Special Aid Society reelects Barrett Wendell president
Mrs. Barrett Wendell was re elected president of the Special Aid Society at yesterday s annual business meeting at the Wendell House for ex service men. Officers elected include first vice president Mrs Walter Baylies second vice president Mrs Harold Murdock and other officers and an executive committee for one year. Mrs Rose B Trainor outlined future work to aid blinded soldiers while Mrs Charles H Fiske Jr spoke on Boston s canteen work and Americanization and Volunteer Service reports were given. The society now operates a house for officers at Camp Devens and the Wendell House on Beacon Street and Moers home at 39 Bay State Road for discharged servicemen.
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Barrett Wendell
Special Aid Society
Wendell House
Walter Baylies
Harold Murdock
Charles Sumner Bird
A. H. Borden
Clarence BR. Edwards
Grace Richards
Mercy Edwards
George N. Crocker
Mary ‘Barr
Allen Chamberlain
Russell Codman
Louis A. Coolidge
Henry Howard Robinson
George E. Brewer
E. P. Coe
Rose B. Trainor
Boston
Charles H. Fiske, Jr
Liss Emily Everett
Camp Devens
Moers
Bay State Road
Endell
Beacon Street
New 2000-pound Air Mail Planes Promise All-Weather Flight
Otto Praeger announces a radio guided aerial mail system with 200 to 500 foot mast reductions and a field marking device to steer pilots to land centers. The service aims to cut Boston to San Francisco letter times by about 40 hours, using multi motor planes hauling up to a ton of mail from New York to Omaha then to the Rockies.
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Otto Praeger
Bureau of Standards, Signal Corps
Radio Section
Navy
Bureau of Standards
Praeger
New York
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Boston
Congress
Omaha
Rockies
Brockton Mayor Nominated Again for Third Term
Brockton voters hear formal nomination for Mayor William Gleason to a third term in a city caucus held across seven wards. The Democrats also endorse Miss M Silvia Donaldson for the school board after her long teaching career of 47 years.
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Brockton
William Gleason
Make cough relief at home with Pinex and sugar syrup
Thousands of housewives report saving on cough remedies by mixing 2½ ounces of Pinex with a pint of sugar syrup or molasses for quick relief. The home рецепт promises to loosen phlegm soothe membranes and stop ordinary coughs within 24 hours.
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Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Questions and Answers on Air Law and Aviation Contracts
A reader cites laws prohibiting shooting wild fowl from planes and notes Massachusetts Bay would be vulnerable to aerial gunnery. Another reader summarizes Colonel Leonard H. Drennan’s statistics showing air plane material contracts totaling about 850 million dollars among roughly 250 New England firms, illustrating prearmistice aviation readiness.
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Massachusetts Bay
Leonard H. Drennan
New England
Waterlogged Dory Sighted Near Halifax Report
A waterlogged dory bearing the name Gladys and Neble was reported by the Walter D. Munson from Matanzas to St. John N B. The position was about 0 miles east of Halifax and it is believed the dory came from a Canadian fishing vessel.
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Newport, R. I
Landy Rudman Wedding Planned at Temple Miskantefila
Tomorrow afternoon Miss Eva Landy daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Landy 68 Brunswick street Roxbury will marry Benjamin FB Rudman in the Temple Miskantefila. Landy is a Conservatory graduate active in patriotic war work and recipient of a merit certificate. Rudman is a member of the Suffolk bar.
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Eva Landy
Joseph Landy
Brunswick Street
Roxbury
Benjamin FB. Rudman
Miskantefila
Miss Landy
N. B H. Conservatory
Rudman
Suffolk Bar
To Honor Memory of Manchester Martyrs Memorial Exercises
Cumann Na Gael in Roxbury will hold memorial exercises at Hibernian Hall Dudley Street for the Manchester Martyrs Allen Larkin and O Brien. The program recalls Irish struggles from 1867 to 1916 with invited speaker Jeremiah O Leary of New York and a demand for U S recognition of Ireland and an end to British actions in Erin.
