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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1917
Page
9
Superintendent Franklin B. Dyer reported at the school committee meeting that the city's teachers are paid below the national average, with notable gender pay disparity between men and women teachers.
Superintendent Dyer gathered data from 27 large American cities showing Boston ranks 14th in maximum high school teacher salaries and 18th in annual increases. Boston stands 7th for headmasters and 12th for minimum elementary teacher pay, with kindergarten salaries mid-pack. A $300,000 cost is estimated to implement an improved salary schedule, plus $50,000 to raise janitors' pay.
Frank Murphy of Lynn earned a spot in the second war effort after overcoming age and poor health. ASpan veteran, age 43, he was initially rejected as unfit, then spent four weeks in Maine training and living in the woods before medical officers deemed him hard as nails and fit for service. He was assigned to headquarters troops at Camp Devens.
Washington November 8 Thousands of tons of coal held by robbers and wholesalers were released for emergency distribution as dealers may take a small profit on coal contracted at pre price fixing levels by the fuel administration initiative to ease shortages.
A new ruling allows jobbers to sell coal at a 15 percent margin above contract cost to buyers designated by State fuel administrators. Administrators will assign coal to communities most in need, with local committees under the fuel administration given broad discretion to manage distribution.
An order directs retailers to charge margins not exceeding 1915 levels and never above July this year. Local committees may lower margins where nine shows they are unreasonable. Officials predict the measure will lower coal prices in many areas.
The Cambridge Central Library employees who petitioned the library board for a hearing did not attend the meeting called for their grievances. The board adjourned to Thursday for another chance to hear from the employees or charge insubordination if they fail to appear.
In Boston Ford Hall address Rev Newell Dwight Hillis urges action as Germany advances toward Venice and US enters northern Italy. He calls for massive mobilization urging 6,000,000 women in factories and young men to sacrifice, warning Civilization could collapse if Germany wins.
An unidentified speaker voices skepticism about American ignorance and urges learning Germanys tactics and war methods to understand and support wartime victories. The remark frames a call to informed public opinion.
Federal Reserve officials reported conversion requests from several hundred banks but few individuals on opening day for turning 3 1 2 percent Liberty bonds into 4 percent bonds. Conversion before December 15 avoids government interest payments. after that date payments will be required. Those with interim certificates may convert without waiting for new bonds.
The New Haven railroad will start a program for accepting and forwarding less than carload freight to conserve equipment and reduce car and train movements. A shipping day guide will be issued before Monday, showing when freight is accepted and forwarded from each station, with embargoes possible and cars closed at advertised times regardless of quantity.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's car struck John Murphy a Western Union lineman at Park Avenue and Thirty-eighth Street. The car stopped, Roosevelt checked the injured man and had him taken to Roosevelt Hospital. Doctors said injuries were superficial.
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