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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1919
Page
30
By a 5 to 2 vote the City Council yesterday disapproved an order from Mayor Peters to consolidate the almshouse on Long Island and the school for boys on Rainsford Island into a single department of wards under a $000 a year commissioner.
Charles L. Corthrell and Merrill E. Wheeler, brakemen on the Boston and Maine line, waived examination and are held on $1000 bonds each for larceny of 240000 cigarettes plus tobacco and stationery. The alleged thefts occurred during two hour train stops at West Peabody on December 2 and 4, with a gunfight by detectives when the pair attempted to flee in a car on December 5. three others are said to be implicated.
Congress defers action on the oil coal gas and phosphate land leasing bill until next month. Senate and House conferees will resume in January after Representative Farris returns to Washington.
New York December 18 Judge Malone ordered 2670 bail and indictment cases pending in general sessions onto the calendar. He condemned the delay as injustice that favors the rich while the poor languish in the Tombs, urging action to stop it.
Six teachers at the Girls High School on West Newton Street rally to exonerate Orren Smith, an under master, from any disloyal or seditious teaching. They praise his loyalty and call for a fair investigation by the city school committee.
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