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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1918
Page
10
Boston schools will operate with Monday holidays and no weekend sessions. Four new schools Dorchester High John Greenleaf Whittier Harbor View Brighton High open Tuesday morning
The Sinois Manufacturers Association urged President Wilson and Congress to allow all industries to operate at 50 percent capacity. The plan aims to help plant owners sustain operations and reduce wage losses.
Governor Milliken urged acceptance of the closing order describing it as a definite action after mature consideration by the fuel administrator. He said it is not their place to debate its wisdom and called for implicit obedience to the order.
The document outlines fuel diverson days January 18 to 22 1918 and strict weekly Monday bans through March 25 1918 for plants not producing perishable foods. Exceptions cover essential operations printing daily papers and necessary heat for certain establishments and transportation.
The document details relief powers for state fuel administrators to prevent health or property damage from fires or freezing. It sets nationwide scope east of the Mississippi, including Louisiana and Minnesota, and warns of penalties under the Act of Congress for noncompliance. Signed by H. A. Garfield as United States Fuel Administrator.
P B Magrane of the Magrane Houston Company Boston and the P B Magrane Store Lynn urges keeping stores open Mondays and adopting five hour business days on Tuesdays and Thursdays 10 a m to 3 p m to avoid freezing damage and conserve coal.
United States Steel Corporation prepares to close down some plants in line with the fuel administration's directive issued in January.
Chairman Elbert H. Gary of the corporation announced today that during the closure period the company will not pay the wages of employees. The statement outlines a temporary policy affecting all staff working through the shutdown.
Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics Director Charles F Gettemy estimates the five day shutdown will affect 682 621 wage earners losing about 5 874 852 while proprietors lose 30 818 792 The combined effect including nine additional Mondays and holidays raises losses to wage earners 19 093 219 and to proprietors 100 161 024 The per person wage loss from the 13 holidays is about 27 94
New York January 17 J P Morgan Co asserts in a statement that the administration has decided to make the coal order effective with all facts before it. The note urges broad compliance and underscores government action.
The article emphasizes rapid collective action as essential to combat a growing threat to the nation’s war effort. It calls on all citizens to cooperate fully to ensure the measure’s effectiveness and the country’s successful conduct of the war.
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