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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1920
Page
2
Open cars, swan boats and summer attire drew large crowds in Greater Boston yesterday as mild weather spurred outings. Newton and nearby towns reported high attendance with many women driving cars and joyful children on the roads.
Oliver Lovely lies in dangerous condition at St. Albans Hospital with bullet wounds to the neck after an incident at his home near 1 AM. Kate Ives, his housemate, is jailed as a witness. Lovely says he fired shots to scare intruders after waking and finding a wound. Frank Perry alerted a doctor. The pair had been living together about a year and were separating. Lovely planned to travel to Springfield Massachusetts.
Governor John G Townsend Jr loses to six Delaware Republicans named as delegates at the state convention. In Sussex County the caucus elected two representatives as part of the statewide tally for Chicago. Townsend trailed by eight votes short of a majority and chose not to pursue the floor fight.
The Massachusetts Senate voted 24 to 12 to back a bill allowing money lenders to charge 5 percent a month on unsecured loans of 50 dollars or less, raising the current maximum from 3 percent a month by 662 3 percent.
The Massachusetts Senate approved a five percent monthly cap on small loans up to fifty dollars, despite labor protests led by Senator Halliwell. The bill, already passed by the House, faces final readings and potential veto while critics warn of loan sharks exploiting the limit.
Hartford marks Seicheprey Day honoring Connecticut's 1024 Regiment fallen in the Leicheprey fight. Colonel John H. Parker, guest of Governor Holcomb and Mayor Kinsella, urges revival of the First Connecticut Infantry in the National Guard and support for wounded veterans. A monument at Leicheprey and a state Armory observance follow a Hartford Club reception.
At the April 20 session the Supreme Council moved to insert a clause in the Turkish treaty making Batum a free port for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia. It also approved financial articles and reviewed a League of Nations mandate note requesting resources.
A Whist party for the Cathedral table of the diocesan bazaar will be held tonight at St Helena's House Union Park Street. The Cathedral parish committee led by president Mrs Jerome O Neil organizes the event.
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