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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1919
Page
11
Premier Lloyd George left London for Paris this morning returning with the Earl of Curzon and Viscount Milner.
An old newspaper advisory promotes Parmint as a constitutional treatment for catarrh and head noises. It explains sprays and douches can worsen ear involvement and suggests mixing Parmint with hot water and sugar, taking a tablespoonful four times daily to relieve sinus inflammation and improve hearing.
Soap should be used carefully as excess alkali dries the scalp and hair. Ordinary mal sified cocoanut oil is recommended for cleansing, forming a rich lather, and leaving hair soft and manageable. It is inexpensive and can supply the family for months.
Reports through late night show a rapidly growing strike in New England as thousands of linemen repairmen installers and other male employees quit. Many small towns crippled where operators had not joined earlier as union walkouts spread.
The walkout by telephone operators and electrical workers shuts offices in Massachusetts Connecticut and Maine. In Bridgeport 6 operators and 3 in Hartford seek reinstatement higher wages seven hour shifts. Massachusetts districts report widespread strikes with emergency service only. Central lines fail. Springfield and Fitchburg see large turnout. Maine sees about 350 strikers plus non union staff aiding service recovery.
In Rhode Island yesterday, over 500 inside electrical workers and linemen joined a statewide strike in Providence district. The Brown University switchboard crew was thin, with 144 on duty and 45 ready to work, as police guarded exchanges. Newport plant workers also struck including the janitor, causing a fire to go out. The movement spread beyond Providence with several hundred more quit work across the state.
Wire workers and trouble men in Vermont joined the switchboard operators in a strike. Burlington was tied up as repair men left their posts. In Montpelier 25 plant men and 22 operators joined, while St Johnsbury line and repair staff also walked out. Police prepared extra patrols for emergencies. Western Union operators consider sympathy action in Burlington.
The Colonial Theatre filled with soldiers yesterday as the company staged a special performance for over 3000 Yankee Division boys.
Line and repair workers in New Hampshire left their exchanges yesterday. In Portsmouth thirty operators quit while Exeter crews remained active as organizers try to unionize them. Milford Amherst and Mt Vernon lost service after seven operators joined the strike following talks with Nashua Strike committee.
Springfield report says 150000 members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers favor a strike on July 1. Acting president J Y P Noonan notes vote tallies from many states point to a large majority backing action. He assigns responsibility to Postmaster General Burleson for not recognizing the Telephone Employees union despite White House referral.
Hiring girls for the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company faces scrutiny as employment officials deny inducements to break the strike and refuse out-of-town applicants. Officials admit only school wage offers and insist temporary operators are scarce, with applicants weighing in at Oliver Street.
In the spillover of a strike, applicants face probing questions about temporary status. Picketers harass entrants while some women accept in-town or nearby town assignments or stay in Boston at their own expense. The company insists it is not trying to break the strike, dispatching eight dollar earners to local exchanges during the emergency with no guarantee of continued work beyond settlement.
City Marshal McLean and Patrolman Lynch filled in for striking operators in Newburyport answering only emergency calls for physicians hospitals undertakers and the Police and Fire Departments. Extra officers were on duty to prevent disturbances after a previous pie throwing incident involving workers from Boston.
A sales pitch touts a product named Tiz as a cure for tired swollen feet. It claims instant relief from pain burning corns callouses and bunions with a 25 cent box promising all day comfort and fit no substitutes allowed.
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company officials, led by General Manager William R. Driver Jr., indicate subscribers should not be billed for service interrupted by a strike. An official statement is expected from the company at its 50 Oliver Street office within days.
Cardinal O'Connell and Bishop Anderson will officiate sacraments of confirmation at 35 churches in May and June. The Pilot prints the schedule with church names, dates, and times across Newton to Weymouth, including St. Bernard's West Newton and St. Patrick's West Lynn.
Princess Olga renowned as the girl with the sixth sense appears with Prince Joveddak at the Waldorf Theatre She will hold a private demonstration in the ladies reception room tomorrow at 11 a.m The event is women only and questions will be answered privately The management says this is the last chance to interview the company before they depart Saturday night
Ambericus Ga April 17 aviation officials claim a new transcontinental flight record for Major T. J. Macauley of Fort Worth Texas. He flew from San Diego to Jacksonville in 19 hours with four stops averaging 137 miles per hour. He then returned to Fort Worth after a stop in Jacksonville.
An old ad touts Musterole white mustard oil ointment as a blister free substitute for mustard plasters. It claims rapid relief for sore throat bronchitis stiff neck asthma neuralgia headache and chest colds with 30c 60c jars and a hospital size $2.50.
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