Paying Off at Camp Devens
Camp Devens prepares to discharge soldiers with 1.33 dollars per day of fare home plus allowances for lost equipment and unsettled accounts. Disbursement offi cer M B Toews will requisition funds from the U S Treasury to issue final payments in new currency. A large discharge operation with medical exams, tickets, and a 1500 daily capacity is planned.
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Boston
Post eXchange
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Ory Department
Washington
M. B. Toews
United States
J. S. Barker
Coast Artillerymen
Fort Constitution
Portsmouth
N. H
Intervale
N H
42D Infantry
Army fliers to chart air lanes for peace time links
The War Department announced that trained U S Army pilots will fly cross country recon missions from flying fields nationwide to chart air lanes map landing fields and select airdrome sites. The effort aims to form a great chain linking every important U S community.
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Washington
United States Army
War Department
Large alimony award set in Dedham court case
In Norfolk County Superior Court at Dedham Mary G. Powning of Brookline is granted a large alimony settlement from Henry G. Powning. The split ties to his estimated 40 000 yearly income with scales up to 40 percent, varying by remarriage and child support, including survivorship provisions and monthly payments on the fifth.
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Norfolk County Superior Court
Dedham
Mary G. Powning
Brookline
Henry G. Powning
Boston
Powning
Powning Divorce Decree Forces Unusual Alimony Terms
Mrs. Powning secures custody of her children Kimball and Dorothy after a divorce from Mr. Powning filed in Paris in 1915. The court orders alimony with unusual conditions tied to income, including annual minimums, arrears mechanics, and allocation from excess income beyond 40,000 dollars.
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Powning
War Work campaign total falls short of goal by nearly 12 million
Officials reported the United War Work drive for 170.5 million dollars had reached 168.565 million, leaving 11.934 million short though incomplete final figures would take days. Eighty eight states surpassed targets with New England and the South perfect. only eastern cities lagged. All military departments except the Eastern met their goals.
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New York
United War Work Campaign
New England
South
Food prices to drop from lower raw material markets
Cleveland, O nov 20 Food prices will drop not by labor costs but via lower markets for raw materials. Leading food producers at the American Specialty Manufacturers Association convention agreed on the trend. No date was set for the reduction but a drop was predicted after high price stocks run down.
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Cleveland
America
American Specialty Manufacturers’ Association
Somerville Man Killed by Auto Near Hyde Park Plant
Edward J. K. Noyes 60 of West Somerville was killed instantly when struck by an automobile near the Sturtevant Blower Works in Hyde Park. The driver, John Shamrock of Hyde Park, 71 Central Avenue, was arrested on a manslaughter charge.
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Somerville
Edward J. K. Noyes
Fosket Street
West Somerville
Sturtevant Blower Works
Hyde Park
John
Shamrock
Central Avenue
Parking plan may force removal of eight elms on Charles Street
Eight venerable elms along the easterly Charles Street border of the Common face potential removal to create a downtown parking area. A 13 foot sidewalk will be eliminated and a street area built for parking. Major Thomas F. Sullivan pledges to spare as many trees as possible while easing street congestion.
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Charles Street
Thomas F. Sullivan
Pershing Called Good Fellow by Cadets and Instructors
Fellow cadets and instructors praise General Pershing in testimony. The Boston Sunday Post next week features H. F. Wheeler's The Real Life of General Pershing with many interesting items about his character and leadership.
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General Pershing
H. F
Wheeler
Boston Sunday Post
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