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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1920
Page
8
The Fiber Ltd Corporation announced a two week dawn closure beginning next week and a 15 percent wage reduction for about 500 employees upon reopening. The action affects roughly 500 workers in Springfield.
Appeal urges timely Post Santa Now actions to aid a child in need for Christmas. Community organizations call for donations and volunteer efforts to deliver gifts and joy before year’s end.
Senator Walsh backs a new party as labor groups react to a major setback in the bill passage. The report notes the moment as a long awaited restructuring in party lines and the continuing tension between labor forces and lawmakers.
Senators Lafollette Johnston Walsh Johnson Borah Capper attended a labor backed conference with House figures and leaders of the Non partisan League to discuss the Poindexter bill and a possible liberal legislative bureau. The gathering noted potential third party moves and stirred organized labor’s anger over the rapid passage of the measure.
Local Democrats have heard rumors that Senator Walsh may break from the party. His silence in the last campaign stemmed from a sharp disagreement with Governor Cox over the League of Nations issue.
Greater Boston crime wave hits Somerville as three residences were entered in two hours. Thieves forced front doors with a jimmy and ransacked the Tibbetts 211 Morrison Avenue, Little 51 Hall Avenue, and Eaton 8 Lowden Avenue homes. Only small amounts were taken: 10 cents at Tibbetts, a few dollars at Little, and nothing at Kaffa.
Captain Thomas M. Mc Laughlin of Engine 30 West Roxbury retires after 34 years with the Boston fire department. He served as captain 22 years, survived a 1908 chimney collapse incident, and previously worked as a cabinet maker before joining the force.
Screen gossip notes Conway Tearle inherits a dramatic tradition from mother Minnie Conway a famed actress. Tearle who acted with Ellen Terry Billie Burke Ethel Barrymore Viola Allen and Grace George makes his screen debut in The Fall of the Romanoffs and has completed The Road of Ambition now working on The Fighter he is married to Adele Rowland the musical comedy star.
Stage and screen star Doris Kenyon is described as a poetess in a new volume by her father, a renowned verse writer. Actress Bessie Love has published a children's book of good night stories.
The marriage of Miss Jean Paige and A F E Smith president of the Vitagraph Company was announced after Paige left Hollywood for Paris and Smith traveled from the coast to New York then to Paris where they wed at her home on Tuesday.
A new company, the Blue Laws Film Corporation, forms with Arthur B. Reeves as president, author of Craig Kennedy stories. It plans two reel films adapted from Elsie books and Rollo series plus Alice in Wonderland for children.
Jack Pickford will direct his sister Mary in her next picture, a story written by Miss Pickford, but as yet without a title.
A reader notes various film figures and personal details. Lillian Gish is not married and is 2 percent years old. Richard Barthelmess is 25. Charles Ray is married. Tom Moore divorced from Alice Joyce. Gladys Brockwell and others are linked to current projects and agencies. Addresses and studio connections in Hollywood, New York, and Maine are given.
Studios in Los Angeles report Miss Theby remains active in film with two current projects Kis met and The Little Grey Mouse.
Malden's so called millionai r janitor William R Hanson has been fired from his drugstore job after managers say he spent too much time reading letters from women seeking marriage. Hanson was famed locally for his unusual wealth and work as a window washer fur nace fixer and floor sweeper before losing employment.
A recent inheritor of $250,000 begins a new line of work roofing slag roofs for William A. Shepard of Malden. He plans to continue work until his inheritance is fully spent, embracing the risky occupation.
A holiday note highlights that every child in New England benefits from a donation sent to the Post Santa Claus, bringing happiness to many and easing heartbreak for some during Christmas.
Massachusetts House Speaker Joseph Warner spoke on Pilgrim history at Temple Mishkan Tefila. He noted Jewish involvement in building the Plymouth colony and cited a 25 year average age of Pilgrim members. He also praised Massachusetts for welfare leadership and strong highways.
The Boston equal rights league hosts a pre Christmas mass meeting at the 12th Baptist Church Shawmut avenue and Madison street in observance of the holiday. Er T Morris president will open with William L Reed presiding Rev M N Shaw to speak on a national defence fund Simon Swig Tremont Trust Co speaks Inv free admission to the public.
A call to donate a small sum to support Christmas aid for poor children, urging readers to help by contributing to the Post Santa fund.
An ad touts Grove's LAXATIVE RKOMO QUININE tablets as a one day cure for colds. It urges purchasing the genuine tablet bearing BE. W. Grove’s signature 30e and claims quick relief.
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