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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1921
Page
2
A man sought in Lexington on a larceny charge involving automobile tires last week is described as the wife and mother of an infant who died Monday. The report notes the suspect ripped a steel bar from his cell door.
A young husband held in Malden faces a concealed weapon charge after trying to break from a jail cell to reach his wife and infant in hospital. He was chased by officers through Malden square, tackled after a gun was reportedly seen, and a .32 caliber revolver recovered. He is slated for trial before Judge Stover.
Michael Shea a motorcycle traffic policeman received a week of vacation with pay for rescuing several girls from drowning at Hampton Beach on Saturday. Police Commissioner Peter Carr ordered immediate notice so Shea can extend his time at the beach, and the incident will be logged in police records.
The Insurance Press reports the year’s biggest life settlement at 555000 to Wallace L. Pierce of Boston. Other large payments included Mrs Lucretia Reynolds 103021 and Henry S Potter heirs 285000. Olive Thomas and Jake L Hamon also appear among top policies.
Norfolk Virginia August 30 Army air men at Langley Field began preparations for a new series of bombing tests scheduled off the Virginia Capes in late September. The old battleship Alabama will be the target.
Miss Annie Brown aged 40 of 658 Fifth Street South Boston was knocked down and seriously injured while crossing Tremont Street near Boylston Street yesterday afternoon. The auto was owned by M. F. Sheehan Company of Beach Street city and driven by Charles Stetaa of 31 Vernon Street Roxbury.
A Saturday afternoon military funeral will honor five Lyon soldiers who died in France. This mass burial in Massachusetts will be the largest single- burial of dead soldiers in the state. Post 6 of the American Legion has organized the event with Veterans of Foreign Wars VC veterans women’s auxiliary and a fire and police platoon in the marching funeral cortege. The honored dead are Privates Lloyd E Wilkins Thomas L McDonough Ralph McIsaac Alfred Boisseau and Sergeant Frank Freeman.
Paris dispatch reports physicians attending King Alexander of Jugoslavia announce the condition is now so satisfactory that daily bulletins will be suspended. The page also quotes wit and moral maxims, noting the king’s improving state.
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