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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1918
Page
5
Mayor Curley says more than 4 million dollars in city taxes remain unpaid. If taxes were paid, a 3 million plus surplus would exist. due to nonpayment a deficit looms. About 500 thousand owed by two major corporations, 355 thousand and 90 thousand respectively, are unpaid.
January 30 report on Food Administrator Hoover’s ration card for affluent New York families enrolled in voluntary rationing under the city’s honor system. Patriotic women leaders call it stiff but support Hoover’s idea that the wealthy must set an example, with Mrs F Gray Griswold noting the burden on the poor.
The card outlines weekly per person allowances including two and a half pounds of meat, half a pound of pork and butter, half a pound of fats and flour, three pounds of war bread, and three quarters of a pound of sugar. It also lists unrestricted items such as seafood poultry game cornmeal oatmeal rice hominy barley rye milk vegetables fruits and cream for table use.
In New York on January 30, Arthur Urbanisch, an Austrian, was sentenced by Judge H. E. Thomas in the Federal District Court to three months imprisonment for tearing up his draft law questionnaire and making a remark condemning the United States.
Washington January 30 central control of transatlantic shipping was established with a ship control committee to oversee the operation of all ships entering and leaving American ports including American, allied and neutral vessels.
Representatives from the Shipping Board War and Navy Departments the food and fuel administrations the railroad administration the British government and shipowners formed a committee to speed up supplies to Europe. The plan creates a pool of ships moving goods overseas with rail aid to divert cargo to Southern ports and direct vessels by wireless to where materials are needed. The British government must approve the plan and Sir Cunnop Guthrie and Sir Richard Crawford expressed approval. Raymond B Stevens and George Rublee will serve as permanent US representatives in London and Paris on shipping matters.
A British front line tale from World War I recounts an American volunteer who enlists in the British Army arrives in France, serves as a bomber in No Man’s Land, and endures gas and espionage danger. A misidentified arrest of a brigadier general by a new Irish guard leads to a jail sentence and a tense, cold night march to a billet for orders.
New York officials release an Attorney General opinion holding that an American born woman who marries a foreigner cannot regain citizenship or voting rights while the marriage stands. The ruling follows a statute that citizenship follows the husband. Naturalization of the foreign-born husband restores the woman's citizenship.
Sales of 360000 smileage books were reported by noon yesterday, signaling strong support for the military entertainment council program for soldiers at army cantonments. The campaign will continue in Greater Boston and New England for two weeks with state councils appointed by governors to aid. Arrangements are underway for a large military ball in Boston to support smileage efforts.
Advertises Orlex powder for home use to color gray hair to black brown or light brown. Cost 25 cents with full directions in box and a $100 gold bond guarantee against harmful metals. Claims non rubbing, non sticky formula that leaves hair fluffy and looks twenty years younger.
Boston fuel conservator Robe rt B. Stone announced a rule by the conservation department: ice cream sold and eaten at tables in regular ice cream stores or caterers is considered food and may stay open during retail hours. The rule excludes sales at soda fountains and in cones.
The Chicago Opera Association presents a two week season of grand opera in French and Italian at the Boston Opera House starting Monday February 18. Subscriptions are running strongly at Symphony Hall with high expectations for a successful run.
War Department inquiry confirms two soldiers were prepared per public health service rules. Each body was covered with cotton batting and enclosed in sheeting before coffin placement. Senator Chamberlain had withheld names. inquiry identified one man from Camp Doniphan Oklahoma and another killed at a Canadian aviation school.
Dr. William Roscoe Thayer, renowned authority on modern Italian history, will speak at the Boston City Club Saturday at 1 PM. His lecture title is Italy and the War, outlining Italy's role and perspectives amid the global conflict.
Catholics from New Kingston learn that the annual novena at Our Lady of Lourdes shrine in St Marys Church North Hind begins February 2 and runs through February 11 the Lourdes apparition anniversary. A three day service February 9 10 11 will also be held. Jesuit Fathers will preach each evening at 7 45 with Lourdes water available at the shrine.
Advertising copy promoting LAXATIVE BROMO QUININD tablets claimed to stop cough and headache in one day. It carried E W Grove’s signature on each box and priced at 30 cents.
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