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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1919
Page
9
The Boston Post Santa Claus fund audited statement shows 1918 income and expenditures with a 9.87 balance in bank plus 10 876.92 total contributions. In 1918 labor wrapping postage and related costs were covered by the Boston Post. Price Waterhouse & Co certified the accounts as correct.
The Boston Post reports a record Post Santa fund of 10 876.92 dollars for New England children. About 92 000 youngsters were helped with toys, clothing and books funded by readers contributions. The Santa Claus department, audited by Price Waterhouse Co, plans for next Christmas begin with a 9.87 dollar balance in the bank.
President Wilson has accepted William Graves Sharp’s resignation as ambassador to France with the term to begin once a successor qualifies. No candidate was named, but Vance McCormick had been discussed as a possible replacement and is currently in Paris for peace conference work.
President Wilson replies to the American committee for the independence of Armenia promising to use his utmost to help Armenia. The cable was sent to James W. Gerard, committee chairman, and cites Armenian provinces including Turkish Armenia Galicia and Trebizond littoral.
Washington February 14. The Shipping Board is urged to push construction of larger ships than those contracted during the war emergency. Chairman Hurley announced that a special committee’s report and board policy on striking shipbuilders will be discussed at a conference next week with Director-General Pier of the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
Walter I. Kerwin of 10 Brokline Street was arrested last night charged with manslaughter after an unidentified Chinaman was struck and killed by the car he was driving at Tremont and Boylston streets.
Chignole, the human hero of The Flying Poilu by Marcel Na daud, achieves a major victory but faces a terrible mistake that shadows the win. The Boston Post Sunday Magazine teases the next installment for readers.
An excerpt recounts Baron Munchausen’s voyage lifted by a giant eagle from Thanet toward Margate and Dover to Calais, then France. The narrator describes the sky journey, musket fire from marines, and views of Gibraltar and the English Channel as he surveys the earth like a map.
The note says the adventure continues in tomorrow's Sunday Post and in day to day issues of the Daily and Sunday Post until the complete story is told.
The British steamer Donagarra arrived from Cardiff delivering Captain Phillips his wife and 38 Accoma crew members after the American steamer Accoma was abandoned in a sinking condition February 11 east of New York. A Marseille voyage earlier left February 7. A military committee voted to recommend Robert E Noble for brigadier general, amid dispute over his promotion over senior medical officers.
Washington February 14 After hearing Secretary Baker General Maren Surgeon General Ireland and former Surgeon General Gorgas the Senate considers Noble for brigadier may move to approve nomination following testimony by top defense and medical officials.
A fire at the H. C. Clark & Son plant in East Lee, starting in the foundry and spreading to machine and pattern shops, caused a total loss estimated at about $60,000. The cause is under investigation.
Washington reports that officers and units of the American aviation service have received 374 awards and citations, including the Distinguished Service Cross and several French, British and Italian decorations.
A War Department release lists five American squadrons Lafayette 17th 148th 9th and 99th cited by British and French leaders for air operations in Flanders. Citations praise recon and destruction of German aircraft and balloons despite losses and name several pilots observers and officers.
Potatoes sell off another three cents a peck yesterday with good quality white potatoes at 39 cents per peck retail. Farmers' market shows higher availability of greens such as beet greens spinach radishes lettuce and rhubarb and prices should ease as larger supplies enter the market.
Meat prices are high with lamb legs 43 cents a pound, legs and joins 88 cents, forequarters 28 cents. Beef rib roasts 65 to 70 cents, faces 49 to 50 cents. pork roast 33 to 33 1 3 cents, pork chops 38 and 490 cents. Oranges easing, Florida oranges 49 cents a dozen, California 40 to 70 cents a dozen, grapefruits 2 for 25 cents. Baldwin apples scarce, Baldwin eating 1.20 to 1.50 per peck, cooking 60 cents. Butter and eggs little changed. tub butter 54 to 60 cents, eggs 60 to 65 cents, eastern 68 to 69 cents, western 55 to 68 cents.
An advertisement touts LAX ATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets for relief from headaches and body pains caused by colds. The box displays E W GROVES and a 30¢ price with promotional wording.
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