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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1920
Page
25
John J. Martin president of the Exchange Trust Company told about 200 men at the Haual Moose dinner that the worst times are over. He urged less criticism and more wholesome cooperation among retailers jobbers and manufacturers and stressed the importance of honoring contracts.
Events of today list activities across Boston including a noon assembly luncheon by the Chamber of Commerce at Copley Plaza and a 8 p.m. lecture by Dr. W. T. Grenfell at Symphony Hall under the American British Federation. Other items include a 2 p.m. Christmas tree celebration for crippled children at 241 St Botolph, a 3 p.m. YC Club party at 200 Huntington, and a 6 p.m. banquet with a third degree conferral for Governor-elect Cox at Odd Fellows Hall.
Washington December 21. George H. Cushing, managing director of the American Wholesale Coal Association, testified before a Senate investigating committee that government officials joined in coal profiteering during last summer’s shortage.
In an executive session Senator Calder said Mr. Cushing showed the name of a man linked to a scheme where government workers obtained 450,000 tons of coal and sold it for about 600000 in profit. Railroad officials and one army officer were said to participate, while Cushing noted the coal shortage last summer as due to panic and official statements about a winter shortage.
Thomas Davey of Bridgeport, a co owner of Davey Brothers Inc a chain of grocery stores, was found dead at Walnut Beach Milford. Medical examiners say he likely fell or jumped from a pier during a temporary mental disorder tied to throat illness. He was 45, left a widow and several children.
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