Record August ship deliveries push U S tonnage over two million
Washington reports August deliveries by American shipyards set a world record with 66 ships totaling 340 145 dead weight tons 260 61k steel and 22 wooden or composite. The month raises total Shipping Board production to 2 019 489 dead weight tons since May and supports wartime maritime priorities.
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Washington
Lurley
The
Shipping Board
Charles M. Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Three New Englanders Prisoners in Germany
War Department announced additional American officers and men held as prisoners in Germany. The three New England prisoners named are Lieutenant Thomas P. Shea of Springfield Massachusetts Corporal Foster E. Paul of Springfield Massachusetts and Private Willis E. Snowman of Blue Hill Maine. The camps holding them were not yet disclosed.
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Washington
Germany
War Department
New England
Thomas P. Shea
Franklin Street
Springfield
Mass
Foster E. Paul
Auburn Street
Willis E. Snowman
Blue Hill
Maine
Gasolene Saved On Sunday The Nationwide Reduction
New York report shows suspension of pleasure driving in gasolene driven vehicles last Sunday reduced consumption by 10 000 to 150 000 barrels. A. C. Bedford of the National Petroleum War Service Commission cites Illinois 95 percent Ohio 98 Wisconsin 91 and New York 74 percent in a 25 state traffic census.
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New York
A. C. Bedford
National Petroleum War Service Commission
Indiana
Maryland
Florida
Maine
Massachusetts
Alabama
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Michigan
Virginia
Devens Stops World Series News Until Supper
At Devens Sept 4 the war training is intense so Major General McCain bans any information on the World Series games from entering the camp before 6 pm. Leased wires to Chicago and the Liberty Theatre plus notices at the Y M C A huts and Jewish Welfare building will not show game progress until after soldiers complete drills and supper.
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Devens
McCain
Knights of Columbus
Chicago
Liberty Theatre
Jewish Welfare
Notable ARrests and Military Assignments Reported
Robert E. Weitz of 2388 Salem street Medford was arrested today by Chief Patrick E. Beatty of the Ayer police on a warrant from Judge Atwood of the Ayer District Court charging manslaughter in a fatal auto accident involving Private Adam H Boch. Boch carried $10 000 life insurance paid to his widow in Minnesota. Frank O Neil Jr 18 son of Patrolman Frank O Neil of 18 Sycamore street Dorchester died today at the base hospital from injuries from the Ayer crash on Aug 31. Captain A M C Finch British specialist sponsors cricket for Americans at a game between jack tars and doughboys. Captain L K Green British specialist begins the division bayonet school Monday. Chaplain J F Conoley of St Augustine Fla chancellor of the diocese was assigned to the 73d Infantry today. Major Charles M Abbott of Watertown assigned to the 78d and placed in command of the 1st Battalion. Major Edwin F Harding Ohioan West Point 1909 graduate and former instructor is commander of the O S N M O school conducted in the 12th Battalion Depot Brigade. The receiving office took in 700 Maine 600 Connecticut 250 Vermont and 36 New Hampshire recruits today.
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Robert E. Weitz
Salem Street
Medford
Patrick E. Beatty
Ayer Police
Judge Atwood
Ayer District Court
Adam H. Boch
Boch
Minnesota
Frank O’neil, Jr
Frank O'Neil
Sycamore Street
Dorchester
Ayer
A. M. C. Finch
Jack Tars
Doughboys
L. K. Green
J. F. Conoley
St. Augustine
Fla
73D
Charles M. Abbott
Watertown
78D
Edwin F. Harding
West Point
Maine
Connecticut
Vermont
Equal Wage for Women at Babson Labor Conference
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst argued that equal pay boosts industrial efficiency and urged keeping women in industry after the war. Roger Babson opened the conference promoting cooperation between workers and employers for wartime and postwar needs. More than 175 representatives attended, representing about 600,000 employees.
