Twenty Thousand Air Crafts Under Way for U S Forces
Washington reports 20000 airplanes for American forces in France are under construction along with motors. Secretary Baker notes coordinated program to supply ready aircraft and trained aviators. He says first U S airplane will be built in the United States with weaponry and cameras. About a quarter of planes to be used will be produced abroad.
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Washington
America
France
Congress
Zaker
Baker
Europe
United States
Autoist Downey Cleared in Edwin Paige Death Case
After a manslaughter hearing in Central Court Patrick F Downey of South Boston was found not guilty in the death of Edwin Paige who was struck by a taxicab on Canal street A $1000 diamond from Paige s ring was lost in the incident and not recovered despite police searches.
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Central Court
Patrick F. Downey
South Boston
Edwin Paige
Canal Street
Paige
Downey
NP Telegraphers Win 10 Percent Raise to Eight Hours
Thirteen hundred Northern Pacific railroad telegraphers receive a 10 percent wage increase and an eight hour day, announced by M N Clapp, superintendent of telegraph.
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ST. Paul
Northern Pacific Railroad
M. N. Clapp
Telegraph
Poslam Skin Care Ad Claims Quick Relief
An old advertisement promotes Poslam for pimples rashes and eczema itching claiming safety and rapid improvement. It urges readers to request a free sample from Emergency Laboratories in New York and to use Possam Soap as a tonic for clearer healthier skin.
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Eczema
Emergency Laboratories
West 47Th St
New York City
Gardeners Seek More Land for City War Plots
Boston war gardeners praise community farming under city oversight and press the City Committee on Protection and Conservation of Food for free garden plots next spring. The committee plans a larger 1918 program and asks fertile landowners to offer plots for allotment to citizens.
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Boston
City Committee On Protection and Conservation of
City seeks land for war gardens next season
H C Darling in charge of the drive invites landowners to donate plots for war gardens, with offers due by Oct 15 at 33 Beacon Street. George B Johnson notes plans to expand plots to at least five acres, accessible within the five cent fare zone, for winter crops and soil fertilization.
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H. C. Darling
Beacon Street
George B. Johnson
Darling
Pilots Views On Anti Aid Editorial Slams Sectarian Grants
The Pilot editorials against the anti sectarian amendment accuse Minute Men and Guardians of aiming to bar Catholics from state funding. It cites Professor Anderson as exposing hypocrisy in calls for harmony while pursuing sectarian goals.
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Pilot
Anderson
Bill of Rights Committee
Chamber Retail Trade Board Elects Members
The Boston Chamber of Commerce annual retail trade board election chosen the 1918 governing board unanimously. Members elected include Jerome A. Crane Louis K Liggett Company F Alexander Chandler Chandler Farquhar Jarvis Lamson Sr Lamson Hubbard Harold F McNeil Thayer McNeil George W Mitton Jordan Marsh William L Shearer Sr Paine Furniture Company Marcell N Smith Smith Patterson Company Frank W Stearns R H Stearns Company.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Jerome A. Crane
Louis K. Liggett Company
F. Alexander Chandler
Chandler & Farquhar
Jarvis Lamson, Sr
Lamson & Hubbard Company
Harold F. McNeil
Thayer McNeil Company
George W. Mitton
Jordan Marsh Company
William L. Shearer, Sr
Paine Furniture Company
Marcell N. Smith
Smith Patterson Company
Frank W. Stearns
R. H. Stearns Company
Smuts Says Britain Will Launch Large Scale German Bombing
Lieutenant-General Smuts, a war cabinet member, told the UK's Chamber of Commerce that Britain will execute an unprecedented air offensive on German cities. He argued the Germans intensified the war by bombing London and other cities and defended Britain's actions as a reluctant response. He stressed the cruelty and immorality of bombing civilians and urged both sides to abandon such methods.
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London
War Cabinet
Smuts
German East Africa
Chamber of Commerce of
United Kingdom
General Smuts
DuPont Heir Gerald DuPont Dies By Own Action
Gerald F. DuPont aged 22 son of the Wilmington powder man and New York city manufacturer died here after leaving a hospital where he had been for days with a nervous breakdown. He took his own life in Ogden Utah on October 4.
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F. DuPont
Wilmington
Delaware
New York City
More U Boats Sunk in Past Three Months Than Ever
A high official of the British admiralty stated that over the last three months more German submarines were sunk than in any prior similar period, underscoring intensified Allied anti submarine success.
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London
Admiralty
American Schooner Annie F. Conlon Sunk by U Boat
The American schooner Annie F. Conlon was sunk by gunfire from a German submarine off the Scilly Islands Wednesday morning. The eight crew members were landed safely.
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London
Annie F. Conlon
Scilly Islands
Councillor Accuses Society Official in Cemetery Site Row
During an inspection in West Roxbury Councillor Ballantyne charged a Hoston Burial Society official with misrepresenting the proposed cemetery site. Residents protest the permit and councillors expect the petition may be rejected.
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West Roxbury
Hoston Burial Society
Ballantyne
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