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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1920
Page
3
Navy orders commanding officers to provide sailors with enough money for round trips when they go on leave. Officials say sailors begging at recruiting stations is a punishable offence and must be reported. The move comes as many sailors on leave claim they lack funds to return to their ships or stations.
Two 20-year-old Florida graduates are held on a technical charge after accusing four men of crimes. Joseph Goode of West End and Harry Harris of Jamaica Plain were arrested and each given a $5000 bond. Police say the suspects were accessories before the crime. The alleged assailants are being sought after a lodging house raid on Allston street following a Tremont street meeting at a so called musicale.
A call to donate to the Post Santa fund to buy gifts for underprivileged children. The appeal emphasizes cheerful giving during the holiday season and urges community contribution to support needy youngsters.
President-elect Harding discussed a proposed association of nations with three prominent Democrats William Jennings Bryan James W. Gerard and James A Reed in Marion Ohio asking for their advice and aid to craft a united programme.
Three individuals attended the President-elect’s reception as invited guests. Their consultations with him were described as friendly and warmly cordial, followed by unspecified further events.
Mr Bryan voiced faith in Mr Harding as an honest public servant and praised shared fundamentals and hopes for world peace talks. Mr Gerard and Senator Reed welcomed the scope of the Association of Nations discussions while noting no detail was released. Harding’s plan remains incomplete but provides a basis for a practicable scheme of global cooperation.
A New York crime wave deepens as a Bronx holdup wounds Carl Tiederman, an auto salesman, in critical condition. Police Lt. Floyd Horton dies from bullet wounds after a clash with armed bandits on Upper Broadway, and a suspect, Joseph Loresch, is found dead. Later, two robbers beat an employee in Long Island City and steal $800 payroll.
Sugar prices drop at Revere and American refineries to 8 and 8 1/4 cents per pound with 2 percent cash discount. Boston sugar dealers expect further cuts next week and predict 7 cents per pound for consumers within a fortnight.
A Boston West End troupe brings Ireland Unconquered to St Marys Theatre Cooper street Jan 20 21 22. The four act drama portrays Sinn Fein policy and Cork burning with the aim of showing atrocities by crown forces and the Irish struggle for freedom. Tickets 175 and 50 cents at Flynn's Essex St No 8 Allen St and St Josephs Temple headquarters Cambridge St.
In Worcester on December 17 the third day of the divorce trial of William Anastos against Olympia Anastos proceeded with calmer testimony after earlier days featured a murder attempt and a witness’s heart failure. The husband accuses Olympia of misconduct with her brother George Dovas of Philadelphia.
Cross examination of the libelee by P J Sondheim in Boston covers claims that on November 2 at the Bancroft Hotel a man entered a room wielding a revolver, seized Mrs Anastos handbag, tore papers, and dictated a confession. A bellboy testified of bribery threats and of a card related to the libelant, with disputed letters said to bear on the case.
Massachusetts Legionnaires proposed a state wide Christmas tree program to decorate all hospitals for wounded men and to hold similar celebrations for inmates in penal institutions and jails. The plan aims to aid more than 3000 wounded men and at least 500 prisoners.
A full Sym phony Hall crowd watched E M Newman contrast rural Ireland with militarized cities under English rule. He described bloodshed and disorder daily, noting one burst of applause when he spoke of burning 500 army barracks.
A citizen asks how to help provide a merry Christmas for poor children through the Post Santa fund. The responder notes Santa needs considerably more money to assist those in need this season.
Justice Wait of the Superior Court ruled that a widow cannot disturb the burial of her full blooded American Indian husband who died Sept 28 1918 at Camp Devens and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery Everett. The decision also holds separated spouses have no absolute right to final disposition of a deceased spouse’s body.
Circulars claimed to be from the central executive committee of the Communist Party of America urged workers to overthrow the government and form a Soviet workers council. The papers were found scattered throughout Worcester factory districts on December 17.
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