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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1918
Page
5
The War Department ordered stopping the acceptance of applicants for central officers training camps and suspending new classes. About 100,000 men are currently in training, with November classes being dropped and a monthly class system in place.
Thousands suffer stomach upset due to clogged liver and bowels. Dr Edwards Olive Tablets soothe the liver and restore natural function to relieve indigestion. One or two at bedtime speeds relief. price 25 or 35 cents per box, available at all druggists.
Secretary Baker stated that continuation of student officer training at colleges is under review with the aim to return colleges to regular activities with minimal disruption. No definite decision on future army divisions or possible service in Europe was given, while steps to complete organization have been curtailed.
In Haverhill on November 12 mayoral primary results show Leslie K. Morse finishing third as Albert L. Bartlett and Charles H. Croy advance. Frederick H. Magison places fourth. Aldermen Georges Hitchins Ernest Manning R Hilary Davis and Charles M Hoyt win alderman nominations. Ransom C Pingree and Herman C Lewis are re nominated to the school board with no opposition.
Santiago newspapers hail the German armistice as a triumph of liberty and humanity. A city parade with military bands was held in honor of the Allies. The capital will remain decorated for a week.
The Boston Post announces higher retail prices due to doubled newsprint costs and other production increases. It notes newspapers in Boston and New England face the pinch and pledges lower wholesale prices than rivals while increasing margins. The paper seeks reader cooperation, citing its large circulation of over 572,881 in October 1918 and the need to sustain influence.
Washington November 12 under a joint plan by the Labor War and Navy Departments and the War Industries Board demobilization of returning soldiers will be based on each trade or occupation's ability to absorb them. The plan will be submitted to President Wilson in a few days.
The War Industries Board will survey employers across industries to determine job readiness for discharged soldiers and sailors, with data from draft and labor boards aiding plans. Officials anticipate rapid private construction and manufacturing revival and seek stable labor conditions during demobilization.
Allied troops in France receive armistice instructions set for 11 a.m. Paris time on November 11 1918. Orders prohibit any contact with the enemy before or after hostilities cease and require front line sketches and continuous vigilance. Commanders must ensure discipline and readiness for further operations throughout the corps.
News from Newport Rhode Island dated November 12 reports end of wartime port restrictions. Fall River line steamers resume nightly sailings to New York after dark port closures. all shipping may pass submarine nets. At the naval training station 50 civilian mechanics working on munitions were released with more set to go tomorrow.
About 20 000 men of the 12th Division conducted a six mile silent practice march at Camp Devens on November 12. They moved in five units with orders to avoid talking and smoking and to proceed as if under enemy observation.
Sergeant Harry Francy of 40 Holland Street Somerville, an American citizen born to Belgian parents, asked to wear the Belgian cross of war. He served from 1914 to 1916 in the machine gun company of the Second Belgian Regiment, was discharged for shell shock, then drafted again and currently holds sergeant chevrons. Permission to wear the decoration was granted.
Daniel Bloomfield a recruit in the 36th Company of 84 Mellen Street Cambridge rises to first lieutenant and joins the chief of staff in Washington. Howard Farmer of the Remount Depot with two decades in service becomes captain in the Quartermaster Corps. Camp orders list 276 enlisted men sent to Central Officers' Training Camp at Camp Grant Illinois. Wallace Arthur Maciejowski known as Majeska is named second lieutenant to command the 74th Infantry Band. Private Joseph O Donnell of the 74th Infantry Machine Gun Company dies of pneumonia. his sister Hannah Leahy of South Boston is listed as nearest relative.
Charles D. Mitchell presents a humorous look at life after war in the Boston Post Sunday Magazine. The cartoon imagines future society and everyday scenes following conflict with witty observations.
Lord Northcliffe resigns as director of propaganda in enemy countries and quits the ministry of propaganda. He is noted as Britain’s leading newspaper publisher and also chairs the London headquarters of the British Mission to the United States.
A deHavilland plane with a Liberty engine flew non stop from Dayton to Washington covering about 430 miles in three hours and 50 minutes. Pilot was H M Reinhart, civilian aviator with the engineering department of aircraft production, with Major Davis of the Air Service aboard.
Charles E Dennett, Malden Exemption Board No 2 chairman and former postmaster, rode the Victory parade route with Judge Bruce of Exemption Board No 1. He is 81, highly esteemed, and calls for magnanimity toward Germans after victory.
Washington reports that all lighting restrictions are lifted until midnight November 18 by Garfield administration to permit full illumination for the United War Work Campaign, except where current is generated by domestic sizes of anthracite.
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