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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1917
Page
7
Henry B Endicott urges Massachusetts residents to observe two no white bread days a week Wednesday and Thursday and two meatless days Tuesday and Friday to conserve wheat and support troops. He cites a corn surplus and better distribution of fish to markets with broader trolley freight to the Boston Fish Pier.
Springfield dispatch reports Lieutenant Emile J. Dufresne 42 of the Sixth Massachusetts Infantry committed suicide at Camp Bartlett Westfield. His body was found in his tent with a bullet wound from an .88 caliber revolver. Fellow officers cite mental low mood from overwork. he had led F Company and recently commanded E f Company.
George Leary chauffeur of Chemical Engine 5 steered away from a crowd on Bowdoin street Dorchester when a wheel axle snapped. The engine was en route to a fire on Draper street and narrowly avoided a crash, saving bystanders including children.
After Sunday school crowds blocked Bowdoin Street, a heavy motor truck lost a front wheel near Draper Street. Chauffeur Leary steadied the vehicle, steered between a hydrant and a car, and crashed into a vacant store, causing glass breakage but few other damages.
Six persons were killed and three injured when a West Penn trolley car struck a motor bus near Juniata, five miles west of Connellsville, Pa. Five victims were from one family. Three bodies were found over 100 feet from the wreck site.
Representative Charles A. Winchester of Ward 18 said he would write Fire Commissioner Grady to report on the daring work of the driver who witnessed the affair.
Boston Metropolitan Chapter of the American Red Cross calls for more volunteers for a heavy winter program. Information and applications are available at the Volunte r Service Bureau 142 Berkeley Street. Knitting demand soars with 2,000 sweaters for Ayer and 24,000 for France, urging volunteers to focus on soldier welfare at home and abroad.
The First Baptist Church of Lexington choir led by Clarence E. Briggs will travel to Ayer next Sunday to present a musical program for the soldiers at the army camp.
The milling division of the food administration warns that a few U S mills will face summary action for seeking excess profits while most of the milling trade complies. James F Bell says overall cooperation is high as operations adjust to new controls.
Joseph Snyder warned that working people would be worse off after the war at a Labor Party rally on the Common. fellow speaker Thomas Maher praised Socialism. A planned parade from South Boston shifted to a meeting on the Common.
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