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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1921
Page
13
Clarence B. Sawyer, veteran of the Spanish American and World Wars, was chosen commander at the West Roxbury Post American Legion annual meeting held yesterday.
Tokyo accepts the Chinese bid of 53 million old German marks for the Kiachow Tunanfu railroad in Shantung, subject to Tokyo's approval, plus Japan's permanent improvements but less deterioration.
The funeral of former New Jersey Congressman Thomas J. Scully postponed the U S marshal sale of two barges named Congressman Scully and Timbucto owned by the late representative. Federal Judge Morton ordered the sale postponed to December 24, with the auction to occur at Lockwood's Basin East Boston as part of suits filed by a Boston law firm for supplies and repairs.
Hundreds of congratulatory letters and telegrams arrived at the home of lawyer elect James M. Curley in Jamaica Plain after his late deliveries. Messages came from Greater Boston and distant places including Paris and Savannah with wishes for a successful administration. Prominent figures such as James W. Powell and R. H. Burnside sent congratulations.
Out of 26 Harvard seniors nominated last night for class day offices 18 are from Massachusetts. Nominations include secretary Myles Baker Cambridge and George Appleton Buffalo. executive committee Clark Macomber Newton Sam Duncan Englewood N J Kon Parker South Lancaster John Martin Cambridge. class day committee Mitchell Gratwick Buffalo Richard Butterfield Chestnut Efill Henry Colt Geneva Huntington Brown Utica Melville Baker Wellesley John Crocker Fitchburg Frederick Hovey Montclair Edward Lincoln Hingham Louis Lafarge Mt Carmel Conn David Key Chattanooga Covington Janin San Francisco Louis McCagg New York Alexander Tison New York Richard Whitney Dedham. album committee Joseph Kennedy New Bedford Richard Cutter Salem Arthur Welton Chicago Jiles Fleming Augusta Robb Sagendorf Chestnut Hill Harold Cabot Concord.
Boston area milk prices fell to 13 and in some cases 12 cents a quart on the cash and carry basis as Bellows Falls farmers cooperative meets New England Milk Producers Association amid a price war. Local dealers say further cuts may come if farm milk can be delivered for less than nine cents at the cars, while large distributors push for 15 cents delivered to homes.
A Blue Island man hosted a family feast where guests learned meat tasted like their own fowls. Police found five ducks one goose and two turkeys missing, Barry and Barnes admitted petty larceny and were fined five dollars and costs and sentenced to 60 days in jail.
A Suffolk County grand jury in session is expected to report on charges of blackmail linked to two lawyers and their associates. Evidence presented by Assistant Attorneys General STurwitz and Goldberg includes decoy affidavits and a potential frame up. A neighboring city police chief is also under inquiry for possible felony involvement amid a separate $2400 lodger theft case.
In a historic decision the United States Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Glenn H. Curtiss was the first inventor, affirming patent rights in the aeronautics case. The ruling marks a pivotal moment in aviation history.
The decision grants broad patent rights for hydro airplanes to the flying boat operator, reversing a lower court ruling that favored Albert S. Janjn of Staten Island. Experts hail it as a major aviation milestone since the Wright patents. The long patent fight began in 1912 with shifting advantages between the rivals.
John Pierce of Worcester and William Farrell of Chicago were sentenced by Judge Dowd in Central Court to one year and eight months each for larceny of automobile accessories.
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