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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1920
Page
13
April 7 report from J J Mantell of the General Managers Association notes substantial improvement in the strike by ferry, tug and steam lighter crews on railroad equipment. Ferries run on nearly normal schedules, with more tugs and lighters in service. Printed tricolette increases in favor.
Reno Nevada April 7 The Nevada attorney general will file a suit to set aside the divorce decree granted to Mary Pickford now Mrs Douglas Fairbanks. Deputy attorney general Robert Richards says collusion and conspiracy were used and the court lacked jurisdiction due to insufficient residence of the other party. Attorney General Fowler will file the suit mid next week.
Fire Commissioner John R. Murphy plans a motorized fire unit at Oak Square Brighton to replace Ladder Company 31. Engine 51 will have a triple combination pumping engine and hose car and will eliminate horses. Installation is set before May 1, with Ladder Company 31 moving to Chestnut Hill Avenue Brighton as Ladder Company 11.
The Senate opened the universal military training battle with a probable rejection on the final vote. Leaders cited 40 Democrats and 18 Republicans opposing the plan as a shift toward voluntary training and a postponement of the program from 1921 to 1922. Senator Wadsworth argued for a larger regular army and warned of high costs, while supporters urged adoption amid sharp debate.
Bayer insists on the name Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in a Bayer package with proper directions for headache and other conditions. The genuine aspirin is a Bayer trademark and has been prescribed by physicians for nineteen years. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets cost a few cents.
During the war era debate senators denounced sending untrained Americans to combat. Wadsworth called it an indictment against America and Pomerene cited officer negligence as a cause. Smith warned universal training would alarm the world and McKellar pushed to remove training provisions after the bill’s initial reading.
Paris reports the death of Lieutenant Clifford A. Blanton of Chattanooga Tennessee and George W. Winfield of Highland Falls New York while serving with the American Red Cross Commission in Narva Esthonia. Blanton died of pneumonia and Winfield of spotted typhus after six months of epidemic relief work.
Washington April 7 Bid results from the Navy Department show bituminous coal prices rising up to 1.42 per ton above the government maximum set to April 1. Bids covered less than one fifth of the 2,300,000 tons sought for delivery through March 31 next year. Navy action on bids deferred under Lever Act authority.
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