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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1921
Page
1
A Chamber of Commerce committee spent hours examining local building conditions and construction inactivity. The inquiry aimed to explain delays and identify remedies, with findings summarized for readers.
Samuel H. Appleman, a well known cold storage man in the market district, tried death by his own action by inhaling illuminating gas in his Roxbury home. He is in critical condition at City Hospital after his wife found him unconscious in a locked bathroom. Police say nervousness over investments contributed. his business is at 14 Commercial Street.
United News reports a 500 strong Republican force surprised by a small police unit near Rosscarbery barracks in Ireland. The clash lasted six hours with six Republicans killed and 20 wounded, all transported by boat.
A Cork despatch reports about 500 Irish Republicans attacking 18 police in two lorries near Rosscarbery. Casualties were claimed by officials to be none, while Kingston and Ston’s family were detained. The fight lasted six hours with sniping and a police retreat at dusk as weapons and equipment were collected.
Dawes erupts with anger after critics at the show, hurling oaths as he responds to harsh remarks during the confrontation.
Charles G. Dawes fires at pin head critics and congressional war probes in Washington as he predicts great Army prospects in the coming years. Continued on Page 6-7th Column.
Robert P. Brindell, president of the Building Trades' Council, was found guilty of extortion from builders by a jury in Justice McAvoy's court New York. He was remanded to the Tombs until Tuesday for sentencing, with a maximum penalty of 15 years. The verdict followed a one hour and 25 minute deliberation as friends crowded the courtroom.
Manager John J. McCarthy of the Quincy House and the Hotel Essex denied any planned conference with striking cooks and waiters. He said the workers did not report for work on Tuesday, replacements were found, and the matter is closed.
New York reports the annual meeting of the intercollegiate football rules committee likely to be held in the city on March 6.
Andover Feb 3 one man was instantly crushed to death and another critically injured when a heavy touring car crashed into a light runabout that had darted out from behind. A group of others escaped injury in the collision.
William A. Brady, New York theatrical producer and president of the National Association of the motion picture industry, clashed with Middle West reformers in Chicago city council chambers regarding censorship. He defended Chaplin's The Kid while reformers pressed for an age restriction barring girls under sixteen from viewing films.
Mrs Angelina De Falco a Dedham court interpreter was found not guilty by Judge Murray in Municipal Court yesterday after a trial lasting over a week. The case drew wide attention for sensational testimony and raised questions about the integrity of Norfolk county court officials.
The Sinn Feiner prints a Dublin despatch claiming the British submarine K-5, sunk off Land's End two weeks ago, was destroyed by Irish seacraft using an electrically controlled projectile invented by an Irish engineer.
Utah Senate approves measure banning manufacture and sale of cigarettes tobacconists and cigars in state public spaces. Fourteen vote aye and three vote no. The bill also bans smoking cigars cigarettes and pipes in any public places.
Charges of misuse of church funds and counter charges over control of a million dollars in church property dominated yesterday’s proceedings. Intimations arose that financial interests aim to acquire valuable real estate on School street as the dispute intensived among leading Universalists.
Edward J. Noonan a 12 year old of 78 Hobart Street Brighton was shot in the left breast by a 14 year old Kenneth Moore of 4 Newcastle Road while Moore fired at objects in his yard on Donnybrook Road near Hudson Street Brighton yesterday afternoon.
Abram Kabane proprietor of the New York store in Provincetown for 12 years died tonight after a weeklong illness of pneumonia. He aided locals in need and supported the new moving picture house project. He was 5 years of age and survived by a nephew who will take the body to Boston for interment.
Federal grand jury to hear evidence on graft charges against 38 customs inspectors at the New York port. Warrants to arrest the men will be issued. Collector Byron R. Newton says eight inspectors may be dismissed. the probe found bribes from $1 to $300 for bypassing baggage inspections.
At Lowell last night Larry Burns of South Boston whipped Charley Sheppard of New York in a ten round Malta bout for the Crescent A C.
Turko angers ahead of Suez conflict recalled as Turks north of Suez routed by British in 1915. The Asama cruiser wreck claimed 500 men a century ago today. The Czechs retook something noted in today’s column.
Fair and slightly colder in Southern New England Friday with unsettled Saturday likely snow or rain. Northern New England and states east of the Mississippi show similar patterns with Friday fair and colder and Saturday unsettled. Winds shift from west and northwest to east along the coast.
Forecast hints at a brighter day but temperatures lag behind yesterday with cooler afternoon feel and light breeze across town today.
Yesterday's temperatures and readings appear with scattered OCR artifacts. The excerpt notes an average temperature around 40s and 40/42, with references to a 25.084 value and a 7 day average comparison to the prior year. The readable data indicate a daily temperature summary for the date labeled 21 and 20.
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