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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1918
Page
3
The Post Santa calls on automobile owners to loan their cars to aid in delivering thousands of bundles to children in Greater Boston. Packages stack at 163 Washington Street as dawn Xmas delivery is hoped to begin.
The Santa work at 1638 Washington Street continues, urging the public to donate passenger cars or trucks to deliver thousands of letters and bundles. Volunteers toil in good weather, with calls to Main 7150 to join, hoping every child in New England is happy tomorrow.
A compiled memorial list shows donations and in memory notes for residents including Helen Dorothy Tisher, Harold and Sherman, Ruth Gertrude and Roy Carpenter, and Justin Gleary among others. Entries cite donors or affiliations such as the Auditing Department John Wancork Life Insurance Company and local names like Andrew Stanton, J H Cushing, and Walter Neale Jr. totaling a final amount.
Paris dispatch reports the United States is the only nation with a definite delegation, while Britain, Italy, Belgium, and Japan have not confirmed their representatives. Daily informal talks will continue among American commissioners and entente and neutral envoys, with no fixed date or committee size yet decided.
The body of William Hughson gunner on the British steamer Valverda is lowered at Greenwood Cemetery as overseas gifts for his wife and children begin their journey from Boston. Delays to the Valverda due to a freight handlers strike and Hughson's recent influenza death mark the final departure of the presents meant for his family in Leith Scotland. Hughson, 56, played a notable role in the Falklands war engagement and earned honorable mention for his courage.
London papers express regret at the death of Walter Hines Page the late American ambassador at London and praise his work at the court of St James. The Globe lauds his discharge of duties and ability to interpret English feeling as the highest success in the post.
Yesterday proved the Boston postal district’s busiest day on record as Acting Postmaster Hurley directed over 4500 employees to process more than 400000 Christmas gifts. Clerks operated 14 windows across three rooms while a new bulky mail system kept congestion rare. Miss Bertha Stark, recently transferred from Globe Arizona, joined the staff as a first class clerk noted for efficiency and horsemanship. At the Dorchester avenue annex 125 clerks managed more than 60 sacks.
Paris dispatch reports Baron von Bu e Lorraine was asked to leave Strasbourg. The expulsion follows diplomatic tensions and enrollment of the Baron with potential implications for regional affairs.
Strasburg reports Will plans retirement to his Baden estate. Baron Zorn von Bulach, then secretary of state in Alsace Lorraine, figures in the Zabern affair timeline from late 1912.
The Council of National Defense Inc urges early appropriations from the 1919 appropriation to fund construction work that will immediately employ thousands of men released from war, naval, and military service. It calls for cooperation from counties, cities, and towns in coordinating efforts.
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