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Cumann NaGael
Gaelic League of Ireland
Hibernian Hall
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Manchester
Allen
Larkin
O’brien
Republic
Jeremiah O’leary
New York
Ireland
United States
Erin
New Ship Aiken Towed 800 Miles Into Boston Harbor
The wooden steamer Aiken of the Shipping Board fleet, after a grueling voyage from Rotterdam begun Oct 16, entered Boston Harbor exhausted with coal exhausted and engines down. She had been towed nearly 800 miles from Cape Race by the freighter West Loquassuck from Brest.
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Rotterdam
Aiken
Shipping Board
Boston Harbor
Cape Race
Newfoundland
West Loquassuck
Brest
Aikens voyage challenged by mutinous weather and mine danger
The Aiken set course for New York with crew wishing to stay ashore while mutiny rumors were unfounded. A damaged low pressure cylinder and severe storm forced temporary repairs. Tow lines broke near Boston but the vessel continued unassisted after partial recoveries. Near Azores a mine threat was thwarted by swift action. Marshals Thornhill and Gordon, passengers from the West Arveda, were sent home by the U S consul at Rotterdam.
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New York
Cape Race
Aiken
Boston
Cape Cod
Azores
Marshall Thornhill
Isador Gordon
North Sea
United States
Rotterdam
Citizenship talk by Rev Richard OBrien at Boston College
The Rev Richard OBrien S J spoke to the Philomathela Club on Citizenship, arguing true democracy originated under church care and stressing social evils such as impurity birth control and divorce as roots of social and economic disorder. He noted democracy should honor diverse gifts within lawful authority.
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Richard O’brien
S. J
Philomathela Club
Boston College
O’brien
Marines
Cardinal Bourne
Newman Lecture Highlights Alsace Lorraine Postwar Rebirth
The Newman lecture at Symphony Hall presented postwar reconstruction in Alsace Lorraine. 2. M. Newman, first on Boston soil with armistice era material, recounted conditions and progress. Illustrated talk showed Strasburg and major cities, with restored sentiment and Gallicization underway. The talk and visuals impressed. another showing is planned this afternoon.
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Symphony Hall
2. M. Newman
Newman
Boston
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Strasburg
Not Guilty of Rioting in Roxbury Parade
Five of nine defendants in a Roxbury parade riot case were found not guilty in Superior Criminal Court after a late-night verdict. Four jurors could not agree. Names cleared include Hermina Walt Olga Pallott Julia Rashman Jennie Klosson Louise Serin. Remaining defendants Martha Foley Frank Levenssombe August Smith and John Smith were held for trial. More defendants from the same parade face trial next Monday.
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Superior Criminal Court
Hermina Walt
Olga Pallott
Julia Rashman
Jennie Klosson
Louise Serin
Grapes Only Beverage On Ships Navy Notice Says
The Bureau of Supplies and Accounts issued a notice at Charlestown navy yard restricting ship beverage purchases to grape juice in small bottles as prescribed by naval regulations. It warns of disciplinary action for violations and warns enlisted personnel against wool alcohol amid upcoming compasses containing wool alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Charlestown Navy Yard
Musterole Relieves Stiff Joints and Aches Versatile Ointment
Musterole promotes relief for bronchitis croup stiff neck asthma rheumatism lumbago and body pains. It is a mustard oil based white ointment advertised as better than mustard plasters and widely used in hospitals and homes. Packages range 30c 60c and hospital size $2.50.
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Metropolitan Newsrvice
Tyme Law
James
BY Theodore EB. HI
VYGER
Orlick
Benjamin M. Rudman
Musterole
UYS
Vrs Ak
Colte
Eplugai
Hilus
Mr. Hill
Gentile
Harmieces
Hill's
W. I. HE Co
Detrett, Michigan
Helgoland
Island
Germany
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