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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1920
Page
7
The House rules committee yesterday reported against adopting Representative Niland of East Boston's request to seize all sugar coal and flour in the United States and sell them at 3 percent of current market quotations.
The street railways committee reported a resolve for an investigation into extending the subway from Park or Boylston to Postoffice Square in Boston. The study’s results and legislative recommendations will be submitted to the next General Court.
United States Marshal Patrick J. Duane released an open letter to voters in the 13th district explaining his abstention from seeking delegate support for the Democratic national convention in San Francisco. He notes his 36 years as a militant working Democrat and cites his recent appointment as a federal judge, asking supporters to consider his name no further in the convention race.
Editor Tom Masson brings entertaining prose to fiction as he writes about short story creation. His piece Their First Wesson will appear in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
Newton social circles report the engagement of Miss Edith Clark Thomas to Richard L Cooley of West Newton. Both well known in Newtons. Wedding date not set.
Ithaca N Y April 22 The annual senior class banquet at Cornell University is to be omitted this year due to the high cost of food and arrangements.
Irish labor leader James J. Larkin, on trial in New York for criminal anarchy, had been ordered detained but this ruling was reversed after his plea that imprisonment would hamper his defense. Larkin clashed with Justice Weeks during cross examination while acting as his own attorney.
At Watertown Unitarian Club’s annual meeting members vote unanimously to wear old clothes. Wes ley E. Monks of Watertown is re elected president as the club plans to aid boys with inexpensive attire.
Miss Alfrieda Mosher, Americanization secretary for the YWCA, argues that modern mothers shirk domestic duties for their daughters. She says this distorts views of household work and causes a shortage of domestic help.
Washington reports that recommendations and requests from Rear Admiral Sims were never delayed by the Navy Department. Captain Pratt testified before the Senate investigating committee that action followed as soon as the situation allowed. He said a special system fast tracked Sims messages and that all policy or ship movement communications were referred to Admiral Benson or Secretary Daniels.
Subordinate officers immediately carried out actions on the recommendations and all other matters presented, ensuring rapid implementation across departments. The document details the prompt execution of decisions and subsequent administrative steps.
The federal courts in this city will observe the state daylight saving law starting Sunday morning to avoid confusion. Clerk James B. Allen of the United States District Court said the decision was made for consistency and it is expected all government departments here will follow suit.
At a luncheon in the Boston City Club the 9 percent teams reported subscriptions for the proposed $800000 building fund rose to 722300 with afternoon additions bringing total subscriptions to 727300. The update drew strong enthusiasm and surpassed the committee’s expectations.
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