Newspapers protest second class rates under war tax
Newspaper publishers from New York Tennessee and Alabama urged changes to the July 1 wartime second class mail rates. They attacked the zone system as discriminatory and costly and called for a temporary suspension or a flat zone plan to protect circulations and avoid harming newspaper revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McAneney
New York Times
Major E. B. Stapleman
Nashville, Tenn., Banner
Frank P. Glass
Birmingham
Ala.) News
Publishers’ Association
Glass
New York
McAneney
Watson
Indiana
McAneny
Congress
Stapleman
Stephen Farrelly
American News Company
Jesse H. Neal
Associated Business Papers
Publishers’ Advisory Board of
Bankhead
Alabama
Post Office Department
How to Make the Italian Flag
A letter to the editor explains making the Italian flag at home for cost reasons. Pasquale Galassi notes the flag’s rectangular shape two thirds length, emerald green white and red vertical bands, and a centered shield with a white cross on red, edged by a dark blue margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Henry B. Endicott
Massachusetts Committee On Public Safety
Pasquale Galassi
Mass
Bureau of Immigration
Liberty Loan Drive Urges Strong Support for Soldiers
Motivational call to rally resources for the Liberty Loan to aid servicemen in France. Encourages nationwide participation in the home front drive to back the troops with increased financial backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Weighing of Boston Babies Begins Today
Boston opens a month long baby weighing and health check program in public buildings across the city. Volunteers trained by experts will weigh and measure children under five and provide health cards and guidance to mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Uncle Sam
Ethe
Victor Heath
Boston Committee On Public Safety
Boston Equal Suffrage Association
Endicott Rules On Bakery Dispute In Boston Area
Executive Manager Henry B. Endicott of the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety issued a decision after extensive hearings. He recommends a new collective agreement between Local 43 Bakery and Confectionery Workers and the Association of Jewish Baking Industries of Boston and vicinity, favors employment of only union workers, and supports the continuation of the eight hour day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Endicott
Massachusetts Committee
Public Safety
Local 43
Bakery and Confectionery Workers’ Union
Association of Jewish Baking Industries of
Boston and Vicinity
Mr. Endicott
Stenographers Sought for Superior Court Exam
A competitive examination for stenographers in the Superior Court will be held Saturday May 11 at 10 oclock in Suffolk county court house fourth jury session. Vacancies exist statewide. Applicants may obtain blanks from Charles F Dolan in the judge's lobby at Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk County Court House
Charles F. Dolan
Boston
Bond Drive Urges Support for Brave Soldiers
Public appeal calls for purchasing bonds to aid soldiers fighting the Hun, emphasizing sacrifice and duty to country and sacred laws during wartime.
Father John’s Medicine Proclaimed Superior Nourishment
The document claims Father John’s Medicine delivers high food value with rapid uptake. It compares calories in a teaspoon to steak milk cod oysters and asserts five to seven and a half times greater nourishment. It stresses sixty years of use as a tonic and guarantees no alcohol or habit forming drugs. Begin taking it today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father John
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