Tremont Trust Queer Loan Deal
Tremont Trust advanced 656000 for an apartment house scheme despite a 40000 per person limit. It gathered 28 straw men, deeded portions of land to them, split the loan among them, then the straw men returned the funds.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1921
Page
1
Tremont Trust lent 656000 to New England Fireproof
Bank charged eight percent interest and advanced sixty five thousand dollars. allegations claim use of straw men to evade law aimed at limiting large loans for small banks. The deal involved over half a million dollars and tied to the Tremont Trust Company closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Trust Company
New England Fireproof Construction Company
Moving pictures hearings expose club politics and claims of industry shortcomings
Committee hearings reveal intense intra club politics in the federated women’s groups and sharp charges against the moving picture industry. Critics accuse trickery, repetition, and ignorance of law and procedure as the discussion over censorship bills dominates the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federated Women's ‘Clubs
Four Arrests On Lottery Charge In Back Bay
Four men were arrested by the Back Bay police yesterday charged with tying up and promoting a lottery. The suspects are William McNally 34 of 2 Wellington street Bernard Hyman 26 of 74 Myrtle street John Glass 34 of 63 Astor street and Abe Welesky 27 of Cunningham street. McNally and Hyman were taken at 135 Massachusetts Avenue and the others at 1032 Boylston Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Backay
Tey
William McNally
Wellington Street
Bernard Hyman
Myrtle Street
John,Glass
Astor Street
Abe Welensky
Cunningham Street
McNally
Hyman
Massachusetts Avenue
Boylston Street
Opposition to repeal of daylight saving law hearings
Miss Gertrude O Connell 26 of 112 Halley Street Northampton died of heart disease after sudden illness opposite 109 Massachusetts Avenue. Her mother Mrs Mary O Connell and Miss Ethel O Connell of Waltham were present. The Boston Chamber of Commerce led a broad coalition of labor groups boards of trade and local department stores in opposing repeal during yesterday s committee hearing at the State House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude. O'Connell
Halley Street
Northampton
Massachusetts Avenue
City Hospital
Mary O'Connell
Ethel O’connell
Waltham
Boards of Trade
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Massachusetts
Committee On Legal Affairs
Chamber
State House
Lincoln Filene Opposes Committee on Daylight Saving
Lincoln Filene, leader of the opposition, testified that the chamber desires to preserve the daylight saving law. He asserted the measure reflects the chamber’s position and urged the committee to uphold it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Lincoln Filene
New Labor Demands From AFL Unions
Washington Feb 23 organized labor demanded by Congress a law declaring labor organizations are not partnerships and shall not be so treated in law or in equity. The declaration of principles was adopted tonight by representatives of national and international unions affiliated in the American Federation of Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Organized
American Federation of Labor
Mrs Pauline Smith Suspected Family Violence Case
Springfield report says Mrs Pauline Smith sustained neck wounds after an alleged attempt on her life by her daughter-in-law with a razor. Colonel Charles F. Lynch of Mercy Hospital terms the act an unsuccessful attempt at death by own action as the complainant was admitted following the assault. Contd on page 2-4th column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore E. Hedlund
Springfield
Pauline Smith
Charles F. Lynch
Mercy Hospital
Declaration Approved After All Day Conference Here
An all day conference led to the approval of a declaration. Details continue on Page 1-3d Column.
