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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1916
Page
10
East Boston telephone operators left switches briefly last night to attend an annual dinner at the American House. Suburban recruits filled in quickly so every East Boston girl could attend. Three male district managers joined as guests, with Miss Sabina Garvin as toastmistress and performances by several Misses.
More than 600 people attended the charity ball at Convention Hall hosted by the Associated clubs of Boston. Proceeds go to the American Jewish War Relief Committee.
Max Henry Newman served as organizer and chairman of the affair. The organizing committee included Edward N. Marcus as chairman and David Saklad as vice chairman, with Abraham G. Goldberg treasurer and Frances Meyers secretary. Also on the list were Sadye Swartz Bessie Lapidus Sarah Sneider Max Rabinovitz Harry Davis Abraham Halpern Frank Lauter A H Rabenovitz Edward Leiberman and Samuel Levine.
Pa Van Loon is highlighted as a good listener in the upcoming Sunday Post episode. The piece frames him within the humorous Van Loon family lineup for readers.
In East Cambridge Divorce Court Judge Irwin heard letters by Frederick M. Beckett of Cambridge describing exhausting soul kisses and a philosophy of love. Beckett's wife Estelle J. Beckett sues for divorce. the case was contested but the husband did not fight it, with a decision reserved for morning.
The divorce libel alleges abusive conduct by Beckett with alimony sought and child custody of Frederick M. Jr. and Marjorie E. Beckett. Letters Beckett acknowledged writing include intimate letters and a threat to shoot, with debates over alimony and visiting rights during hearings in Cambridge after marrying at Everett in 1908.
The State Department and the German embassy are deadlocked over papers seized by the Justice Department during the New York raid on Wolfe von Igel, former secretary to Captain von Papen and recalled military attache of the German embassy.
The State Department agrees to return the documents only if the German Embassy official identifies them as official. Count von Bernstorff demands all papers be removed from the office and refuses to identify any item unless instructed by his government. He has drawn a firm line in the dispute.
Count von Bernstorff and John B. Stanchfield spoke with Counsellor Polk as the Berlin foreign office sought guidance. The Ambassador discussed von Igel informally and said the visit did not change the situation. Stanchfield, in an informal talk, was told Polk would not negotiate without diplomatic authority. Stanchfield and von Tiger then returned to New York, von Tiger seeking official papers if Washington agrees to formal proceedings.
President Howard Elliott of the New Haven railroad and Major Henry L. Higginson testified before the legislative committee on railroads and opposed the Public Service Commission recommendations to force disposal of holdings within fixed time limits. They also opposed omitting dividends on common stock to 5 percent.
At a city hall conference yesterday the cost of a proposed 50000 dollar bridge over the Boston and Albany tracks at Brookline avenue near the Red Sox park would be shared by Boston Brookline the Boston Elevated Railroad Company and the Boston and Albany railroad. The exact proportion remains to be fixed.
Governor McCall signed a bill from the United Improvement Association of Boston permitting asphalt shingles in Boston roof construction. Advocates say the measure will pave the way for cheaper roofs for Boston property owners.
A bill to create a Superior Juvenile Court in Boston was favorably reported by the House Ways and Means Committee. Representative Fitzgerald of Boston dissented from the committee’s report.
An ad touts Ethine double strength to remove freckles with nightly and morning applications. It promises rapid results, often within an ounce, and offers money back guarantee if the treatment fails to clear freckles.
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