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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1919
Page
4
The Harvard Bureau of Business Research received 5000 from the American National Retail Jewelers Association to study management and operating costs in the retail jewelry trade. A pledge for 10000 more is promised over the next two years as part of a national industry study by Harvard Business Administration.
Lord Robert Cecil in the House of Commons urges a real League of Nations not just allies. He seeks justice security pacification and international cooperation and calls for an early indemnity settlement and blockade removal. A Boston Sunday Globe souvenir section previews the 26th Division history.
Members of the 101st Infantry and their ladies receive a complimentary ball in Exhibition Hall Mechanics building on April 24 amid parade plans for the 26th Division. Officials debated downtown route changes for the parade to ease moves and safety. Boston prepares entertainments, dinners, and theatre parties for the division.
London April 16 Miss Lilian Scott Troy a San Francisco suffragette is deported from the United Kingdom. She was linked to Baron von Horst interned in 1914 and faced removal after an accumulation of alleged acts. Her anti government stance, labor rights advocacy, and Irish question involvement fueled the decision.
Paris April 16 an agreement by allied powers to send food to Russia under neutral control was reached with French reservations to be reviewed tomorrow. The relief commission will be led by Dr Fridtjof Nansen with Scandinavian and Swiss members. Bolsheviks must cease hostilities.
Professor O M W Sprague of Harvard spoke to the Boston Retail Credit Men's Association at the Hotel Thorn dike on Statistical Analysis of Retail Credits. Former President Harry W Hatch received a travelling bag and smoking set. President William Browne introduced Sprague. He urged stores to charge top prices to spur rapid purchases.
The speaker argued cash customers should be preferred in small purchases while grocers and provision dealers extend charges as accommodation. He noted Liber Loans investments did not materially shift the charge business despite wartime expenditure, possibly due to the war's abrupt end.
Pittsfield district workers plan a strike tomorrow morning in sympathy with telephone operators. The Red Cross offers some members’ services to the telephone company.
A new reference book offers practical phrases to improve English in dictating letters social conversations speeches and arguments. The Dayton Journal praises its usefulness and dignity of diction. Published by Funk and Wagnalls priced 1.60 net with 1.72 by mail.
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