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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1919
Page
10
President Wilken commutes a five year sentence for Colonel A. Colonelh of Londineet Nyol., following a court martial. The decision, issued today, shortens the punishment but details remain limited.
A new policy approved by Secretary Baker defines intoxication at 1.4 percent alcohol. The army must treat any evidence of alcohol in a person as intoxication under the ruling. The advisory document was issued by the office of general counsel.
Acting Secretary Toosevell announced that the chasers Chattanooga and Galveston the gunboat Sacramento and Eagles Nos 1 2 and several submarine chasers are ordered to Plymouth England to report to Rear Admiral SK Knapp who has taken command of American forces in European waters Some vessels may be sent to the north Russian coast later and the Yankton remains the only American vessel in the Murmansk region awaiting return due to size limits
A stork visiting 675 West Park Street Dorchester delivered a 7 1 pound baby. Mother and baby are doing very nicely.
Vern G. Newberry, recovering at Camp Devens base hospital, admits to three living wives and recalls his marriages to Grace Thurston of Waltham and Mary Doyle of Roxbury. He explains his first wife’s death and recounts escaping the Depot Brigade guardhouse before his army discharge plans. Multiple footnotes cover his service in Panama, China, Japan, the Philippines, and later civilian work after an injury in the Boston area.
The Cheerful Workers Club at Gilchrist Company hosted 18 wounded Parker Hill hospital soldiers with a turkey dinner, a concert, and fancy dancing. Jeix Vorenbere welcomed the boys, aided by James T. Chase, while Mrs Anastasia Ward organized the program featuring Catharine McCormick, Helen Larkin, Alice Wood, Regina Ackerman, Charlotte Hawke singing, and Lillian Thackford at the piano.
The Senate defeated an attempt to override the governor's veto of a Boston appropriation bill. The measure would finance snow removal for ferry service improvement through outside-city debt. Voters opposing the veto included Senators Beck Chelsea Couathan Cambridge Finkel Iraley Kearney Mahoney and Winchester, all of Boston.
Commissioner Payson Somnth and others told a legislative committee that Massachusetts teacher pay is among the nation’s lowest. They cited loans offered to tide teachers over summers and argued a State school fund is needed to raise minimum salaries to $650, with higher pay for experienced staff and superintendents. They noted other states consider larger minimums as compensation rises.
Former Judge Robert O Harris of East Bridgewater condemned the s050 bill for Bay State Street Railway relief as wrong in principle and unnecessary He warned against state aid to private capital asserting governments should not cover private losses John Tracy urged broadening the bill to include all trolley systems while stressing shared transportation costs Representative G Harries of Salem denounced the measure as an imposition on Massachusetts taxpayers and the Legislature.
Washington reports that for the week ended March 31 a total of 49 395 troops arrived from overseas the largest weekly intake since the Armistice. Overall March arrivals totaled 502 830 officers and enlisted men and nurses.
Waterfront calendar marks April with war days and planetary notes. Four arrivals at Mish Pirr report capes of 34,000 pounds of fish and 1320 pounds of halibut with price rises for haddock cod and pollock. The John L. Cann tows the five masted schooner Joseph & Zeman to New York for a voyage to Genoa carrying crude oil steel and lumber. The Bohemian carrying Red Cross nurses reaches East Boston. Sturgeon May returns from recruiting cruise. Banana from Santa Marta brings 28 000 stems of bananas and loads for Havana. Service restoration from Boston to Bangor and Portland scheduled for April 14 with Camden and Governor Dingley operating weekly.
The Belfast and North Land will operate to New York with the North Land currently serving Yarmouth. Upon transfer, the n in Austin will take over the route. March foreign arrivals totaled 42 vessels with 16 flying the American flag and origins including British and Norwegian.
Nonspecific freight and steamer movements from ports including Liverpool Santa Marta New York and Portland appear in a fragmented shipping note. The garbled item lists vessels and routes such as Regina C Br Davey Olsen Currier and others with scattered port names and barge arrivals.
A garbled roster lists towing operations from Rockland Maine to Perth Amboy and New York, naming vessels such as North Tall Yarmouth Ratahdin and Canisteo with routes via Charleston Port Reading and Norfolk. Entries mention barges, schooners, dredges, and towing assignments to several ports including Newport Seaport, Portland and Providence.
Article reports Dr Lewis praising Bon-Opto tablets as a home remedy to strengthen weak eyes and reduce dependence on glasses. Prominent testimonials claim restored reading ability and relief from eye strain after 15 days, with instructions to dissolve a tablet in water and bathe eyes twice daily.
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