Experts named by Massachusetts commission to aid households
Tomorrow's Sunday Post presents views from top New England specialists. Joshua L. Brooks of Springfield, Wilfred Wheeler of the State Board of Agriculture, P T Cherington of Harvard Business School, and Dr L H Howard head Massachusetts Animal Industries. The series offers useful suggestions for householders and housewives.
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H. C. S. Commission
Massachusetts
New England
The
Sunday Post
Tomorrow’s
Wilfred Wheeler
State Board of Agriculture
L.H. Howard
Massachusetts Department of Animal Industries
Custody Extended for Ralph Carpenter Jr to June 30
Judge John Kivel in Concord, New Hampshire, extended temporary custody of Ralph Carpenter Jr. to his mother Marguerite Paul Carpenter until June 30. The child will return to his father in Wolfeboro after that date, with residency in Concord not tied to a specific hotel. Carpenter said she does not know her living arrangements in the city.
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Concord
N. H
John Kivel
Marguerite Paul Carpenter
Ralph, Jr
Wolfeboro
Court Orders Child Support And Visitation Terms In Separation Case
Major Carpenter ordered to pay 100 dollars monthly toward the maintenance of his wife and child. He must pay despite earnings concerns, with a 68 dollar weekly rent cited. Visitation includes weekly meetings and Sunday access limited to three hours, with penalties for nonpayment. Court plans to decide permanent custody at a trial expected soon.
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General Streeter
Hot Springs
Major Carpenter
Ofice
George A. Carpenter
Naval defense meeting to coordinate preparation efforts
Chairman Harry K White of the Massachusetts Navy League and Commandant William R Rush of Charlestown Navy Yard will convene at 10 30 this morning with Naval Training Association Eastern Yacht Club and the naval committee of the Massachusetts committee on public safety to prevent overlapping work. The congress aims to align each organization with its assigned naval defense program. White and aide Lieutenant G T Swazey U S N have boosted interest with a Woods Hole talk drawing 900 attendees and prompting the local Woman's Club to knit mufflers helmets mittens and socks for shipment to Charlestown Navy Yard.
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Harry K. White
Miassachusetts Department
Navy League of the United States
William R. Rush
Charlestown Navy Yard
Naval Training Association
Eastern Yacht Club
Naval Committee
Massachusetts Committee On Public Safety
Navy League
Washington
White
G. T. Swazey
Woman's Club
Navy League Auxiliary
Navy Yard
Charlestown
Prominent Bostonian Offers 100 for Bernhardt Tea Card
In the Copley Plaza Hotel a Boston society figure offered 100 to obtain an engraved card admitting him to a tea with Mme. Sarah Bernhardt at the Boston Opera House this afternoon. The event showcases Bernhardt in L Aiglon costume and raises funds via auctions of statuettes for France.
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Copley Plaza
Back Bay
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Boston Opera House
L'Aiglon
France
Mme. Bernhardt
Sarah
Wibald
Mme. Sarah
Charles McIntyre
Mies
Hub woman will drive war auto
Boston society circles will soon furnish an expert licensed woman motor driver for actual war service in France. Mrs. Laura Owens of 122 Newbury street, niece of a former United States rear admiral, and wife of Commander C. T. Owens of the U. S. S. Utah, plans to sail for France early in April.
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Boston
France
Laura Owens
Newbury Street
United States
C. T. Owens
U. S. S. Utah
Owens
Utah
Relief Service
Mrs Owens to drive war motor in France for relief service
Mrs Owens plans to sail for France to drive a military motor for the Active Corps Special Aid Society. She earned an operator license, joined a YMCA auto school, and was assigned to a relief committee to drive an ambulance or utility car, with deployment contingent on war conditions.
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France
United States
Uncle Sam
Owens
Active Corps
Special Aid Society For American Preparedness
State House
Post
Germany
Pril
Women Prep for War Path Cars at YMCA Auto School
The Special Aid Society women in motor repair took their last lesson at the YMCA auto school. Mrs. Quincy Atwood of Newton has the chassis off her car and plans to dismantle it fully. Miss Priscilla May removed the hood from a six cylinder roadster then tested components under Professor Frost. Superintendent Westwood praised the group’s progress and noted the class will graduate next Monday.
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Special Aid Society
Quincy Atwood
Newton
Priscilla May
Leonard E. Frost
Frank G. Westwood
Special Aid Society For American Preparedness
Senate approves bone dry postoffice bill in eased form
Washington March 2 Approval of the conference report on the 3650 000 000 postoffice appropriation bill with its bone dry amendment forbidding shipment of Wynor into prohibition states was voted by the Senate without a roll call. The House agreed last night and the bill goes to the President. Wilson is expected to sign, with action likely tomorrow or Sunday.
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Washington
Senate
House
Weomenye Wilson
La Touraine Arrives After Long Atlantic Crossing
The French liner La Touraine reached New York from Bordeaux with 278 passengers. No u boats were sighted but the ship’s commander steered a tortuous course through danger zones, causing a three day delay.
