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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1919
Page
13
The Boston Sunday Post features the life of Botchkareva, head of Russia's Women's Battalion of Death, presenting a dramatic, cinematic portrayal of a real woman whose wartime exploits captivate readers.
Advertising notice from F Gray Co outlines a final sale through Saturday March 15 with half price on suits and overcoats and marked down pants. Savings list includes $60 suits to $30 and $20 coats to $10, fur lined overcoats included. Contains fabric options and locations.
Washington March 10 Organized labor will refuse to share in the results of price readjustments if living standards are endangered, said Frank W Morrison secretary of the American Federation of Labor. He criticised the Fed in a review of its forthcoming monthly bulletin for saying all factors in production should bear their share in readjustment.
A quoted remark by Mr. Morrison criticizes the board for accepting a false idea that commodity prices and labor costs are the same. The comment implies that wage reductions degrade living standards.
The speaker challenges the boards claim that readjustment will not favor any class. He warns workers may face lowered living standards and asks whether the same rules apply to employers. He labels the theory unsound and impractical.
Postmaster-General Burleson is urged to negotiate with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers officials representing telephone workers amid a nationwide strike. The statement from the IBEW operators' department warns that refusal to engage with the union could hamper any settlement of grievances.
Corporal Anthony Florentino of the 16th Company United States Marines, long believed dead after a wartime rescue, arrived home to deny reports of his death. His parents Mr and Mrs Charles Florentino of 223 Charlies Street Everett had accepted the loss before his surprise return.
Mrs. Alvin E. Bernson formerly Lucy May Coulsby from Newcastle England married a Salem sailor in England in November and is now missing, believed in New York. Salem reports mystery over her whereabouts as she was due to reach Boston from New York and landed Hoboken Saturday on the S S Plattsburg from England.
A 2 year old bride, married last November in Newcastle on a special license to Quar termaster Bernson, vanished after arriving in New York. Mrs. Bernson reports a false Edith Wakefield telegram from 375 Lexington Avenue, later found to be non existent and neighborhood deemed questionable. Immigration officials provide no clues as the search by the Travellers Aid Society continues.
Lieutenant Frank J. Linehan Jr a Boston signal officer of the 2d Field Signal Battalion 1st Division is reported as the first American officer to pass through Alsace Lorraine He is 25 son of contractor Frank J Linehan and has two brothers in service Edward wounded at Chemin des Dames Leicheprey and Chateau Thierry now hospitalized Bart a chief yeoman in the navy Linehan was commissioned at Plattsburg served at Cantigny earned his first lieutenant’s on the field and is with the army of occupation in Germany awaiting a captaincy
In Haverhill on March 10 workers from the Shoe Workers Protective Union planned to clash with Boot and Shoe Workers Union members after shifts end. The Perry company closed early at 2 PM to prevent violence as 1500 protesters followed Austin H. Perry toward City Hall. The union leaders announced progress on a plan to recall Mayor Croy, claiming 1500 signatures and needing 100 more.
Private Max Lustig of Company 60th Infantry died at Camp Devens from wounds suffered at the Argonne forest. He had been operated on three times in France, the fourth operation proved fatal. Lustig, 28, had served since August 1917 and been overseas over six months.
A local shop lists a range of new outerwear including capes coats dolmans and wraps priced from 7.50 to 125.00 with leather leatherette and rain proof options. Styles include sport and outing coats leather coats and tweed mixtures for men and women.
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