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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1920
Page
1
Frank Cavanaugh and Joseph F. Conway named principal officers in a buyout arrangement backed by Boston capitalists. The move locks in new ownership control ahead of the baseball season amid mounting investor support.
A drapery shop owned by Thomas O Gorman linked to Sinn Fein was burned after curfew ended as military patrols withdrew. The adjacent shop and the offices of an English insurance firm, located in the same building, were also destroyed.
Cork reels from nightly destruction as two attacks on Mr O Gorman's premises are followed by widespread loot and gunfire. Merchants flood streets with bargain sales while fear grows over which business will fall next. An American, Richard Murphy, faces charges tied to seditious literature.
A Milan dispatch to the London Times says Gabriele d An nunzio commanding insurgents at Fiume has declared war on Italy. The state of war will begin Friday.
General Robert Georges Nivelle, visiting Boston, looms large over a war crisis debate. The piece weighs his claimed spring 1917 victory, cabinet interference, and the choice among Petain Foch and Nivelle amid French politics and Verdun fame.
King Rama VI of Siam plans marriage making Chauncy Hall student Charles Sidhyakarn his brother-in-law. Sidhyakarn, 23, has kept royal ties secret at the Boston school. he is a first cousin of the king and Wanvinal is the bride.
The mysterious likeness of Terence MacSwiney appeared on the kitchen wall at 7 Otis Place West End and is to be removed and kept. Miss Sadie Curley and Miss Agnes Kelley will seek the owner’s permission to move it to a church in America or Ireland. Hannah O'Brien, who knew MacSwiney, said the likeness is striking and seen as a miracle and a rebuke to claims he died by his own hand.
Boston detectives from department stores met at the Stores Mutual Protection Association to plan defense against shoplifters during the Christmas shopping season. Several stores have added detectives since the association formed. A unified deadline around shopping centers now guides store security efforts.
A telegram dated yesterday afternoon from Yale Manager M. D. Goddard, signed to BC Graduate Manager Reynolds, states Boston College will not be on Yale’s 1921 football schedule after BC lost twice to Yale.
Chief detectives praise a new organized approach to deter shoplifting with a central records system. The machinery is in place in Boston, and even first offenders will face the system as records of all kinds go on file at the central office to aid identification.
Boston College athletic heads refused comment on the telegram and the policy of Yale football directors. BC athletic authorities were more than reluctant to speak about the dispute amid ongoing tensions between the institutions.
Fire of unknown origin damaged the interior of the Allen Military School on Waltham Street West Newton to a total of 70000 dollars. Firemen fought the blaze after two alarms and prevented spread to other campus buildings with aid from Watertown and Waltham apparatus.
A Boston group led by Captain Joseph F. Conway and Major Frank Cavanaugh moves to take over the Red Sox and Fenway Park. Conferences have been held and a deal is expected to close soon before the next baseball season.
The column lists anniversaries and events such as Napoleon’s victory at Austerlitz in 1805, Austrian capture of Belgrade in 1914, and Argonne battles in 1914. It also recalls a 1915 message urging tax cuts and industry democratization, plus 1912 presidential primary notes and ship loss off Holland.
Cloudy and unsettled Thursday with possible rain or snow in northern New England. Friday mostly fair with little temperature change. Southern New England and eastern New York expect cloudy Thursday and fair Friday, with strong west or northwest winds in some coastal areas and overcast conditions north of Sandy Hook.
Forecaster predicts considerable cloudiness with a fair day and night. Expect moderately warm conditions continuing through the period.
In Lynn yesterday afternoon two women quarrelled over Alfred Curtis, husband of Mrs. Catherine Curtis. Mrs. Miner faced Mrs. Curtis at 265 Union Street, a gun was drawn, and both women, injured, were jailed by police and later released on bail for a morning hearing.
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