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Emmeline Pankhurst
Babson
Wellesley Hills
Roger Babson
Mrs. Pankhurst
Milwaukee woman cured of epilepsy by friend supplied medicine
A Milwaukee man claims his daughter was completely cured of epilepsy after using a prescription from a friend. He offers to mail a free bottle in plain packaging to any sufferer who writes him at 22 Island Ave, Milwaukee, to receive the medicine.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
R.P.N. Lepso
Island Ave
Peach Stone Drive Boosts War Effort in Boston
Six barrels of peach stones per day gathered at Jordan Marsh for the War Department. Forty five barrels already prepared, with stones arriving hourly from hotels, restaurants, homes, beaches, workers, newsboys, and street youths. Superintendent Fred P Stearns known as The Peach Stone King leads the collection as Bostonians aid soldiers overseas. Mrs F B Boyer and Miss Elizabeth Grinnell joined a Back Bay hotel dinner where English sculptor Robert Peter Baker was accused of disloyal utterances and reportedly drinks and cigarettes were shared among witnesses.
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Jordan Marsh Company
War Department
Jordan Marsh
Fred P. Stearns
Boston
F. B. Boyer
Elizabeth Grinnell
Back Bay
Robert Peter Baker
United States
Hayes
Peach stone drive swells for gas masks wartime need
Superintendent Stearns raises demand to 400 peach stones per gas mask doubling the previous tally. At Jordan Marsh yesterday two Civil War veterans’ inmates sent 200 washed stones while 13 year old Samuel Borstel of Roxbury brought 1850 stones from Roxbury Crossing to aid soldiers in France and cheer his four brothers in the trenches.
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Stearns
Jordan Marsh
Chelsea
Samuel Borstel
Hollander Street
Roxbury
France
Cost 100 High For Mrs Gould In Washington
Mrs Howard Gould arrives in Washington to address housing for war workers but finds living costs prohibitive. She cites 49 cents for an egg, 1.40 for fried oysters, and 25 dollars a day for a room plus bath and sitting room. She has stopped tipping during the war, saying waiters should be drafted.
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Washington
New York
Howard Gould
War of Germans defined by Paris Matin editor at luncheon
Stephane Lauzanne, Paris Matin editor, defined the war as a clash of ideals against Germanism at a Chicago luncheon. He labeled Germanism as Kaiser-era declarations and wartime crimes, noted France’s heavy losses, and cited manpower and shell production changes from 1914 to present.
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Chicago
Stephane Lauzanne
Paris Matin
France
Baker Denies Draft-Evasion Charges Amid Testimony
Witnesses allege Baker was urged to advertise for a widow with infants to support draft avoidance. James L. Thompson testifies Mrs. Boyer posed as Miss Baxter and pressed Baker about fighting. Thompson notes Miss Baxter and Miss Colley’s suspicious London alignments. Baker denies all charges in detail.
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Baker
James L. Thompson
Miss Baxter
Bryden
Telephone Companies Show Revenue Increase
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports that 61 large telephone companies raised net income by 837 051 dollars, a 12.3 percent gain, and operating revenue rose by 1 969 387 dollars or 7.6 percent for March year over year. For the first quarter ending in March, net income fell by 1 448 571 dollars or 7 percent versus 1917.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lemon Juice Takes Off Tan Girls Bleaching Lotion
A sensational note promotes lemon juice as a bleaching lotion for skin when tanned sunburned or freckled. It claims to remove tan and lighten complexion using common kitchen ingredients.
Freckle and Tan Vanish Lotion From Lemons and Orchard White
A simple home lotion blends two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White to create a quarter pint of facial beauty lotion. Grocers sell lemons and drugstores offer Orchard White for a few cents. Massage the mixture daily on face and exposed skin to fade freckles sunburn windburn and tan, leaving clear soft white skin.
Boston Students Return to School After Vacation
City schools restart with many women teachers and some staff called to military service. Enrollment rises in Hyde Park High annex and the Robert B Shaw and Pauline Agassiz Shaw Schools with kindergarten classes expanding. Superintendent Thompson leads his daughter to Hobart Street for kindergarten enrollment.
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Hyde
French Restoration Fund Stop Ordered After Probe
New York reports that the French restoration fund, started to rebuild towns ruined by war, is to cease after District Attorney Swann ordered the stop following an inquiry. About $9000 had been raised and $7000 spent on salaries and overhead.
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New York
French Restoration Fund
Swann
Jean Wick
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