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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1919
Page
9
A man was found unconscious in his bed at the Damacia area near 8 Prince Street and rushed to the market Relief Station. He was suffering from gas exposure believed to be from a ceiling jet, listed as being on the danger list awaiting treatment.
The House foreign affairs committee decided to await a more detailed report from Minister Gibson in Warsaw before proceeding with public hearings on a joint resolution about Jewish massacres in Poland and other eastern European nations.
Chairman Porter reported a pending State Department update and a mission led by Minister Gibson to probe alleged outrages in Poland. He urged Jews and Poles to calm home agitation while awaiting the first hand report, noting a German owned Copenhagen paper spreading abroad. The Poles canceled a Baltimore public meeting, signaling hope for a fuller report.
Vincent J. Sylvia former Lewiston Maine confectionery manager was arrested in Los Angeles charged with embezzling 20 000. Police held 10 warrants and Maine sheriff Fred E Stevens joined the investigation. Sylvia refused to be extradited.
The Senate passed to engrossment a bill fixing auto theft penalties to five to ten years and making possession with defaced plates prima facie evidence of guilt. It reported favorably salaries for justices and clerks in police, district and municipal courts.
At Symphony Hall tonight the guest conductor Strube leads the Pops while flutist Charles de Mailly returns from illness with a solo. The programme includes marches Overture to Sakuntala and selections from La Boheme and Mademoiselle Modiste with Vladimir de Mailly performing flute.
Three aviators were killed when two airplanes collided during flight at 900 feet over the military flying grounds in Buenos Aires. The accident occurred this afternoon drawing swift official inquiries.
Boston fishermen delay swordfish season as crews dispute expense sharing with vessel owners. Portland vessels also held by the strike, with vote on walkout ongoing and results due in several days as union members cast ballots on arrival.
Poughkeepsie N Y June 10 Gifts to Vassar College totaling about 1 101 990 were announced by President Henry N McCracken at commencement exercises today The gifts include 152 part of the residuary estate of the late Mrs Russell Sage valued locally at about a half a million dollars At the exercises 226 students received their BA degrees.
Dr. George H. Washburn of Boston, member of the American Relief Commission, reports from the Adriatic that Asia Minor has suffered massive Armenian deaths since 1915. He cites widespread starvation of women and children and 809,000 Armenians confined from their lands amid ongoing guerilla warfare.
The record notes that Dr Washburn set up 15 hospitals in Asia Minor as part of medical expansion along the Black Sea region. The text mentions relations or interactions among Turks and Greeks in that area.
Oscar S Straus returns from the peace conference in France declaring the League of Nations the keystone of the arch of peace. He calls the covenant imperfect but the greatest political achievement in history.
In Richmond Virginia on June 10 the Virginia Federation of Labor saw 2099 Newport News union men withdraw after the seating of W C Page a New port News Black man as a member of the executive committee at the recent convention.
The US Navy tender Melville arrived in New York with the wrecked NC-3 seaplane from Ponta Delgada. NC-3 was towed in after 53 hours adrift. The damaged plane is beyond repair and Boatswain L R Moore of Pensacola was the sole NC-3 crew member to return.
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