15 Feb 1919
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1919
Page
1
The piece quotes President Wilson describing a world union for common purpose and a modern Magna Carta for governance. It details proposals including an executive council, permanent secretariat, international court, arbitration, disarmament, and a trade boycott to enforce mandates.
The New England Governors meeting at the State House approved sending a cablegram to General Pershing requesting that the Yankee Division be returned as a unit and landed in Boston as soon as possible. They also outlined plans for a reception and entertainment for the 26th Division.
A Rome dispatch reports the Italian government has seized the German embassy Palazzo Cafferelli and will demolish it. It also says Germans had dug a tunnel from the embassy beneath Capital Hill to the Victor Emmanuel monument.
Army and navy experts report John Hays Hammond Jr. radio control device for surface ships laden with explosives as a success and foresee similar results against subsurface vessels with above water wireless antennas, enabling torpedo guidance from the air.
Test results related to the new fortifications appropriation bill were made public today. The notice continues on page 10 third column and mentions an advertisement for M. C. A. Cigar noted as a quality choice.
At Brest preparations were complete for President Wilson to depart aboard the George Washington. The crew and troops lined the rails awaiting his arrival while a china gift from Brest was received aboard. The New Mexico waited nearby and a 21 gun salute marked the transfer to a gunboat. Paris dispatch notes Wilson reading the covenant of the League of Nations at the peace conference with a formal speech to follow.
Forecast for southern New England calls for rain Saturday and rain or snow on Sunday with colder conditions. Northern New England expected snow Saturday and likely Sunday. Winds along the Atlantic coast to be fresh and shifting, creating a brisk weekend.
The Dixies, an acclaimed colored singing orchestra led by Louisiana Jim, bring a snappy dinner and dance show from 7 to 12 at the Main Floor of Hotel Westminster Cop ley 8q.
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