No White Bread Plan for Two Days a Week
Massachusetts food administrator Henry B. Endicott issues a proclamation urging two no white bread days each week starting Sept. 19 to conserve wheat for allies. He says corn rye and oat meal flour can substitute at home, while allies lack grinding facilities and familiarity with corn bread. He wants the program to run through the war and notes a letter to New England Hotel Men's Association chair Rank C. Hall.
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Henry B. Endicott
Massachusetts
America
Rank C. Hall
New England Hotel Men's Association
Swedish minister to Argentina not recalled says foreign minister
Admiral Lindman Swedish foreign minister announces to press that Baron Lowen the Swedish minister to Argentina will not be recalled. The statement clarifies diplomatic stance amid ongoing tensions and confirms continued accreditation in Buenos Aires.
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Baron Lowen
Argentina
Admiral Lindman
Men
President and Mrs Wilson visit New London
President and Mrs. Wilson arrived in New London from Gloucester at 6 pm. Miss Margaret Wilson, a guest at dinner, studied nearby at Oswegatchie Colony and returned to the city later that night. The Mayflower lay two miles offshore while the couple did not come ashore. They traveled via the Cape Cod Canal amid an enthusiastic reception.
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U S Plans Fixing of Sugar Cost
The Food Administration will place the entire American sugar industry under government control October 1 through a licensing system covering manufacture refining and imports. The move, approved by President Wilson, aims to curb speculation and ensure fair distribution.
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Washington
Food Administration
Wilson
Sugar Market Policy Aims To Reduce Prices And Hoarding
The sugar industry faces a critical fall with proposed general licensing to regulate prices and curb speculation. Beet sugar producers accept a price scale saving taxpayers over 30 million dollars this year, while cane refiners will route imports through a food administration committee to allocate shipments. A binding licensing system is intended to stabilize prices and prevent hoarding, with a wholesale delivery price to be announced soon.
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Food Administration
Bank Embezzler J B Martindale Served With Forged Checks
Washington reports Comptroller Williams announced that the late J B Martindale president of the Chemical National Bank of New York embezzled about 300000 by manipulating a wealthy depositor’s account. He forged checks and debit slips, sometimes claiming donations to hospitals, then diverted cash to his own use while bank capital remained intact.
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Washington
Williams
J. B. Martindale
Chemical National Bank of New York
Martindale
Provincetown Fund Passes $20,000 Mark in Fishermen’s Families Drive
Subscriptions to aid the families of lost Provincetown fishermen total more than $20,000 after a day in which three major donors stood out. F. E. Atteaux of Boston, Charles Whittemore of Cambridge and Peter C. Brooks of Boston gave large sums, while numerous smaller gifts pushed the grand total past the $20,000 mark.
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Exchange Trust Company
Milk Street
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Colonial Theatre
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F. E. Atteaux
Charles Whittemore
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Peter C. Brooks
Geo. C. Dempsey
F. W. Sargent
Friend
Lowell
Barnstable
Elizabeth and
Eleanor Parker
Malden
H. Pike
Chelsea
Co. P. Wilder
Worcester
Barber Shoots Self at Grave in Malden Cemetery
Gaetano Russo, an elderly barber, braced against a tombstone in Holy Cross Cemetery Malden and shot himself in the right temple. He collapsed on the grave as bystanders looked on. A letter with his name and address was found in the coat lining.
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Gaetano Russo
Holy Cross
Malden
Russo
Tabulation Figures Show Money Up to Date
The article notes that the black type figures represent up to date money totals and indicates continuation on Page 2 Fifth Column for full figures.
Jury Saves Slayer of Sick Child in Vermont Murder
In St Johnsbury Vermont on September 11 1930 Mrs Alvin Kenniston was found guilty of second degree murder for taking part in the July 4 killing of 8 year old Alice Bradshaw crippled by infantile paralysis and cared for by Miss Etta Hicks both held after a brief 40 minute jury deliberation confessing to the act in the Bradshaw household near John Bradshaw the father Alice vanished July 5 and authorities say the pair killed her for being a bother.
