Military draft amendment urged by General Young
Lieutenant General 8 B M Young calls for youths aged nineteen to twenty one to form a national army under a draft amendment set to take effect June 5 1918 He cites married men exemption and projects 3 0 million affected with 1 92 million fit for training after screening and rejections Bread ration in The Hague drops to eleven days 2 800 grams per day must last.
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Washington
8. B. M. Young
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
National Association For Universal Military Training
National Army
Young
War Department
United States
Congress
Hague
Holland
Occupation options urged for crippled soldiers return
New York report details the first annual meeting of the National Society For the Promotion of Occupational Therapy. Dr. W. R. Dunton urges government action to create vocational plans for invalided soldiers in convalescent hospitals including cabinet making wicker work and light carpentry to enable useful skilled work despite disabilities.
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New York
National Society For the Promotion of Occupational Therapy
Russell Sage Foundation
W. R. Dunton
Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital
Maryland
Dunton
Monkeys Deployed to Chase Snakes at Ne Shannock Mall
Several monkeys placed at Ne Shannock Malls Newcastle Pennsylvania to chase black snakes. Expectation they will tree snakes on site where piles are to be erected for a new development.
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Newcastle
Neshannock Malls
Perfect man chosen for aviation corps in New England list
Boston report notes Thomas James Abernethy of West Pembroke Maine ranked first among 999 New England candidates selected for aviation instruction after being deemed mentally perfect by Professor Muensterberg. Abernethy, who planned to join his father’s business, recalls praise and mixed advice from the professor. The tests covered 340 men in psychology classes.
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Boston
Thomas James Abernethy
West Pembroke
Muensterberg
New England
Harvard
Abernethy
Steel From His Leg After San Francisco Quake
Bernard Hughes seventy inmate of the Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Philadelphia said he felt a sharp pain in his right ankle during the San Francisco earthquake and physicians later removed a two inch long steel piece from his leg. He believes the steel entered during the quake and caused no pain at first.
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San Francisco
Philadelphia
Bernard Hughes
Little Sisters of the Poor
Eighteenth and
Jefferson Streets
Hughes
France warns against German postcard requests
Paris reports the French government warns citizens not to supply illustrated postcards of French coasts ships munitions factories and cities to German prisoners in France. The warning notes such requests are likely directed by German authorities and urges withholding cards from neutral countries friendly with Germany.
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Paris
France
Germany
Boston Schools Urged to Save Coal for Health
Boston authorities urge principals to curb coal use not just for economy but for health. Superintendent Franklin B. Dyer distributes a circular noting fresh air and cool temperatures aid study and health, provided classrooms stay above 60 degrees.
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Boston
Franklin B. Dyer
Seven kittens get jobs in Congress
Washington reports that seven kittens of Congressman Austin's secretary have been hired to help in Hulbert's office on the floor below. Mice plague the office, gnawing seeds for constituents and even a papier mache bas-relief of Hell Gate and Ward's Island, glued with strong papier glue.
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Washington
Austin
Representative Hulbert
Frank McEnnany
New York
East River
Hell Gate
Werd's Island
Melt Heirlooms for Army Support
Old gold and silver donated by women nationwide to the National Special Aid society melted and sold for 2400 dollars. The pieces included heirlooms of great sentimental value from Maine to California to aid American soldiers in military camps. Funds will buy necessities and luxuries such as 300 sweaters 300 pairs of socks and 300 gloves along with phonographs and other camp essentials.
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New York
United States
National Special Aid Society
Maine
California
New York Detective Method Fails in Court
The New York detective bureau's method of proving crime by chemical and scientific deduction failed in general sessions. An indictment of Vencenzo de Stefano for the murder of ten year old Tillie Brown was dismissed as chemists admitted being too positive about infinitesimal strap fragments on a knife blade found with the suspect.
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New York
New York Detective Bureau
Court of General Sessions
Vencenzo de Stefano
Tillie Brown
Central Testing Laboratories
Grand
de Stefano
Tragic Drownings In Mississippi Near Alton Scout Rescue
Eight year old St. Louis-Eugene Ferris and twenty one year old William Strittnatter drowned in the Mississippi River a mile north of Alton while attempting rescue. Ferris while wading slipped into deep water and Strittnatter, a scout master, went to his aid after taking Ferris and other boys on a hike. Both swimmers attempted to reach shore but sank together after first gaining a hair grasp and start toward safety.
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St. Louis
Eugene Ferris
Alton
William Strittnatter
Mississippi River
Ferris
Strittnatter
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