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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1922
Page
2
Four year old Orvo Haaramiem and his aunt Helga Kamdas drowned after the boy wandered onto thin ice on the Penacook canal in Concord New Hampshire. The aunt, aged 20, rushed to save him and likewise sank. Police recovered both bodies several hours later.
Governor Percival P. Baxter of Maine, ill, telegrammed Governor Morgan of West Virginia to express regrets at missing the governors conference at White Sulphur Springs. He plans to attend the law enforcement conference to be called by President Harding.
Gladys Thompson and William E. Beach, both married, pleaded guilty after police found them in an illegal love nest at 31 Myrtle Street. Thompson rushed the District Court dock and kissed Beach, prompting court officers to separate them as proceedings continued.
In Paris the Chamber of Deputies granted the Poincare ministry a confidence vote after a long debate. The result was 512 to 7 in favor.
In Brockton on December 15 a blaze destroyed three gasoline tanks holding 40 000 to 50 000 gallons each, a tank car, and storage sheds linked to Keith Oil on Plain Street. Fire alarms summoned most apparatus. isolation kept the city from a larger disaster. Fire officials suspect the tank car or unloading leak as the fire source.
Boston leaders push to strike down Interstate Commerce Commission rate differentials favoring Philadelphia and Baltimore. Lawyers argue constitutional limits on ICC powers and contend Boston’s freight costs put it at a disadvantage, risking local business and jobs.
Justice George Mullan in New York Supreme Court ordered the Irish Free State to show cause why the imprisonment location of Stephen M O Mara Irish Republican leader should not be disclosed to Mara and Eamon De Valera in the 2 509 million Irish Republic bond suit. A threatening letter to the Irish Consulate warned James McGrath to leave the United States by Christmas 1922.
Walter Palmer of 7 Harvard Street Degham an New Haven railroad engineer had his left arm amputated when a freight car struck his engine in Readville yards yesterday. He was taken by train to Back Bay station then to Massachusetts General Hospital.
The piece reports threats of execution for those remaining in the country past a deadline. Mr McGrath denies being an Irish envoy in the United States and says he resigned in protest of such actions.
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