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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1919
Page
8
Vice Admiral Sims asserts rigid airships will form a key element of future fleets. He urges the United States to accelerate development after World War I and supports building two new airships plus two more improved helium vessels, with bases for construction and operation.
Secretary Daniels sent a letter to Senator Swanson thanking the Senate naval committee for endorsing the department’s recommendation to appropriate 36 million dollars for the development and construction of rigid airships. England is making rapid strides in the project.
The Rev Christopher W Collier pastor of the Lexington Hancock Congregational Church recently back from France will address the East Lexington Men's Club tonight at 8 in the vestry of Follen Church East Lexington His subject is An Army Hospital as Seen by a Chaplain Women are invited to attend.
Mary Lerner, hailed as one of the year’s Best Story writers, will appear in next week’s Boston Post Sunday Magazine with her piece The Strongest Pleaders. Her pleasing sympathetic style has earned wide acclaim.
Washington Feb 23 Charles E Elmquist president of the National Association of Railway and Utilities Commissioners says the return of telephone and telegraph properties to private management should be completed by June 30 guidance given to President Wilson. Elmquist said the recommendation came from the association s executive and war committees and includes commissioners from almost all states.
A letter accuses the Postmaster General of producing inferior service and large rate increases. It charges discrimination in favor of Bell Telephone, denies military necessity for control, notes deterioration in quality, and calls for a prompt return to private operation to restore service and reasonable charges. It cites disrupted practices across many states and public dissatisfaction.
Six sailors from the Newfoundland schooner Teresa Maud reached New York aboard the Gleneden after being rescued January 22 and taken to Gibraltar. The Teresa Maud, 92 tons, sprang a leak on a voyage from Oporto to Grand Bank with salt when the Crewe Hall spotted distress signals and ferried the crew.
The funeral for Samuel E. Lufkin 57 a Concord farmer will be held at 2 30 this afternoon at his home Nine Acre Corner Concord. He died in Deaconess Hospital a week after his son Harwood was buried and his death is linked to stress from the loss on which he had been recovering from an operation.
In a Boston Post styled tale the Baron Munchausen recounts a humorous voyage from Ohio to the Isthmus of Darien Panama. He describes a fictional canal cut by his chariot aided by Gog and Magog and a global audience, ending with his return to England.
Tomorrow's Post promises another Baron's amazing adventure. The note hints at further daring exploits from the Baron and his entourage, building anticipation for readers seeking daring escapades.
Sir Guy Calthrop dies of influenza aged 50 in 1920 He was born in 1870 and served as general manager of the London and North Western Railway later leading the Caledonian railway in 1908 and the Buenos Ayres and Pacific railway in 1910 He was created a baronet in 1918.
A vintage ad promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a mild laxative and liver calmer. It argues they replace calomel, avoid tooth harm, and quickly relieve constipation and dullness. Sold for 28 cents a box with suggestive proof claims.
The Roosevelt permanent memorial committee proposed that Belleau Wood in France be acquired and converted into an American national cemetery for American dead not returned home. The grave of Quentin Roosevelt would be nearby and included in the new burial ground.
Washington reports outstanding loans of the War Finance Corporation total $108,000,000. The agency has underwritten over $100,000,000 in additional loans to war essential industries without funding, with bankers advancing funds on assurances of eventual support. Railroads have drawn $70,000,000.
At First Parish Unitarian Church in Lexington yesterday morning a centenary birth commemoration for James Russell Lowell was observed with a special service.
A War Department release adds almost 700 names to the national tally. Today 1803 names appear with 111 listed as fatalities, all from accidents or disease. The list also provides many addresses across Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and beyond for the named servicemen and officers.
The roster shows 135 names with 19 new additions as 8 local heroes die. Nurse Caroline Christman of 101 Congress Avenue Providence R I is listed among the dead reported from disease. The compiled tally classifies deaths as accident related and separates wounded counts by severity.
Official casualty list names numerous soldiers sailors and nurses from New England and surrounding states. Entries include Lt Francis R Hoyt Barre Vermont Lt Edward G Fletcher Parade Point Sully Collette Prospect Hill Bridgeport and many others with home towns and addresses across Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut and Maine. The list notes casualties from injuries accidents and deaths related to service.
A man confesses a nocturnal crime to his brother, believing he killed his sweetheart. The plot unfolds in the Boston Post Sunday Magazine upcoming issue.
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