26 Aug 1919
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1919
Page
1
Mr Tay, addressing railway workers, declares present conditions abnormal and appeals to patriotism to reduce living costs. He says normal conditions will return if citizens cooperate to prevent industrial strife and cannot see a path to raising freight rates to fund pay raises.
Italy and the Conte di Cavour officers and crew stepped ashore in Boston to pay homage to the United States for deeds well done and a long standing tie between the two nations. Boston and Massachusetts gave a warm reception as the visitors began their stay. Continued on Page 6 Third Column.
Describes an overnight break in at South station with robbers tunneling through a brick wall between Saturday noon and Sunday morning seeking gains. details continue on Page 4 Seventh Col.
Curtis withdraws from judging as union counsel presses for a different path in the ongoing dispute. The shift marks a pivotal moment in the contentious proceedings.
At 11 am at police headquarters in a trial before Commissioner Curtis, five officers of the Boston Policemen's Union and three patrolmen face judgment in a case seen as breaking precedent for police union activity. The commissioner serves as judge, a shift from prior three-man commissions.
President Wilson announced a policy to postpone wage demands until normal economic conditions return and price levels stabilize. He said raising freight rates to fund higher wages is unwise now and urged a truce until informed calculations show wage costs align with living costs.
Major General Emilio Guglielmotti military attache at the Italian embassy in Washington was rescued from drowning after being washed from a gangplank near Graves Light as he tried to board the Conte di Cavour. Two sailors jumped in to aid him and he returned to his Boston hotel for a dry uniform.
The text explains two call types by names. In person to person you request the operator to reach a designated individual. in station to station you request connection to a telephone line. It notes quicker service by providing the number or letting the operator find it.
Police of New England hunt for four gunmen who held up a taxi driven by Nicholas J. Volpe and robbed Raymond Scott Gurney Fidelity Trust messenger of $12,000 at the Grocers' Baking Company driveway Roxbury yesterday morning. No arrests by midnight.
Plain clothes officers watch rail terminals and steamship wharves for a quartet of daring gunmen said to operate in the Hub. Police believe the men are local criminals though descriptions are scarce as victims were ordered to look ahead and answer no questions.
Togoland surrenders to British in 1914 and French cabinet reorganizes on a non-partisan basis. One year ago today British air raid on Mannheim damaged chemical plants and British forces took Monchy and other towns along the old Hindenburg line.
Fair skies expected for Boston area and New England on Tuesday and Wednesday with little temperature change. Winds from the Atlantic coast will be moderate to fresh southwest to west with showers north of Sandy Hook. northwest winds and showers from Sandy Hook to Hatteras.
National Leagues Cincinnati defeated Philadelphia 7 to 3. In the American League Boston beat Detroit 5 to 4 while Cleveland overwhelmed Philadelphia 12 to 0 and New York edged Chicago 6 to 5. St Louis won 4 to 53 against Washington and in the Eastern League Pittsfield lost to Worcester 4 to 1.
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway workers voted by referendum for a walkout, but leaders moved to avert action. Telegrams from national union leadership urged restraint as negotiations continued to avoid a strike affecting 5000 carmen and service.
BA inaugurated a London to Paris air service with a round trip by a freight and passenger aircraft. The aircraft departed Hounslow at 9:00 this morning and returned there at 2:00 this afternoon.
On Monday morning Judge Edward L. Logan presided as court officers found no cases to hear. The session was declared a vacation day with not even a petty offense docket to address.
Plymouth confirms the death of Richard Mc Lean aged 89, a longtime deacon of the Church of the Pilgrimage and a veteran Plymouth Cordage Company worker since 1856. He served most of his life with the company, leaving active work years ago, and is survived by a family.
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