Fox in Kitchen Bags Fox in Kitchen
In Topsham Vermont on February 23 J R McLam hunted all day with dogs but his wife stayed home and bagged the fox for eight dollars using only a stick of wood. The fox, exhausted by the wet snow, took refuge in the kitchen where she killed it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham
J. R. MeLam
McLam
Woman wins on first speech in New Hampshire House
Concord Feb 23 Mrs Mary L R Farnum of Boscawen one of NHs two women legislators delivered her maiden speech in the House her brief remarks of fewer than twelve words declared her committee on schools unanimously opposed to the Manchester normal school bill and spelled death for the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
Mary L. R. Farnum
Boscawen
New Hampshire
Manchester
Farnum
Fish Story Vouched For In Canal Zone Catch Tale
In the Balboa dock, a vessel admission freed a school of fish into the canal zone. Workers took 490 pounds for 11 cents a pound and 2 to 3 tons were dumped overboard by crane. Most of the fish reportedly recovered and swam away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Canal
Balboa Dock
Constables Killed at Gate of Dublin Castle
Dublin reports three Royal Irish Constabulary officers at Dublin Castle shot by civilians near the gate. Two were killed and the third seriously wounded, authorities said by the Associated Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin Castle
Dublin
Associated Press
Royal Irish Constabulary
Castle Gate
Reprisals by British in Donegal claim two policemen life
Belfast dateline reports a Mountcharles ambush in County Donegal last night killed two policemen and a young woman. The woman's dying body was found in a yard today and she had been shot through the heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Mountcharles
County Donegal
Turmoil in Mountcharles and Donegal Town During Night Disturbances
Fighting lasted about thirty minutes with two attackers captured. Reprisals burned two Mountcharles shops and a house. Sinn Fein hall burned. Police faced jeers as disturbances spread. Constable Hughes killed but death ruled accidental. All business and schools closed in Donegal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountcharles
Donegal
Sinn Feinhall
Hughes
Fair Forecast For Boston And Vicinity
Forecast calls for fair weather in Boston and surrounding areas on Thursday and Friday with strong west and northwest winds diminishing. A distant disturbance over the St Lawrence Valley moves east with rain and snow across the North Atlantic States and rain through the Middle Atlantic States. Coastal storm warnings remain from Norfolk to Eastport as winds shift from the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Vicinity
Washington
North New England
South New England
East New York
Lake Superior
St. Lawrence Valley
North Atlantic
Middle Atlantic
Atlantic States
Mississippi River
Atlantic
Norfolk
Eastport
Atlantic Coast
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Weather forecast notes near freezing day and windy conditions
Today's outlook calls for fairly good weather with near freezing temperatures during the day and lower temperatures at night. Expect quite windy conditions throughout the period.
Weather snapshot from yesterday for Spa area
Average temperature yesterday was 40 degrees with a high near 83 and a low around 45. The report notes regional readings including 96 in one location and 32 to 42 in mid areas, with values indicating a wide daily temperature spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wind
From Coast to New York in 33 Hours
Pilot Ernest M. Allison of the United States air mail service landed at Mineola Field at 4 50 this afternoon with six sacks of mail that had left San Francisco 33 hours and 20 minutes before. Allison came in five minutes ahead of the government's schedule for the test trip fixed at 36 hours from coast to coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United News
Ernest M. Allison
United States Air Mail Service
Mineola Field
San Francisco
Allison
Air mail flyer sets crossing record arrival at Hazelhurst Field
Fifteen minutes after Allison arrived, Pilot William C Hopson landed from Cleveland with a sack of transcontinental mail and seven pouches of regular mail. Allison left Cleveland at 1 03 p m and stopped at Bellefont Penn for fuel then went to Hazelhurst Field. He had received the mail pouches from Pilot Webster who left Chicago at 9 10 a m arriving in Cleveland at 12 50 p m. Webster took the sacks from Jack Knight who reached Chicago at 8 40 a m after flying 1200 miles from Iowa City. On arrival Allison was greeted by J B Whitbeck and Percy Kirkham who congratulated the flier on his record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison
William C. Hopson
Cleveland
Bellefont
Penn
Hazelhurst Field
Webster
Chicago
Jack Knight
Iowa City
J. B. Whitbeck
New York-Cleveland
Air Mail Service
Percy Kirkham
Ambushes Across Ireland Leave Several Wounded and Dead
Dublin reports multiple ambushes across Ireland last evening. Near Kells County Meath sixty attackers struck a police patrol wounding District Inspector Rowland a sergeant and a constable. In Mount Charles County Donegal a constable was killed in a joint police and military ambush. Ballylongford County Kerry saw another constable shot and killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Ireland
Kells
County
Meath
Rowland
Mount Charles
County Donegal
Ballylongford
County Kerry
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Janet Florizel
Cape Race
President Wilson
Europe
Building Trades Council
Fiume
Matthias Erzberger
Merchants and Manufacturers
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Deaconers Hospital
Alfred L. Aiken
The
National Shawmut Bank of Boston
Horace A. Carter
Citizens’ Organization
Haddock
M. F. Foley CO
Boston’s
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Cor
A i
Mrs. Smith
Genie Reed Smith
Fox
Solon Kills
Bill
A. T. Hart CO
Zist Personne
Mass
Original Celtics
New York Mass
Amishcan Legion Mechanics
Wright & Ditson
Horace Partridge
Lane
Trotman & Henzler
Mass Ave
Marston’s
Cash and Garry
Fresa Fisa
Shattuck & Jones Incorporated
Faneuil Hall
Penn Mutual Life
Clee C. Miller
Gen
Mutual
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