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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1920
Page
10
Hyde Park citizens staged a large public demonstration calling for removal of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway tracks. They urged the City Council to arrange elevated service with one fare and comparable conditions to other city areas.
About 3000 people from slop employees to Hyde Park American Legion members paraded River Street at dusk led by two bands. In Everett Square Theatre 1500 attended a protest meeting directed by Mayor Peters and City Council with James Moriarty presiding, while over 100 gathered outside for an open air meeting. Senator Frank B. Phinney was the principal speaker.
The American steamer Susquehanna with 450 passengers and 280 crew is ashore near Lusino on the Dalmatian coast close to Pola. All passengers are safe and being transferred to the steamer Argentina.
In a U S District Court habeas hearing, Isaac E Ferguson alternate secretary of the Communist party of America testified that the soviet model is accepted by communists worldwide. He said 3,000 party members exist amid 30,000,000 workers and noted the party favors industrial unions and general strikes. Judge Anderson weighed admissibility of a pamphlet attributed to Karl Redak and suggested government literature may complicate the case.
The Tenants' League of the Back Bay unanimously approves a plan to blacklist property owners charging excessive rents and publish the list in newspapers. Representative Martin Hays of Brighton urges a 10 percent profit cap and notes legislative action is needed to force rent profiteers to terms. He calls for tenants to withhold payment if raises are intolerable.
Miss Marie M. Raftery and Miss Helen Cavanaugh of Roxbury host a dancing party at Catholic Union Hall Washington and Worcester streets tonight to raise funds for a Sagamore church on Cape Cod Bay, the Roxbury summer colony.
Early returns from Nebraska presidential primaries show Hiram Johnson leading Leonard Wood with Johnson expanding his margin as counts trickle in from Douglas County and statewide totals. Hitchcock appears set to win delegates over Bryan as Bryan’s ticket trails.
With polls closing at eight, lengthy tabulation followed a long ballot. Republicans named Pershing Wood and Johnson. Democrats picked Ross and Hitchcock. Women voted for the first time for presidential preferences and rural turnout was expected to be light due to snowbound roads. Early returns from Hall county show Johnson and Hitchcock leading, with Ross weak on the Democratic side.
Incomplete returns from Georgia's Democratic presidential preference primary show Attorney General Palmer with a slight lead over Senator Hoke Smith and Thomas E. Watson. Palmer leads in several counties, while early Atlanta results favor Watson in Fulton County by 209 votes.
A powerful storm system ripped through eastern Mississippi northwestern Alabama and southern Tennessee today sweeping dozens of towns and farms. The death toll from a series of tornadoes climbed to 26 in western Arkansas with more than 100 hurt.
Fragmentary reports describe a tornado sweeping down with deadly suddenness across several districts, with communication difficulties delaying full details. Strong entities include the districts and the tornado event. exact locations and casualties are not yet confirmed.
A powerful tornado path devastated Lauderdale County Mississippi and parts of Alabama and Tennessee. Meridian and Glen Arkansas? No, Mississippi towns faced heavy fatalities with dozens dead and many injured. The storm carved a wide 100 to 600 yard swath, destroying homes, farms, and lumber camps as it moved from Lauderdale to Williamson and Maury counties.
Cummings speaks at the Democratic Convention addressing the peace treaty and the League of Nations and outlining preferred methods.
Republican control of foreign relations was attacked as corrupt in Michigan, while Democrats credited Wilson and his League for leadership. The San Francisco convention planned to include women on the national executive committee with Mr. Cummings named to draft a program for enfranchised women. Officers were chosen and plans finalized, with discussions on venue and arrangements continuing into June in San Francisco.
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