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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1919
Page
5
An English traveler recalls a journey starting with a globular aerial object fired at from a pleasure-barge near Constantinople. A Frenchman aboard describes a balloon voyage from Land's End to the Nile, almonds afloat, a stranded barge, and a return to Alexandria before reaching the Grand Seignior and his seraglio.
Tomorrow the Sunday Post will feature another chapter of the Baron’s adventures with daily and Sunday editions to follow. The column promises ongoing tall tales and episodic entertainment for readers seeking light fiction.
In a letter to the Post Louis Ross of Boston proposes a system to reduce fraud in fare collection. Conductors would use numbered wheel tickets and glass fare boxes, with passengers paying a base fare and receiving two to twelve cent rebate tickets redeemable at stations or stores. The plan promises fare reduction, increased revenue for the transit entity, and less temptation for employees and passengers.
The State Board of Arbitration upheld fishermen claims for larger crews on Bay State Fishing Company steam trawlers, but pay demands of captains and mates for 12000 a year were not acted on. Company officials warn profits vanish with salaries, and another negotiation may occur as six steamers stay idle reducing port receipts.
Paris officials refused to allow aviator Jules Vedrines a return flight from the Galleries Lafayette roof where he landed on January 19. After the decision the airplane was dismantled and lowered by elevator. He had won 25 000 francs for landing on a roof while in flight.
The Boston Symphony featured Sergei Rachmaninoff in a powerful performance of his C minor concerto. Critics praised his intense, muscular approach and lamented weaker later movements while noting Bruneau and Brahms pieces in the program. Rabaud earned praise for his Brahms slow movement interpretation and overall musical understanding.
The passage notes a true to form Slavic concerto first movement opening with a growl rising to a roar. A floomy and puis sant theme emerges from the orchestra as the movement remains unusually well knit and somber in tone.
Berlin reports via Amsterdam say Field Marshal von Hindenburg plans four army corps to guard Germany's eastern frontier. If formed, the force could alter calculations of Germany's total armed strength guiding the allied occupation army size.
Nyack New York January 31 explosions and fire at the American Aniline Products Company plant killed one worker and injured 13 others. Property loss estimated at 1 million dollars. Nyack High School to close two weeks for repairs as broken glass injuries affect students.
Faris January 51 report says no American troops will be sent to garrison Turkey as the United States has not been at war with Turkey. The Supreme council plans to allot western front troops among nations. by April 1 there may be 15 American divisions on the lines with five ready to ship home.
In New York on January 31 Captain Archibald Roosevelt helped a policeman pursuing armed robbers on Columbus avenue. A Jeweller’s store is held up. shots were exchanged and Frank Marcello was wounded as the fugitive resisted. Roosevelt aided in subduing Marcello after he was wounded.
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