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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1919
Page
4
Secretary Glass approved regulations for converting soldiers and sailors wartime life insurance to standard government policies. Issuance will begin soon and the program could make the war risk bureau the largest life insurance agency in the world.
An old time promotional blurb touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe alternative to calomel. It claims the vegetable compound improves color in the cheeks and relieves constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels with no dangerous after effects.
Government announces new convertable life policies for war time insurance holders. Options include ordinary life and endowment with 2 and 30 pay plans. Premiums are lower than private companies and policies offer cash loans, paid up insurance, disability income, and tax exemptions. Monthly premiums may be paid in various intervals. Officials urge rapid conversion while maintaining coverage and dividends. an AG opinion discusses estate payout possibilities.
The final hurdle blocking the rollout of the new policies has been moved aside, clearing the path to issuance. Authorities indicate remaining procedural steps remain, but the timeline for implementation is advancing.
Governor Coolidge backs the Adjutant-General Jesse F Stevens in urging all discharged service members to seek clerical aid and records. The office offers affidavits of discharge, service records, information on allotments, employment, state aid, Liberty bonds, locating men in camps, and free legal advice. Contact Room 206 for assistance with cantonments, navy yards, posts, and Red Cross coordination.
James T. Cole of the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind asserts that any blind person with health can be employed. He cites over a hundred blind men and women employed in Cambridge rug mop and basket shops as proof, noting training demands and difficulty securing patient sighted coworkers.
Colonel Reinhardt, Prussian war minister, in Berlin on March 17, assailed Adolf Hoffmann, education minister, for denouncing former Emperor William as a deserter and questioned the cowardice claim amid ongoing disputes. The session highlighted tensions between the military and civilian leadership.
Reinhardt defends government troops during Berlin rioting and justifies Gustave Noske s summary execution order as necessary. He rebuts Independents and Communists claiming peaceful aims, questioning how rebels gained large weapons and how anvils reach the insurrection.
In a fiery exchange Paul Hirsch warns that the insurgent Sparcans threaten a clash in which the government will respond with force if necessary. He cites government orders for surrender of weapons and reports soldiers losing officers and men while insurgents allegedly torture captives.
In Madrid despatches report that U-39 at Cartagena Spain and the remaining U-boat at Ferrol were seized by French tugboats. U-48 was sunk by a Spanish destroyer while trying to flee Ferrol and its crew were saved. U-39 had been active in the Helene canal May to 1915 and was linked to Lusitania incidents.
Paris reports the government is considering dispatching a French mission to Vienna to manage French economic interests in German Austria, aiming to protect and advance economic ties amid postwar restructuring.
Isador Phillips advertising manager for the Jewish Advocate and a longtime Boston Jewish community figure died yesterday morning at his Brookline home, 26 Fuller Street. He was in his 63rd year.
In East Canbridge Superior Court Judge White presided as a jury upheld the will of Bridget R. Dwyer of Malden. Contestants, a nephew and his children, alleged undue influence by Elizabeth M. Tully the sole beneficiary and nonrelative. Walter L. Collins sought for the will with Thomas P. Riley representing the contestants.
Washington March 1 General Pershing Post No 1 was formed as the District of Columbia branch of a proposed world war veterans organization. Colonel E K Lester Jones, commander, announced delegates would be appointed March 24 for terms with delegates from the states and overseas to consider a national plan. General Pershing was advised of the plan by cable.
Advert indicates success with Fruit-a-tives Liver Tablets and Sootha Salva for severe Weeping Eczema. User G. W. Hall reports relief after trying both remedies, stating years of suffering ended after using several boxes. Sold by dealers at 50 cents per box, six for $2.50, or by Fruit-a-tives Limited of Ogdensburg New York. Trial size priced at 25 cents.
A compromise settlement ends a four month carpenters strike in New York between the Building Trades Employers Association and its workers. Umpire P Henry Dugro announced the agreement fixing daily wages at 5.50 for shop work and 6.00 for outside work through July 1, with 5.75 inside and 6.25 outside after that, expiring January 1, 1920.
Washington March 18 Completed reports from revenue collectors on tax receipts from the first instalment payment of income taxes Saturday began to reach the internal revenue bureau today. Commissioner Roper announced he hoped to have a thoroughly accurate estimate of receipts from the entire country by Friday.
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