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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1920
Page
5
The French and British delegations to the allied Supreme council left San Remo today on special trains. The British contingent grew from 80 to 120 as 40 arrived on special orders at various times, and by late afternoon all council members had departed San Remo.
Colonel John R. Murphy announced six officers assigned to the 101st Field Artillery State National Guard. The unit, under Murphy after WWI service, will station batteries in Clinton Worcester Natick Waltham Framingham Marlboro and Brookline with headquarters likely in Natick. Worcester Battery has recruited 980 men from the former Emmet Guards.
Women's full-fashioned stockings made from long-staple lisle yarn described as high-grade and light enough for summer use.
An army of Protestant church workers will canvass Boston and Massachusetts to raise 18 145 000 pledged by New England in the national Interchurch World Movement drive. Massachusetts leads Baptist pledges while New York surpasses with John D Rockefeller Jr gifts.
Edward Hamlin president of the Metropolitan Coal Company and William A. Clark secretary of the New England Coal Dealers Association testified before a federal grand jury at 141 Milk Street. The inquiry, opened in a special session by U S Attorney Boynton, investigates the rise in prices for essentials following a noted dollar per ton coal boost.
About 14 coal wholesalers and retailers, including many Greater Boston dealers, were served with summonses to testify as investigators probe profiteering in coal, clothing, shoes and foodstuffs. Most attended yesterday. only Clark and Hamlin were questioned before adjournment, with a probe expected to stretch through the week.
Bangor April 27 Attorney General Guy H. Sturgis argued for Governor Milliken in the state Supreme Court against a mandamus to force a proclamation submitting the federal prohibition amendment to a popular vote. He said the proclamation is an executive duty and the judiciary has no right to interfere with executive functions.
Chester M. Cortell of Lynn Merrill E. Wheeler of Somerville and Fred Dunham of Stoneham former Boston and Maine brakemen pleaded guilty in federal court to indictments charging them with stealing 800 dollars worth of cigarettes from an interstate shipment. More than 50 000 cigarettes were in the lot sent from Winston Salem North Carolina to Salem. Sentence postponed by Judge Morton.
Advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets claiming to improve skin tone and eliminate pimples by stimulating the liver and bowels. It describes tablets as an alternative to calomel, with no dangerous after effects, and notes millions sold annually at 10c and 25c. Take one or two nightly for results.
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