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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1921
Page
2
A performer atop the Federal building warned New Year revelers to expect snow or rain by midnight with warmer temperatures than yesterday. He urged attendees to wear rubbers and goosh es while noting fur coats may be unnecessary.
The night and morning saw temperatures two degrees warmer at midnight and a low official reading at 7 am with many suburban zero marks reported. The day warmed to a high at 3 pm, then fell to 13 by midnight. Forecasters say the cold spell is easing though tomorrow remains chilly, with a brief snow or rain spell expected and clearing skies after Sunday. In the harbor, many vessels arrived iced over from heavy northwest seas, including Crest, Comber, Pioneer and the Herman Winter struck by heavy ice making her name barely legible.
Indictments charging five New York men with second degree fraud reveal a scheme that fleeced merchants across the United States Canada and Mexico for about 1 million dollars. Solicitors allegedly obtained signatures on false working receipts for free directories altered later to create advertising contracts. Victims included firms in Boston Philadelphia Baltimore and Newark.
Two men were robbed at gunpoint in Watertown by a lone bandit at different times. One victim received a dollar a small charge and an Ingersoll watch which was returned. The other man, Joseph M O Callaghan, frightened the assailant who fled on foot as police investigated.
Massachusetts law requires landlords to heat leasable apartments or face fines up to 100 dollars or imprisonment up to six months. Rent and Housing Commission Chairman Herbert Ellis pledged to enforce the statute after hearing many cold tenants' appeals.
A Boston area scene shows tenants flooding the Rent and Housing Commissioner with calls about extreme cold in their apartments. John Smith complains rent is $85 monthly while the 44 degree indoor temperature feels like 10 below, demanding action as lines continue to buzz from Roxbury Dorchester Brighton Allston and beyond.
A Westminster Street Allston resident reports 30 degree temperatures in his flat the baby’s bottle frozen a frozen faucet and a deadly cold affecting his wife. Chairman Ellis and assistants heard many calls and tenants threaten legal action against landlords while promising to pursue penalties under Massachusetts law.
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