New England Troops Sail for New York from European Ports
Five transports sail from Brest Marseilles and Bordeaux to New York with 242 officers and 6610 men aboard Francesca Italia Hollandia Agamemnon and Ana Maru. Casuals from Connecticut Massachusetts Maine and other states travel aboard Francesca Italia and Hollandia. Agamemnon carries 102d Field Battalion Signal Corps and other units.
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Brest
Marseilles
Bordeaux
New York
Italia
Hollandia
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Maine
102D
Signal Corps
Awa Maru Passage Cited By Massachusetts Units
Casual companies from Massachusetts join the Sixth heavy mobile ordnance repair shop and detachments from the Eighth heavy mobile ordnance repair shop aboard the Awa Maru.
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Massachusetts
Sixth Heavy Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop
Eighth Heavy Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop
Decision on relief funds restrictions in Washington
Washington officials expect tomorrow the War and Navy Departments to announce restrictions on how funds raised by relief agencies in the November campaign may be spent.
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Washington
War and Navy Departments
Knights of Columbus Petition on Troop Fund Allocation
Secretary Baker met with Knights of Columbus representatives led by Bishop Muldoon and Reverend Burke to challenge a 10 percent cap on creature comforts from their fund portion. The 11 member war relief committee's ruling may be softened to apply the 1 percent limit only to unexpended allotment. Results will be sent to John R. Mott for War Service Campaign guidance and a joint policy announcement is expected in New York.
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Baker
Knights of Columbus
Committee of 11
War Relief Organization
Daniels
Bishop Muldoon
Rockford
John Burke
New York
D. J. Callahan
Washington
John R. Mott
War Service
Mott
Confessions Open on Camp Devens Racketeering Case
Officials at the cantonment disclose wholesale theft of blankets clothing canned goods and other government supplies from Negro battalions. Wives of soldiers and women in Boston and Roxbury are implicated with confessions from two Boston women and several soldiers friends and relatives.
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Camp Devens
Boston
Roxbury
The Roxbury Whiskey House Case in Military Thievery Inquiry
The investigation uncovers a Roxbury house at 81 Williams Street used to sell whiskey to soldiers for 25 cents a drink. Louis Bradley John Morris and Reuben E Watson, all of B Company 448th Reserve Labor Battalion, face theft charges after confessing. Watson allegedly sent loot to his wife Anna Lee Watson. Over 2000 troops from the Vedic arrive tomorrow to be assigned to Depot Brigade with two hospital trains due.
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Williams Street
Roxbury
Louis Bradley
John Morris
Reuben E. Watson
Bradley
Annabelle
Watson
Anna Lee Watson
Lenox Street
Boston
Vedic
New England
New York Marine Strike Talks Drag On
New York March 6 Settlement of the Marine Workers Affiliation strike in New York Harbor remained unsettled after a day of mediation by James L. Hughes of the Federal Department of Labor. He presented a peace proposal to workers with a complex wages and hours plan, prompting a counter proposal to be submitted tomorrow morning. Private boat owners took no action today.
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New York
Marine Workers
New York Harbor
James L. Hughes
Federal Department of Labor
Railroad Administration
American Fliers From British Corps Return Home
Seven young Americans who served with the British Royal Flying Corps in France and Belgium, six American naval officers with overseas service, and four Y M C A workers arrived in Portland Maine aboard the Megantic from Liverpool. Notable passenger Hisake Fujita former secretary of the Japanese legation in Spain is bound for Japan.
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Portland
Royal Flying Corps
France
Belgium
Megantic
Liverpool
Hisake Fujita
Spain
Japan
Miner al Collection Sells to Boston Society
Clinton March 6. George C Brig ham sold to the Boston Natural History Society his 4000 mineral specimen collection and 1000 Massachusetts samples including many diastolite Lancaster cross stones. Price not stated. The collection will be displayed at the society rooms in Boston.
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Clinton
George C. Brigham
Boston Natural History Society
Massachusetts
Boston
HEALTH TALK: STOMACH AND BOWELS AS ONE MACHINE
The stomach and bowels form a continuous system doing the body’s main work. Keeping them in good condition increases natural defenses against sickness. Take advice to maintain digestive health.
Dr True's Elixir Promoted As Laxative And Worm Expeller
An advertisement touts Dr True's Elixir as a family laxative that tones the stomach and expels stomach and pin worms. It claims it improves bowel action for adults and children and urges immediate use starting today.
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Dr. True
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Olesale Millinery CO
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Ceylon
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Soriet Stourtonerick
Reginter Co
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Ood Administration
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Gnrest
St. Sun
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Scollay Sq
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Tremont Line
Seeres
Sor
America
French Lick Springs
French Lick Springs Hotel Co
French Lick
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Orient
Stationery of
la France
Jordan Marsh
Free Public Library Commission
Washington Street
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Boston Society
Norfolk
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