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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1921

Page

2

Codify international law with new world association Bryce urges

Viscount James Bryce urged Williams College listeners to create an organized global body to codify and amend international law. He argued the United States, detached from European rows, could lead, with smaller neutral states joining, while codes are examined by lawyers and governments for broad adoption.

Williamstown International Court of Justice Viscount James Bryce Institute of Politics Williams College United States Viscount Bryce Switzerland Norway Holland

Dorchester Man's Still, Mash and Liquor Seized

Dorchester resident Thomas E. Rayel, 75, a clerk boarding at 74 Bellevue Street, was arrested yesterday on a charge of keeping and exposing for sale intoxicating liquor. Police seized three and a half quarts of distilled liquor, a five gallon still, and twenty gallons of mash during the raid.

Thomas E. Rayel Bellevue Street Dorchester

Blue-jay Foot Treatment Promises Easy Foot Relief

Nationwide readers urged to try Blue-jay Foot Treatment consisting of Blue-jay Foot Soap Blue-jay Foot Relief and Blue-jay Foot Powder for soothing aching feet. Free booklet The Proper Care of the Feet offered by Bauer & Black Chicago.

Bauer & Black Chicago

Veterans Outing Drive Draws Statewide Support

Volunteers statewide respond to an appeal for wounded and disabled veterans in government hospitals for outings. Over 400 guests this week with 400 more planned next week, including a Gloucester trip for 100 veterans from Boston wholesalers. Committees and welfare workers organize banquets baseball games and rides.

Post Boston Gloucester N. L. Fulham W. M. O’brien William B. Curran Joseph A. Rich P. J. O'Hara A. L. Parker Glen Rock Malden Stoneham L. H. Lincoln War Welfare Workers Legion Dorchester T. J McGrath, Jr Henry Barry Emma Chapman Chelsea Naval Hospital Malcomb B. French Kimball Point Cohasset West Roxbury Provincetown Dorothy Bradford Cape Cod Steamship Company New England East Norfolk Groton Norwood Dedham Walpole Norfolk Lowell Nashua N. H Veterans’ Outing Main

Jazz Still Holds Favor at Paragon Park

Al Moore, musical director at Paragon Park Nanasket, reports two weeks of crowd requests show 1611 of 264 requests for jazz numbers while 72 favored old-time songs and 21 favored operatic excerpts or marches, arguing the popularity of jazz remains strong.

New England al Moore Moore America Europe Paragon Park Nantasket South Shore Chicago

Canada’s beer flows to U S border

Windsor Ont August 12 wholesale shipment of Canadian beer began to the United States with trucks unloading at Queen’s dock in Sandwich. Beer moved to motorboats down the Detroit River destined for Wyandotte Hearse and Detroit area ports amid mild spectator interest. Sandwich police deferred to jurisdiction ruling by the court.

Windsor Ont Canada United States Detroit Queen's Dock Mill Street Sandwich Wyandotte Sandwich Docks Gordon Pillow Jurus

Pleads Guilty in Attempted Assault Case

Homer W Larrabee of Woronoco aged 19 pleaded guilty to attempted assault on a four year old girl in District Court and was bound over to the grand jury in Westfield.

Westfield Homer W Larrabee Woronoco

Margalo Gillmore Emerges as Next Great Stage Star

Siasconset resident Margalo Gillmore, once a New York breakthrough, is poised for stardom after three years under Henry Miller and Bob Hilliard. She cites originality, youthful courage, and personal distinctiveness as keys to success, and signals a shift to serious, emotionally charged roles such as The Straw while reflecting on stage life and entry through actor networks.

Siasconset Margalo Gillmore New York Henry Miller Bob Hilliard Mrs. Fiske Julia Marlowe Ethel Barrymore Lfe Misa Gillmore Mrs. Fair Miss Gillmore O'Neill Actors’ Equity Association

Young actress Gillmore to debut in The Straw in New York

Miss Gillmore speaks of a bright future on the stage as she readies for her debut in The Straw by Eugene O Neil. She notes a poised, mature outlook, simple tastes, and a creative instinct guiding her toward a challenging career in the world’s largest theatre city.

New England Eugene O'Neil Miss Gillmore Penrose Cottage

Itinerant baker questioned in priest murder case

William Hightower, a traveling baker, denied involvement in the murder of Rev. Patrick Heslin, Colma priest, after two days of questioning. He led officers to the priest's grave and appeared calm except for a tearsful reaction to news of his wife's death in Oklahoma.

San Francisco William Hightower Patrick Heslin Stillwater Oklahoma Hightower

Court action seeks nullification of Dowling adoption

In Superior Court Mrs. Isabelle Donaldson, former wife of Mark Temple Dowling, asks to annul Dowling's adoption of their son Mark Temple Dowling Jr. after divorce and subsequent remarriage. The petition seeks the return of the child to the mother through court action.

Superior Court Isabelle Donaldson Mark Temple Dowling Beacon Street

Police Target Cars With Three Or More Front-Seat Riders

Mattapan police at Station 19 intensify crackdown on vehicles carrying three or more passengers in the front seat. They say crowding the front prevents access to the handbrake and makes the car a road menace after last week’s toll of 65 offenders.

