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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1918
Page
5
A historical wartime questionnaire outlines questions for those in industries deemed necessary to military needs. The piece explains how authorities assess a worker’s fit and potential deferment, covering company details, roles, education, pay, supervision, relatives in the enterprise, and succession risk. It notes tomorrow’s continuation with Section 12 on agricultural occupation.
Advertisement touts Gets-It as a miracle corn remedy with drops that peel corns like a banana skin. It claims to spare toes from cutting and bandages and lets wearers dance in tight shoes without corn pain.
Complete returns from last Thursday's registration in 31 states and the District of Columbia indicate 7, tvs. men enrolled for military service against the official estimate of 7,628,350. Officials now believe total registration will not vary much from the original 12,778,758 figure. Drawing date uncertain until all returns and serial numbers are received by local boards.
Miss Helen Jones daughter of Mr and Mrs Elias Jones of Brighton and Alexander Stewart of Belmont were married at the bride’s home 42 Newton Street by Rev A H Manix pastor of the Faneuil Congregational Church Attendants were Miss Caroline Jones and Edward A Smith About 150 guests attended a reception The bride was a former chief operator at the main telephone exchange and later at a Brighton plant where the groom works They will reside in Belmont.
Barton Smith of Toledo Ohio was yesterday re-elected for a fourth term as sovereign grand commander of the supreme council of the Scottish Rite for the northern Masonic jurisdiction at the session in Ma sonic Temple. Leon M Abbott of Boston was re-elected grand lieutenant commander. The council will reconvene at 10 this morning to announce appointive officers and decide the next convention location.
The Department of Labor named conciliation commissioners to settle differences between employees and employers at plants facing threatened strikes. Colt Firearms and Billing's Spencer in Bridgeport demand higher wages and an eight hour day, while Savage Arms in Philadelphia sees tool makers and machinists on strike.
Federal hearing centers on comments by Rev. John Steik during a Roxbury wedding reception. Testimony from the bride Mrs. Selma Stockmann, groom Mr. Stockmann, and best man Albert Wollrath attests that Steik implied help to avoid the draft. Witnesses confirm drinks were served. case remains unfinished.
Washington reports no restrictions have been placed on soft drink manufacture and none will be imposed until an investigation proves it necessary for war. Fuel Administrator Garfield transmitted the information in reply to Senator Hitchcock’s inquiry.
Emery Lester narrates the fate of a Montana man among fellow draftees in a humorous profile set for next Sunday’s Boston Post Magazine. The piece blends light satire with a look at camaraderie and conformity during the draft era.
With General Pershing awaiting guns and shrapnel in France the Watertown Arsenal wastes millions in idle machinery due to a serious labor shortage. The delay threatens rapid deployment and causes official concern over production status in Massachusetts.
Boston and Massachusetts officials urge immediate surveys by 76 community labor boards to find machine operators machinists and boiler makers now in non essential work to join war production. Everett W. Lord U S employment service calls for patriotic response and says every man not in war work can assist.
A wartime notice demands urgent contribution of skilled labor. It calls for at least 200 machinists 100 machine operators and 25 boilermakers to promptly report to Massachusetts plants to sustain the state and national war effort.
Washington Sept 18 proposed legislation would ban the sale of intoxicants within five miles of coal mines for six days after October 1. The bill, introduced by Senator Myers of Montana, was sent to the judiciary committee. Myers argues it would help avert a coal shortage this winter.
Howard Roberts received three months in jail in Superior Court for stealing 14 000 dollars in Liberty bonds from a Springfield bank last spring. The judge cited negligence allowing the bonds to be left in sight and noted the break in occurred via window entry.
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