Death threats and bans ease German war labor unrest
Reports from Berlin say general strikes across Germany diminish in importance as military threats and death penalties urge workers to return to duties. Brandenburg orders threaten court martial for resisters while Hamburg shipyard labor shows mixed compliance amid broader unrest in Trieste and Finland. The Brest-Litovsk talks focus on Ukrainian and Finnish envoy status amid ongoing diplomacy.
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Berlin
Trieste
Austria
Adriatic Sea
Finland
White Guard
Red Guard
Helsingfors
Brest-Litovsk
Market Review and Outlook Highlights War Time Financing
Market review notes prices reaching new highs since December with buying power rising after January pullback. United States Steel and Bethlehem Steel kept dividends, boosting confidence. Steel earnings and asset values discussed. Government plans a War Finance Corporation to back corporate finance, potentially easing tight money and enabling inflationary pressure. Boston fuel committee operations and volunteer relief for coal distribution described along with leadership credits and funding constraints.
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James B. Noyes
Oliver
Kimball
Mr. Storrow
Messrs. Ellis and O'Hare
Robert B. Stone
Boston
Willard Emery
Ellis
William C. Ewing
Paul M. Hamlen
State Street
Messrs. Ellis
O’hare
Carl Dreyfus
Charles B. Wiggin
Richard A. Wiswall
Answers to Inquiries in Sefton Post Finance Column
This column answers readers' questions on listed and unlisted New England stock and bond data each Monday. It covers securities and financial topics with impartial data, but declines market forecasts or individual price opinions. Inquiries must include full name and street address and be sent to the Financial Editor, Boston Post.
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David A. Ellis
Dr. Garfield
Washington
James J. Storrow
New England
Massachusetts
Mr. Storrow
J. Frank O’hare
Geoffrey B. Lehy
Edmund Billings
Boston Fuel Committee
Sefton Post
Post
The
Inquirer
Financial
Boston Post
Mass
Railroads poised for long-term gains among major lines
Boake Quincy notes Atchison Baltimore & Ohio St Paul Delaware & Hudson Lehigh Valley Northern Pacific and Pennsylvania offer high yields under government guaranteed earnings. Heids several lines like Atchison show best three-year performance. Baltimore & Ohio maintained dividends under control.
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Atchison, Baltimore & Ohio
St. Paul
Delaware & Hudson
Lehigh Valley
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Quincy
Wilson
Congress
Atchison
Baltimore & Ohio
La Guardia Address Sparks Italian Rally in Milan
In Milan on February 3 Captain Fiorello La Guardia, U.S. Representative from New York, spoke at a mass meeting to support vigorous war prosecution. Premier Orlando expected to speak but was at a Paris war conference. La Guardia said the United States entered the war to finish it and explained Wilson's peace aims.
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Fiorello M. la Guardia
Congress
New York
France
Orlando
Paris
la Guardia
United States
Wilson
Strike Called and Then Resumed by Trieste Workers
A Trieste general strike including shipyard workers was declared but after talks with the governor and reference to Count Czernin's speech, the strikers decided to resume work, and have already done so.
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Amsterdam
Trieste
Berlin
Count Czernin
Threatens Court-Martial and Death for Strikers
General von Kessel, Branden burg Province commandant, warns strikers they must return to work by 7 am Monday or face court-martial and death. Despatch notes proclamation from Copenhagen cites execution within 24 hours of sentencing.
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London
von Kissel
Brandenburg
Berlin
Copenhagen
Woman Steals Baby to Avenge Quarrel with Brother-in-Law
In New York on February 3, Sophia Berg admitted to stealing three year old Lillian Rosner from Lenox Avenue to divert blame from her quarrel with her brother in law Nathan Shapiro. The child, found safe in her mother's arms, listened as Berg recounted the plan to W J Lahey the second deputy police commissioner.
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New York
Lillian Rosner
Lenox Avenue
Sophia Berg
W. J. Lahey
Nathan Shapiro
Brooklyn Kidnapping Case Nets Mrs Berg In Disappearance Mystery
Police traced a missing girl to a Brooklyn aunt after a caller named Marie Fay said the child was there. Mrs Berg, claimed to be urged by a mysterious woman to abduct the orphan and place her with her brother in law, while detectives question the explanation as part of a broader political plot.
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Consumers’ Power Company of
Maine
Michigan
Marie Fay
Rosner
Brooklyn
Berg
Crittendon Sees War End Before Summer
Mrs. Rose Crittendon of New York City told the Forum in Brockton that the war will be ended before summer. She stated Berlin residents faced severe shortages with rationing of meat bread and sugar and milk limited to children only.
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Brockton
Rose Crittendon
New York City
Lift Ban on Coal for Factories and Stores
Retail coal dealers will be allowed to deliver coal to office buildings stores and factories today. Many have burned wood to prevent freezing and maintain heat for industry.
Boston faces coal shortage as weather hampered shipments
Boston officials launch a fuel ticket system to distribute coal amid a severe shortage. The Bristol brought 6500 tons, while estimates show 40 000 to 45 000 tons remain. volunteers will visit homes to assess needs and deliver 10 and 100 pound lots to households with strict price caps.
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Boston
New England
Storrow
Bristol
Boston Fuel Committee
Florida
Rail and Water Coal Delayed by Storm Again
Severe snowstorm stalls coal shipments by rail and water bound for New England. New England Freighter Administrator Storrow says the storm may worsen the coal situation and hinder current supplies.
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New England
Storrow
Railroads Gain Ground In Coal Haul Washington
Railroads and fuel officials report progress in coal movement with milder weather boosting hopes that tomorrow may end the heatless Monday. A Tuesday conference between Garfield and McAdoo could rescind the industrial shutdown order and lift embargoes as coal movement improves.
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Washington
Railroad
Fuel Administration
Garfield
McAdoo
Mississippi
Funeral for Victims of Paris Air Raids
Funerals for most victims of the Paris air raid were held today from individual homes with state covering expenses. Two policemen killed will receive municipal honors. De Profundis sung after high mass in all Paris churches. French squadrons attacked enemy airfields last night, including sites used by attackers.
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Paris
People Hopeful on War Say Temple Israel Rabbi
Rabbi Harry Levi spoke on "The New Spirit" at Temple Israel describing a growing optimism about the war. He noted fewer deaths, wounds being treated, and a stronger sense of duty among men at home and abroad.
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Rabbi Levi
Harry Lev
Temple Israel
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