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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1918
Page
2
Shipyard carpenters end walkout as the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners returns to work with orders to speed up. John Morgan from Washington urges workers to show patriotism while President Wilson and Hutcheson negotiate the wage and recognition issues.
Baltimore ship carpenters and joiners end strike when employer agrees to revisit wage increases. Union members ordered to resume work while negotiations on higher pay resume, aiming to offset lost time and speed up production.
Mrs. Craig announces she and her husband will tour France with nine actors under Y M C A direction to produce farces and comedies for soldiers. They will sail soon with an all star cast to raise morale and support Red Cross efforts. Rose Lee Saltonstall joins as a key performer. Ivy Troutmar is another leading member, noted for recent stage work.
Reval, the important Baltic city near Petrograd, would be captured in a week, with German forces advancing unchallenged. Austria refuses to join renewed hostilities against north Russia, focusing instead on Ukrainian and Romanian borders.
Despatches describe Bolsheviks and Ukrainian forces in fierce clashes across the former Russian empire. German operations push into Estonia and Livonia threatening Riga and Reval while Austria-Hungary aligns with Germany. Kiev falls to Bolsheviks and major battles rage in Odessa Minsk Tongorod and Voronezh with heavy casualties and strategic bombardments. In France and Flanders, limited attacks and a notable French-American push in Champagne yield prisoners for the Allies.
PETROGRAD February 12 A decree orders confiscation of all shares in private banks. The council of people's commissioners aims to end capitalistic influence on the national bank of the Russian republic. Shares canceled and dividends to cease.
Budapest dispatch reports Russian forces have evacuated the final sector of Hungarian territory in eastern Transylvania. Berlin and Ukrainian sources also allege Bolshevik guerrillas are burning wheat stocks and destroying crops by plowing them under across several regions.
Washington February 18 reports of padded payrolls at the Hog Island government shipyard are under investigation. Department of Justice officials to gather facts on alleged exorbitant salaries and multiple accounts for certain experts as President Wilson and the Shipping Board discussed a general inquiry. The investigator was chosen and will be announced after Attorney General Gregory's return from Mississippi.
Joseph H. O Neil, president of the Federal Trust Company, returned from Philadelphia reporting a swift, cost minded spirit at Hog Island where workers settled a pile dispute and pledged to sacrifice money for speed. He praised patriotism among American workers and blamed alien labor for broader tensions.
Washington report notes the 1918 Prussian budget allocates 2 250 000 marks for German propaganda in Polish territory. Germany plans an extensive campaign of Prussianism in Silesia Posen and West Prussia as per an official despatch from Switzerland.
Paris February 18 The war office reports Germans attacked the Champagne front last night gaining a footing but were driven out after a spirited engagement.
Grocers stock up as demand surges for Jiffy Jell with liquid fruit flavor in sealed glass vials. Two packages for 25 cents include berry mint lime flavors and molds by mail, promising easy, economical fruit flavored desserts without added sugar or color.
Brigadier General J B MacDonald completed his inspection at Camp Devens and left for Camp Upton after praising conditions and soldiers. The article recounts Sen Humberts scandal and arrest linked to the Bolo Pasha case and a Paris interrogation led by Captain Bourchardon.
Crowds traveled to the cantonment as the planned parade was canceled an hour before start due to freezing band instruments. Informal drives filled the day with company parades and roadside watching. A court martial opened for Private John Sanjean amid charges of feigning illness disobeying orders and assault. James K Hackett arrived to organize dramatic and musical activities at the camp. Private George Simmonds of Whitman Mass died of pneumonia.
Paris reports Senator Charles Humbert owner of Le Journal was arrested this morning. Humbert played a principal role in the Bolo Pasha treason case, linked to profits from funds sent from the United States to Le Journal.
Advertisement urges self examination to buy Hood's Sarsaparilla, Pepticon, and Hood's Pills claiming they restore energy, reduce pallor and anemia, strengthen the body, and relieve backache, kidney trouble, constipation, and rheumatism. Many need all three, others at least one.
An old notice claims Aramson’s Cough Balsam makes a cold or cough disappear. The advertisement emphasizes rapid relief and health benefits for users seeking a simple remedy.
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