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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1917
Page
3
More than 150 snaggers at the Saco-Lowell foundry Newton Upper Falls walked out seeking higher pay. They average 2.40 dollars daily for ten hours and want 4.50 dollars for seven hours. The strike could halt the entire plant, affecting 700 to 800 workers dependent on their output.
A cyclone like storm is reported to have leveled 20 houses at Edinboro eight miles from Erie. All wires are down. Corry, forty miles southeast, is reported struck with considerable damage.
Congressman Gallivan pressed the U S Civil Service Commission for reasons Holy Cross College was discriminated against regarding a graduate’s申请 to sit for a junior chemist exam. He states departments need real chemists and questions the motive for bias against the college in Washington DC.
Congressman protests Civil Service Commission ruling denying a junior chemist exam due to claimed lack of a four year chemistry degree from a recognized college. Holy Cross College disputes the interpretation and cites a May 9 cancellation note stating the applicant was not a graduate from a recognized college.
Massachusetts military exemption boards were ordered to organize and prepare for draft exemption work by Director of Military Enrolment Charles I Gettemy. Appointees were notified by official letter and instructed to accept their posts, elect a chairman and secretary, and report their first meeting to Gettemy. The anticipated draft instructions had not yet arrived from Washington.
Isadore Frank of Revere is under arrest in Newburyport on charges of assaulting Mrs. J. N. Saunders of Warren Street. Police traced him by car registration. he faces court the next morning.
Edward D. Gibb son of Mr and Mrs E S Gibb of Dorchester will graduate with honors from the naval academy. His 1918 cadet class is being sped through due to the war and will be assigned to active duty immediately after graduation.
Fifty additional recruits from Boston depart for Fredericton New Brunswick joining the 236 Canadian Overseas Battalion known as the Kilties. The total sent to Canada from Boston nears 700 with over 1400 enlisted locally. New Bedford sent 24 men who visited Bosworth street offices and all 24 applied for enlistment before morning examinations.
Captain and Mrs. Carl H. Colby of Nahant street Wakefield celebrated their golden wedding anniversary yesterday. He is a former sea captain now retired about ten years who sailed globally with his wife on many voyages. No formal celebration. friends visited in the evening. Captain Colby is among six surviving Newburyport Mariners' Society members.
Miss Rose Mazur daughter of Mr and Mrs Hyman Mazur of 237 Chambers Street married Herman Goldstein last night at Temple Beth Hamedash Hagodol 108 Crawford Street Roxbury Rabbi Julius Karsberg officiated the ceremony.
A Coast Artillery Corps member has been sentenced to six months at hard labor at Fort Adams for using contemptuous words against the President. Under court martial findings announced today he must forfeit two thirds of his pay during the punishment term.
A large crowd of aliens gathered at the United States District Court seeking to declare their intention to become citizens. Certificates of declaration known as first papers will be issued daily during the period described, despite the suspension of naturalization for the rest of the summer.
The article notes many aliens should declare intention to become citizens and obtain first papers. Over 100 applicants used a court suspension to apply yesterday. Second papers will be accepted as well, with Arthur Grandi Son, deputy clerk, turning away applicants daily due to overcrowding.
The Cardinals may lack funds for player buys but will pay car fare for those seeking a trial. Press Tracy, a new South Atlantic league player released by Jacksonville, is to be reviewed as an infielder. Walton Cruise wasn’t kept by Jacksonville, so outcomes remain uncertain.
United States Marshal Mitchell interned Frederick William Schaefer an enemy alien suspected in Hoboken bomb plots aboard the S S Fried rich der Grosse. The 23 year old Worcester resident and former S S engineer was held near his wife in Worcester County Jail, joining Charles Lang of New Bedford as another interned alien in the state.
An advertisement extols Colorado’s highways from Denver to Pueblo and scenic destinations like Pike's Peak Region and Rocky Mountain National Park. It promotes low summer fares, Rock Island Lines trains, and invites readers to request illustrated travel literature and trip planning help from Rock Island Travel Bureau.
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