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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1919
Page
4
Paris reports the death of composer Camille Erlanger born 1865. He studied at the Conservatoire and wrote Saint Julien l Hospitalier Ker maria Le Jeune Polo nais Le Fils de l Etoile, plus orchestral pieces, songs, and piano works.
Radcliffe girls appointed as teachers for the vacation school include Miss Ethel Spurr Dorchester principal Miss Dorothy Mason Cambridge kindergarten instructor Miss Priscilla Gough Cohasset teacher of industrial work and Miss Constance Tenney Canton music teacher The school aims to teach foreign children.
The Senate advanced a bill separating Salisbury Beach from Salisbury after a 16 16 deadlock broke when Senator Curran joined in with a yes. President McKnight cast the tie breaking vote amid protest and remarks on graft rumors.
Isaiah Fountain, the African American man who assaulted 13 year old Bertha Simpson and escaped from Easton jail last Monday, was recaptured and today convicted and sentenced to be hanged. This brief item reports the capture, trial outcome, and death penalty.
New York reports the government plans literal enforcement of the wartime prohibition act starting July 1. The ban covers production and sale of all beers and wines whether intoxicating or not, announced by a Department of Justice special representative in Federal Court.
Special counsel for Palmer argues brewers may face later prosecutions as judge weighs the emergency prohibition act. Hoffman Co seeks to restrain actions against production of 234 percent beer amid demobilization and wartime grain conservation.
General Edwards directs the YD to display steady road discipline in public view at the State House ceremony. He urges in step marching with eyes skyward, a formal salute to authorities, restrained joy, and unity as they greet friends while preserving soldierly bearing.
The 26th Division holds nearly 150 citations from French leaders and over 7,000 men cited for bravery while nearly 1,000 won the Croix de Guerre. The 104th Infantry colors were decorated by the French after Bois Brule Apremont on April 16, 1918 and other divisions received numerous commendations from French commands through late 1918.
Fragmentary report notes heavy artillery and machine guns captured by the 26th Division during operations at Chateau Thierry July 18 25 and at St Mihiel September 12 13. Mentions rifles and general battlefield gains with unclear passages and damaged phrases.
Summary of the 26th Division gains during World War I including the Chateau Thierry actions from July 18 to 25 1918 the St Mihiel salient operations on September 12 to 13 and the Verdun area offensive running from October 18 to November 11 totaling the combined advance and tactical outcomes for these engagements.
To the officers and men of the 103d Field Artillery you are about to be mustered out into civil life. Carry with you your loyalty to high ideals and your capacity for meeting problems. Now you belong to a country. Give to its maintenance the superb devotion and courage that carried you through battles and campaigns.
Camp Devens honors the dead of the 101st Engineers and Engineer Train with Sunday afternoon rites in the YMCA Auditorium under Chaplain Boyd Edwards. A regiment quartet, band music, and a sermon will mark the memorial attended by the entire unit led by Colonel Frank W. Bunnell, with seats for soldiers’ relatives.
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