Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-24

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United States Shipping Board train
ing ship, provided he has not actually
been called in the draft" said Henry
Howard, national director of recruit
ing for the Shipping Board Of Boston.
There is especially great need OF
many more Americans to train for
immediate service as f1remen and
coalpassers on the great merchant
ships now under Government con-
trial." he continued. mo American
young man can render greater pat
riotic service at this time than to en-
roll In the engine department of a
Shipping Board training ship and thus
help relieve the shortage that is al
ready SO serious"
Three hundred men outside of draft
age and between the ages of eighteen
and forty years inclusive, possessing
the qualifications named below, are
desired for the 602d Engineers, Camp
Devens, Mass, at pay ranging from
$33 to 500 per month. photographers,
Bridge Foremen, Electrical Engineer,
Mechanical Engineer, Surveyors and
Topographers. Topographic Drafts
men, Mechanical Craftsmen, Pho
~tographers, Quarry Men. Carpenters,
Bridge Carpenters, Blacksmiths, Con-
crete Workers and Masons, Riggers.
Boatmen, Cooks, Axemen, Miners,
French Interpreters, Boat Caulkers.
Construction Foremen-G General.
An influx Of New Hampshire week
end visitors to the northeast Massa.
chusetts cities since May 1, when pro.
hfbition went into effect in New
Hampshire was predicted as reason
for increased tr%olleyriding on the
Massachusetts Northeastern Street
railway by Representative Arthur l..
Mason of Haverhill in the course Of
his argument. before the Public Ser
vice commission against the com
pany increasing It's rate of fare. Law
renee, Lowell and Haverhill are ex-
pected to be visited by throngs Of
Granite Staters each Saturday and
Sunday since the sale Of all intoxi-
cants is prohibited in New Hamp-
shire.
One of the heaviest explosions OF re-
CEN years at the plant of the Ameri-
can Powder company at Acton, Mass.
destroyed a wheel mill and shook the
countryside with a force that aroused
sleeping residents of towns miles
away. No employees were in the build
ing at the time and nobody was in
jured. 1t was impossible to deter
mine the cause Of the explosion.
An appeal has been issued by the
Navy Department for gifts of sex
tants, chronometers, aneroid barom-
eters, binoculars and spy glasses.
Anyone willing to give an instrument
to the Government may send 1t, tagged
with the donors name and address, to
Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, United States
Naval Observatory, Washington, D. @
Such donations will be sent to Wash
ington free Of expense by the hydro
graphic office, on the ninth floor of the
Customhouse, Boston.
Mayor Peters states that he be-
lieves II police women were to be
appointed in Boston to patrol the
Common and other breathing spots
they should come under the same
head as the regular police. He said
there isn't a day passes that some
person does not come to his office to
advocate the appointment Of women
police officers.
The fact that a man Is in the draft
age will not prevent his enlisting in
the Engine Department of the Mer-
chant Marine, according to Henry
Howard, National director Of recruit
ing for the United States Shipping
Board. Men who have been actually
summoned by the draft boards cam
not Join. There Ire a number Of va
cancies in this branch of the mer-
chant marine. Applications for enlist
ment should be made at the Custom
house, Boston.
The poultry trade of the Boston
Fruit and Produce Exchange has vot-
ed to offer a prize for the best mar
ket poultry produced in New England
in the season of 1918, but the details
Of the awards have not yet been
worked out.
New England's Quota.
Massachusetts quota In the second
draft is 27,422. New England's quo
Ia ia 51,942.
The New England States quotas for
the second draft are:
Massachusetts .27,422
Mains f,UGO
New Hampshire ............. 1851
vermont Z,3o2
Connecticut 10 ,090
Rhode Island ASA
The second draft will take 39,731
per cent of the total number OF men
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