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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1918
Page
2
Anna Held the actress who had been critically ill at a hovel in New York has won her battle and will undoubtedly live according to a bulletin from her physicians. They warn she still faces a long hard fight ahead as she battles a rare disease with anemia affecting the bone marrow and recently underwent a blood transfusion operation.
An advertisement touts Poslam skin care products including Poslam Soap and a free sample offer from Emergency Laboratories in New York. It claims to banish pimples rash and eczema itching, promising absolute harmlessness and broad availability.
For the first time in 50 years MIT awarded 275 degrees without ceremony including 4 PhDs 17 MS and 254 BS. Over 100 BS graduates have entered war service or war industry work and faculty waived thesis requirements. Alumni watched drills while about 1500 men study in special classes as summer sessions begin.
George A. Crocker oversees plans for the French Blue Devils guests to arrive between 9:30 and 10 o'clock for a pop concert in Symphony Hall Thursday. They will be greeted with La Marseillaise to mark the encounter with the Boston audience.
The ad invites skilled workers to join the Tank Corps of the regular army and seek overseas service with advancement prospects. Lieutenant T W Crosby, recruiting officer, 8 Tremont Row, calls for college graduates and others to learn about a high grade, important service in the current struggle.
Police in Hanover street station believe Mrs. Maria Tamburino died from a brick injury and was murdered. They seek a warrant for Dominick Ferranti, 24, of North street, already jailed, in connection with the deliberate fall from a window above her small shop.
Irene Turcotte, 10, drowned while swimming in the upper canal at Lewiston Missouri. Companions' rescue attempts failed.
The schooner Mary F. Curtis delivered a large catch of 75 000 pounds of fresh mackerel and 800 salted barrels to Boston, bringing in 12900 total. Captain Lemuel Firth and crew pursued the fish from Liverpool Nova Scotia to Liscombe, with the single port lot selling at 10 cents per pound and salt at 18 dollars per barrel.
The convention opens at 11 this morning to finish work from last year. A sub committee proposes moving all business to the convention floor, cutting the need for a committee of the whole, and limiting speeches to 30 minutes with possible extensions. A recess in August is favored by a majority, though some prefer to stay until work ends.
About 200 delegates from cotton mills across the North and South met in New York with Gerrish Milliken to press for government price fixing. The War Industries Board seeks immediate action to set fair minimum prices and curb profiteering, with agents asked to propose fair rates for different cotton goods and report back to Washington.
The Hanover Street postal station displays the War Savings Stamp flag and a large silver cup for the largest April through March increase in War Savings and Thrift Stamp sales in the New England district. Superintendent Brignati leads efforts as the monthly prize and annual trophy race continue.
Red Cross talks will be given every Friday at noon in the administration building on Boston Common beginning this week. Allston Burr, chairman of the Boston Metropolitan Chapter, will open with a talk on the chapter's work.
Belgium's sacrifices and rehabilitation plans were praised at the AFL convention in St Paul as Lt Henri de Manox and Prof Albert Van Heke spoke of America's help. They voiced gratitude for U S aid and efforts to rebuild.
Despite American relief efforts the nation of Belgium teeters on famine as shortages intensify. The grim situation prompts calls for renewed aid and international oversight to curb hunger and prevent a humanitarian crisis.
Lieutenant De Manox cites that three quarters of a million Belgian workers are idle as they refuse war work for Germany. President Gompers pledges U.S. action until German forces are expelled from Belgium. Socialist objections to the labor mission report enliven the session as four garment workers abstain.
Soldiers searched a wood near the Atlantic port today for three sailors who appeared at a woman's home asking for food. The visitors wore a strange uniform and spoke only one in English. They indicated landing in a small boat or wreckage. officials seek to confirm if they are German.
Five former liquor dealers in Manchester were fined $100 each and sentenced to 30 days in jail in Police Court after being charged with keeping intoxicants for sale in violation of local law.
Attorneys filed appeals while cases were sent to the Superior Court. Chemical analyses of root beer spruce beer and Mear beer found in dealer locations revealed traces of alcohol, leading Judge Charles A. Perkins to hold the dealers responsible for evading the prohibition law.
Sergeant James J. Hannon of the army recruiting station Tremont row receives a promotion after 22 years of service. He spent five years on the Mexican border and has spent his career as a private until now. His Boston home is at East Newton street.
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