PUPILS TREATED TO WARNINGS ON FOOD SUPPLY AND GRADUATION COSTS
The School Board authorized the superintendent to warn pupils against stealing fruit and injuring food sources amid shortages. It urged principals to emphasize preserving the food supply. Graduation ceremonies will be low cost, with gowns made by girls where possible, and June 21 set for high school exercises. Teachers were appointed to gardening programs across several schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
Caroline Swift
Chapman School
Katharine Macdonald
Charles Sumner School
Jessie M. Estes
Nellie M. Howes
Elihu Greenwood
Massachusetts National Guard Gets War Strength Orders
Last night the War Department wired that the Secretary of War approved recruiting to full war strength for National Guard units nationwide. Ninth Sixth and Second Massachusetts must wait for authorization from the Northeast adjutant general's office, not included in the initial orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts National Guard
Militia Bureau
War Department
Secretary of War
National Guard
Massachusetts
Department of the Northeast
Adjutant-General's Office
Recruiting Slumps Across All Military Branches
Recruiting slumped yesterday in every branch of the service with applications for the navy marine corps and army falling after the announcement of American naval operations in war zone waters.
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Navy
Marine Corps
Army
Poised Attacks by Allied Airmen Near Arras Revealed
W B Stout of the Packard Aviation division spoke at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers detailing Allied air operations behind German lines in Arras. He described aircraft flying low behind trenches pouring machine gun fire into German ranks and shared dramatic war stories from Europe. Michael J. Murray warned of public indifference to the war, urging prompt action to avoid a loss of freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arras
Allied Aviation Corps
W. B. Stout
Packard Motor Car Company
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Wentworth Institute
Stout
Michael J. Murray
America
Leg Amputation After Fall While Boarding Train
Daniel W. Staratt a 65 year old merchant tailor of Melrose attempted to board a train at North Station for Melrose slipped and fell his left leg was cut off by a passing train He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital and placed on the danger list He resides at 87 East Emerson Street Melrose Massachusetts General Hospital treated him for his severe injury.
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Daniel W. Staratt
Washington Street
North Station
Mr. Staratt
Melrose
Massachusetts General Hospital
Emerson Street
Woman Hangs and Shoots Self in Manhattan Hotel
Mrs William Co Clark of Tenafly New Jersey wife of a physician killed herself in her hotel room after first hanging from a chandelier She checked in under an assumed name and was identified by cards in her purse A note blamed her death on a highly nervous state and despair of cure May 17 in New York City.
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New York
William Co. Clark
Tenafly
N. J
Manhattan
Mass General Opens New Private Wards
Massachusetts General Hospital unveils an eight story private ward building. Dr. F A Washburn oversees the project as the main hospital superintendent. The facility spans 160 feet by 53 feet, sits off Charles Street facing the Parkway and Charles River Basin, and includes independent approaches and its own ambulance entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mass. General
Massachusetts General Hospital
F. A. Washburn
Charles Street
Parkway
Charles River
General Hospital
Boston
Plymouth Food Speculator Speech Denounces Scoundrels
John B. Martin president of the Exchange Trust Company of Boston denounces food speculators before the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce. He calls for drastic federal action, jail for exploiters, and urgent letters to Congress as he warns of hunger and rising prices. He likens speculators to treason and urges immediate public pressure for reform.
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Plymouth
John B. Martin
Exchange Trust Company of Boston
Plymouth Chamber of Commerce
Benedict Arnold
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