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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1918
Page
9
Boston debates new business hours to ease congestion on the elevated line. Merchants favor staggered closes from 4 30 to 6 00 with 5 15 for retailers, while coal movement improves in warm weather. The city plans school coal allocations and a legal advisory board.
Fuel Administrator Storrow proposes a temporary college vacation instead of Easter recess as coal shortages press New England institutions. Presidents meet at the State House to decide, with military training schools likely exempt.
The article warns of gas poisoning deaths from fluctuating pressure caused by frozen pipes and condensation. It urges notifying the gas company if pressure drops and cautions against leaving gas flames or heaters low or burning at night. It highlights dangers of rubber-tube heaters and displaced tubes in homes with pets.
Boston plans extended summer sessions for 120 000 pupils to recover lost time from the coal emergency. Seventy schools closed five weeks. sessions may run until July 19 with earlier fall start and longer winter holidays. Teachers expect milder schedules and hot day dismissals to ease discomfort.
Precautions to prevent German spies on board included only government officers meeting the ship and guard barriers. Upon docking 100 sailors and marines protected the scene and all passengers were searched. Thirty seven men and three women were detained for questioning, among them the spy aiming to reestablish contact with the German government.
A gunman gang tied to the Timberlake Small store raid near Neponset yielded $22,000 in securities and five men were arrested in Middleboro after a chase. Whelan, named ringleader, faced $40,000 bond for the Timberlake store robbery. The four Cape Cod post office robbers were held on $10,000 bonds each.
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle effective substitute for calomel. It claims cleansing of blood and bowels, preventing pimples bad breath and dullness with a vegetable olive oil mix, sold 10c and 25c per box in drugstores.
West Dennis West Barnstable and East Greenwich Rhode Island are named as locations where authorities expect to uncover the gang's headquarters and loot. Moriarty the injured bandit has a scalp wound not considered serious. The automobile used is owned in Fairhaven and may have been stolen. The owner had not been located by late last night.
The national food administrator orders Massachusetts stores to require buyers of white flour to purchase equal amounts of dark flour or substitutes. Retailers must add one pound of substitutes per pound of wheat flour and three pounds per five pounds of whole wheat or graham flour. Potatoes may replace substitutes four pounds to one pound, rye flour exempt from substitutes.
The Swan family of 89 Western Avenue Saugus learned their son Willard Swan, born 1899, who had flown 6000 feet at Camp Dix Fort Worth Texas and been recommended for a commission, was killed in an accident after a telegram arrived. He had attended engineering schools and worked at Burgess Aircraft Plant Marblehead as foreman of their flying squad before enlisting in October.
James Everett Wellington Medford's oldest native resident died at his home 174 Middlesex Avenue last night at age 92 He was a familiar figure at town meetings and in the Wellington section of the city.
Massachusetts soldiers who served after January 15 1918 would see bonuses suspended if the incoming committee report is adopted. The plan would grant all bona fide Massachusetts residents in the service the same bonus from entry up to January 15, potentially costing between three and six million dollars.
A committee met in executive session to study bills granting bonuses to Massachusetts soldiers and to seek Attorney General advice on legal phrasing. It warned that continuing the bonus could raise state taxes by over 12 million and threaten small industries and the state’s finances.
American sharpshooters in the sector northwest of Toul on the western front have matched German riflemen in marksmanship and wits and thus far hold the advantage.
The Turkish foreign minister Nessimy Bey told the Ottoman Chamber that Turkey is aligned with Germany and Austria as outlined by their leaders. He said the Dardanelles would stay open to international traffic on the same terms as in the past. Washington reported a routine telegram from Ambassador Francis in Petrograd doubting rumors that all allied diplomats were expelled by Bolsheviks.
War office report states raids north of the Chemin des Dames and in the Woëvre near Flirey were repulsed with losses to the attackers. Bombardments occurred on the Meuse right bank and at Vosges points. Nearby, reciprocal artillery in the Vardar and Doiran sectors. Serbians repulse reconnaissance west of Monastir toward Dnoropje.
American forces continued heavy bombardment of German positions in France with marked success. Destructive fire on enemy buildings and works was maintained as a German battery position was struck by our heavy guns causing a large ammunition explosion.
Dawn sightings report two German patrols in front of the position. Infantry front trenches call for barrage fire to scatter the enemy. Our machine guns harass working parties and targets all day while artillery duel continues. Enemy patrols reportedly learned a lesson. our patrols moved freely overnight with no harassment.
Dr. von Seydler resigns as Austrian premier with his entire cabinet to Emperor Charles. Vienna parliament notes opposition by Polish deputies to special debates and the provisional budget weakens support, prompting a temporary halt to parliamentary sittings by President Gross.
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