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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1919
Page
2
In New York a harbor strike was postponed for 24 hours after a conference among all parties. A City Hall meeting with Mayor Higlin and private boat owners is planned to seek a settlement. If unresolved, marine workers threaten to strike Sunday at 6 a.m.
A survey of recent books on Russia after World War I, including Spargo on Bolshevism and Reed on Ten Days That Shook the World, plus Leacock satire, Lippmann analysis, Kipling poems, and various wartime memoirs and essays by Canby, Stallybrass, Marcusson, Halevy, Lodge, and others. The piece notes themes of democracy, reconstruction, and League of Nations debates.
Commander Patrick Burns of the British navy, five times wounded and survivor of three torpedoed ships, returned to Boston aboard the Winifredian. An honorary member of the YD, he wears the crew insignia and spoke with reporters after landing. His home is Providence, Rhode Island.
An advertisement touts Peptiron iron tonic as chocolate coated pills that require no water or alcohol. It claims rapid blood and nerve effects, improved appetite and digestion, illness resistance, and warns readers to start taking two pills after meals for quick buildup.
In the 11th annual triangular debate among Harvard Yale and Princeton the topic is repeal of the 18th Amendment. The May 2 event features Harvard vs Yale at Cambridge and Harvard vs Princeton at Princeton with Princeton also debating Yale in New Haven. Home teams will uphold the affirmative with visiting teams negative. Debater names to be announced.
Arthur Ellis died at a local hospital after sustaining a gunshot wound to the left lung following a double tragedy in Gardiner Maine. He had shot himself after Miss Georgia Meader, 17, was killed in his apartment late yesterday. Ellis had regained consciousness several times but refused to speak.
Six married couples in Norfolk County seek divorces. Do menico Dentoni of Holbrook asks custody of son Pietro born 1894 after desertion in 1914. Rae FE Wood of Milton sues Harry C. Wood of Boston for desertion and custody of son Norman. Frederick Evans Sadlier of Quincy seeks divorce from Elizabeth Sadlier after desertion in 1910 and asks for son Wallace. Charlotte C. Adrian of Quincy sues William M. Adrian over alleged infidelity. Beatrice L. Mitchell of Quincy seeks divorce from Frederick H. Mitchell for cruel treatment and alimony. Thelma Tamuts of Weymouth seeks separation from Ignacy Tamuts with a son Herbert.
A special souvenir section honoring the 26th Division with new features of universal interest will be sent to print in the upcoming Boston Sunday Post.
Seven transports carrying the last Yankee Division units and other New England troops depart France for Boston. Ships include New Jersey Vedic Santa Rosa Manchuria Rynham West Durfee Cohasset and Von Steuben. Arrivals and aboard troops remain partly unconfirmed with Boston awaiting word on the von Steuben and other shiploose troops. Reception plans in Boston call for city and state committees to greet the returning soldiers with harbor boats and public ceremonies.
Provincetown man Joseph Swett lent his civvies to a supposed navy recruit who vanished with the clothing. Swett reported to the provost guard, was taken to the federal building, charged with violating uniform regulations, then released. Salvation Army loaned a suit until he could return home. A final disposition is expected next Saturday with the complaint likely dismissed.
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