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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1918
Page
8
Food Administrator Endicott asks Massachusetts grocers to increase cornmeal consumption amid large stocks. He notes current purchase prices of 5 to 5 3 4 cents per pound and urges selling at 6 to 7 1 2 cents to move high priced stock and aid the war effort.
Judge Day in South Boston found the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company guilty of labor law violations. The company was fined 50 dollars for employing women over ten hours daily and 10 dollars for working boys under 18 beyond ten hours. Mary Donovan of the State Board of Labor and Industries filed the complaint. Edward F. Wallace prosecuted. Brandeis Dunbar & Nutter defended.
Washington May 17 Federal food administration costs have risen from 2.5 million to 12 million dollars annually according to estimates submitted to Congress today.
The Pops program features Bizet Overture Carmen The Bronze Horse Auber intermezzo Azora Verdi Intermezzo Schubert Maytime Romberg Marche Militaire Wagner Keep the Fires Burning arranged by Novello and others. Soloists Mirco Blave violin harp organ with Tschaikowsky Star Spangled Banner selection.
Mayor Peters will plant potatoes at 9 o'clock to inaugurate the war gardens in Franklin Park. He is joined by George B. Johnson, Victor A. Heath and other civic leaders as 350 citizen farmers prepare to dig in for liberty, with ceremonies on Circuit drive near the golf links refectory.
Captain Antonio Resnati, famed Italian army pilot, died when a Caproni biplane sideslipped and overturned at Hazelhurst Field New York. The aircraft, recently assembled by Italian mechanics, fell only 50 feet after one wing struck the field. An army board found no fault in construction or assembly.
Washington May 17 Food administrator Hoover practices conservation by selling his large automobile and dismissing his chauffeur to drive a small car himself He said he could not keep a man from industry who should be building ships
A large Red Cross parade will showcase floats and uniforms from home and France, with flags carried by every marcher. The event opens Monday as Boston joins a national drive, aiming for a $3,000,000 share, featuring numerous divisions and dozens of auxiliary and youth groups.
Chief Marshal Allston Burr organizes a two hour procession from Newbury and Arlington, passing Beacon, School, Washington, Bromfield, Tremont, Boylston, and Park squares then dispersing along Columbus and St James avenues. Governors and mayors review from state house and city hall. Belmont and schools add features with thousands in line.
The roster for the Red Cross parade lists Allston Burr as Chief Marshal and General Hugh Bancroft as Chief of Staff. Parade Manager is Mrs. Ora Bly with Eliot Wadsworth as Vice-Chairman. Color Guard includes Mrs. J. H. Sherburne and other officers and staff such as Major Kenneth Marlatt and Lieutenant Vittorio Orlandini.
The ad promotes United States Tires claiming superior service and economy for wartime conditions. It highlights models Nobby Chain Royal Cord Usco and Plain for mileage, urges buying on a sound business basis, and says local dealers can advise on the best fit.
The second division forms on Newbury Street right resting on Clarendon Street with Section A on Commonwealth Avenue south side Arlington and Section B on Dartmouth. Reports to division marshals at 1 45 p m. The fourth division forms on the north side of Commonwealth Avenue Arlington Street with 2 p m report. The fifth division forms on Marlboro Street Arlington Street with 2 p m report. Regular march in 12 column lines three paces apart with cadence at 110 steps per minute.
The personal property of Mrs Potter Palmer, who died last week in Florida, totals 1.6 million dollars. The trust estate valued at 20 to 25 million goes to her two sons Potter and Honore Palmer. Charitable bequests total 626 thousand, with 100 thousand to the Chicago Art Institute.
Isaac Goldberg of Worcester was freed by a jury in Federal District Court after a three day trial on the charge of conspiracy to steal goods from cars in interstate shipments.
Washington May 17 An official report on the Faith reports the concrete ship behaved well in heavy seas and wind during its second trial off the Pacific coast. The ship is deemed fully equal to steel ships of similar size and power and will soon begin its maiden voyage with cargo. It made 10.2 knots with little vibration despite pitching and withstood a maximum longitudinal stress of 1200 psi on the steel deck and bottom.
Agreement reached in West Boylston Manufacturing Co dispute with 400 striking weavers to submit wage controversy to Henry B. Endicott of Boston the state public safety chairman. Strikers will resume work next Monday pending Endicott findings.
Colonel John J. Carty of the U S Army Signal Corps and chief engineer of the American Telephone and Telegraph company received the Edison gold medal at the American Institute of Electrical Engineers annual meeting. Over 1000 scientists attended as he became the eighth recipient.
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