Answers to Inquiries column for Boston Post stock questions
The Boston Post announces a weekly financial Q and A titled Answers to Inquiries. It states inquiries about listed and unlisted New England stocks and bonds will be answered impartially from available data. No market forecasts or endorsements are provided and full name and address are required for responses.
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Short selling explained and price stabilization questions
The text explains short selling by contract with a broker who borrows shares to deliver to the buyer. The short seller must later buy the shares to close the loan, profiting if prices drop and losing if they rise. Theories claim it stabilizes markets by tempering rapid gains and declines, but authorities warn it can worsen weak markets.
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Worcester
German Led U. S. Anthem at Roxbury Club Meeting
Albert Dietrich a former German lieutenant living as an alien enemy in the city rose at a Roxbury Arbeiter Club gathering and asked the band to play The Star Spangled Banner. The request was granted and Dietrich directed the singing of the anthem.
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Arbeiter Club
Arbeiter Hall
Roxbury
Dietrich
Test men for microphones in navy end to wear harvard tests
Enlisted sailors will soon undergo psychological tests at Harvard laboratories to determine their fitness to monitor microphones on warships and other craft. The effort aims to ensure reliable operation of sensory equipment used in naval vessels.
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Navy
Harvard Laboratories
Harvard Tests Screen Microphone Watchers For Submarine Service
Harvard psychology researchers under Dr. E. H. Burtt and Dr. G. Sarton developed secret tests to pick men best fitted for submarine microphone duty. The tests aim to assess alertness quick thinking and speed, with outcomes potentially added to standard exams for microphone watchers.
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E. H. Burtt
G. Sarton
German Plot to Clog Mail Under Secret Service Probe
New York dispatch reports a German scheme to flood domestic and foreign mail with letters. The plan appears to form chains with one link per letter and may have originated in Boston. Some letters are propaganda while others pose as harmless prayers for peace or for soldiers’ protection.
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Secret Service
Ascilcis
Boston
Pittsburg
Stock Exchange
Market Review and Outlook Signals Prolonged Bear Trend
Liquidation intensified on reports of Italy's defeat and Russia possibly quitting the Allies, pushing prices in rails, industrials, and coppers to new lows for the year. A late rally checked selling briefly, but the fundamental downturn persists with little sign of eradication and ongoing bear-market dynamics since June.
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Germany
Commission
Stock Exchange
Protesting Churches Note Ancient Communion Rite
The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was observed in Methodist churches with a return to a 100 year old ritual. A large crowd attended morning and evening services at Union Congregational Church led by Rev. F. G. Merrill of Amesbury, who spoke on Sonship and The Four Square Man. Rev. Ernest Guthrie, pastor, plans to sail from England soon after returning from France.
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Columbus Avenue
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Amesbury
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Drive Against Learning Charges at South Boston Meeting
James F. Creed led a protest against the anti-aid amendment at St. Augustine's Hall, saying large sums were spent to influence voters. He called anti-aid writers camouflage artists and warned of tax on church property. Over 1500 attended. ten clergy spoke. other speakers included Francis Slattery and Charles O'Connor.
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St. Augustine’s Hall
South Boston
Joseph Coppinger
St. Augustine’s Church
John Toland
Francis Slattery
Charles O'Connor
William H. McDonald
Interdenominational Service Held at Camp Dix Barracks
An interdenominational communion service, believed to be the first in a training camp, was held today in the M. C. A. barracks at Camp Dix in Wrightstown New Jersey during the national army cantonment period.
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Cardinal Speaks After Guarded Reception at Monastery
A cardinal addressed about 150 Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus at Blessed Gabriel Monastery, receiving a jeweled mitre as Major Patrick F. O'Keefe led the gift presentation. He denounced anti Catholic sentiment tied to the Secular Amendment, urging Catholics to stand firm and urging support for the Promoters Guild of Laymen's Retreats.
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Dorchester
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Edward A. Gruber
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Lomasney Claims Cunningham Sanctioned Anti-Aid Amendment Change
Martin Lomasney told 300 Ward 5 Democrats at the Hendricks Club that Henry V. Cunningham the Catholic Federation head in the archdiocese approved replacing the phrase any institution where religious doctrine is taught with any institution where denominational doctrine is inculcated in the Curtis anti-aid amendment. He said Cunningham read the change at home in Manchester and gave the go ahead, after which Lomasney notified Edwin A. Curtis at the Algonquin Club and urged a Yes vote on all three amendments.
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Mr. Cunningham
Manchester
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German General Shot Dead at Riga Trenches
A dispatch reports General von Berrer of the Württemberg armies was shot dead Friday while visiting trenches near Riga. He played a key role in the capture of Russian positions in the area.
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London
Amsterdam
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Anderson Calls for Anti-Aid Amendment in Worcester
Professor Frederick L. Anderson of Boston urged passage of the anti-aid amendment at Pilgrim Congregational Church in Worcester. He argued the measure would prevent taxation to support Protestants or Catholics, aiming to separate church finance from state taxes.
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Worcester
Frederick L. Anderson
Boston
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Clergy Leader Urges Support for Anti-Aid Amendment
Reverend Archey D. Ball of Centre Methodist Church Malden urged backing the anti-aid amendment saying opponents misstate facts, while 275 of 300 convention delegates supported it He cited religious liberty as a motive and urged voters to endorse the amendment Judge Walcott and two convention delegates from his church appeared on the platform with Representative G Louis Richards of Malden
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Centre Methodist Church
Malden
Massachusetts
Robert Walcott
Cambridge District Court
G. Louis Richards
Naval flier killed in 2500 foot fall
Reynders Fe-asbe V. W. Reynders, 22, a student aviator attached to the naval station, fell from a seaplane 2500 feet above Great South Bay this afternoon. He was pitched from his seat when the plane turned over and landed in the water seconds before the craft.
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Asbe
V. W. Reynders
United States Naval Station
Great South Bay
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