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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1918
Page
9
The War Labor Board heard the petition for a general wage rise from Bay State Street Railway employees and related groups. Evidence presented by James H. Vahey will be sent to Washington for a final decision.
Charlton Ogburn presided assisted by Arthur Sturgis and Joseph Chieza. Samuel H. Pillsbury appeared for Receiver Dunham. The hearing in Room 39 of the federal building drew a large crowd. Arguments compared Bay State line and Elevated cars noting Bay State work as more arduous due to single tracks signals lights and zone systems. Pillsbury warned wage hikes without fare increases could force the road to quit business and that 150 miles of routes had already been discontinued.
Elizabeth O'Connor alias Elizabeth Norman received one year in the House of Correction after a Narcotic drug laws conviction. Margaret Hamilton and Antonio Zaman faced six month sentences. Hamilton may be placed on probation if treated, Zaman appealed a six month statutory charge.
Lewis Armstrong Young of Provincetown dies in Bordeaux France on October 15 from influenza while serving as machinist's mate first class on the USS Marietta. He was 22, a Worcester Academy and Wentworth alumnus, the son of William H. and Anna M. Young and the elder of two brothers.
A letter from Private Chris D. Murphy in France to John McCarthy details front-line service three times, combat fire and a predicted return by 1919. He notes Monty Brine’s visit, many friends injured, and questions about postwar prohibition affecting hotels. He closes with regards to McCarthy family.
S J Ronen camp president of the Commercial Telegraphers Union filed petitions with the War Labor Board on behalf of members of the International News Service and United Press Associations. The petitions request a hearing on their application for higher wages.
A new serum believed to prevent pneumonia is being used by the U S army medical officers at the Northeastern Department offices. Yesterday many soldiers and women soldier clerks received inoculations in the office force.
The new serum, developed by the Army Medical School in Washington from pneumonia germs, is expected to be used on all men in the service like vaccines for smallpox and typhoid. One inoculation suffices in most cases, though a second may be needed in some instances.
General Pershing secures entry to West Point by mastering grammar rules, a feat highlighted in H. F. Wheeler's The Real Life of General Pershing in next week's Boston Sunday Post.
The Boston Metropolitan Chapter of the American Red Cross reopens its Red Cross Lunch Room at 373 Boylston Street now Arlington Street Church. For its second season, cafeteria service is added with a larger counter, tables, and waitresses from society circles. The decor features French blue and white, a large red cross mural, and uniforms with blue aprons and caps.
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