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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1919
Page
3
Fifteen hundred patrolmen at a Policemen's Benevolent Association meeting urged a salary raise from 1650 to 2000 a year. The group also rejected a plan to unionize via AFL affiliation led by a faction, with President Joseph Moran declaring the association, boasting 9982 members, can handle member matters independently.
Thomas Belanski of Billerica was committed for sanity observation at the Psychiatric Hospital after federal authorities arrested him on forging several postal savings certificates. He was arraigned before U S District Attorney Keyes and the case was continued to Sept 3.
Delay in erecting three schoolhouses due to high costs led the School Committee to hold a special meeting yesterday after noon. They sought action as Boston contractors failed to submit low enough bids, citing high erection prices as the cause.
Joseph P. Lomasney chairs a Boston committee meeting detailing bids for an East Boston school at 82 cents per cubic foot, 50 percent higher than two months prior, with only two contractors submitting plans. The panel plans invitation bids supervised personally by Lomasney and seeks a rule change to cut costs. Ten resignations and one death were recorded, seven appointments approved, and Mary A. Jenkins granted a 47 year pension.
The Boston Floating Hospital appeals to the public for generous contributions to support its expanding work. Trustees note rising costs and the need to fund an On Shore department and move toward permanent quarters for year-round treatment and closer lab and clinical integration.
Private Thomas W Barnett of Roxbury earned the nickname universal blood giver after returning from twelve months overseas service. He donated blood in five transfusions to ten wounded American soldiers at Evacuation Hospital No 8 in France and Coblenz, Germany. A medical conference showed his four grade blood mixed with others, prompting his voluntary sacrifice. He donated nearly a gallon before peace and returned home.
A new Boston guide for soldiers and sailors issued by the War Camp Community Service includes maps of Boston and suburban areas, lists of information and hospital centers, service clubs, and War Camp Community Service headquarters in New England. It offers motor tours excursions trolley trips historical places libraries museums theatres and movies with practical information for visiting strangers. The booklet is distributed free at all War Camp Community Service centres and local clubs.
Five hundred veterans of the MacLean Kilties plan a Labor Day reunion in Boston with Canadian members joining from New England and Canada. Major Hugh Maclean leads the delegation with Major Frank Eason and other former officers as twelve pipe band members accompany them. The group will parade downtown followed by an outing at Caledonia Grove and a dinner where the Veterans Association is formed and officers chosen.
Middlesex and Boston Street Railway officials say the one man cars on the Waltham to Lexington route will be discontinued and sent to Springfield as they are not practical for service in the area.
The New England Councils of Societe l Assomption hold their annual reunion in New Bedford from Saturday through Monday. A Sunday night entertainment and business session will occur at a local theatre and Labor Day will feature a clambake. Mrs J L P St Coeur, soloist at Notre Dame des Victoire Boston and pupil of the Boston Conservatory, will be the principal soloist.
Boston inspectors watch several men suspected as principals in the Roxbury taxicab holdup on Monday. Four men robbed Roy Gurney, Fidelity Trust messenger, of more than 13 000 dollars. Descriptions from Gurney and driver Nicholas Volpe distributed to police stations across New England. Local theory points to внутриеal youths familiar with the routine. suspects believed still in the city, laying low for an escape opportunity.
Miss Olive Bourne of Woodbine avenue Auburndale has returned to her desk in the forestry department at City Hall West Newton after an absence of several months in France the trip tied to the Young Men's Christian Association mission.
Paul H. Shramm of Durham New Hampshire aged 52 and Miss Mabel Christie of Roxbury aged 42 filed marriage intentions at City Hall yesterday. Christie is known in Roxbury as a singer and Amherst graduate. Shramm, a prominent artist and Durham College alumnus, will marry Christie of 60 Townsend Street Roxbury.
The subject is an art department member at a college who served in the military during wartime. He contributed by teaching art to soldiers and received vocational training benefits under the war risk act.
Aug 26 Springfield reports Determination of the National Equipment Company to wage a finish fight to conduct a non union factory. The company will deal with striking employees only through the Employers' Association of Hampden County via a Boston law firm.
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