claims repulsals at Montello while Austro-Hungarian troops push across the Fossetta Canal at points. More than 0 soldiers captured and many guns taken. In the Rheims sector, German assault collapses as French reinforcements smash advancing troops. Western front sees limited activity aside from routine bombardments and patrols.

Grappa Montello Capo Sile Austrian War Office Fossetta Canal Rome Rheims

Britain's Munitions Agent Had Berlin Letters

Sir Joseph Jonas former Lord Mayor of Sheffield and Charles Alfred Vernon an official in the ministry of munitions were arraigned at Bow Street on a charge of communicating information to the enemy. Police searches found letters and discovered correspondence with Berlin sources about a Vickers works plant in England.

London Joseph Jonas Sheffield Charles Alfred Vernon Ministry of Munitions Bow Street Berlin Vickers England

Piave at Flood Stalls Austrian Advances on Italian Front

On the Piave the Austrians pressed little while British lines held firm as floods washed away many enemy bridges. In New Haven Connecticut a boxing show on June 22 raises funds for Connecticut soldiers in France with bouts including Ted Lewis Frank Carbone and others.

London Piave Dick Curley New Haven Conn Connecticut France Ted Lewis Frank Carbone Joe Tynch Frank Brindisi Frankie Burns Jack Sharkey Tommy Shee Joe Leonard Charley Berger Allie Nack Battling Reddy Joe Curry

Austrian Offense Fails To Break Piave Front At War Update

The Austrian assault on the Piave is repelled with little gain, while German gas warfare features prominently in the fighting. Rheims defense holds, and American troops report intensified use of poisonous gas by German forces. Observers note German tactics aim to trap allies in gas-delimited sectors before a final push. The overall war outlook remains grim as powder and gas shape near-term outcomes.

St. Quentin Aisne Oise Washington America War Department

Austrian statement on Austro-Hungarian advance on northern Italian front

Vienna reports crossing the Fossetta Canal and renewed gains by the army group of Field Marshal von Boroevic. Italian forces are said to be throwing men and material into a stubborn defense along the Oderzo Treviso railway and at Montello, Piave, and Asiago fronts with continued heavy losses.

Vienna Fossetta Canal Austrian War Office Oderzo-Treviso Montello Army Group of Wield Marshal von Boroevie Fossetta Oderzo Treviso Archduke Joseph Sevilla Piave Brenta Asiago Dossoalta

Deadlock Over Head of Schools Marks City Meeting

School committee members caucused for hours and twice postponed the hour for assembling before failing to elect a successor to Dr Franklin B Dyer. Chairman Judge Michael L Sullivan indicated a decision by August 31 with high probability.

Franklin B. Dyer Michael L. Sullivan

Boston School Committee Deadlocked Over Superintendent and Red Cross Policy

The committee remains deadlocked over a new superintendent as four assistant candidates wait. Budget for 1918 1919 set at 7 574 931 with 7 353 420 from taxation. Three to two votes denied teachers Red Cross overseas with half pay. limited travel rule cited. Dyer opposed Red Cross travel as beyond rule scope. Four teachers eligible for travel and study abroad. about 100 plan to apply if half pay allowed. Salary list approved with raises tied to a tax increase. Joseph E. Lynch named principal of City Summer Review Elementary Schools. 134 teachers named for same. Nathaniel J. Young elected director of athletics. Seven veteran teachers sought early retirement with pension. names and years listed.

Red Cross Dyer Joseph E. Lynch City Summer Review Nathaniel J. Young Annie KE. George Bowditch Sarah Attwood Emerson Margaret A. Kelley Hyde Emily M. Pevear Hugh O’brien Caroline F. Cutler Lowell

U S Airmen Off For Italian Front

The first American aviat ors trained in Italy depart for the Italian front today. They travel with Captain LaGuardia and will see action upon arrival. The cable from Rome describes the contingent as volunteers and the finest specimens of American youth.

Washington Italy Rome LaGuardia Congress

Americans in Woevre use gas projectors

The Americans in the Woevre fired their first gas projectors against German lines in France. A German raid at Remires wood was repulsed with casualties and one prisoner captured. Five bombing planes dropped 38 bombs on Conflans station and tracks, while American planes encountered enemy aircraft but returned.

France Associated Press Remires Wood Conflans Verdun

Italians Claim Prisoner Toll In Ital ian Front Pushes

The Italian war office says since the Austro-Hungarian offensive began 9011 prisoners have been taken and guns and machine guns seized. An offensive to cross the Piave River was repulsed and intense fighting reported around San Andrea Candela and the Fossalta sector north of Capo Sile.

Rome Italian War Office Piave San Andrea Candela Fossalta Capo Sile

Pershing Denies Gas Masks Effective Claims

Washington June 19 The War Department announced General Pershing denied reports from France that U S gas masks failed against mustard gas.

Pershing Washington War Department General Pershing France

Unknown man injured by fall on North Street

An unidentified 66 year old man, 5 feet 165 pounds with brown eyes and gray moustache, wearing gray overalls and jumper, fell on the sidewalk at 172 North Street and was sent to Relief Hospital with probable skull fracture.

North Street

Mother To Be Bride Of Her Adopted Son

City records show Mrs. Jenkins and her adopted son Gregg occupy a Boston suite and discuss a possible marriage they keep private. Neighbors and friends know them as mother and son, with no public plans disclosed and a vow to wed only if news remains secret.

Gregg Jenkinses Jenkins Hemenway Street

Captain Floyd Drowned Off Long Island Harbor

An autopsy will be conducted on Captain William B. Floyd 83 of Winthrop Somerset avenue after his body was found in the water off Long Island yesterday afternoon by the police boat Watchman crew. The long time Winthrop resident and former town official was identified at the morgue on North Grove street. He formerly followed the sea in his early years.

George R. Magrath William B. Floyd Somerset Avenue Winthrop Long Island North Grove Street Floyd

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