Favors Beers in Canteens By Major General Edwards
Major-General Edwards urged serving beer and light wines in army and navy canteens before hundreds of Greater Boston canteen workers at Faneuil Hall. He argued liquor bans are Congress’s experiment with soldiers and sailors and offered to stack 200 of his soldiers against 200 Congressmen for sobriety.
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Edwards
Army
Navy
Greater
Boston
Faneuil Hall
Congress
Moral Purity League
Boston Army and Navy Canteen
Wood
Major Peters
Fort Sumter
Buffalo
Boston Army and Navy Canteen leaders laud service impact
Generals and officials praise the Boston army and navy canteen for lifting soldier morale. Admiral Wood and Mayor Peters emphasize ongoing support, while Mrs. Coe lists service totals including 129,941 men served and hundreds of thousands of eggs and pies provided. Felix Vorenberg recalls long-term memory of the workers’ aid.
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Evelyn Peverley Coe
Boston Army and Navy
Carroll J. Swan
101St Engineers
Felix Vorenberg
Boston Major Sullivan Leads 148th into Hoboken
The transport St. Louis from Brest brought the 148th Regiment of the 37th Division to Hoboken. Boston officer Major J Amory Sullivan of 148 Mt. Vernon street led the unit. Sullivan had served in France with the 308d Infantry then the 90th Division and fought in the Argonne before returning home with his wife.
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New, York
St. Louis
Brest
Hoboken
Ohio
Boston
J. Amory Sullivan
Mt. Vernon Street
Sullivan
France
308D
Argonne
British Gold Embargo Declared, US Not Affected
Washington officials say the British order in council barring gold exports will not alter the U S position. Since U S entry into the war, gold transfers between allies have ceased and imports to the United States have averaged only a few million. The order simply formalizes existing prohibitions and mirrors Britain’s broader financial measures.
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Washington
Order In Council
United States
Great Britain
Red Army recaptured Ufa. Bolsheviks facing envelopment
Omsk dispatch reports Admiral Kolchak's forces recaptured Ufa after a bold attack and heavy fighting. The Red Army now faces a threatened envelopment as Bolshevik occupation ends.
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Red Army
Siberia
London
Associated Press
Omsk
Admiral Kolchak
Ufa
American Army Hospitals In Britain Emptied After War End
Colonel Frederick A. Washburn says US army hospitals in Great Britain are nearly emptied with only a small camp hospital and a small Red Cross unit left in London. He recalls about 18,000 patients at armistice and praises British generosity and cooperation from nurses to doctors in sustaining the medical effort.
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Great Britain
Frederick A. Washburn
Boston
Massachusetts General Base Hospital
England
Red Cross
London
France
North Russia
Washburn
Sixth
Massachusetts Infantry
Porto Rico
United States
Massachusetts Base Hospital
Bordeaux
Debating Society Winners Tackle Ireland and League Question
In Boston College Hall youths argued the League of Nations would affect Ireland's freedom and small nations, with John C. Ford leading the winning team of Murphy Flanagan and Ford. Opponents were Turnbull McInnis and Horgan Jr. Judges were Revs Kane Joyce and Hurley.
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Ireland
League of Nations
McElroy
Boston College Hall
Timothy C. Sullivan
John C. Ford
United States
America
John P. Murphy
Joseph
Hub's Bureau Best In Nation
Boston's employment bureau for returning soldiers and sailors on Boston Common is praised as the best organized in the country. The War Department asked the U S Employment Service to adopt Boston's system in other cities. Federal Director Everett W Lord offered cooperation to spread the methods while resisting any crippling of the Boston bureau with 26th on its way home.
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Boston
War Department
United States Employment Service
Everett W. Lord
Peters
Truck and Five Men Dive Into River Near Mount Tom
Five Amherst Power Company workers were rescued from the Connecticut River after their auto truck went over an embankment near the Old Bed bridge. George Coleman and Charles Stearns pulled them to safety using a log across the river. The men were taken to a hospital and are expected to recover.
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Northampton
Amherst Power Company
Connecticut
George Coleman
Charles Stearns
Mount Tom
Bed
Coleman
Stearny
Albania Seeks U.S. Mandate at League Conference
Constant A Chekrezi as Albanian representative told reporters in Washington that Albania has requested the United States assume a mandatory power over Albania under the League of Nations. The Albanian delegation presented the demand during a conference with State Department officials.
