Answers to Inquiries in the Boston Post Financial Page
Readers are told the Boston Post will answer inquiries weekly about listed and unlisted New England securities and other financial topics. The column promises impartial data from trustworthy sources but declines market predictions or opinions on specific stocks. Inquiries must include full name and street address, sent to the Financial Editor in Boston.
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Boston Post
New England
Post
The
Inquirer
Financial
Boston
Mass
Gloucester
New York
United States Steel Common
America
Europe
United States Steel
Investment advice on American Telephone United Shoe Machinery and American Woolen
Question 1060 asks which stock offers best return for a working man. American Telephone is deemed most desirable due to history dividend record earnings rising yearly and current yield above 6 percent. United Shoe Machinery pays regular and extra dividends though facing dissolution suit. American Woolen preferred underperforms with inconsistent earnings and deficits.
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Savings Bank
American Telephone
American Woolen Preferred
United Shoe Machinery
Dyds
Sebel
Answer—Wilson & Co
Sulzberger & Sons Co
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company
United States
Great Britain
Europe
Sky Light Plunge Leaves Cambridge Boy Hurt
John Green, 14, of 52 Sidney Street Cambridge, is hospitalized at Cambridge Relief with severe injuries after falling 18 feet through a skylight at 26 Green Street while playing stump the leader. He suffered facial and head cuts and possible internal injuries.
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John Green
Sidney Street
Cambridge
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Green Street
Red Cross Aims to Save Thousands by Saving One Life
The American Red Cross stresses the value of every single life as its mission to rescue numerous others. The emphasis is on safeguarding individuals to protect many.
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Red Cross
Greater Boston All Scholastic Baseball First Team Listed
The 10 players named to the first team include Ross Melrose Hill Leahy OConnor Maguire Conlon Ballou Sanford Keating Swenson Vickers Fullerton Morton Kilham with coach Jam. Positions listed as outfield infield and pitcher with multiple schools named. The second team features Cronin Goldspring Kelleher Early Newman Gourville Garrity Mahoney Gately Goode Johnson McGrath Smith OConnell.
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Ross
Melrose Hill
Everett Leahy
Medford
O’connor
Cambridge
Maguire
Boston Latin
Conlon
Woburn Ballou
Medford Sanford
Medford Keating
Somerville Swenson
Vickers
Cambridge Latin
Fullerton
Mechanic Arts
Morton
Kilham
Commerce
Cronin
Goldspring
Kelleher
Somerville Early
Massachusetts Socialists oppose draft law in war protest
Yesterday Massachusetts Socialists voted their strongest opposition to conscription, calling for repeal of the draft and voting against supporting war efforts. They condemned Federation of Labor positions on wartime budgets and strikes.
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Massachusetts
Federation of Labor
A. Be
Delw
Churchill demands aggressive policy for Allied fleets
London reports in the Sunday Pictorial that Winston Spencer Churchill calls for an aggressive policy to utilize the vast Allied fleet surplus, noting a shift following America's entry into the war.
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London
Winston Spencer Churchill
The
Sunday Pictorial
America
Fifty Three Arrested in Two Cambridge Gambling Raids
Cambridge police arrested fifty three young men in two raids. The first raid targeted the Olympia Theatre basement in Central Square, leading to 41 arrests after officers entered. In the afternoon, twelve more were nabbed at a craps game near First Street. All suspects were charged with presence where gambling implements were found and released on twenty dollar bail.
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Cambridge District Court
Cambridge
Olympia Theatre
Central Square
Wyman
Presho
Nanan
First Street
Lexington Protest to Carfare Increase Hearing
Lexington will be represented by counsel at the continued Public Service Commission hearing on the Middlesex and Boston Street Railway fare rise from six to eight cents. William C. Stickel chairs the local transport committee urging opposition as townspeople attend to protest the increase.
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Lexington
Middlesex and
Boston Street Railway
Public Service Commission
State House
William C. Stickel
Lexington Committee On Improved Transportation
Wounded Soldier Seeks Mercy Through Red Cross Aid
A wounded soldier appeals for mercy and aid through the Red Cross, asking for assistance to receive relief and medical support. The agency coordinates care and resources to help him recover.
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The
Red Cross
Socialist Convention Demands End to Conscription and War
The Massachusetts socialist convention urged mass mobilization of workers against war and conscription. It called for repeal of the conscription law, opposition to military budgets, and organizing labor against subduing strikes. It endorsed universal free meals and schooling, and nominated John McCarthy for governor with a slate of other statewide candidates. The Lettish Branch proposed repudiate the AF of L leaders and unite under international socialism.
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Socialist Party
United States
Lettish Branch
A. K F. of L
A. F
Massachusetts
A. F. of TL
A. F. of L
Army to Have Busy Week During National Recruitment Drive
The army launches a six day effort from Saturday to June 30 to recruit 70 000 men nationwide. Massachusetts requires over 1900 recruits with G A R and Spanish War Veterans joining under state and local committees to canvas the Bay State. Enlistments are for the duration of the war and only fit fighting men are wanted as Colonel McCoy and Captain Pearson lead enrolment efforts. Governor and Mayor are urged to allow veterans to continue volunteering in state and city service.