Mattapan

Architect Sues City Over Bridge Contract Damages

Writs served on Manchester mayor and city clerk in Boston bridge architect Leo Bayles Reilly's suit seeking 100000 dollars for city failure to carry out a contract to erect two bridges at Amoskeag Falls and the Merrimack near the McElwain factory.

Manchester N. H Moise Verrette W. J. O'Brien Leo Bayles Reilly Boston Amoskeag Falls Merrimack McElwain

Three Streets to Undergo $10,000 Improvement Plan

Acting Mayor James Donovan ordered road work on three streets in Jamaica Plain and East Boston. Boylston Street will be resurfaced with asphalt macadam from Centre to Lamartine at about $8,000, while Moore Street and Cowper Street will receive granite blocks and bituminous macadam with public works crews handling the project.

James Donovan Boylston Street Jamaica Plain Centre Lamartine Street Moore Street Boston Bennington Cowper Streets Cowper Street Moore Byron Public Works Department

Clerk Receives $75,000 Gift Withheld Donor Identity

Hyman S. Lederman of 28 Bryant street Malden a Braemore Hotel clerk recounts receiving a $75 000 fortune from an elderly widow who formerly lived at the Braemore and now resides in Europe. He says the donor wishes no publicity and that she is well known in the city having lived at the Braemore in 1919 1920.

Hyman S. Lederman Bryant Street Malden Braemore The Lederman Europe

Young Lederman Sticks With Braemore Job After Widow Gift

Lederman, four years at the Braemore, reveals a recent $75,000 gift from a rich widow who praised his handling of her affairs. He says he will invest the money in a paying business and may put it into the Braemore or another Boston hotel, while continuing to work.

Lederman the Braemore Ledeman Malden Young Lederman Clark Braemore Boston Dc Gorton

Funeral Like Caruso Held for Alberto Alterio in Naples

In Naples a grand funeral for Alberto Alterio chief of the Cam mora in the United States drew almost the entire Southern Italian communist movement. Alterio died in New York three months ago amid reports of violence. his widow, rich from a fortune possibly totaling $500,000, funded lavish floral tributes and followed the body to Italy.

Naples United News Enrico Caruso Alberto Alerto Cammora United States Alterio New York Communista Italy

Supposed Shortage of Red Cross Funds Probed

National Red Cross officials investigate an $11 000 discrepancy found in Washington headquarters funds during routine audits. The shortfall may involve a special fund for furniture and supplies, though bonding company protection is cited for loss.

Washington National Red Cross Livingston Farrand Red Cross

Women patrolmen arrest man at Lagrange Street

Two of Boston's women police officers made their first arrest last night without assistance from male officers. The prisoner, Cornelius Mahoney, 50, of 3 Woolsey Square Jamaica Plain, was booked at the Lagrange Street station and gave his name and address.

Boston Lagrange Street Cornelius Mahoney Woolsey Square Jamaica Plain

Bench Reserved for Women Sparks a Night in the Common

At 11 p m Cornelius Mahoney argued with a sign on an elm bench marked for women. Patrolman Margaret M McHugh and Patrolwoman Agnes J Callahan intervened. Mahoney was handcuffed and taken to Lagrange street station, noting he was pinched by a woman.

Park Street Cornelius Woolsey Square Margaret M. McHugh Bureau of Criminal Investigation Agnes J. Callahan Cornelius Mahoney U.S. A McHugh Lagrange Street

Congress seeks ban on beauty pages to curb stage lure

Oklahoma Representative Herrick urges a federal ban on beauty contests in public prints to stop American girls from drifting from home life. He cites the glamour of film and theater as leading to marriage decline and cites the Stillman case as an example of steamy star allure.

Washington United News Herrick Oklahoma Lfe Stillman

Large Cunarder passenger list sails from East Boston

The Cunard Anchor steamer Assyria departs East Boston at noon with a large passenger cohort for Liverpool six hundred passengers include 110 cabin and 290 third class travelers. Notables aboard include Adolphus Bleakman after 44 years with Cunard, Mrs. George W. Collamore, Miss Helen H. Colamore, Amy E. Doherty, Mrs. William Firth, Rev W. L. Ferguson and his family, James J. Shea, Mrs. Shea, John I Wylde, Margaret Kenyon and Misses Carrie and Clara Kenyon of New Bedford.

Helen H. Colamore New England Marshall Field & Company Amy E. Doherty Boston William Firth W. L. Ferguson Newton India James J. Shea Stone & Webster Stone & Webster, and Mrs. Shea; John I. Wylde, Boston Steamshipman Margaret Kenyon Carrie Clara Kenyon New Bedford

Friends Quarrel Over Five Dollars Ends With Apology

On Court Street Officers stopped Joe Pugliese and David Meagher as they traded punches over a five dollar debt. Pugliese lost a coat sleeve and Meagher a scratched eye. Central Court dismissed the cases after the men agreed to absolve the dispute.

Joe Pugliese David Meagher Cullerton Court Street Pugliese Meagher Central Court

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