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Washington
United States
Albania
League of Nations
Constant A. Chekrezi
Mr. Chekrezi
State Department
Fire damages Worcester Street factory in South End
Fire last night caused about 1000 dollars in damage to the three story brick building at 132 to 138 Worcester street in the South End. The W H Gibbons Company truck bodies factory was endangered, with nearby homes and a large garage also at risk.
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Worcester Street
South End
W. H. Gibbons Company
War Department ready to call 50,000 for early duty in Europe
Washington report states the War Department pre pares an immediate 50,000 volunteer call for service in Europe. The offer includes early duty in France to relieve expeditionary forces wishing to return home.
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Washington
Europe
War Department
France
Enlistment Planned for Three-Year Service at Camp Meade
War Department aims to raise 50 000 troops or more in three year enlistments. Recruits concentrated at Camp Meade Maryland and sent to Europe in 1000 strong contingents. Discharged veterans seeking army life and drafted soldiers from the armistice era to fill the ranks. Officers to accompany increments for training and overseas duty, replacing eligible discharged officers.
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Camp Meade
Maryland
War Department
A&r
Germany
Europe
State House Briefs on Appeals, Appointments and Bills
Representative Naphen urged trimming appeals from boards of assessors to the Superior Court only, citing Natick tax losses. Civil Service lists new eligible officers for Watertown fire, Newton police, and other appointments. House defeated a hackney stand free-for-all bill and eyed a $35,000 State House grounds appropriation. Worcester asked for $750,000 water supply borrowing. House passed an auditor deputy position. public service proposed temporary pay raises for counts employees.
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Naphen
Natick
Legislative Committee On Legal Affairs
Boards of Assessors
Superior Court
Massachusetts Civil Service Commission
Police Department of
Newton
John P. Murphy
Edward L. McFadden
Charles H. Bryson
John H. Fahey
Edward J. Cox
Pine Street
Auburndale
Water Street
Watertown
Committee On Ways and Means
House
Auditor’s Office
Committee On Public Service
Colds Relieved by LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets
Feverish headaches and body pains from a cold are eased by taking Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. The ad suggests a single product, with the Groves signature on the box and a 30c price.
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Groves
Steam driven airship Jupiter proposed by Boston firm
Boston company led by Patrick J. Griffin unveils a steam turbine airship concept to replace gasoline motors for air and sea use. Drawings for the Jupiter show a lightweight turbine with a triple blade propeller and plans for commercial flight from Boston this year. The project aims to reduce fuel, noise, and weight issues while advancing steam propulsion for aircraft and other craft. Lieutenant H J Rowen, Jamaica Plain, flies mail between Cuba and the United States and reports lengthy non stop cross country flights.
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Boston
Patrick J. Griffin
King Street
Dorchester
Griffin
Griffin Manufacturing Company
State Street
Jupiter
United States Weather Bureau
North Atlantic
Newfoundland
Navy
Ireland
Naval Aviation Service
Atlantic
N. C
Manufacturers’ Aircraft Association
H. J. Rowen
Edward J. Bowen
Rock View Street
Jamaica Plain
Cuba
Enoch H.crowder
Key West
Havana Harbor
Germany Not Bankrupt Says Finance Minister Schieffer
Berlin and Washington dispatches report Germany is not bankrupt because it can work, but vows bankruptcy if work ends. Schieffer warns peace delays raise Bolshevik risk, hopes for food and raw materials, and outlines tax inducements for foreign capital including exemptions for nonresidents and a 10 percent tax on investment capital to be imposed.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Germany
Coal and Rail Heads in Clinch
Washington reports an appeal to President Wilson seeking a clear stance on government cooperation with price fixing under the Commerce Department industrial board. The move follows a dispute between the railroad administration and the National Coal Association.
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Washington
Wilson
Department of Commerce
Industrial Board
Railroad Administration
National Coal Association
Railroads face coal producers standstill over board talks
Officials said the coal industry refusal to negotiate with the industrial board has been brought to the President and the board seeks a decision on whether railroads should buy coal and steel under board agreements. National coal officials claim the railroad administration has not evenly distributed coal orders as promised earlier this year. Henry B. Spencer declined to comment awaiting Director-General Hines.
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Industrial Board
Railroad Administration
National Coal Association
Henry B. Spencer
Hines
Boston fugitive arrested after cross country pursuit
Charles Schupeck, 30, of Hazleton Pennsylvania, captured at home after Pinkerton chase across the continent. He faces 19 counts of larceny for defrauding commission houses of groceries valued at 2800 dollars by posing as a Worcester store starter. Inspector Gleavey heads extradition to Boston.