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Massachusetts
Bay State
Tremont Row
Frank B. McCoy
Boston Common
John A. Pearson
Woman Loses Nine Teeth in Playground Swing Incident
Miss Bessie Edelstein aged 24 of Somerville suffered nine knocked out or loosened teeth and severe facial cuts when her swing collided with another at a Stoneham playground. Miss Marion Hatch of Roxbury, nearby on an adjacent swing, caused the contact.
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Bessie Edelstein
Sargent Avenue
Somerville
Stoneham
Marion Hatch
Whittier Street
Roxbury
Miss Edelstein
The Stars and Stripes Lead the Way in Early War Flags
The article notes the Stars and Stripes leading public flags with the Red Cross banner following on every patterned design, illustrating wartime symbolism and flag display practices.
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Red Cross
Russia showing daily gains post Moscow visit
French munitions chief Albert Thomas said Russia is improving daily and may pursue an offensive, though he warned on military and financial problems. He described progress in Russia and noted improving conditions amid ongoing military actions and public unrest.
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Paris
Russia
Albert Thomas
M. Thomas
Optimistic French Envoy Sees Russia Progress and Unity
In discussions with Russian leaders, M. Thomas notes a growing government authority and military discipline, with soldiers and workers accepting a disciplined army. He cites possible offensive plans, stresses no separate peace, and commends entente diplomats for tact and service amid Russia's industrial and financial hardships.
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Russia
Heturn
M. Thomas
France
Russia Defends War Aims In Parliament Debates
War Minister Kerensky pledges a unified army and resists disintegration while urging Finland and Ukraine to stay within Russia. He warns that evacuation of Armenia would leave it exposed to Kurds and Turks and condemns socialism and Prince Leopold of Bavaria as threats.
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Russia
Athens
Kerensky
Leopold of
Bavaria
Finland
Ukraine
M. Kerensky
Armenia
Terror in Helsingfors ends as authorities quell cathedral siege
In Helsingfors a gang led by anarchist Jean Boldt seized Nicholas Cathedral during a service turning it into a temple of the poor. Militia forces stormed the building at dawn restoring order after a blasphemous sermon and violent rhetoric.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Jean Boldt
Boldt
Nicholas Cathedral
Root Commission Earns Warm Moscow Reception
Elihu Root and the U.S. commission met in Moscow with Zemstvo and municipal unions, workmen and soldiers deputies to test socialist confidence. Root praised Russian self control and warned against German militarism while calls for peaceful democracy continued. The Mayor praised Wilson and the group agreed to send a telegram thanking him for the Root mission.
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Moscow
Elihu Root
American Commission
Zemstvo
Zemstvo Industrial Committee
Germany
Free
America
Russia
Mr. Root
M. Grigorieff
Workingmen's Council
James Duncan
American Federation of Labor
Duma
Root
Wilson
Awe
American Admiral Glennon Returns to Petrograd After Sebastopol Visit
Rear Admiral James H. Glennon and staff met with Black Sea fleet leaders in Sebastopol amid a sailors mutiny that ended with restored order. Delegates from councils welcomed the Americans and endorsed the provisional government while urging continued war effort. The meeting voted to reinstate Black Sea fleet officers except Admiral Koltchak, whom sailors distrusted. Glennon planned trips to Archangel and Helsinki.
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Petrograd
James H. Glennon
Black Sea
Sebastopol
Lukin
Koltchak
Admiral Glennon
Keltchak
Archangel
Helsingfors
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Jackson Agee
American National Bank
Silver City
N. M
W. L. Bliss
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Edward A. Ubrig
First National Bank of Milwaukee
Paul A. Newman & CO. Investment
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New York Stock Exchange
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Reading
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Willys-Overland
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Anaconda
Wilson & Co
N. W. O. Framingham
Market Review
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi River
Southern Pacific
Atchison
Burlington
Chicago & Northwestern
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Pond Creek Coal Company
Island Creek Coal Company
Pasate
JE. W. Batchelder
Island Creek Coal Commans
W. Batchelder
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Co
Bankers Trust Company
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Rio Grande Railroad Company
BR. W. Jones
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New York City
Seward Prosser
C. Ledyard Blair
E. K. Boisot
Bertram Cutler
John Henry Hammond
Andrew J. Miller
William Salomon
Joseph H. Seaman
Frederick Strauss
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft Counsel
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Tennessee
the National City Company of
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National City Bank Building
Greater Boston
Walter R. Grannan
Mansfield
Assail
Churchill
National Executive Committee
John McCarthy
Abington
Joseph Murphy
Lowell
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Watertown
Marion Sproule
Arthur W. Calhoun
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