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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
6
War savings stamps promotion urges continuing sacrifice with a patriotic message. An illustrated advertisement touts small items and prices including a photograph case and a trench cigarette case, highlighting secure protection and durability for wartime needs.
Governor McCall told the Legislature Massachusetts has not begun uniform service flags and urged action. He attached a plan by Herbert H. Boynton deputy secretary of the Commonwealth for consideration and implementation.
Lynn’s 700 shoe cutters who walked out Monday will resume work today with wages up about 2 percent after a settlement mediated by a 10 member committee. The strikers’ grievance was wage disparity with exterior cuttings, now roughly equalized.
American aviators shot down three German aircraft in France and were later decorated with the French war cross for their valor. The report notes the pilots earned the Croix de Guerre for their actions in combat.
Captain Kenneth Maer of California engaged a German biplane north of Pont-a-Mousson. He maneuvered between sun and foe, delivered attack, and forced the German plane to dive and crash. Two lieutenants later fought four enemy planes but both aircraft guns jammed and they withdrew. War Cross recipients include Sergeant David Peterson, Captain Norman Hall, Lieutenant Charles Chapman (missing), Lieutenant Edward V. Rickenbacker, and Lieutenant James Meissner. Major Robert B. Paddock, wounded while repairing wires under shellfire, was recommended for the War Cross. Sergeants W. B. Connell and H. R. Webb also honored for bravery. Weather clear with heavy air activity. French claim a German plane shot down in flames.
Elaborate plans for the 12th annual field day were revealed by the Knights of St Finbar Corkmens Association in Hibernian Hall. Memorial Day sees the gathering at Russell Field North Cambridge with New England athletes on show and events open to army and navy. A Gaelic football match between Cork and Galway is a highlight of the program.
A fragmented list shows bonds and securities across regions including North Pacific, United Kingdom, U S Realty, Union Pac, and steel firms. The snippet notes ratings like 5s and 4s, prices around 80 to 99, and mentions several issuers such as American Telephone, Pacific, and UK government bonds.
Harris, Forbes & Co distribute a circular detailing 10 public utilities earnings over ten years. The 1917 aggregate gross earnings rose steadily, and net earnings for the year exceeded 234 times aggregate bond interest charges. Useful for investors in utility securities.
Professor Arthur Michael of Harvard faculty was slightly injured when his auto collided with a car driven by Charles A. Brown of Auburndale at Fuller and Chestnut streets in Newton. Michael was pinned under his vehicle before rescue.
Governor substitutes Charles F. Dutch for William E. Ripley on the Minimum Wage Commission after Executive Council rejection, noting Dutch's prior roles as Winchester town counsel and a constitutional convention member.
New York May 15. Testimony before the State Attorney General's probe into hidden munitions reveals that plans were made in 1914 to incite a German revolt in the United States should the nation enter the European war. The Muck reference is not to Karl Muck, the former Boston Symphony conductor.
Ivan Norodny testified at a New York dinner in fall 1914 that Baron von Gersdorff and Captain Hans Tauscher proposed arming revolutionaries in Russia with German aid and a separate peace. Norodny rejected the plan, fearing German interference. investigators faced denials from Gustav Lussing as they pursued ownerships of rifles and ammunition in New York.
Miss Melinda Scott and William Short of the AFL addressed a Cardiff gathering arranged by the Dockers Union. Prominent shipowners attended as Viscount Furness entertained delegates at dinner. Short said 90 percent of British workers would not accept peace on Germany's terms, while Americans would rather die than live as German slaves.
Headlines note no renewed German offensives in Flanders or Picardy as both sides keep to patrol duties. The writer reports infantry actions remain limited to minor engagements across fronts and theaters of the war.
French counter attacks drive Germans from shell holes along Hill 44 north of Kemmel and push lines forward in the Amiens area south of Haines. Prisoners are taken as heavy German casualties mount. British infantry endure German artillery bombardment while Haig’s and French lines hold across the front.
General Pershing likely to command French and British troops as American units brace for brigading with allies on the western front, with the process moving forward.
The United States and its co-belligerents pursue unity of command. American brigades would be turned over to General Pershing, increasing frontline presence, boosting morale, and embedding fresh troops with seasoned veterans to hasten a fully trained fighting force in France.
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