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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1918
Page
13
Federal railroad managers report to McAdoo and Smith that East Coast freight congestion is no longer a problem. Munitions and food are arriving as fast as ships can carry them, and passenger traffic is up 25 percent.
Mr McAdoo told federal managers the railroads of the West can handle any load as thousands of empty cars await to move crops outward. He urged managers to align efforts personally and technically to prevent delays and ensure transport for soldiers at the front.
A Boston based committee led by Mrs. Louis Ross calls for cash checks cigars tobacco and candy for returning wounded soldiers. Donations to Elmer B. Stewart Y M C A 564 Washington Street Boston will be stored transported and distributed by the association to ensure every dollar aids disabled men. The appeal urges continued care for veterans who return home wounded gassed shell shocked tubercular or insane.
The passage lists stores on Temple Place and Winter Street including shoe, waist, millinery, trunk and bay, knit underwear, hosiery, and stationery. It notes replacement costs and urges meeting normal school needs with savings advantages for early September shoppers.
The Middlesex and Boston Street Railway Company announced it will hire strikebreakers to defeat the striking employees. An afternoon paper carried a help wanted ad drawing many experienced motormen and conductors who accepted work. A few extra cars ran, but strikers showed no hostility. more ads will run, though no cars will operate after dark to avoid trouble.
E H Thompson acting chief of the Bureau of Farm Management testified before the Senate agricultural committee that the average cost of wheat production was 2.25 a bushel. He added most wheat produced costs substantially less and even with a 10 percent cost rise farmers in the Central West should break even at the 2.20 a bushel primary market price set by President Wilson for next year.
Mrs Frances Pinna aged 36 a car cleaner of 26 Albion Street was taken to City Hospital yesterday after slipping between cars at the South Boston yards and crushing her foot while at work.
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