Red Cross Denies Selling Sweaters Lied by Washington Sources
James Jackson of the New England Division says harmful untruths alleging Red Cross sold sweaters to soldiers and stores originated in Washington and were spread to four regions the same day. He spoke at the Boston metropolitan chapter meeting at 142 Berkeley Street.
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Red Cross Society
Washington
James Jackson
New England
The
Red Cross
Boston
Society
Berkeley Street
New England Governors Seek Roosevelt to Lead Westfield Division
Governor McCall will travel to Washington with fellow New England governors to request War Department authorization for Colonel Theodore Roosevelt to recruit the Westfield encamped New England division to war strength. Westfield officers favor Roosevelt as commander and governors plan to press for coal assistance and to designate Boston as a federal storage and shipping point for war supplies.
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McCall
Washington
New England
War Department
Theodore Roosevelt
Westfield
State House
Roosevelt
Boston
Red Cross work praised amid German propaganda claims
Federal agents doubted German propaganda aimed at discrediting the Red Cross and harming public cooperation. Speaker Mr. Jackson highlighted care for children and families in devastated areas boosting morale. Boston area chapter numbers show 50,000 members with 26 branches within 15 miles.
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Red Cross
Jackson
Charles E. Mason
Boston
Louise P. Brown
John H. Sherburne
E. C. Ely
Richard G. Wadsworth
Dorothy Forbes
J. Randolph Coolidge
Elliston Burr
Metropolitan
Escaped Reform School Girls Sent to Prison
Ethel Ross Grace Winn and Eva Gerard inmates of the Lancaster State Industrial School for Girls were committed to the State prison for women at Sherborn by Chief of Police G A Sampson of Lancaster. The trio escaped the school in rain wandered swamps then traveled by electric car to North Lancaster and on to Clinton.
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Clinton
Ethel Ross
Grace Winn
Eva Gerard
Lancaster
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