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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1922
Page
6
President Harding will confer with governors at the White House tomorrow on enforcement of prohibition. Sixteen state executives planned to attend after arriving from White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, where the fourteenth annual governor’s conference was held last week.
A compact reference on criminal law rules of evidence law of arrests use of firearms deserter arrests duties of the lice old-time Kine Laws the Volstead er and the three mile limit priced at $1.00 published by The Westcott Publishing Co Boston Mass mailing Pr Box 2093Boston MA
The White Sulphur Springs gathering was moved up due to factors at play and a further conference is expected after January 1 as many governors will leave office. President Harding weighed opinions from experienced officials to guide future enforcement of prohibition.
Department of Labor figures show retail and wholesale food prices up at least 2 percent in November. The year ending Nov 15 saw retail food prices down 5 percent, while wholesale food prices rose about 12 percent. Farm products led yearly gains at 18 percent.
A retrospective view on radio’s staying power cites Westinghouse paying Armstrong for super regenerative patents and notes broadcasting stations in many cities. Program items include WNAC at 9:00 a m and 4:00 p m with music and lectures. WNAO silent Monday night. weather forecasts. dressed meats markets. and Santa letters at 5:00 p m.
The canary known as Baby Grand won the first international canary contest, beating hundreds of pedigreed birds from England, Canada, and Germany to become the world’s greatest warbler. An observer notes that even the country’s best selling books do not reach as many homes as a popular bean brand.
In Grove City Pennsylvania on December 17 Elmer Mckee and Miss Helen Morrison of Harrisville clung to their wrecked car after it rode the cowcatcher of a freight engine. They were carried 400 feet before leaping to safety as the train slowed. Neither was injured. The crash occurred when the auto was caught between a safety ten at the Broad street grade the Bessemer and Lake Erie.
Haverhill dispatches report a Boston taxi driver charged Peter Costellos for transporting his wife and daughter from South Station to his home city. The billing surprised Costellos as the fare totaled about $70. The incident occurred in the Dec. 17 context.
Peter emigrated from Greece to the United States four years earlier and worked in a cousin’s fruit and confectionery shop in this city to save passage money. He then helped his wife and daughter sail to America, but a dispute at a South Station taxi led to a heated argument over fares before settlement.
John H. Bass aged 67 was a millionaire manufacturer and philanthropist who founded the Bass Machine and Foundry Company. He died at his Fort Wayne home after a lingering illness.
George Maxfield of Walla Walla 48 displays three new teeth at the U S Veterans Hospital claiming the third set proves his virility. Local dentists back his boast saying such a replacement is nearly unprecedented.
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