New Order Bans Shysters At Ayer Camp
At Camp Devens Major General Hodges issues orders to bar shyster lawyers from exploiting draftees and to require disclosure of legal assistance and fees on exemption and discharge applications. Two Worcester recruits become first in New England to test gas masks amid upcoming gas training.
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Divi
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War Department
Major Peck
Worcester
Frederick J. Mahoney
Martin J. Carney
Motor Truck Company No. 2
New England
France
Black House
Charles E. Salek
Thomas Acton Fitzgerald
Boston
Union Rescue Mission to Open New Home at Dover and Tremont
Union Rescue Mission expands with a new home at Dover and Tremont streets, nearly finished and furnished, to have an informal opening Saturday evening. Ex-Governor John L Bates, building committee chairman, and Frank I Davidson, the corporation president, will speak.
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Union Rescue Mission
Dover and
Tremont Streets
John L. Bates
Frank I
Davidson
Mission in Conference Covers House Mission Visit to England
London Nov 19 official statement praises the American mission headed by Colonel F E M House for doing useful work and impressing government departments with talks on common war problems during its England visit.
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London
England
F E. M. House
House
Bolsheviks Threatened by Internal Strife and Allied Talks
The article details American and British officials coordinating with top leaders on war strategy and finance while predicting Bolshevik collapse due to internal factionalism. It notes U S figures advising on munitions and food, and cites Petrograd and Moscow conditions amid street fighting and shifting loyalties.
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Benson
Jellicoe
Tasker H. Bliss
William R. Robertson
Imperial Staff
Army Headquarters
Oscar T. Crosby
Treasury
Andrew Bonar Law
Bainbridge Colby
Joseph Paton MacKay
Ministry of Shipping
Thomas Nelson Perkins
American Priority Board
Winston Spencer Churchill
Minster of
Admiralty
Alonzo E. Taylor
American Food Administration
Baron Rhondda
Vance McCormack
Robert Cecil
Mayoralty Candidate Edward J. Brandon Falls One Signature Short
Cambridge registrars report Edward J. Brandon, City Clerk, filed nomination papers for mayor with 209 valid signatures, one short of the 210 required by the recent governor vote returns used as the standard. The discrepancy centers on Brandon’s own papers, which, though certified, lack the necessary count to place him on the ballot.
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Cambridge
Edward J. Brandon
Americans Ordered to Leave Petrograd Amid Chaos
Ambassador Francis in Petrograd reported to the State Department that unattached American women and families should depart. Two special coaches were arranged on the trans-Siberian line for travel. Conditions in the Russian capital were chaotic yet quiet, with no central government and embassies operating without chiefs. About 200 Americans remained in Petrograd, with others reportedly safe in Moscow.
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Francis
Petrograd
Harbin
Moscow
State Department
China
Summers
Pavloff
Washington
Lea
Kaiser Refuses Peace Talks with Bolsheviks
Petrograd reports Germany will not negotiate with the Bolshevik led government. Emperor William would only treat with the legal successor to the imperial government or with the constituent assembly, per newspaper sources.
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Petrograd
Germany
William
Waldo Bros Plant Hit by Incendiary Fire
Police report a second incendiary blaze in 24 hours damaged Waldo Bros plant on Southampton Street in the South End. The lime and cement dealer sustained about 15000 dollars in losses as flames shot through the roof, drawing hundreds to the isolated area near Cummings Street. Two fire alarms were sounded.
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Southampton Street
Waldo Bros
Cummings Street
South End
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