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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1920
Page
1
The Cape town of Wellfleet marked Old Home Week with summer visitors and residents in a jubilant celebration of the Pilgrim centenary. It recalled Grant’s Cape visit as the town thrummed with life and color for the first time in years.
Two downtown raids on agents of the Old Colony Foreign Exchange Company yielded 11081 and seized books letters and documents as authorities recover over 100000 of the firm’s funds. President Charles M Brightwell held a 75000 certified check among the seized assets and officials expect total recoveries near 150000 benefiting rival interests.
A Times dispatch said Russian Soviet troops entered Warsaw. Later official communique from Kovno denied the report, stating the Polish army still held the city and the fourth Bolshevik army had not occupied Warsaw.
Mrs Rose Ponzi tells Post reporters in Cambridge jail that happiness lies in simple five room apartments not mansions. She says she is willing to return to work to help her husband, and reflects on luxury she wishes she had never known amid the U.S. athletes victory coverage.
Fifteen miles below here on the Cape Cod upland the Pilgrim Fathers first set foot on American soil. Today, three centuries later, their descendants are part of a town holiday with flags bunting and a brass band drawing crowds of visitors and bluejackets to Provincetown.
The 1920 New England heat wave brought record heat and variable winds. A severe thunderstorm damaged suburbs and struck a church steeple in Malden. The day ended with a high of 87 degrees at noon.
A severe afternoon storm cut power in Boston and surrounding towns. Lightning damaged the Maplewood Congregational Church steeple in Malden and struck a shed on George Garland’s farm in Andover, with fire quickly contained. The storm disrupted trolley service, damaged a Clifford Street house, and injured no one.
Lawrence August 16 Judge Mahoney dismissed the case of 19 year old Louis Freitas who was summoned as a disobedient child by his parents. He had worked since age 14 and sent earnings to his parents, including recent weeks when he gave them 24 dollars a week. His parents seized his savings and clothing to stop his plan to marry, prompting him to leave and stay with a brother.
In the Bug Valley fighting continues from its source to the confluence as Poles stoutly rebuff Soviet pushes and retake several positions in heavy combat around Warsaw on August 16.
Holyoke, Aug. 16. Michael Fahey, assistant janitor at Holyoke High School, drowned in the school gym pool. His body was found by girl bathers during a late afternoon incident. Miss Anna Gloth, a swimming instructor, retrieved him but he had been in eight feet of water too long. Fahey did not swim. A window area along the pool may have caused his fall. A girls class was scheduled for 7 pm.
Premier Lloyd George said Britain would discuss Irish settlement with any representatives of Irish opinion under three rules. Northern Ireland’s six counties must be treated separately, no secession from the United Kingdom is allowed, and security of the islands must not be harmed. Sinn Feiners would be considered if they accept these terms.
Ray Chapman, Cleveland shortstop, was struck in the head by a pitched ball in New York and his skull fractured on both sides. The accident happened in the fifth inning as he attempted to dodge a fast underhand curve by Yankees pitcher Carl Mays.
The Cleveland player received first aid on the field and was taken to a hospital in serious condition. Doctors reported brain concussion and hemorrhages after the incident shows Chapman at bat during the inning when he was hurt. Mays had one strike and one ball when he appeared to swing at a high pitch.
Athletes from the United States led in Antwerp with 43 of 60 points after events decided today. U S stars swept the Pentathlon 11 points, the 100 metres 15 points, and the 400 metres hurdles 17 points. Frank Loomis of Chicago won the 400 metres hurdles.
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