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Pinkerton
Charles Schupeck
Hazleton
Penn
Boston
Gleavey
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Pennsylvania
Worcester
Schupeck
Baby at center of housekeeper suit in Salem court
Forest W. Rust a Topsfield widower faces arraignment in Salem on non support charges concerning Miss Mabel Prudence Watson's two month old baby. The 49 year old man allegedly fathered the child at his home before transferring property to his sister Ida G. Perry of Quincy amid impending charges.
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Salem
Forest W. Rust
Topsfield
Mabel Prudence Watson
Rust
Miss Watson
Ida G. Perry
Quincy
Five-Master Launched Ready to Sail Away
The five masted schooner Joseph S. Zeman of New York was launched at Percy & Small in Bath Maine. It will depart tomorrow to load 12000 barrels of crude oil for Genoa Italy and carry 300 tons of steel and a deckload of lumber. Freight charges are reported at 200000 dollars. Mrs. Fred L. Dunton christened the vessel, owned by Stanley Navigation Company, 253 feet long and 196 gross tons.
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Bath
Joseph S. Zeman
New York
Percy & Small
Genoa
Italy
Fred L. Dunton
South Portland
The
Stanley Navigation Company of
Lawrence Nurse to Wed Lieutenant from War Romance
Elizabeth M. Beedles of Lawrence, a Red Cross nurse in France, becomes engaged to Lieutenant Louis Pontiers, Philadelphia physician. They plan to wed after returning to America, now stationed in Coblenz Germany, with Beedles a 1916 graduate of Lawrence General Hospital.
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Lawrence
France
Elizabeth M. Beedles
Red Cross
Louis Pontiers
Philadelphia
America
Coblenz
Germany
Beedles
Lawrence General Hospital
Lieutenant Pontiers
Lawrence Friends
Wartime Wedding Unites Mildred Olson and Marshall Geyer
Miss Mildred Olson of 258 Broadway Malden married Marshall Geyer of Pemaquid Maine at the Olson home. The ceremony, postponed several times awaiting hostilities end, was completed recently and cards were sent to friends yesterday.
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Mildred Olson
Broadway, Malden
Marshall Geyer
Pemaquid
Godfrew Olson
Daring bank hold up by six bandits at West Side Commonwealth State Bank
In Detroit on March 28 six bandits herded 14 people including several women into a lavatory and the vault of the West Side Commonwealth State Bank. They escaped with about 10000 dollars in cash and unregistered Liberty bonds valued over 365000. Fifty thousand dollars had been moved to the main office hours earlier. The leader used a sawed off shotgun as two guards watched outside.
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Detroit
West Side
Commonwealth State Bank
J. W. McCausey
World War Narrative Series By New England Division Members
The Daily and Sunday Post begins a serialized series of personal World War experiences written by members of New England’s division. Readers are assured continued installments detailing frontline life and personal accounts.
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the Post
New England
Daily
Sunday Post
War Diary Excerpt From July Battle With 103d Infantry
A veteran recalls the July 17 18 assault with the 103d Infantry. The first wave advanced without firing, bullets whizzed through wheat, and many were wounded or killed. Bugler Roberts fell, a counterattack followed, and the railroad objective was taken then abandoned. The narrator was evacuated to Evacuation No. 7 and Base No. 36 at Vittel before returning home, praising southern France yet noting no place matches the memory.
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103D
Attie
Roberts
Vittel
Watering Place
France
Ansell Reply Not to Be Made Public
Washington March 28 Secretary Baker announced that Lieutenant Colonel Ansell’s reply to statements by Major General Crowder on military justice will not be published by the War Department. He returned the letter with a suggestion that publication would not help and that Ansell may submit any recommendations to his superiors or the Secretary of War.
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Washington
Ansell
Crowder
War Department
Baker
Woman's Aid from Lydia E. Pinkham Plant Cure
A Steele Alabama reader shares relief from hot flashes nervousness and headaches after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Medicine. She notes her daughter also improved after teaching with no rest and recommends the remedy for other women seeking confidential guidance from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
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F. A. Gaines
Steele
Ala
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mass
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George Butler
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Willard HE. Streeter
Samuel C. Hillier
Warren J. Eastman
John P. Quirk
House of Representatives
Committee On Legal Affairs
Committee On Rules
Theodore Ehedlund
Malden
Maine
Uncle Sam
Maplewood
Coal and Rail
Clinch
Baby
Lawrence Nurse
Adamson
Stories of the
Samuel Briden
Rufus Street
Pawtucket
R. I
Private Briden
Tomorrow’s Sunday Post
Herbert Sey
Ace
Seit
Lydia E. Pinkham
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