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LA Touraine
New York
Bordeaux
Kratos Wine Bittera Health Tonic for Restful Sleep in Boston
Kratos Wine Bittera is promoted as a health tonic that enriches the blood promotes restful sleep and boosts vigor. Available for sale at F M Doyle & Company Hanover Street Boston Mass price one dollar per bottle.
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Kratos
F. M. Doyle & Comany
Hanover Street
Boston
Mass
Beef prices to stay high says Harvard economist
Professor Thomas N Carver of Harvard University warned at the New England Federation for Rural Progress meeting in Boston that beef prices will not drop materially. He urged sea farming as a beef substitute and predicted dogfish may soon become a common food. He also argued Americans overvalue land meat and underutilize abundant seafood from northern seas.
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Thomas N. Carver
Harvard University
New England Federation For Rural Progress
Young’s Hotel
Boston
Carver
United States
British Forces Make Further Gains Near Ancre
British troops report additional progress north and south of the Ancre, with advances northwest of Puisieux au Mont and in the Warlencourt area. The London War Office provided no detailed figures.
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Ancre
London War Office
Puisieux Au Mont
the Ancre
Warlencourt
Bapaumie
Germans prepare stand south of Bapaume in WWI front
British and Allied reports describe German forces lining a defensive line from Hasarte through Achiet le Petit toward southeast of Bapaume. British gains near Gueudecourt and Ligny-Thilloy yield 128 prisoners, three machine guns, and four trench mortars in the Ancre area. Rau News notes raids and artillery duels elsewhere with continued actions on the Galician and Romanian fronts.
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Bapaume
Jueudecourt
Ligny-Thilloy
Associated Press
Hasarte
Achiet le Petit
Ancre
Berlin
Souchez
France
Galicia
Romania
Narayuvka
Val Putna
Petrograd
Jacobeni-Kimpelung
Zaval
Kut-el-Amara
Aziziyah
Bagdad
Kut
London
Maude
Smuts Made Privy Councillor in London
March 2 Lieutenant General Jan Christian Smuts, former commander of the British forces in German East Africa and a member of the South African cabinet, has been made a privy councillor.
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Smuts
London
Jan Christian Smuts
German East Africa
German Raids on Soissons Front Break Up. Prisoners Taken
War brief reports simultaneous German raids west of Soissons halted by French fire with German losses. A trench near Vauquois in the Argonne was raided and prisoners taken. Official Paris notes twenty British prisoners remained after repulse near Souchez on the Franco-Belgian front. Berlin confirms.
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Soissons
Vauquois
Argonne
Paris
Souchez
Berlin
Americans Report Sinking of Two Ships Aboard
State Department reports from Consul Frost at Queenstown detail the sinking of the British bark Galgorm Castle and the Donaldson line steamer Tritonian with Americans aboard. Four Americans on the Galgorm Castle, two missing. only Henry Merritt and Harry Richardson saved. The Tritonian lost a single American, John Murphy, but the ship was sunk after torpedo impact with boats abandoned and patrols assisting.
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Washington
Galgorm Castle
Donaldson Line
Tritonian
State Department
Frost
Queenstown
Buenos Ayres
Bull Rock
William Johnson
New York
David Walker
Greene County
Henry Merritt
Beaver Falls
Penn
Harry Richardson
Hanover Street
Boston
Halifax
Liverpool
General Carfo
Dingle
John Murphy
Admiralty Patrol
Mate
Charing Cross
Final grace period for ships in Atlantic ends
London, March 2. The admiralty announced that on March 1 the final grace period for sailing ships in the Atlantic expired. From this date no special warning will be given to any submarines.
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Berlin
London
Admiralty
Atlantic
SANK U-BOAT IN ATLANTIC BY BRITISH STEAMER KNIGHT COMPANION
March 32 reports a German submarine destroyed by the British steamer Knight Companion near the Atlantic, en route to New Orleans. The submarine reportedly fired five shots, missed, then sank after a second hit at long range. oil patches appeared on the surface. Crew details and exact date and place were not released.
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New Orleans
Atlantic
Knight Companion
John Kendall
Rochester Freight Steamer Arrives After Sand-Barrier Stranding
The Amer can freighter Rochester reached Rochester from New York today and anchored off Orleans street at 11 65 a m after tides lifted her from a sand bank where she had stranded during a fogbound ascent of the Gironde River. A large crowd cheered the ship as sirens from other steamers called attention to the welcome, and crews from Orleans and the Rochester along with officers from British and French ships were invited to a gala theater performance and city lunches.
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Bordeaux
Rochester
New York
Orleans Street
Gironde
United States
Orleans
Gerard Paid 12 Cents Each for His Eggs
Berlin reports reveal illicit farm product traffic in the outskirts of Berlin. James W. Gerard then American ambassador paid farmers 76 pfennigs per egg, about 12 cents at current exchange. Authorities curb this by confiscating food packages arriving at local railway stations.
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Gerard
Berlin
London
James W. Gerard
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