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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1918
Page
3
A writer who enlisted in the French Army in 1914 later joined the Lafayette Escadrille. He was subsequently sent to Russia where he witnessed the upheaval surrounding the overthrow of the czar and the early stages of the postwar era.
The author recalls chaotic Petrograd after the revolution noting the Baltic fleet mutiny and sailors ejecting officers by pushing them through ice. Officers were elected by sailors and Jewish commissions expanded, while prices surged and soldiers sought luxury from defeated war effort. The narrator describes broken railways, travel woes, and a doomed return path across Siberia to San Francisco.
Washington June 28 A Shipping Board official told the Senate commerce committee that meeting wartime tonnage demands is as impossible as “putting five gallons in a pint pot” and warned of a growing coal shortage on the Atlantic coast next winter. He cited bunkering needs for round trips to Europe and coal shipments to South America and the Pacific islands to sustain war material production.
The Andrew Square station of the Dorchester tunnel opens today with trains to Harvard Square Cambridge. Thousands of suburban riders gain quicker access to the city business district as five minute running time to Washington Street replaces the former Dudley Street route and downtown elevated. Most surface lines remain but some are adjusted for the new tunnel route benefiting fringe sections.
The preface to James Norman Hall's High Adventure describes how the Lafayette Escadrille was formed. Major Edmund M. Gros, once with the French army and now in the American air service, writes the introduction and has long been tied to the Escadrille.
Major Gros credits six men William Thaw Kiffin Rockwell Victor Chapman Norman Prince Eliot Cowdin and Bert Hall as the first American aviators in the French army to form the Lafayette Escadrille on March 14 1916 after the word American was dropped following a German protest. The unit later included Raoul Lufbery and produced notable pilots with Cowdin Rockwell Hall Thaw and Prince earning medals for aerial combat. James Norman Hall joined in September 1916 and was later reported missing or prisoner in Germany.
Russell D. Tufts of North Weymouth in the Army Air Corps at Kelley Field Texas has been commissioned as a lieutenant. Tufts trained at M I T and Princeton after Boston enlistment and earlier rejections. His field work began in Dallas before moving to Kelley Field for final training and earning the commission for skilled flying maneuvers.
Announcement was made yesterday of the birth of a son to Captain and Mrs George L Meyer at their summer home in Gloucester. Captain Meyer is in the United States navy doing special work in Washington and elsewhere. He is the son of the late Secretary of the Navy.
Governor Whitman issued a wartime order halting the sale of alcoholic drinks in New York City after 8 pm unless consumed on the premises. The move follows concerns soldiers and sailors could obtain liquor off premises, prompting a conference with Mayor Hylan and federal officials. The rule remains in effect for the duration of the war.
Longtime Newton Upper Falls residents celebrated their thirty fifth wedding anniversary yesterday at their home 1165 Boylston Street. Their three daughters helped host a large reception for guests in the afternoon and evening. Mr Locke leads the H E Locke & Co Inc cotton thread dealers at 99 Chauncy Street Boston.
Fort Wayne reporter confirms Lt. Frank Paul Baer, once credited with 17 planes and nine confirmed before capture, was forced down inside German lines on May 22 while serving as a prisoner of war.
John Poole of Washington D C was elected president of the International Association of Rotary Clubs on the second ballot and his election later was made unanimous on a motion by Robinson A McDowell of Louisville past first vice president.
Albert H. Munsell, portrait painter, instructor, lecturer and author, died yesterday at his Chestnut Hill home after a two year illness. He invented a pigment color system adopted in Boston New York Baltimore and other cities.
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