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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1919
Page
12
Former Boston Corporation Counsel John A. Sullivan told a legislative committee that before 1999 Boston had a rotten city government under the old charter. He criticized Chicago’s enlarged district system for producing what he called a traitor for mayor.
The article recalls a heated hearing on dividing Boston into 16 districts with one Councillor per district. Mr. Sullivan condemns the plan as a path to indecent government and credits the 1969 charter with reducing city debt while noting prior increases. The session adjourns with more testimony to come. The piece then shifts to a Commonwealth pier scene as 75 piece Navy band and crowds greet returning sailors amid lights and cheering, with shipside light shows and fans shouting names of loved ones.
A 159 voice community chorus on the Mt. Vernon led by War Camp and city groups entertained over 5000 men of the 26th Division as 7000 voices sang patriotic songs in the streets and at South Station attracting commuters.
The narrative recalls a World War I attack by German forces on April 20 at Seicheprey. The 192d Infantry held the line while a gas and shell barrage enveloped headquarters. Thousands of shells and gas shells rained down, injuring some and leaving others gassed, yet no fatalities reported.
Private B T Leighton of West Engineers proudly shows a three-mark piece taken from a prisoner at St Mihiel. Captain Harry R Howe of Mansfield earns the Distinguished Service Cross at Beaumont after exposure to mustard gas. Relatives greet returning soldiers including Samuel McKee Jr and Frank B McKee as 1011th Engineers promotions are announced. A Holyoke delegation meets kin aboard the Mt Vernon and a canteen veteran reunites with sister Ama Rau in New York. others recount gas exposure and service along the Toul sector.
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