Camp Devens Boys Make Excellent Show in Review
Camp Devens Ayer Massachusetts April 44 7 000 recruits and enlisted men paraded past division headquarters under Major General Hodges and Col Perry. Two thousand black draftees from Florida led the march and Bridgeport and Fairfield County rookies showed well. Private Joseph Ross of South Boston was sentenced to five years hard labor for absence without leave. Graduation for the training camp is expected midweek. Cross country runs were postponed due to cold weather. The 404th Ambulance company plans a Soldiers Club dance Tuesday to benefit the fife and drum corps being organized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Devens
Ayer
Mass
Bridgeport
Fairfield County
Harry ¥. Hodges
Colons
H. BR. Perry
Florida
Joseph Ross
South Boston
Fort Gay
N. Y
Committee On Public Information
Washington
Yvers
Armbulance Company
German Money Market Control Warned by Banker
London April 14 The chairman of the SOANSON County and Westminster banks warned that a German infancy trust under government guidance would seek postwar world finance control. He named three German pillars Deutsche Bank Dresdner Bank and Discount-Gesellschaft as a united money trust to be met by British style organization. He said England’s banks would move toward large competing banks ready to consult with the government in national interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Elairman
Soanfon County
Westminster Hans
Deutsche
Presdner
Disconte- Gessellachaft
England
Two Dollars Tie a Matrimonial Knot in Strange World
A wry adage notes that two dollars will bind a marriage tightly and take two hundred dollars to loosen it, reflecting on marriage costs and social norms in a curious, historical voice.
Migratory Bird Treaty Honor For US Canadian Effort
London April 14 The gold medal of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds was awarded to Dr William T Thornday of New York and Dr Charles Jordan Hewitt of Ottawa for advancing the treaty between Canada and the United States to protect migratory birds. W Ef Luchkier, special attaché to the American embassy, presented the award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Society For the Protection of
William T. Thortaday
New York
Charles Jordon Hewitt
Ottawa
Canada
United States
W. Ef. Luchkier
One Legged Man Seeks Draft Exemption
Howard A Beaton, a one legged registrant in Local Exemption Division No 2, appeared with his wife at the city hall to contest a first draft call. He claimed lack of notice and leg disability but faces a questionnaire to wait further action, then possible exemption via district board and Camp Lewis. Local official noted rules require processing through proper channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard A. Beaton
Argail
Beaton
Arsail
State Draft Department
Thig
District Board
Camp Lewis
Spokane
Wash
Ari
London Parks Turned Into War Gardens Yield Profits
A report on last year’s city park food cultivation shows three large London parks yielded profits from oats and vegetables while one area sustained a loss. The oats area turned a profit of 550 dollars, vegetables yielded 600 dollars, and the third area, 75 acres of oats, posted a 1,300 dollar loss as it began a long term cultivation plan. A quoted man notes conversations with a contact who knows many women to listen to.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rain-Dom Reels and the Sleepless Baby
A humorous column by Howard L Rain on vaudeville’s sleepless baby trope. It satirizes parental myths about infant sleep, notes the infant’s insomnia tied to overstimulation, teething, and late-night fussing, and ends with a quip about dinner as a cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard L. Rain
Membership Committee Admits 35 New Members
A Saturday meeting at Black Rock Shore and Country Club admitted 36 new members to the club. The Red Cross auxiliary reported 1,700 surgical dressings made since organization. upcoming auxiliary meetings are scheduled for Thursday afternoon and Sunday night. Over 200 attended the regular dinner dance in the club rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Rock Shore and Country Club
Red Cross
Italian Press Claims Czernin Also Wrote Pope
Italian papers discuss a purported second letter from Emperor Charles to the Pope, intended to shape peace calls and invoke Holy See mediation. Sources differ, with Thea Nazionale and Tribuna offering competing views, and one account attributing the pope letter to Empress Zita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czernin
Rome
MM. Cremenacar
Counterpin
Nperor
Charles
Prince Sixtus of Bourbon
Thea Nazionale
Italy
France
Holy See
Tribuna
Austria
Germany
Vatican
Zita
Germans Hold Reverence for Famous Shakespeare
AMSTERDAM April 24 The German Shakespeare Society in its annual year book asserts no enmity toward Tingland can lessen Germans reverence for Shakespeare. The admired translation by Schiegel Tieck has made Shakespeare a fellow citizen to Germans. More than a generation ago Lessing proclaimed him as one of their citizens. He is today one of Germanys leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
German Shakespeare Society
Tingland
Schiegel Tieck
Shakespeare
Lessing
Nocturnal Baby Care Law Would Help Wives Sleep
A fragment argues a law requiring men to attend to babies at night to let wives sleep and reduce male gallivanting. The note reflects social attitudes about housekeeping and marital roles. No other identifiable people or organizations are named in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cam
Medal Speaker Praises Birds In Wartime Support
The speaker praised the bird as essential to food supply during war, likening it to an airship patrol that detects and destroys worm and grub threats to countryside crops. The orator credited Dr. Vornaday with twenty years of protecting birds as a public service.
Unlikely sale of ribbed vests for women in pink and white
An unusual event promotes ribbed women’s vests on the third floor Sick Section with bodice style, no straps. Prices range from 25 to 39 cents for vests and 50 cents to $1 for white and pink options with ribbon straps, marketing a quick sellout due to extra quality and small prices.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rookey
International Film Service
Pershing
Fort Taylor
Key West
Fla
Lever Bros. Co
Cambridge
Ter Bron. Co., 1816
Uncle Sam
State Street
Federal Reserve System
TAA
Cain
Ft. Myory ‘Yang
Lucifer Jones
WSL
Liberty Bonds
E Store
Main Street
Che
Sam
Endetire
Davenport
Milans
Alexander H. Bill CO
Boston
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!