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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1919
Page
13
King Alexander expressed gratitude for American Red Cross aid to Greece in a message to New York officials. He praised relief efforts against typhus and for feeding and clothing thousands of refugees who fled Bulgaria and Turkey into Macedonia, calling it a lasting service.
State Treasurer Burrill announced that women field clerks who served in the army during the war will receive a 100 bonus under a bonus law. Attorney General Wyman finds they were regularly in the army service, with Major Moore confirming induction and service equal to male clerks. General Edwards ensured records. many served overseas or were decorated. others aided at cantonments and headquarters.
From the isolated republic of Andorra two men land in New York aboard the Cataluna from Barcelona. They praise their country’s lack of politics strife and newspapers, noting illiteracy among many yet intelligence overall. They plan to visit Harvard, Massachusetts to see the former single tax colony.
The article notes Andorra pays 400 dollars yearly to maintain independence, split between France and Spain. It cites its free history from Charlemagne, a 6000 person population, 175 mile area, and a president paid 16 dollars while 24 parliament members get 5 dollars each. Fisk Warren and Joseph Alemany, trustees of Sant Jord, travel to Fairhope Alabama for the town anniversary.
German workers delegates at the International Labor Conference in Washington expect to sail to the United States once travel issues are resolved. They welcome Germany’s equal rights and obligations at the conference and aim to cooperate for workers’ interests. Signed by the General Federation of German Trade Unions the Confederation of Christian Trade Unions and the Federation of German Trade Unions.
F Matania offers The Armistice in color for theBoston Sunday Post pictorial section. The artwork will be reproduced in the next issue with full original coloring.
A Boston Public Library relic guards the original paroles of honor signed by 185 officers of General Burgoyne and officers of General Riedesel after the Saratoga surrender on October 11 1777. The piece, once owned by J Wingate Thornton, came to the library through a Boston Sanitary Fair gift in 1865. The 1777 year marks Lafayette’s escape to aid Washington and the British expedition aimed to sever New England, highlighting a pivotal Revolutionary moment preserved for public view.
A historical reflection notes Benedict Arnold’s gallant service at Saratoga and Burgoyne’s surrender, lamenting how treason tarnished a once honored name and the contrasting fates of renown and infamy.
The Japanese government approved an eight year naval programme totaling 824 million dollars. The plan calls for four 40 000 ton battleships four battle cruisers two light cruisers eight destroyers seventy submarines and eighty other craft as reported to The Shimbun.
Cooperative farm organizations led by the National Board of Farm Organisations ask the US Sugar Equalization Board for enough sugar to keep plants running. C. A. Lyman reports many groups could suspend activities this week without relief.
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