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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1918
Page
5
The company increases floor area as peers do, intensifying selling methods to raise business in the same space. By trimming overhead and selling costs while granting salary increases, it can offer better values to customers.
Boston school pupils show weak letter writing skills per a Department of Educational Investigation bulletin. Miss Harriet M. Barthelmess’s tests reveal Grade VIII meet standard in 60.6 percent while Grade VI reach 39.2 percent. Errors include heading salutations and close, sentence structure, and grammar with confusion over shall and will and subject predicate agreement.
Philadelphia reports that A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property custodian, warned that German industrialism endangers world peace as much as military rule. He described taking over and Americanizing enemy property and said German business in the U S will be forever lost to them.
Donat Lalonde of Hull testifies that Fruit-a-tives cured his indigestion and constipation after other treatments failed. The ad promotes 50c boxes, 6 for $2.50, and a 25c trial size, available from dealers or Fruit-A-Tives Limited in Ogdensburg, New York.
Senator Martin of Virginia said Congress will press executive departments to curtail war expenditures immediately after Germany signs an armistice. He also called for the War Department to halt calling men into military service as soon as the war ends.
Senator Martin cites 57 billion dollars in war appropriations over the last two years and says he will push for curbing expenses after the armistice. He notes Democratic leaders admit extravagance but justify it to keep troops adequately supplied. He opposes universal military training and proposes cutting Washington clerks and halting construction to reduce costs.
Senator Martin said Housing Commissioner Hidlits informed him the plan is to tail the construction tied to war activities. The remark suggests a policy shift affecting ongoing housing projects linked to wartime needs.
An appeal from the consolidated Russian provisional government at Omsk requests immediate aid from allied and American governments to overthrow Bolshevik rule and restore order in Russia. Delivered to Secretary Lansing by Boris Bakhtemetoff, the Russian ambassador, the message argues Bolshevik terror is enabled by German influence and warns that help will be useless if delayed.
The provisional government appeals for urgent help from the allies and the United States, warning that every hour of delay threatens innumerable calamities. The appeal is signed by Nicholas Avksentieff, president, and Peter Volo godsky, premier.
Albert A. Robinson a famed railroad man and former Santa Fe vice president died at his Peoria home at age 14 He was noted as president of a local organization and remembered for his industry and leadership results reflect a sudden loss in the community
In Yonkers New York the board of foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church approved a 5 000 000 appropriation for postwar reconstruction. Bishop W F Anderson of Cincinnati and Dr BE Tipple head overseas supervision of the European effort.
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