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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1918

Page

2

Concrete ships program expands under new appropriation

The shipping board will push a large scale build of concrete ships and seek a total appropriation of two and a quarter billion dollars for the new fiscal year. Eighteen concrete ships totaling 117 500 tons have contracts and 658 more vessels costing about 42 250 000 will be ordered once sites for four new government yards are chosen. An expert committee is surveying the Pacific coast for sites after a southern tour, with recommendations due soon.

Washington Shipping Board Pacific

Mrs Cobb’s Divorce Suit Is Dismissed

Mrs Farrar Cobb of Cambridge wife of Dr Farrar Cobb Back Bay surgeon filed for divorce alimony and child custody in the Superior Court at East Cambridge. Judge Fox dismissed the libel after ruling the desertion period was too short between the alleged desertion and filing.

Farrar Cobb Cambridge Back Bay Sur-Geon East Cambridge Fox

Rogers Defaults Sentenced In Four Months For Robbery

Frank Rogers a 2 Court street barber charged with chloroforming and robbing Timothy McCarthy a legless pencil vendor during a shave and haircut defaulted yesterday and was sentenced to four months in the house of correction McCarthy also alleged Rogers charged him two dollars for the tensorial treatment.

Frank Rogers Court Street Timothy McCarthy House of Correction McCarthy Rogers

Harvard survey planned for disabled WWI veterans

The Harvard Bureau of Vocational Guidance completes an extended survey of job opportunities for soldiers and sailors handicapped by war injuries and other unfit workers. The project, endorsed by Washington, will be conducted by a joint Harvard committee from the Graduate School of Business Administration and the Harvard Division of Education.

Harvard Bureau of Vocational Guidance Washington Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration Harvard Division

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