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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1920
Page
2
Poland prepares to send delegates to a peace conference with the Bolsheviks in Borisov on April 17. Foreign Minister Patek expects a clear yes or no from the Soviets, and says Poland will continue a defensive war if attacked while hoping for concessions to start talks next Saturday.
Miss Mary Donovan of Brookline was struck by a car at Boylston street and Norfolk road after alighting from an outbound street car. E. F. Hovey Jr. of Brookline, the driver, took her to Peter Bent Brigham Hospital where doctors treated a fractured leg.
The Watch and Ward Society announced its annual report at Trinity Church, asserting Boston has no open gambling houses or Red Light district and hailing a citywide standard of morals unmatched by any other municipality. Rev. Frederick B. Allen, the society president, summarized the findings.
Boston journalists report former Commissioner O Meara and Commissioner Curtis praising police aid in fighting illegal drugs. The Watch and Ward Society says it secured 424 prosecutions in 1919 20, including 102 in Boston and 292 elsewhere in Massachusetts, with 30 outside the state. Fines totaled $65 and jail terms reached 47 months and a day. Dr. Clifford Gray Twombly delivered the meeting address at St James Church in Lancaster Pennsylvania, noting concerns over prohibitory amendments and related issues.
A mass meeting of colored men and women at Fanueil Hall protested discrimination against soldiers of Massachusetts who served overseas. Speakers said colored troops face relegation to a scavenger labor unit in the reorganized National Guard and blamed Governor Coolidge for the situation.
Boston musical students praise Olga Michels a Chilean immigrant as a beauti ful member of the school community. She did Red Cross work during the war and knitted extensively for servicemen. After completing her course she plans to go to Montclair.
Delegates at the Republican national convention opening June 8 in Chicago will have in-seat conference via telephones connecting all State district and territorial delegations. C R Halt Coliseum superintendent organized the installation to reduce floor conference confusion.
A mass meeting led by Rev Antonio Castellano at St John’s Hall on Moon Street raised about 16000 toward Italy’s 25 009 000 loan. Parishioners added 5000 more after the event. Speakers included James P. Williams and several priests from local Italian churches.
A young New York artist, Miss Eleanor Bedell, stays at the Hotel Lenox for a few days to plan ecclesiastical decorations for a leading suburban Anglican church. She trained in New York art schools and maintains a studio at 45 Christopher Street, using a fire escape entrance.
The Shipping Board steamship Lake Calvenia bound from New York to Norfolk was rammed by the steamship H. H. Rogers in Hampton Roads and sank within five minutes. The entire crew was rescued by the coast guard cutter Manning.
New York dispatch reports War Department and Polish government finalized plans to receive 12000 repatriated Polish soldiers. The first shipment of about 1200 aboard the Antigone is due to arrive soon, with the remainder arriving over the next month.
Reverend J M Tibbetts told a Pittsburg audience at the Boston Y M C A that Mormonism is a national menace to Protestant unity and democracy. He alleged dishonest founders and a powerful church influence, accusing polygamy, forced ceremonies, and trafficking of women into Mormon slavery as ongoing dangers.
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