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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1919
Page
3
The rusting tent on Boston Common hosts a program at 9 o'clock this morning. Any person who served in any branch of the army including Nurses Corps and Student Army Training Corps during any part of the war is eligible to receive one button.
The discharge must be shown at the tent entrance and each applicant files a brief card with rank organization address and current employment. The recruiting office moved yesterday from 12A Tremont Row to 3 Tremont Row in the Olympia Building. Yesterday 28 recruits were accepted.
Police were instructed by superiors to show especial care and vigilance after the prohibition ruling. Officers were told to watch jails, courthouses, schools, churches, power plants, industrial sites, public buildings and other similar places.
In Nonatum square conductor John Hogan demonstrates rapid change making for riders. His skill handling two-cent coins shaves time, keeps cars on schedule, and earns him a permanent post despite initial experimental setup.
Helsingfors June 28 Bolshevik evacuation of Petrograd progresses hastily. War Minister Trotzky orders Kronstadt fortress blown up before surrender and destruction of bridges and railway stations in Petrograd before last troops withdraw.
The bill providing for the Americanization of those unable to read and write English was passed to be engrossed in the House yesterday. It carries a $10,000 appropriation, with state aid to cities that establish English classes for aliens. Representative Young of Weston called the $10,000 a starter. attempts to amend the measure failed.
Governor urges a $10,000 increase for attorney general duties and the Ways and Means committee refers it. Representative Niland charges corruption at the Elevated Company over East Boston tunnel operations, while Warrington seeks to suspend the 10 cent Bay State Street Railway fare until Boston is districted. Other actions include bills for Beverly Harbor improvements, Watertown land transfer for street widening, and Lowell high school finance.
The Senate approved a bill allowing employers to fund payments under the workmen compensation act, guaranteeing 100 percent to injured workers. An amendment excluding Yeomen F from benefits was added to the soldiers' $190 bonus bill and sent to the House. A Commission on the Necessaries of Life received third reading after adding AG control of prosecutions. Salaries for state treasurer and auditor set at 6000 annually, effective June 1.
Miss Mary M Fallon of South Boston daughter of Mrs Mary T Fallon married Joseph R Dunphy yesterday in a nuptial mass at Gate of Heaven Church South Boston. Rev John Burns officiated with Miss Anna Fallon as bridesmaid and Joseph Falion as best man.
The City Council voted to appropriate 3000 from the reserve fund to welcome the Third Pioneer Infantry returning from France at Mayor Peters request. The bond proposals for Adams Street Dorchester playground and Carolina Avenue Verona Street extension were referred for consideration.
The committee on finance approved a loan order of 150000 dollars for a police station on Hyde Park avenue presented by Councillor McDonald.
The executive committee of the Quincy Employment Bureau for Returning Soldiers and Sailors voted yesterday to form what is believed to be the first community employment bureau in the country. The move aims to aid veterans in securing work and integrating into civilian life.
A plan proposes establishing a community employment bureau to assume the duties of the current bureau beginning August first. The present bureau has served exclusively soldiers and sailors.
The Gleaner introduces a late war fiction sequence by Bartimeus an officer in the British Navy with real wartime service. The piece highlights Not in the Presence of the Enemy as a notable postwar work in the magazine.
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