Men’s Shoes Offer From Rice and Hutchins
Rice and Hutchins advertise English and army last men’s shoes at four dollars per pair, described as extra good value.
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Rice & Hutchins
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1918
Page
2
Dog Officers By Counties Measures Gain Senate Favor
The committee on agriculture reported favorably in the Senate on a bill authorizing county commissioners to appoint dog officers by county. The action signals legislative support for county level control of enforcement duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Agriculture
Senate
Committee On
Special Commission
Miss Weills Reads in Quality Street at Vendome
Virginia Weills presented readings from Quality Street yesterday afternoon at the Vendome. Her experience with Barrie’s works pleased the audience, and she received rounds of applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Vendome
Virginia Weills
Miss Weills
Barrie
Sherburne Presents Service Flag for 11 Aiding War Effort
Mrs. John H. Sherburne of Brookline presented the House of Representatives with a service flag bearing 11 stars honoring members of the 1917 and 1918 legislatures serving in the army, navy, or related services. Speaker Channing H. Cox accepted the flag and saluted the 11 men including John H. Sherburne, Daniel W. Lincoln, Roger Wolcott, James Tracy Potter, and others from Massachusetts communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Sherburne
Brookline
House of Representatives
Channing H. Cox
1011St Regiment
United States Field Artillery
Daniel W. Lincoln
Worcester
National Army
Roger Wolcott
Milton
United States
Massachusetts
James Tracy Potter
Adams
United States Infantry
Daniel J. Young
F Roston
Army
Charles H. Slowey
Lowell
Edward My, Parker
New Bedford
Field Artillery
Alfred J. Moore
Jamaica Plain
Navy
Kenneth P. Hill
Cambridge
Army Aviation
Russell T. Bates
Quincy
Naval
Daniel W. Casey
South Boston
Yeoman
Seamen's Pay Case Referred to Shipping Board
The shipping labor conference resolved the wage dispute for seamen on American vessels in the Atlantic trade, overseas and coastwise by submitting the case to the Shipping Board. Pacific scale requests and a 50 percent war zone bonus were discussed, with industrial conscription proposed to prevent wartime stoppages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shipping Board
J. C. Rolfs
Pacific Coast
Shipyard workers abused by rent profiteers prompt warning
Washington May 2 The Shipping Board reports that shipyard workers in several communities faced flagrant abuses by rent profiteers and vows to use drastic preventive powers granted by Congress to curb the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shippin Board
Congress
Loafers' Bill Faces Backlash At Hearing
Strong opposition develops to a bill requiring all men aged 18 to 50 to work under a $100 fine or three months in prison. Critics fear compulsory service would curb idle hours but disrupt needed farm labor when needed. The committee was advised to slow the process. Greenwood cited Boston federal employment data showing only 160 of 500 assigned men accepting jobs.
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Committee On Social Welfare
Greenwood
Federal Free Employment Agency
Boston
Massachusetts
Henry Sterling
American Federation of Labor
Benjamin C. Weakley
War Efficiency Committee
Committee On Public Safety
Edward F. McSweeney
James Sanborn
Ambassador Sharpe's Family Returns to Atlantic Port
Mrs William G Sharpe wife of the American ambassador to France and her two daughters arrived in an Atlantic port aboard a French line steamship. She planned to place the daughters in school before returning to France. Also aboard were five officers of the Polish Legion en route to aid allied forces in France.
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Atlantic
William G. Sharpe
France
Col Richard H. Griffiths Killed by Shell Fire in France
Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. Griffiths commanding an infantry battalion was killed by shell fire in Picardy as he emerged from a dugout. The casualty occurred during shelling and underscores the cost of war while urging bond purchases for support.
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France
Associated Fress
Richard H. Griffiths
Picardy
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