Boston to be major wartime depot for stores
Boston will become a key military supply and storage depot for the nation, with millions of dollars of equipment flowing to foreign armies once plans by the Massachusetts Waterways Commission and the National Council of Defence storage committee are approved. Secretary of War Baker’s ratification is expected to move the plan quickly into effect.
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Boston
Massachusetts Waterways Commission
National Council of Defence Storage Committee
Baker
Government plan to expand storage and docks at Commonwealth port
The plan involves national government takeover and construction of large storage buildings. It calls for using 250 000 square feet of Commonwealth pier for storage and embarkation, erecting storage buildings by the ramp in South Boston, near the Reserve Channel and dry dock, and building a large shipping platform on the Reserve Channel. Dredging and wharf improvements near the Metropolitan Coal Company and Boston Molasses Company storehouses are included, with connections to the state’s storage-track system.
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Commonwealth Pier
South
Boston
Reserve Channel
Metropolitan Coal Company
Boston Molasses Company
Commonwealth
Government step ends campaign by McNary and Conry
The government action closes a campaign started by William S. McNary of South Boston, a State Waterways Commission member, and Joseph A. Conry, named by Governor McCall as Massachusetts representative on the National Defence Council storage committee in Washington.
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William S. McNary
South Boston
State Waterways Commission
Joseph A. Conry
McCall
Massachusetts
National Defence Council
Washington
Harvard Students Fund Soldiers Book Drive Opens
Harvard students contribute to a $1,000,000 soldiers literature fund with gifts accepted at Widener Memorial Library. Librarian William C. Lane urged Harvard men to support the effort as Cambridge banks also accept donations for soldiers books.
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Harvard
Widener Memorial
William C. Lane
College Library
Cambridge
Public Library Exam for Grade E Date Set
The city public library service announces an Grade E examination for boys and girls with grammar school education. It will be at 10 o clock in the morning on October 6 on the special libraries floor of the Central Library.
R. R. TO HIRE YOUNGER MEN
The New Haven Railroad will employ younger and older men in its operating department to aid wartime needs. Firemen age 18 to 45, trainmen 18 to 60, and other employees 18 to 60 become the new age limits, expanding beyond previous 21 to 35 for firemen. The policy aims to reduce exemption requests from industrial workers and align with draft-act considerations.
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New Haven Railroad
Fore River Plant Geis 100 Million Expenditure Planned
Secretary Daniels announced plans to spend nearly $100 million at the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation plant in Quincy to transform it into a premier naval armament production facility in the United States and possibly the world.
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Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation
Quincy
United States
Daniels
Washington
Fore River
Nation to Mass Produce Destroyers at Fore River Yard
The government plans a $100 million contract with the Fore River corporation to expand shipbuilding to manufacture more destroyers than any nation. A temporary great destroyer plant will be erected along the Neponset River, with land leased and surveys underway in Quincy Milton and Wollaston areas.
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Fore River Corporation
Congress
Mr. Daniels
Quincy
Milton
Neponset River
Great Destroyer
Neponset
Granite
Wollaston Golf Club
Granite Avenue
Metropolitan Park Commission
Governor to lift herring fishing ban during war
Governor McCall urged local authorities to suspend all restrictions on salt water herring fishing for food or bait. The move, taken after talks with Food Administrator Endicott and a Hoover telegram, aims to ease wartime food shortages by permitting purse seining and torching.
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McCall
Endicott
Hoover
Bay State
Lowell Welcomes New Harvard Law Class
Harvard Law School opened for the year with a reception at Phillips Brooks House in Cambridge. More than 100 students attended including most first years as President Lowell Dean Roscoe Pound and Professor Samuel Williston addressed the gathering.
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Harvard
University
Phillips Brooks
Cambridge
Lowell
Roscoe Pound
Samuel Williston
Requiem Mass for Patrolman Michael J. McDonough
A solemn high mass was held at St Marys Church Charlestown for Patrolman Michael J McDonough of Station 15. Rev John D Tierney celebrated with a guard of honor. he is father to Rev Thomas McDonough and Sister Mary Michael of St Josephs Academy Brighton. Burial followed at Holy Cross Cemetery Malden.
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St. Mary's Church
Charlestown
Michael J. McDonough
John D. Tierney
King
McDonough
Thomas McDonough
Mary Michael
St. Joseph's Academy
Brighton
Holy Cross Cemetery
Malden
House Will Investigate Bernstorff Slush Fund
The House debates an exhaustive inquiry into German money and a possible slush fund linked to Bernstorff. President backing and State Department disclosures signal a push for full public exposure as Heflin names potential lawmakers, including La Follette and others, amid wartime politics.
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House
Bernstorff
White House
State Department
Heflin
Tumulty
Milk price meeting set at the State House
Milk producers and contractors appear before Henry B. Endicott of the Hoover Food Administration at the State House at 3 p.m. to justify a further milk price increase following a threatened 2 cent per quart rise.
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Henry B. Endicott
Massachusetts
Hoover Food Administration
State House
Death notice Mary A Sanford Hyde Park widow of George
Mary A Sanford died at her home 48 Williams avenue Hyde Park on September 26 in her 85th year. She was the widow of George Sanford. Funeral was private.
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Sanford
Williams Ave
Hyde Park
Mary A
George Sanford
Wightmans Meet Sears Johnson In Mixed Finals At Longwood
In the Longwood Cricket Club semi finals of the mixed doubles event Mr and Mrs George W Wightman defeated Miss Marion Zinterstein and Harold Brets 6 0 6 1. Miss Eleonora R Sears and Harry Johnson beat Miss Leslie Bancroft and W H Abbott 6 3 6 3. The women's singles final features Mrs B E B Cole second against Miss Evelyn Sears.
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Longwood Cricket Club
George W. Wightman
Eleonora R. Sears
Harry Johnson
Wightman
Marion Zinterstein
Harold Brets
Sears
Johnson
Leslie Bancroft
W. H. Abbott
B. EB. Cole
Evelyn Sears
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