Salvation Army praised by Baker in Boston campaign
New England Salvation Army officers and workers, led by Colonel William J. Keville and volunteers from the Yankee Division, received high praise from Newton D. Baker for their humanitarian work with the American Expeditionary Force. Posters filled Boston as soldiers pledged support and access to campaign offices at Shawmut National Bank building.
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Salvation Army
Boston
New England
Newton D. Baker
Yankee Division
Shawmut National Bank
William J. Keville
101St
Salvation Army campaign opens in Tremont Temple
Secretary of War Baker urged Boston and New England residents to back the Salvation Army drive starting tomorrow at Tremont Temple and running to May 26, aiming to raise 400000 in Boston and 3000000 across New England.
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Boston
New England
Salvation ‘Army
Tremont Temple
Baker
Salvation Army admiration telegraph sent to Boston leaders
A telegraph to Colonel Adam Gifford and Brigadier-General Charles H. Cole extols the Salvation Army’s work with the American Expeditionary Force in France. It urges Boston and New England to support the Army as it supported local boys, praising its wartime service.
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Adam Gifford
Salvation Army
New England
Charles H. Cole
Boston
800 Lose Jobs by New Law
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company discharged eight women employees, citing the Lockwood-Caulfield bill banning work for women between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. The law, drafted by Miss Helen McCormick, Kings County assistant district attorney, prompted regrets from the company, and a meeting at Salvation Army headquarters in Brooklyn is planned to discuss the impact on families reliant on these jobs.
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New York
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Lockwood-Caulfield
Helen McCormick
Kings County
McCormick
Salvation Army
Brooklyn
Fifteen Draft Dodgers Denied U S Citizenship in Jamestown
In Jamestown on May 16 Justice Charles B. Wheeler ruled that fifteen Swedish born men, who had taken first naturalization papers before World War I and then renounced allegiance to the United States to evade the draft, are forever denied United States citizenship. The draft board submitted the cases for decision.
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Jamestown, N. Y
Jamestown
United States
Charles B. Wheeler
Supreme Court
Germany
Draft Board
Wheeler
Protests Grow Over One Cent Ice Cream Cone Tax
Boston residents led by women clubs, teachers and doctors protest a penny tax on ice cream cones for children. Organizers plan a mass meeting on the Common and urge citizens to write to Congress. Storeowners report losses and vow to cease selling small cones if repeal fails.
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Congress
Post This
Washington
Women Workers
John T. Mahoney
Civil and Political Records Club
Walter A. Buckley
Hartford Street
Dorchester
Buckley
la Cornucopia
Copley Square
League
Boston Club
Housekeepers’ League
Katherine Dowling
Warren Street
Roxbury
Miss Dowling
Adelaide N. Abbott
South Boston
Treasury Department
Boston Post
No ten days grace on paying income tax
Washington May 16 Revenue collectors were notified today by the internal revenue bureau that since June 15 falls on Sunday the second installment of income taxes due on that date will be accepted on Monday June 16 Attention was called to the fact that no 10 day period of grace for payment of taxes on that date is allowed this year as was granted last year under the old revenue act.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
King Albert’s Air Trip to England
King Albert left Brussels by air for England tonight in a quick royal visit announcement from Havas. The plan shows a diplomatic tone and signals a short royal journey between Belgium and Britain.
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King Albert
England
Brussels
Havas
Million Dollar Lightly Planned Bank Holdup Foiled
Montreal May 16 three armed men were arrested near two banks while a payroll cash drop for Canadian Pacific railway workers was in progress. Detectives and police halted the plot and found canvas bags and rope in the car. Suspects included Dominic Coversa Frank Carter and Frank Teddy with a fourth man fleeing.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Ontario Street
Bank
Bank of Hochelaga
Dominic Coversa
Chicago
New York
Brooklyn
Frank Carter
Detroit
Frank Teddy
Notary Latkowitch Sentenced for False Oath to Questionnaire
Julius Latkowitch a notary with offices in the Old South Building was sentenced in Federal District Court to one year and one day in Plymouth jail for making a false oath in a questionnaire for Joseph Solomon. A jury found him guilty a year ago and two weeks earlier the judge granted time to settle affairs before jail.
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Julius Latkowitch
Old South
Federal District Court
Plymouth
Joseph Solomon
Latkowitch
Morton
Gal Ge
Detained Rev T A Rahilly on arrival in New York
May 16 Detained Rev Thomas A Rahilly of Cork Ireland by immigration authorities after arriving on the Royal George from Liverpool. Canadian officers protest he planned to spread Sinn Fein ideas among French Canadians and disrespect the British anthem. He says he goes to Canada for education and private business. he earlier founded schools in 1911 for French Canadian children.
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New York
Thomas A. Rahilly
Cork
Ireland
Royal George
Liverpool
Canada
Halifax
Dominion
Peace Army Rejects Vei
Burke E. Walter a former 104th Infantry veteran saw action in the Argonne and other fronts was rejected for enlistment at the Tremont Row army recruiting station by Captain I H Angell due to a physical disability. Walter lacked enough teeth and had flat feet failing the examination though he had served in combat in France.
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Tremont Row
Burke E. Walter
104Th Infantry
Argonne
I. H. Angell
Uncle Sam
Walter
France
Banquet Honors Boston Post Office Cashier Greig
Captain James N. Greig, cashier, recently returned from overseas service, was honored at a banquet by Boston post office personnel at the Bromfield Inn. Acting cashier Max Macalouski also attended as a guest. The event followed a reception with singing, dancing, and comedy sketches.
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James N. Greig
Boston Post Office
Max Macalouski
Bromfield Inn
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