Army Draft Bill Nears Passage Amid Senate Fight
The Senate approved the army conscription bill after a daylong debate on Roosevelt’s role and the existing emergency clause. Roosevelt faced sharp partisan criticism from Senator Stone while Senators Johnson and Calder defended his service and patriotism. The measure aims to register 10 million men and select an initial 500,000, with training delayed until September due to supply limits.
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Missouri
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California
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Hoke Smith
Germany
Reed
Chamberlain
Wadsworth
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Gore
Oklahoma
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Georgia
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Arkansas
Stone
Trammell
Florida
Bills for conscription age revised amid conference fights
The administration backed bill was introduced in the Senate on April 19 and passed in both chambers by large margins. It has been sent back to join the Roosevelt volunteer provision and additional pay for enlisted men. Age limits were finally settled at 21 to 30 after protracted negotiations.
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Senate
House
Roosevelt
War Department
McCarthy Appointed to Boston Public Safety Committee
William R. McCarthy longtime Boston Typographical Union figure and Tenean Beach leader was named to the Boston Public Safety Committee by Mayor Curley. He serves as cut department superintendent at the Boston Post and is noted for labor and economic insight. He lives at 45 Edwin Street Dorchester.
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William R. McCarthy
Boston Typographical Union
Boston Public Safety Committee
Curley
McCarthy
Tenean Beach
Dorchester
Boston Post
Brazil
Mr. McCarthy
Francis T. Bowles
Mr.McCarthy
Edwin Street
Army aviation officers to train reserve officers at MIT
Washington May 17 Army aviation officers from the First Aero Squadron are assigned to four of six cooperating universities to assist civilian instructors in a month of preliminary theoretical training for reserve officers. Captain Benjamin W. Mills is assigned to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Washington
Army Aviation
Army Airship Service
Benjamin W. Mills
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chauffeur Injured as Auto Truck Collides in Somerville
Reubin Brodokin chauffeur of Chelsea suffered a fracture of the right leg and his helper Charles Katz of New York bruises when their auto truck owned by Segal Bros collided with Walter C Hall of West Somerville on Holland street Somerville. The injured men are in Somerville Hospital.
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Reubin Brodokin
Fourth Street
Chelsea
Charles Katz
Wall Street
Segal Bros
Holland Street
Somerville
Walter C. Hall
Ossipes Road
West Somerville
Somerville Hospital
Naval Reserves to Entertain Yachtsmen at Marblehead
Eastern Yacht Club members and their ladies will be guests of the Naval Reserve training ship at Marblehead Neck on Saturday. Lt Porter announces the first formal reception and inspection with a dress parade battalion drill boat races and drills as side events.
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Marblehead Neck
Eastern Yacht Club
Naval Reserve Training
Porter
Yacht Club
Farm Labor Lists Plan Completed
Washington May 17 Organization of a national system to supply labor for farms this summer should be completed by the Agriculture and Labor Departments within two weeks and enrollment of hundreds of thousands of men women and boys for farm work is expected soon after.
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Crowder
Washington
Baker
Agriculture and Labor Departments
Plan to mobilize farm labor across states this summer
W. J. Spillman outlines a national plan uniting state food agencies governors boards county and community agents to register and place farm labor. It calls for surplus labor detection and distribution aided by railroads with 250000 posters to enroll workers for short term rural work.
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W. J. Spillman
Agricultural Department
Office of Farm Management
Labor Department
Congress Hikes Surtax Again Amid Debates on Bill Size
Congress debates raising the war time surtax to push total bill toward 2.245 billion dollars with expert estimates placing added revenue around 660 million. Lenroot seeks removing night and heat taxes while Fordney pushes a check stamp tax. Curry seeks higher exemptions as arguments over aid to the poor and tax fairness intensify.
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House
Kitchin
McAdoo
Lenroot
War Tax Debate Flows to Exemption Limits and Proposals
In a war tax debate legislators discussed exemptions for individuals from $2000 to $3000, with a 100 to 60 vote against a measure. Rep Longworth noted England’s exemption is $650 regardless of marital status, while some nations have as low as $50. Attempts to expand exemptions for married men with children failed. A plan to divert 65 percent of Congressional salaries to the Treasury and a 50 percent levy on lawmakers who voted for war were defeated.
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Longworth
Ohio
England
McCormick
Illinois
Lunn
New York
Paige
Massachusetts
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Burnett
Alabama
Quincy Council Refuses Fifteen Pool Billiard Licenses
Fifteen applications for pool and billiard room licenses were rejected by the Quincy City Council last night.
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Quincy
McGrath Urges Police-Approved Gambling Licenses Granted
Following Councillor McGrath's address, police report many complaints of gambling in such venues. He recommended licenses only for applications approved by Chief of Police McKay, and ten applications meeting the requirement were granted.
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McGrath
McKay
Body of Philip Morton Found in Concord River
The body of Philip C Morton of 2% Irving Street Cambridge was recovered in the Concord River after a Wednesday drowning. Also found were the bodies of Laura Hubbard aged 9 and Hazle Culver aged 11, with Culver still missing at the time of reporting.
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Philip C. Morton
Trving Street
Cambridge
Concord River
Laura Hubbard
Haze Culver
Hubbard
Culver
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