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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1919
Page
2
Paris January 27 American naval authorities strive to avoid increasing unemployment by keeping all able sailors in service if they wish to stay. No one is discharged without desire or employment prospects. Fear grows of a sailor shortage as many may be needed to man German ships the U S is to take over under the armistice.
January proves a strong month for the Red Cross Lunchroom as patrons flock to daily bargains and hot chicken pies. Fresh flowers brighten each table and two workers, Miss Janice Liggett and Miss Katherine Partridge, serve after school sessions following sewing and knitting activities.
Five men become naturalized citizens in a United States District Court action for the first time since U S entry into the war with Germany. Among the new citizens are Max G W Fuhrmann a Boston Symphony double bassoonist and Rudolf Susmann an agricultural instructor at Sanderson Academy Readings in Wakefield.
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University condemned Bolshevism as a war on civilization and democracy in a speech to the United War Work League of America in New York. He warned that under Bolshevist rule workers and savers alike would be denied justice unless they accept a regime where might justifies power.
Allied forces retreat toward the White Sea by March as Russian troops trained in Archangel join the defense. In the Shenkursk area Soviet and allied troops clash with heavy shelling, air attacks, and evasive withdrawals amid harsh winter conditions and renewed Bolshevik pressure along the Dvina and Vologda fronts.
Allied thrusts through the Archangel area facing Russian and Allied lines in the frozen swamps. Bolshevik forces attack with infantry and artillery against four of seven Allied columns advancing southward, with new night actions near Shen.
The health department reports pneumonia deaths now exceed influenza deaths for the first time since September. Dr Woodward urges continued precautions as the influenza epidemic declines, noting pneumonia results from the same causes and requires the same preventive measures.
Mrs. John P. Larcom of Home Street Beverly killed herself with gas this afternoon. Her husband died about six weeks ago. She leaves two sons.
A British steamship Traf ford Hall was driven by a 36 hour southerly hurricane about 600 miles east of Boston. A man was lost overboard during the tempest but splendid seamanship and the crew's sea-going qualities saved the vessel from destruction despite crew casualties and extensive damage.
Ninety nine people aboard a Calcutta voyage faced a fierce gale as Friday's storm swelled to its height. Nine children aboard remained calm while seas battered the ship, ripping doors off a Chief Officer’s room and dousing the interior as crew fought to steady the vessel.
Mary E. Hall of the Ford Hall Forum urged open forum memorials before a legislative committee. She called for public hearing spaces and said private rooms are needed to prevent upheaval. Bills would let cities and towns fund memorials with maintenance revenue. Some lawmakers opposed commercial use, while others supported funding and a Plymouth town vote for a 250000 building to honor war service and Pilgrim history.
Paris January 27. A committee on occupation levels held a meeting and heard expert reports on the Rhine and allied troop numbers. The discussion centers on how many American and allied forces will remain on the western front.
The article notes progress in clearing the situation but ongoing work before the committee can finalize recommendations to the supreme council on exact national troop numbers for Germany. It states the War Department will not be swayed by committee decisions and that the planned return of American troops from Europe remains as arranged with allowances for retention in Germany and Russia of units deemed a fair U.S. quota.
New York reports Representative Jared Y. Sanders says liquor interests posing as army spokesmen distort troop views abroad. He cites letters from soldiers claiming ratification of the constitutional amendment saved the war effort and predicts broader approval once the 19th amendment is recognized.
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