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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1918
Page
9
The State Street Employment Bureau on Kneeland Street enrolls women for munition factory work as April demand grows. About 400 applicants already, many aged 40 to 60, mostly married, cite high living costs or loss of family income due to servicemen joining Uncle Sam’s army.
Washington March 12 Miss Ellen Matthews of Boston Mass has been appointed assistant director of the child labor division in the Department of Labor. She was formerly executive secretary of the Minimum Wage Commission of Massachusetts.
Representative Randall announced the War Department will establish the largest balloon training station at Arcadia near Los Angeles on the Lucky Baldwin ranch. About 4000 men will be sent there for training.
The Massachusetts Horticultural Society presents a Red Cross flower show in Horticultural Hall at 2 PM today. It runs through Sunday and is billed as one of the finest exhibitions in the society’s 89 year history.
The public show opens this afternoon with a lush lower floor filled with blossoms from many nations. Acacia tea garden uses 300 plants in 30 varieties arranged around 50 tea tables, while John K. L. M. Farquhar’s Liberty garden features a Liberty figure with a silk flag amid pebbled American flags and azaleas. Exhibits from Greater Boston, Bar Harbor, and Long Island supplement a diverse display of flowers and rare plants.
Philippe De Clamency, famed for camouflage before the war, was returned to Charlestown prison after parole last July. He was arrested Saturday for posing as a government employee and held on $1000 bond. The charge was later withdrawn and he was sent back to prison.
A two-alarm fire in a two and one-half story wooden dwelling at 279 Salem Street North Revere caused about 2000 in damage. Owner Max Feldman occupied the first floor while the second floor was unoccupied and the dwelling was vacant during the blaze. Chief Kimball reported the loss.
A mild smallpox case was found in Hamlin Hall the new men’s dormitory at the University of Maine. Immediate steps were taken to prevent spread and vaccination efforts have covered nearly the entire student body during the past two weeks under President Aley’s guidance.
Washington reports seven army general officers have been found physically unfit for overseas duty. Five of them command National Guard and national army divisions here and will receive other assignments. The War Department follows a policy to send only officers able to endure battlefield demands to France.
Major-General Thomas H. Barry is relieved from the 86th National Army division at Camp Grant Illinois and assigned to command the central department in Chicago. Major-General Charles G. Morton is relieved from the 29th National Guard division at Camp McClellan Alabama and assigned to duty. Major-General Edwin St J Greble follows in the announcement.
National Army officers including Major-Generals Mann Blatchford and Wood undergo medical board exams at Washington. Replacement leaders for divisional commands not chosen yet. Generals Sage Plummer and Scott and Townsley among those reviewed in Camp Shelby, Camp Dodge, Camp Dix, and Sevier as officers face transfer or reassignment with continued frontier duties.
Joseph P. Lomasney, brother of Martin M., was confirmed yesterday by the Civil Service Commission as chairman of the Schoolhouse Commission and immediately assumed duties. Peters reelected him after backing, with Daily, Bolton and O'Brien confirmed as principal assessors and trustee of City Hospital Dr. George Sears also approved.
Worcester residents on Berlin and Bismarck streets plan to petition the City Council to rename the streets. They want names less Germanified for patriotic Americans. Berlin street supporters favor Wheaton avenue to honor Corporal Homer Wheaton who was killed in action recently.
Official figures from Boston University show an acrosstheboard enrolment increase of 475 students this year despite wartime losses from enlistments. The rise is mainly in the College of Business Administration where 641 more students enrolled due to new war related courses.
Washington March 12 Walter S Gifford director of the Council of National Defence becomes director also of the Aircraft Board to handle organization and administration matters. In his absence administrative duties of the council fall to Grosvenor B Clarkson secretary.
Director General McAdoo announced that commercial traffic will be handled by railroads in the normal manner. He commented on reports that the railroad administration was considering a permanent embargo on shipments of non-essential commodities.
Advertisement claims poor digestion darkens eyes and saps appearance. It touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy to digest food, tone the stomach, nourish blood, and restore good looks with a 50 cent box available at drug stores.
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