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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1919
Page
12
Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, is elected president of the commission on international legislation on labor at the peace conference. The group could shape vital labor rehabilitation and industrial peace for many nations through its may weighty recommendations.
The article notes a shift from severe coal shortages in February 1918 to a milder period with half time at Scranton anthracite mines due to warm weather and high stock. It compares 1917-18 winters and wartime demand with current relief, highlighting unusual comfort in fuel availability.
A handful of New York hotels announced a five cent service charge for connecting guests through private exchanges, defying Burleson’s order to charge the same as local calls in public stations. After Burleson ordered New York telephone officials to stop servicing defiant hotels, the properties relented and pledged to abide by the five cent charges under protest.
The State Department canceled passports last week for militant Woman's Party leaders in Washington after they claimed they were going abroad for war work. The party now says the effort was to petition the President for women's enfranchisement. Such demonstrations near Versailles could color the peace conference scenes.
Editorial remarks contest the idea of burning copies of presidential remarks at the Elysee as war work. It is described here as a public nuisance rather than meaningful wartime effort. The piece contrasts domestic responses with continental attitudes toward such acts.
A Maine correspondent criticizes a Post editorial supporting Governor Coolidge’s call for enterprise to build now that labor is available. The piece argues for seizing the moment, removing capital and material restraints, and avoiding a needless readjustment delay that could threaten the business structure. It warns against portraying a permanent crisis and urges courageous action to restart building.
Wilson & Co testimony before Congress details government boosted hog production leading to a meat glut in storage. He notes packers bought in large quantities after armistice and assurances of price drops, keeping glut from reaching the public.
The piece notes Republican Senators denouncing Secretary Daniels' three year naval programme as unwarranted by cost. Senator Weeks, once a navy advocate, calls it an astounding proposition. The writer views the sudden shift from naval unpreparedness to backing a small navy as a curious development.
Congressman-elect Luce told fellow Republicans at a Bacon dinner Saturday that no man knows the real doctrine of the party today. He argued that Republicans in Washington hinder nothing but the pursuit of constructive policy.
An exodus of about 4500 Italians and Greeks left New York on Saturday, with all February sailings booked. Most passengers are Italian, many seeking work and prospects abroad, as war work declines. Shipping predicts continuation through summer, impacting domestic labor needs and immigration limits.
The London Graphic critiques American postwar claims and notes U S actions after Spain’s defeat. It points to Puerto Rico’s voluntary status and Spain’s indemnity, highlighting the $20 million Philippines payment and diplomatic astonishment at a victor paying for possessions. It argues London should not portray the U S as rapacious.
The Hon. E. W. Rollins donates 265000 for a nurses home at Wentworth Hospital in memory of Gladys A Rollins. Fingerprint expert course led by Charles C. Tuttle expands at New York University. Ann Murdock’s Nippon film fame noted. Tokio publisher seeks her portrait. Paris honors Wilson as Castor and Pollux receives cheering ovations. New York to form police aviation squadron with noted WWI aces joins the invitees. Rabbi Samuel Schulman honored with twenty $1000 Liberty bonds for twenty years at Temple Emanu-El. Mrs Abel Pope, age 92, knitted records of two wristers, two mufflers, 18 socks and 32 stockings in a year.
Bill Hohenzollerns writes from Amerongen Castle in Holland about rent disputes with Count Bentinck. He notes needed repairs while joking about tearing down the castle, then recounts a basement secret chamber where a brief imprisonment occurs before escape at dusk. He hints at surrender when the constable arrives.
A reflective piece on selfishness argues that children taught to seek their own way grow into adults who must have their way or play. It links indulgent parenting to lifelong misery and warns that sacrifice brings lasting happiness.
Ragusa sits on a rocky Adriatic promontory with medieval walls and towers, its sub tropical southern Dalmatian suburbs, and Lacroma island nearby. Once independent trading center, it resisted Hungary until Napoleon and later shifted to Austria. today it embodies a case for self determination in redrawing world maps.
The column surveys Valentine’s Day in 1919, Lincoln and Washington birthdays with centennial ties, and local notes on Munchausen stories, immigrant shipyards, Salvation Army workers, and reader queries. It mentions Boston newspapers, flying squirrels, forest fires, rhubarb, apple shipments from Portland, and Lebanon NH editor Elias Cheney, among other small items.
A compilation of letters from readers describing humorous or sly methods women use to access their husbands pockets for money. Entries include sneaking, card games, and domestic budgeting tricks, each from different towns.
Frank A. Adams, famed for The Time the Place and the Girl, turns to short fiction with Posterity vs. Ames Bennett slated for next week's Boston Post Sunday Magazine.
Charlie Chaplin will not take Mildred Harris on an extended European honeymoon. The Chaplin studio stays open until three new pictures are finished for the First National circuit. Afterward Chaplin will follow the Griffith Chaplin Pickford Fairbanks Hart group to guide future actions.
Poem by Walt Mason from 1919 expresses humor on happiness with repeated lines I'm happy as a king and variations. It contrasts royal bliss with sorrow of rulers and ends with cheerful outlook despite references to decay and danger.
A series of brief reader questions and editor responses on topics from needle and pin danger to fog measurements at New England coasts. Included are pronunciation guides and origins of phrases ships that pass in the night, plus a note on Boston Town Pump location.
The article notes Town Pumps in the Adams Square area near Ton and Brattle streets and another pump installed by William Franklin and others in Colonel Shrimpton's Lane, now Exchange Street.
A reader asks if other items besides blossoms can decorate tables when roses are costly. The reply notes fruit arrangements as an option and suggests consulting shops with decorative pieces. Another item covers what a male guest should wear to a daytime wedding: silk hat gray gloves black cutaway coat dark striped trousers patent shoes black silk socks and dark tie.
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