Boston Elevated Railway Trustees Back Women Conductors Debate
Boston Elevated Railway Company trustees meet today with no action planned on hiring women as conductors. The firm is short about 700 men and awaits the National War Board wage award. Most trustees favor women workers while the Boston Street Car Men's Union opposes placing women on car platforms pending wage decisions.
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War Board
Lamson Receives Croix du Guerre for Courage in France
Corporal Arthur Lamson of the U S Army Ambulance Section in France is awarded the Croix du Guerre for calmness and courage under heavy bombardment on August 1, 1918, aiding the evacuation of many wounded. Son of Mr and Mrs Henry A Lamson of 61 Marlboro Street Boston he formerly lived in Cambridge and Belmont.
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U S Rejects German Threat to Execute Prisoners With Shotguns
Secretary Lansing issued a formal reply stating The Hague conventions do not forbid the shotgun in U S forces use and warning that any German execution of prisoners found with shotguns will prompt reprisals by the United States. The note follows Germany’s protest through the Swiss legation.
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