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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1919
Page
11
Middlesex & Boston Street Railway petitions the Public Service Commission to allow one man crew cars on its Commonwealth avenue line from Lake street to Auburndale. The company plans to equip the cars with safety devices approved by the commission.
An advertisement promotes Pen O Trate medicine with a claim to stop coughing and heal throat irritation. Each bottle includes a free box of Pen O Trate Salve for chest or head colds. The price is 35 cents.
Washington January 30 hearings before Senate and House committees weighed whether Packers representatives appearing before Congress would receive immunity from federal prosecution and whether the FTC must disclose identities of witnesses whose testimony alleged collusion.
Louis F. Swift waives rights to testimony before the Senate agriculture committee regarding abandonment of the M K and T rail yard near Fort Worth. House witnesses discussed anonymity and witness names from the Trade Commission. The panel debated power to compel disclosure, while asserting the need for a complete, transparent inquiry into packer pricing and possible grand jury action.
Greta Torpadie soprano and Salva de Stefano harpist gave a joint recital in Jordan Hall Boston yesterday afternoon. Torpadie showed growth in interpretation with Debussy and Scandinavian repertoire and strong nuance. de Stefano displayed mastery of harp nuances with Bach Scarlatti Corelli Grandjang Longo Sgambati and Tourner pieces. Both artists received warm applause and added to the program.
Despatches from Cincinnati report the Boston Braves acquired infielder Lena Jackburne from the Reds in exchange for shortstop Rehg. Blackburne joins Boston as part of the deal with Cincinnati.
At the Leopold Morse Company banquet in the Hotel Georgian, Charles L. Baine praised the AFL as essential to stop mob rule and Bolshevism. He credited Samuel Gompers with easing labor troubles and praised co operation between employer Ferdinand Strauss and workers. Other speakers included Julius Morse and Stephen Casey detailing square deal practices and harmony between labor and capital.
The Boston Post Sunday Magazine will feature Edna Ferber's story Long Distance about reconstruction work among the soldier boys. The piece promises a timely, engaging narrative likely to interest readers next week.
The narrator recalls a near loss in the Mediterranean near Marseilles. He hides inside a whale's stomach to escape a giant fish, survives by clever tricks, and is eventually discovered and released when the whale is harpooned by an Italian trader. The tale ends with the narrator reflecting on the extraordinary event.
The speaker recounts astonishment at a voice issuing from a fish and a man walking upright from its body. He explains telling the full story to onlookers while amazement rendered them speechless. After refreshment, he swam to shore to retrieve his clothes and estimates being inside the stomach about four and a half hours.
The Daily and Sunday Post promise further surprising experiences of the Baron as new day to day adventures are recounted.
Director General Hines announced the retention of Oscar A. Price as assistant to the director general and Brice Clagett, formerly private secretary to McAdoo. H. A. Taylor, ex counsel for the Erie, will be general assistant, and G. H. Parker, ex assistant comptroller at Philadelphia and Reading, becomes financial assistant. All were connected with the railroad administration under McAdoo.
A welcome home gathering for Lexington boys returning from service will be held at Lexington Town Hall Sunday at 8 pm. Judge Michael J. Murray of Boston will speak, with Lt. Robert C. Merriam and Leon J. Sturtevant sharing experiences. Community singing led by M. J. Vines of the YMCA.
War Department announced the departure from France of 12 transports carrying over 850 officers and 11,000 men. Seven ships will dock in New York, three in Newport News, and one each in Baltimore and Philadelphia. Returning coast artillery regiments are the Fourth Forty fourth Fifty first and Sixtieth. The move is described as returning with all men presently on active duty, not necessarily at full war strength.
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