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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1919
Page
4
The United States Grain Corporation reports July 1 to Sept 19 exports of 5,597,000 bushels of wheat and 38,701,000 barrels of flour. The July August Department of Commerce figures show these totals, compared with 82,353,000 bushels and 4,479,000 barrels in the same period last year.
In Indianapolis on September 30 representatives from Michigan Ohio Missouri Iowa Nebraska Indiana and the Indiana state farm bureau federations called for a 10 hour working day for all productive industries to allow farm labor parity with other labor. They argued shorter hours reduce production and raise the cost of living.
The Essex county grand jury issued a signed statement condemning both the Boston and Maine railroad and the Public Service Commission for neglecting duty on railroad crossings that caused six accidents and five deaths on the Newburyport turnpike in Peabody. The document urges accountability and safety improvements.
Two hearings were held at 101 Milk Street as Charlestown delegates led by Representative James J. Mellen urged a five cent fare for residents during morning and evening rush hours.
The Boston Elevated plans two five cent trolley lines from South Boston to South Station while Charlestown riders seek lower fares. Everett delegates led by General E Leroy Sweetser and others petition for a roof at the Everett station to shield passengers in winter. Trustees will rule after review as weekend receipts reach 105000, the highest since trustees took over.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen will not reconvene for at least two weeks. President W G Lee said Director General Hines has received wage board recommendations and the special committee will be called to Washington for a conference within two weeks to obtain needed details on pay and rules.
The schedule lists a 10 a m Edison rate hearing by the Gas and Electric Light Commission, the Brockton Fair’s second day, graduation exercises for nurses at 661 Massachusetts Avenue, a Water town historical pageant at 10:30, a 2 p m Woman's Italian Club meeting at Huntington Chambers, a 2:30 p m talk on Ancestor Hunting in England by J Gardner Bartlett for the New England Historical Genealogical Society, a 7 p m Roxbury Presbyterian Church reception for members, an 8 p m Knights of St Finbar reunion and ball at Roughan Hall Charlestown, and an 8 p m Drug Clerks' Association meeting at Quincy House.
New Haven reports the death in Havre France of Dr Newell Sill Jenkins an American dentist of note He practised forty years in Germany and five in France and invented the porcelain method of filling teeth Jenkins born on Cape Cod Massachusetts aged seventy eight He was reputed to be the first American educated dentist to practice abroad
About 20 employees of the Hamlet Textile Company walked out today as labor unrest disrupted factory operations in Pawtucket Rhode Island. No further details were provided on demands or duration of the strike.
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