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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1922
Page
4
Washington Aug. 20. The highest coal prices on record are likely this winter unless Congress follows the President and creates a national coal agency with capital to purchase sell and distribute coal carried in interstate shipment.
Republican leaders oppose granting the government price fixing powers amid doubts about the measure. They argue the move faces strong resistance within party ranks and may falter in the current climate.
Secretary Hoover warns Congress that price controls are needed as coal operators push prices amid shortages. He has appealed to Ohio and Colorado governors, while state actions cannot affect interstate trade. Voluntary price accords fail as many operators double the $3.50 cap, with widespread complaints and looming strikes. The piece notes the bouffant skirt trend ending.
Portland Maine August 20 A minister vows to grant his husband the Rev Joseph Walker a divorce quickly to allow him to marry Evelyn Goodell who claims he is the father of her baby girl If true the minister says he would support the remarriage and ensure the child has a name in the world.
Mrs Grace Walker of 1300A Congress street recounts her ill treatment by Rev Joseph Walker during their Windsor Massachusetts marriage. She plans to contest his desertion divorce action set for September in Portland Maine while pursuing her own suit, and notes she now teaches a Berwick public school commercial course.
In Pittsfield on August 20 the Rev. Joseph Walker pastor of Windsor Hill Congregational Church, accused of being the father of Evelyn Goodell’s infant, presided at Sunday services while his son-in-law Rev. Trevor Mordecai preached. Mordecai predicted eventual exoneration and the church sought to lift a cloud of gossip. Mrs. Mordecail played the organ and another daughter attended.
Democratic candidate Captain Francis D Harrigan toured Boston area beaches by motor boat to explain his bid for Suffolk county register of deeds. He spoke clearly via electric amplifier to thousands while displaying nomination papers signed by 150 wounded Parker Hill Hospital veterans who urged a courthouse representative.
A Boston Central Labor Union meeting heard a charge that someone is trying to peddle organized labor votes. Henry Abrahams said a man claiming AFL representation offered Joseph Walker’s son $150. A committee was formed to investigate and identify the man. The parade committee invited striking railroad shopmen and other unions to participate, with plans to provide bands.
Springfield reports the announcement that women connected with rail shopmen will organize an auxiliary group. Details given indicate preparation for community support and member involvement within the labor region.
Over 100 delegates from 25 lodges across New England gathered at 8 Boylston Place for the New England Council of the Order of Railway Expressmen quarterly meeting. Martin J. Casey reported the Cincinnati convention of the International Electrotypers Union approved a defense fund of 150000 dollars with assessments of 4 to 5 percent as needed. City Men's Union 149 opposed the municipal employees pension bill now before Mayor Curley. Theatrical Stage Employees Union 11 offered services for a Manning children charity benefit following their Charlestown home fire.
Mrs. Margaret Duffy, 48, was found unconscious behind a barricaded door at a lodging house on 18 Hudson Street. Gas escaping from a tube near her head caused her death before arrival at City Hospital. A man named George Walsh was involved.
Landlady Mrs. Duffy is missing and later found unconscious in her room with a gas tube near the bed. Michael Nassiff reported a gas smell, police and an ambulance responded, and Mrs. Duffy died before hospital arrival. Her son Robert J. Duffy identified the body at Southern Mortuary.
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