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Alice Bradshaw
Etta Hicks
Kenniston
Bradshaw
Miss Hicks
John Bradshaw
Alice
Frost Devastates Cape Cod Cranberry Crop
Carver reports a severe frost ending the cranberry crop across Cape Cod. Temperatures fell to 26 degrees, ruining berries and costing the industry hundreds of thousands of dollars. Farmers feared flood vs frost, but the early morning chill left pink and pulpy fruit across bogs.
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Carver
Cape Cod
Cape
Hospital raid disaster kills 300 in German air attack
William V. Richards of Pittsfield, a Red Cross ambulance driver at the French front, reports from a letter dated Aug 20 that a base hospital was blown up by German aviators in mid August. He was within half a mile, transporting wounded prisoners when bombs fell, killing about 300 people and destroying part of a street.
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Pittsfield
William V. Richards
Kaiser Conferring on Reply to Pope Peace Proposal
Amsterdam dispatch says Emperor William has returned to Potsdam to receive Dr. George Michaelis and Foreign Minister von Kuehlmann for final decision on how to answer the Pope’s peace proposal and the status of Poland. The Emperor reportedly suffers a severe chill from the Riga campaign.
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Amsterdam
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Potsdam
George Michaelis
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Riga
Suffrage Carried in Two Towns and One County in Maine
In a special election on the woman suffrage constitutional amendment, Maine saw victories in Rockland and Auburn, with Knox County also approving the measure. Unofficial totals show 36,387 against 19,272 for the amendment, with 90 small towns still unreported. Overall turnout trails the 1911 referendum on the prohibitory liquor law.
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Rockland
Auburn
Knox
Battle of the Aisne River anniversary noted
Today marks the anniversary of the Battle of the Aisne River begun in 1914 when Allied forces advanced against German trenches. The day lists anniversaries and related wartime notes reflecting on a key early World War I engagement.
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Aisne River
Boston Area Forecast Quiet Ahead With Warming Temps
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair weather on Wednesday and Thursday with gradually rising temperatures and gentle to moderate winds veering to the south. Washington, Sept 11 forecast notes New England will be fair with slowly rising temperatures.
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Washington
New England
Baseball results from yesterday across leagues
National League games include Boston 3 Philadelphia 1 first game and 15 5 Boston over Philadelphia in second. New York beat Brooklyn 2 1 in second, with New York 2 Brooklyn 1 in the second game. Pittsburg 3 St Louis 0 first term Louis 6 Pittsburg 2 second. Chicago 6 Cincinnati 5 first, Chicago 1 Cincinnati 2 second. American League games include Washington 4 Boston 3, Cleveland 1 Detroit 1, Philadelphia 0 first game, New York 4 Philadelphia 1 second game.
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Battle Looms as Korniloff Forces March on Petrograd
Reports from Petrograd say General Korniloff leads a strong army toward the city to topple Premier Kerensky and his provisional government. Kerensky tears up rails to hinder advance as both sides prepare for a potential civil clash, with Kerensky framing the fight as a defense of freedom. Korniloff insists the revolt aims to save Russia from German-dominated rule.
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Korniloff
Kerensky
Petrograd
Winter Palace
Kor
Associated Press
Premier Hopeful Kerensky Seeks Cautious Speech
Premier hopeful Kerensky states the cabinet is debating measures and that a general statement will be withheld until conditions and prospects clarify. He emphasizes uninterrupted discussion and prudence before public remarks.
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Kerensky
Crown Prince Supports Hamburg Protest Against Wilson Note
The Hamburg Chamber of Commerce received a message from Crown Prince Frederick William praising their resolution protesting President Wilson's note to Pope Benedict. He commended the chamber and Hamburg merchants for expressing candor and declining what he called the American President's presumption.
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Hamburg Chamber of Commerce
Frederick William
Wilson
Pope Benedict
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