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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1920
Page
1
New England railroad men at Worcester vote to return to work after a 50-switchman strike. Boston and Maine men there remain unanimously against a strike while train service to New York remains crippled and operations resume.
Springfield reports that New York agitators failed to sway New Haven employees. A vote showed no union support for a strike and workers remained on the job. Local leaders expect the strike not to spread to New England as officials express confidence in adherence to agreements.
About fifty prisoners, guarded, battled a late afternoon blaze on Deer Island destroying Ward B. The fire threatened all hospital buildings housing city court detainees and caused an estimated loss of 16,000 dollars.
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson took an automobile ride today for the first time in two weeks. They drove along the Potomac speedway and through Rock Creek Park, returning to the White House within an hour.
A Dublin crowd gathered before Mountjoy prison reciting the Rosary for hunger strikers. Father Carolan visited his brother, Councillor Carolan, Sinn Fein member of Belfast Corporation, and Alderman McCabe, both reported in serious condition.
Hundreds gathered before the Dublin prison all day as hunger strikers faced possible death. The lord mayor was refused access due to oaths rules. Justice Clarke resigned after appealing to Lord French for clemency while Dublin Castle stood firm on prison visitation limits.
Washington April 11 AP report says government may pursue legal action over transfer of the Official Bulletin from the committee on public information to Roger W Babson of Wellesley Hills Massachusetts and others. Senator Smoot and Rep Kiess released the joint printing committee report urging proceedings.
The report accuses Babson of obtaining the March 1919 bulletin through secret connivance with Creel and others without government compensation. It urges action to secure just government pay. It cites abuses in army navy and other war service publications used for propaganda supporting the League of Nations liquor interests and officers in charge. It notes advertisements promoting get rich quick oil schemes and political propaganda improper in government publications.
Mrs Regina Arnauld a bride of a few weeks was found dead this morning in her bath tub at 18 Bannister Street New Bedford. She appeared in good health earlier and had breakfast before preparing for a bath. Family forced entry when she did not emerge and found her face down in a three quarter filled tub. Authorities attributed death to drowning from a possible fainting spell after heat or rapid immersion post meal.
Boston residents flocked to 110 baseball diamonds to enjoy the first legal Sunday games hosted under the new law. Despite cold winds and soggy turf, the opening Sunday drew vast crowds as pastime returned to the city. Paderewski to resume duties in Polish Diet after special request.
Fifty switchmen on the night shift at the Boston and Albany quit yesterday in Worcester but after a union meeting agreed to return. The day shift reported for duty, four hours were allowed off for a mass meeting. Boston and Maine workers voted to stay at work while New York New Haven and Hartford waited until tomorrow night.
The entry recalls a 1910 clash where United States troops battled Mexican forces leaving two Americans and 40 Mexicans dead. It notes Chelsea fire of 1908 and the Fort Swemter bombardment. It also mentions the 1861 start of four years of Civil War and a 1860s peace conference summary. Kemal Rey, governor of Diarbekr, hanged at Stamboul.
The forecast covers northern New England cloudy with probable rain Monday and Tuesday with little temperature change. Southern New England should be cloudy with likely rain Monday night and Tuesday, warmer later. A storm moving from New Mexico toward Kansas will bring rains Monday night and Tuesday to the Atlantic States. Winds along the Atlantic coast will be moderate, mainly south and southeast.
Expect fair and warmer conditions today with light rain developing by evening or overnight. Skies remain partially cloudy with temperatures rising into the upper sixties to low seventies across the region.
Average temperature yesterday was 48 degrees with a high near 48 and a low around 42. The report cites Thompson's Spa as the source and notes a single day temperature reading with minor text garbling in the rest of the entry.
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