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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1920
Page
16
Adelphi man Gentile expresses belief in dreams and Santa Claus as he gains his freedom, saying the Christmas gift he longed for has arrived yesterday. He had hoped for release and now feels vindicated by the outcome.
Gentile, a cabin mess-boy on the Steamship Cretic, and another man were arrested by customs for importing drugs. Arraigned before U S Commissioner Hayes, Gentile was held on 500 bail with a later hearing. He spent a night in jail amid slow bail proceedings and anxious wait.
A detained Gentile boy in a marshal's office is released by the same man who jailed him. The federal magistrate offers him a merry Christmas and the boy, tearful, thanks him for the unexpected mercy as he prepares to sail home to his country.
Carmine Lizenziata, recently convicted of manslaughter in wood alcohol whiskey cases that killed about 100 in Connecticut and Massachusetts, posted 50 000 bail and will spend Christmas at his Brooklyn home after Sing Sing sentence of 18 years and 6 months. A roll of 50 thousand dollars was pledged by a supporter to secure his release.
Marlboro on December 24 hosted a Knights of Columbus Christmas entertainment in K of C Hall. Mayor Sullivan Clifford dressed as Santa descended the chimney and distributed gifts from two large trees to 600 guests and members. Addresses were given by Mayor McCarthy Revenue Collector Mitchell and former Mayor Halloran along with songs and recitations.
An editorial notes the 1920 year ending with a record sales volume and customer count, underscoring merchants must be prudent and fair to secure producer and consumer goodwill. It invokes Aesop on interdependence and urges peace and good will in business during readjustment.
Police Commissioner Edwin VU Curtis reports to Governor Coolidge stressing the need for new Boston station houses and substantial changes to others. He says his reasonable recommendations have not been adopted and the department requires modernization after the past year’s changes.
Commissioner notes year of reorganizing the force after September 1919 events with 1670 patrolmen hired since November 1920, about 75 percent veterans. Report lists 73 officers dismissed, 231 resignations, and figures on arrests, crimes, licenses, drunkenness, and accidents across the year.
Christmas cheer filled Jay's at Temple Place as the firm awarded a year end bonus to every staff member in appreciation of the past year's work. The bonus applied regardless of tenure as the company marks just over two years in business.
A lonely cat named Danny, once famed as the Loneliest Cat in New England, will spend Christmas warm and fed. A young actor Gordon Stables urged the appeal, and Frank and Mrs. Kinsella of the Post offered a permanent home by their fireside.
Felix Euilmette of Waterbury Conn files libel in Bristol county Superior Court against wife Alice Euilmette alleging a misconfinct and detailing an incident said to have occurred in Fall River on July 22 1919, the day after their wedding.
J R Howard president of the American Farm Bureau Federation told Senate agriculture and banking committees that open markets in Russia Germany and other nations should be created for American farm products through the War Finance Corporation by handling securities of those nations.
The discussion covered extending credits through securities from foreign nations to finance American farm products via the War Finance Corp. The plan notes no treasury backing. Germany context proposed a priority lien on German resources under Versailles. The Fed urged direct federal land bank loans and treasury debentures, while a separate bill sought a $1 billion loan for German authorities to buy American farm goods.
Elizabeth F Hyland mother of Police Lieutenant William J Hyland of East Boston died in his arms yesterday morning just after he returned home and bid her a Merry Christmas. He found her kneeling by the stairs, she spoke faintly, he held her as she fainted and passed away.
Five thousand children were guests of the city at a Christmas party in the Municipal Auditorium directed by the Rotary Club. Rotarians and Boy Scouts marshalled the attendees for a band concert, motion pictures, and gifts from a large tree. Mayor A. A. Adams presided.
John J. Sullivan of 22 Lexington Street Charlestown receives a $100 award from the judges for the best answer to Insteader No. 4. He is a custom house inspector at the Hoosac Tunnel docks and a lifelong Charlestown resident, father of six: John J Jr Lawrence Elizabeth Janet Paul and Irene. He says he has read the Post as long as he can remember.
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