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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1919
Page
9
Mrs Marguerite Mitchel Smith filed for divorce from Lieutenant F. H. Smith in Superior Court. She alleges brutal treatment. Smith, once commander of prison camp No. 2 in France, has been subject to congressional investigations.
Advertises Hires Household Extract to make root beer at home. Claims purity and natural ingredients from sixteen plants. Stresses easy preparation using extract sugar and yeast, yielding forty pints per bottle and urging readers to reuse old bottles. Encourages purchasing stoppers from grocers.
A walkout of over 100 longshore workers at Piers 3 and 4 Boston East Boston signals possible spread of a port strike. Workers refuse to operate donkey engines delaying loading of American steamers and maintaining a three watch system and closed shop stance. Boston seeks explanation from Washington on 1200 Shipping Board trainees unassigned to duty.
Union officials urged workers to return, saying no grievance. Reports say the walkout aimed at Shipping Board steamers, not sympathy with marine crews. Ships at East Boston terminals include Lake Gravett Leith West Cape Liverpool and West Hospicle London with 28 car shipment bound for Manchester on Ninian next week. Ocean commerce losses rise into the millions as stalemate continues.
Letter to the Post by L. R. Walsh urges lowered fares on the Elevated lines during 5 to 6:30 am and 5 to 6 pm and on holidays and Sundays. He suggests weekly 12‑ticket strips for workers and questions pay for carmen, arguing the burden falls on the working class.
Vice Admiral Clarence S. Williams, commander of a Pacific fleet division, moves his flag from the battleship New Jersey at Charlestown navy yard to the Rhode Island. The transfer marks a reshuffle of flagship duties within the fleet. The Rhode Island now hosts Williams's headquarters as the flag officer for the division.
Mayor Melvin B Breath of Chelsea sends gold service buttons to the parents of local soldiers who died in the war. Each button arrives with a letter expressing Chelsea’s remembrance and presenting the emblem as a tribute to their son’s sacrifice in the United States military.
Secretary Baker told the House military committee that Congress must cut the army to 225,000 by Sept 30 to fit beyond the 325,000 authorized by the National Defense Act. He cited current forces over 700,000 and said air service funding could shift personnel from the Signal Corps to the Aviation Corps to avoid abandonment.
The Dorchester Board of Trade with 159 members and guests will gather at Rowe's wharf for a 2:15 boat to Nantasket. The afternoon features amusements and games with prizes from local merchants, a ball game between builders and brokers, and a shore dinner to close.
Building operations in Cambridge involve a half million dollar expenditure. The National Casket Company on First Street has started a new factory and continues construction on site.
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