New Aeronautics Department Bill Moves Forward
Senate military committee favors the bill by Senator New to create a separate Aeronautics Department with a head appointed by the president. It would control aircraft production and operation for the army navy and Marine Corps. An amendment removes a cabinet officer provision and limits the department’s life to the postwar period.
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New
Indiana
Department of Aeronautics
Senate Military Committee
Devk Ppl
Dent
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Crowell
Marriage Announced in Arlington for Miss Marion Smith
Mr and Mrs Edward Lewis Smith of 4 Belknap Street Arlington announce the marriage of their daughter Marion Thayer Smith to Arthur Oswald Yeames youngest son of the Rev James Yeames former rector of St John s Episcopal Church Arlington posted yesterday with wedding cards throughout the community
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Edward Lewis Smith
Belknap Street
Arlington
Marion Thayer Smith
Arthur Oswald Yeames
James Yeames
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Governor Considers Sale of South Boston Dry Dock
The Governor's Council is expected to act on selling the unfinished dry dock to the federal government for 4.5 million dollars. The project has long been called a white elephant and a major bone of contention, with officials hoping to move it to a suitable institution or government branch ready to use it.
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South
Boston
Standardizing shades of paper at national meeting
Representatives from many parts of the country of the National Glazed and Fancy Paper Manufacturers Association met in Springfield to standardize shades of paper at the War Industries Board's request. W. H. Shuart of Springfield is president of the association.
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Springfield
National Glazed and Fancy Paper Manufacturers’ Association
War Industries Board
W. H. Shuart
Chapin and Shelton Speak at New Thought Congress Session
Mrs. Mary E. T. Chapin and T. J. Shelton honorary president of the International New Thought Alliance addressed last night’s congress session at the Hotel Somerset.
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Mary E. T. Chapin
T. J. Shelton
International New Thought Alliance
Hotel
Somerset
Moneyless Clothing Exhibit Aids Refugees and War Relief
The Longwood branch's display at the Clothing Facts Bureau in the Women's City Club cottage on the Common showcases remnant materials to craft garments and hospital supplies for refugees. The exhibit invites requests for patterns, instructions, and information to assist small refugees and spur local war relief station formation. Mrs. H. Parker Whittington chairs the event with aides Mrs. Eugene C. Smith and Mrs. Bonnibelle Smith coordinating on the Common.
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City Club
Longwood Branch
Greater Boston
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War Relief Work Committee
H. Parker Whittington
Longwood
Eugene C. Smith
Bonnibelle Smith
Hugene ©. Smith
Disloyal Engineer Loses New York Job
Samuel R. Slavsky a junior engineer was dismissed today by the Public Service Commission on charges of opposing the government and conduct unbecoming an officer of New York State. It was alleged he refused to subscribe to the Red Cross fund and said he did not approve of the war and regarded the Red Cross as a destructive organization.
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New York
Samuel R. Slavsky
Public Service Commission
United States
Red Cross
Slavsky
Questionnaires in the mails today prompt draft updates
Crowder announces questionnaires issued to registrants with a three week deadline for completion. About six million men aged 19 to 20 and 82 to 36 are to respond, plus 40,000 new registrants aged 21 to 31. A drawing date to determine order of call will be announced soon. McAdoo notes no railroad labor surplus to replace drafted workers, urging boards to spare workers when possible but retain essential railroad staff. A conference among Hurley Schwab and Crowder discusses new 180,000 worker needs for the Emergency Fleet Corporation with no final decision yet.
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McAdoo
United States Railroad Administration
Mr. McAdoo
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Schwab
Shipyard Leaders Discuss Essential Workers and Hiring Surge
Washington reports Hurley and Schwab met with Crowder to plan retaining essential shipyard workers and replacing those drafted for war effort as American yards seek to add 190,000 more workers to sustain ship production.
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Hurley
Schwab
Crowder
Railroad workers urged to seek deferred draft classification
Washington reports Director-General McAdoo ordered all essential railway employees to claim deferred draft classification as a patriotic duty. He instructed regional directors and railway executives on the policy and the information to present to district boards to justify the classification.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
McAdoo
Carrier breaks Army air record in Belmont Park flight
Max Miller, a civilian aerial mail carrier, shaved two minutes off the Army record by flying from Washington to Belmont Park, New York in two hours 10 minutes with 100 pounds of mail. He stopped in Philadelphia for seven minutes, then continued to Belmont Park with a 43 minute leg, one minute longer than the Army mark.
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Belmont Park
N. Y
Max Miller
DeHart
Washington
Miller
Philadelphia
Belmont Bark
Canfield Commissioned Major in Army Engineer Corps
CANFIELD A MAJOR SPRINGFIELD Sept.17 John R Canfield of this city former master mechanic of the Albany and Boston divisions of the Boston and Albany Railroad but since 1916 a practicing lawyer here was today commissioned a major in the engineer corps of the army.
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Springfield
John R. Canfield
Albany
Boston
Boston & Albany Railroad
Engineer Corps
Army
Italy mobilizes all able-bodied for war effort
In Paris the King of Italy says the nation has fully mobilized its effectives with broad mobilization of workers, finances and industry. He notes women and children support the fields and roads while front and home front lack unity compared to allied democracies. the Austro-Hungarian army fights vigorously.
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Italy
Matin
United Democratic Nations
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