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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1921
Page
1
A former crew member warned the airship was in poor condition and British workers predicted it would never reach America. The structure collapsed before, and repairs were crude. trials revealed defects and danger.
Frank Gorey, former U S Navy machinist, details in sworn statements to the Daily News how British and American airmen reportedly sought to damage the ZR-2 during construction in Bedford England. He recalls girders ripped from the centre gas bag and repairs made rather than full replacements.
Miss Margaret Hickey and Henry Wood wed at the Church of the Most Precious Blood when James Wood, brother of the groom and to be best man, was found dead from an electrocution at Bent Manufacturing Company in Medford hours earlier. Arthur Wood then served as best man.
A machinist identified as the Wood man living at 17 Gaston Street Medford was killed when a wrench heated an electric crane touched live current. The wedding proceeded with the Rev Daniel J O Connor presiding. Bride and groom attended by Arthur Wood and Miss Catherine Daly as mourners gathered for the funeral plans.
Cleveland Indians protested yesterday's 3 to 0 loss to the Yankees and asked Ban Johnson for an immediate ruling so the ninth inning be replayed from the protested point on Aug 29 an open date for both clubs. The dispute centered on Yankees shortstop Peckinpaugh interfering with catcher Steve ONeill as Miller advanced to third. Miller later scored the decisive run.
Washington reports the Berlin treaty with Germany is public, putting Versailles provisions into force while excluding U S from the League of Nations covenant and other specified parts of the Versailles settlement.
The declarations of peace resolutions are reaffirmed in the treaty as printed in the article. Continued on Page 6 First Column.
Washington officials said beer could be prescribed as medicine only if Congress approves the Wilis Campbell anti beer bill. Secretary Mellon and Internal Revenue Commissioner Blair withheld regulations permitting physicians to prescribe beer, delaying action until Congress resolves the medical beer question.
Judge Robert B. Raymond of the Massachusetts Superior Court is recovering at Deaconess Hospital after a recent operation that required amputation of his right foot due to faulty circulation. He was moved from his Newton Centre home on Montvale Street about two weeks ago.
A sharp consumer tip suggests asking a seller if they stock Lamson-Hubbard hats to gauge legitimacy. The quip frames the question as a quick test for trustworthy dealers in headwear.
Louis Michaelson a Logan news dealer said deputies reconnoitered near Blair this afternoon and there was no battle. miners supposedly fired at an airplane. Meanwhile Sheriff Don Chafin with 300 armed deputies is reportedly in battle at Blair with a large armed group.
Mullins cites "authentic reports" of Blair residents fleeing toward Madison as heavily armed men reach Rock Creek three miles from Madison. Passengers on a Chesapeake and Ohio train homeward say depot firing closed Blair station. Mines around Blair report idle as crews flee the area.
A 12-ton truck owned by Haverhill Box Board Co. toppled from a 12-foot embankment near Reading square last night. Driver Rand L. Woodworth of Haverhill escaped by leaping from the cab. the vehicle, loaded with steel girders, struck when a passing vehicle touched its wheel. The truck was operated by George B. Pina of Providence Rhode Island.
Henry Sullivan of Lowell Mass started to swim the English Channel from Cape Gris Nez toward Dover at 11 40 this morning. He was reported tonight to be making good progress.
At 1:30 PM Sulli van reached 0.5 miles off the French coast while swimming vigorously in calm seas masked by heavy mist. The article recounts Henry Sullivan’s four attempts to swim the English Channel from 1918 to 1920, noting progress toward the goal with each try and milestones near South Foreland, Dover, and Cape Griz Nez.
Federal officers did not press charges against Joseph Wrobski of 70 Meadow Street and Frank Zasoski of Meadow Street Westfield after failing to appear before United States Commissioner John L. Rice. The men, arrested on Volstead act violations, were released after hours of waiting.
Viscount Fitzalan, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, was summoned to London to confer with the cabinet. The Dail Eireann cabinet replied to Lloyd George’s August 13 letter rejecting any compromise on Ireland’s secession.
Mrs Ida Thompson is hospitalized after knife wounds to arms chest face and scalp. Henry I Jones a star boarder is jailed on assault with a knife and assault with intent to kill. Mrs Lottie Winslow and Hugh Douglas, guests, are held on drunkenness charges. Jones surrendered after claiming he killed his wife but later said Thompson was not his wife. Police say Thompson was unconscious on arrival. condition not considered dangerous.
A Reading collision last night between an automobile and a single trolley car on Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway left the auto wrecked and its owner Charles W. Woodworth of 4 Stark Street Wakefield badly injured. He was pinned under debris, treated by Dr. Charles Brown, and taken home.
Fashionably dressed couple calling themselves Mr and Mrs Donald E Hoover of Montreal and Boston end their honeymoon in a Philadelphia police station cell while authorities probe their legal status in Canada and New England.
A New England finishing school graduate created a police scene by stripping wedding jewelry after her Hoover husband admitted theft. She claimed she married under false pretenses and he boasted wealth and Harvard ties. He faced a worthless check charge and confessed to being wanted in Montreal.
A list notes Germany sacking and destruction of nnrrele, Togoland's surrender to Britain in 1914, and a 1859 milestone for women's suffrage with the 19th amendment. It recalls a mob at Breslau attacking Jews and Polish and French missions, wrecking houses.
Gorey discusses the extreme antipathy of English people workers and airmen toward the war effort in a column, with the piece continuing on page 2, second column.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair conditions Friday and Saturday with moderate temperatures and light to moderate northeast and east winds. In the broader region east of the Mississippi, expect mostly fair weather with little temperature change, and fresh northeast winds north of Sandy Hook, with stronger winds and partly overcast skies near Sandy Hook to Hatteras.
The forecast says today will be somewhat cold but sunny and clear overall. The farmer’s saying aligns with a bright day after an chilly start, with light winds and no precipitation expected.
Chief of Police BE A White hunts two young men after they failed to kidnap Miss Martha W Pierce yesterday. They robbed her of more than 30 dollars and bound her hands and feet before forcing her to drive two miles home in a buggy drawn by a frisky horse, using only her teeth to hold the reins. The victim believes the plan aimed at abduction, not mere robbery.
National League results show St. Louis 4 Boston 2, New York 5 Pittsburg 2, Brooklyn 3 Chicago 2, Cincinnati 3 Philadelphia 1. American League games end with St. Louis 7 Boston 2, Cleveland 15 New York 1, Washington 9 Detroit 1, Chicago 13 Philadelphia 6.
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