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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1918
Page
5
The New England division reports the Red Cross War Fund over 11.1 million with oversubscription of about 4 million. Metropolitan Boston contributes 4.24 million, exceeding its 3 million quota by 1.24 million as more communities finalize reports. Officials applaud the regional effort.
Official report on the Red Cross Second War Fund drive in the New England division shows 513000 raised with 219000 over quota. Milton led suburban towns, Weston and Newton follow. Belmont and Malden top in war chest communities. Downtown team captains report top names and large subscriptions amid awards at Parker House.
Edwin S. Webster, chairman of the metropolitan Boston campaign, reports Metro Boston has $4,239,725 pledged to the second Red Cross war fund. He says this strong response may rise as national banks and corporations finalize their contributions. He notes the nationwide appeal aimed at $100,000,000 with a 2 percent increase suggested by headquarters.
Anheuser Busch of St Louis announces a massive new Bevo plant covering two city blocks with 26 acres of floor space. The basement 30 feet high holds 13 tracks for ten freight cars each. It will employ 2,500 workers and bottling capacity of two million bottles daily, equal to 140 car loads, on an eight hour day basis.
A resolution to thank workers in the American Red Cross second $100,000,000 war mercy fund was introduced in the House by Chairman Dent. Rep Hull proposed a measure granting duty free admission for goods imported for the Red Cross.
German agents before U S entry spent time and money in the East to acquire black walnut trees needed for air plane manufacture. William Guggenheim, head of the American Defence Society committee, said he found evidence after urging Long Island property owners to offer their trees to the government.
Aviators Revienne and Lorgnat completed a Paris to London and return flight in a hydroairplane in three hours and ten minutes carrying mail. This marked the first trip in the aerial postal service between England and France being organized.
In Boston, Zelda Marini, 2, was discovered after a daylong police search in a nearby tenement. Captain Driscoll forced a ground floor window to reach her. Zelda lay asleep beside Barbara Williams, 28, and Mrs Agnes Marini Roy. Both women were jailed for drunkenness and held for investigation.
A 4-month-old boy Amerigo and his 4-year-old sister Selma were left at home as a woman described as Nellie Gallagher abducted the child from Roxbury. A city-wide search followed until Patrolman Casey detained Gallagher near Castle Square after she confessed and was taken to Village Street with officers.
The annual festival to aid the Home for Destitute Catholic Children will be held tomorrow in Mechanics Building under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society. The home has cared for over 30,000 children over 50 years with parish committees representing many diocese parishes.
In London on May 28 the minister of labor George H. Roberts told a Smethwick audience that 400000 discharged soldiers have been provided for already. He said 60 percent have returned to their old employers as part of the postwar demobilization effort.
Miss Catherine Filene, senior of Wheaton College Norton Mass, was honored at a Weston Massachusetts dinner hosted by her parents Mr and Mrs A Lincoln Filene. The event celebrated her leadership of intercollegiate conferences on vocational opportunities for women and her roles on campus boards and teams.
Paris reports a German long range bombardment that killed three people and injured fourteen. A shell hit a crowded tramway street injuring three women and a child among others nearby. The strike struck a car, causing additional casualties.
Mrs Florence E Chatterton told Suffolk County divorce court that Homer E Chatterton derived satisfaction from throwing her about at home. Her father Frank P Richardson testified they lived in his house and he had to intervene once. He heard Chatterton say he would not have married her if she had not a dollar and he alleged his wife had a wide reputation from Newport to Boston as a woman of light character.
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