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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1918
Page
13
An official Rome despatch reports 33 000 Austrian troops captured by Italian and allied forces on the Piave front. The 332d American Infantry Regiment has entered action and fighting spans nearly the entire Piave River.
Austrians resist stubbornly as Italian Third army continues the push south along the Piave. British Fourteenth Army Corps and a French division defend the Brenta to sea line, with the Thirty-second American Infantry Regiment entering action. Grappa region sees First Italian army and Twelfth army success against Austrian forces.
Allied units push along the Piave and Monticano routes with bridgeheads over the Monticano River and advances toward Conegliano and Odizo. Prisoners total 802 officers and 32,198 men with hundreds of guns captured. in Albania, San Giovanni di Medua falls and Scutari is targeted as more villages are freed. The 332d United States Infantry is noted as Ohio and Pennsylvanian troops.
The Rev. W. M. Gilbert proposes long leases on about 10 Beacon Hill lodging houses with landladies of his choosing. The first floor would be used for social purposes, addressing tenant confinement, with the church subsidizing losses initially. The plan aims to extend the model to all hill lodging houses over time.
American chasing aviators downed twenty one German flyers near Verdun as Allied air forces formed a banner day. Two American airmen were reported missing after the daytime engagements while bombers supported ground operations against enemy troop concentrations.
The Massachusetts State Board of Trade becomes the Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce at a City Club meeting. Delegates statewide attend as the board’s officers retain their posts with Frank W. Whitcher of Boston named president to push broader wartime efforts.
Laurie S. Macdonald, manager and part owner of Thompson Brothers Incorporated of Brockton, was found guilty by a U S district court jury of conspiracy to defraud the United States through a fraudulent stamp on leather for army shoes. Oscar N. Johnson, a foreman at the same firm, was acquitted.
A. Paul Keith, who succeeded his father B. F. Keith as head of the Keith theatrical enterprises, died of pneumonia in New York last night after a few days illness. He was notable for his athletic enthusiasm and served four years as president of the Boston Athletic Association.
Paul Keith born January 8 1875 in Boston rose through the Brimmer school and Harvard to lead the Keith vaudeville interests. He chaired the Boston Athletic Association house committee and served as president from 1914. He helped entertain soldiers in France and planned large college parties and excursions in Boston. He was noted for his energy travel and wide circle of friends.
An advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a mild laxative and substitute for calomel. It claims quick liver influence without harming teeth, arguing headaches and dullness come from constipation and liver trouble. Sold in 10c and 25c boxes by all druggists.
W. Padilla Gray treasurer and tax collector of Stoneham was arrested on larceny charges. He was arraigned last Monday and released on $25,000 bail. The State Bureau of Statistics alleges an $18,000 shortage in his accounts, under investigation for the board of selectmen.
Twenty five thousand volunteers will canvas Boston during November 11 to 18 for the United War Work drive. Boston seeks a 4,000,000 dollar quota with a 50 percent oversubscription totaling 6,750,000 dollars. Governor McCall's message to Massachusetts troops abroad is being delivered by Cass Connoway to huts hotels and war work centers.
A meeting of the Boston industrial and trade committee of the United War Work campaign is held this morning at the Hotel Bellevue. The note expresses congratulations and blessings for success in the American war effort.
Henry Ford, umpire in the dispute between the International Association of Machinists and Wheeling Mouse and Foundry Company, Wheeling West Virginia, has granted the employees a basic eight hour day with time and a half for overtime and double time for Sundays and holidays according to the War Labor Board announcement.
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