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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1919
Page
6
Two army officers aboard a transport as stowaways will be shipped back to France to face charges on arrival. A cablegram reported their presence and they will transfer to the east bound vessel to sail. Similar action occurred after last November’s armistice with five officers who also stowed away and were sent back to France.
Rio de Janeiro reports France will return to Brazil requisitioned German ships leased after Brazil joined the war. Brazilian coffee growers urge government to include Brazilian coffee in allied relief cargoes to Germany.
George H. McCaffrey of the Boston Board of Health testified at the trial of men charged with an unlawful conspiracy to raise fish prices during wartime. He said he visited Commonwealth Ice and Cold Storage Company and took samples of fish stored for a year or more.
McCaffrey details a telephone talk with John Burns Jr claiming a Bay State Company extension is needed to avoid dumping millions of pounds of cold stored fish. He cites 26 660 pounds of flounder in storage and a shift in demand lifting pressure on supplies.
The Hall line steamship City of Canton arrived at Mystic wharf Boston from Calcutta and Colombo with a record five million dollars of raw rubber packed in tin bales and boxes. Four thousand tons worth five million will go to Akron Ohio for tire manufacture while the rest heads to New York and other goods include tea jute gunnie and skins. Captain John Leary commands the ship on its first Boston call amid fair sailing conditions.
Thousands of women are urged to use Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root for kidney and bladder trouble. The ad notes back pain loss of ambition and nervous irritability tied to kidney disease and offers a sample bottle by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co Bing hamton NY. Medium and large bottles are sold at drug stores.
Obituaries notice multiple small funeral notices for Susan Byan, Frima Mahoney and Grace Miles. Details include last residences and addresses, funeral times, Requiem masses, private services, and auto cortege requests.
The war council weighs Poland questions and possible Baltic landings to avoid tensions at Danzig. The League of Nations commission, led by President Wilson, meets to revise the covenant amid reparations and Rhine frontier disputes, with leaders seeking a unified approach before premiers.
Congress debates licensing and control for aviation with air traffic routes, landing rights, and aircraft inspection to be established. The Aero Club of America plans city air taxis by May in Atlantic City as the Pan American Exposition features flying public service and the Aircraft Association publishes an Air Craft Year Book with global aerial routes.
Marconi announces plan to outfit future commercial aircraft with wireless telephone and telegraph, joining 30 west coast stations and central works at Gaspe. Air and sea networks will enable global telegrams to reach aircraft, with pilots receiving air condition reports for navigation.
The Joint Army and Navy Board on Aeronautic Cognizance issues civilian flight licenses at Building D Sixth Street NW Washington DC. Six to eight hours of instruction are required before solo flights. A British pilot bound for Newfoundland plans to depart from this side of the ocean to use the usual westerly wind for a transatlantic attempt, rather than leaving from Ireland.
Paris dispatch reports Monsignor Alexis Charest bishop of Lille charged German authorities opened his letters to the Cologne archbishop and scolded the French bishop for writing. He denounced German mistreatment of Lille residents including deportation of 7000 and said German churchmen refused to heed victims’ cries for help.
New York dispatch reports three hundred enlisted men and ten officers from Massachusetts General Hospital unit No. 6 at Bordeaux and Boston City Hospital unit No. 7 at Little Tours le Jours returning home. They arrived with 300 wounded veterans of the 26th and scattering divisions after twenty months abroad.
Boston medical units arrive from Europe aboard the S S Antigone and Manchuria. Lieutenant-Colonel Lincoln Davis leads the Massachusetts General group with over 30 000 cases treated. City Hospital officers sail ahead of schedule, while an influenza outbreak delays landings for six members at Ellis Island.
The text lists officers who led Bordeaux in sequence: Colonel F A Washburn of Boston first commanded, then Colonel Warren L Babcock. Colonel Bais came home to take command, followed by Colonel Davis as commanding officer. During part of the service abroad Colonel Davis and Major Fred C Irving served on American and Italian fronts, while Major Beth Vincent and Lieutenant D S Clark fought on French and American fronts.
Halifax dispatch says the Melrose of 2391 tons, en route from St Nazaire to New York, sent wireless calls for help on March 9. A received message claimed loss of rudder and gave position 33:35, 60:60, far south and east of Bermuda indicating possible drift.
Advert says Sloan's Liniment relieves rheumatic aches sore muscles joint stiffness and nerve pain for men and women with quick soothing effect. Sold by druggists in 30c 60c and 1.20 sizes.
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