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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1922
Page
7
Oscar LaBart spoke at the Huntington Avenue branch of the YMCA during Thrift Week, urging young men to buy life insurance due to low rates and calling life insurance the top security. He predicted most businesses would soon carry life insurance as standard as fire and liability coverage.
Mothers seeking guidance on child health may request the free booklet Food for Growing Children from H O Cereal Company Inc Department 3 54 Fulton street Buffalo New York. Requests will be registered to receive health bulletins and a new cookbook The Better Table will also be sent free if requested.
Massachusetts campaign for the Woodrow Wilson Foundation reports progress with total tally at 13,000 dollars of an 85,000 dollar state quota. Messages urge district chairmen to submit noon today reports as New England states rally support for peace and justice. Contributions arrive from Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Worcester, while districts around Boston push for early oversubscription.
Cash subscriptions to the Woodrow Wilson Foundation fund are taken by West Roxbury committee representatives from 5 to 9 p m on Saturday at KE H Smith's Newspaper and Stationery store 1910 Centre Street West Roxbury. The drive ends Monday the 28th. Small gifts from many are preferred. five people giving a dollar each expresses community sentiment better than one person giving five dollars.
Anson W. Burchard a General Electric vice president testified before the Lockwood legislative committee that G E C controlled perhaps 95 percent of the incandescent lamp business in America. The NY testimony underscores G E C dominance in the lighting market.
Fire at Jacob Silverman factory on 1688 Fast New York Avenue Brooklyn sent hundreds of yards of macaroni into the street. Neighbors joined salvage efforts as the blaze drew crews and onlookers to the scene.
Mr. Burchard argued that the General Electric Company did not control the industry as a monopoly. He noted competition would arise if any other firm attempted to take business. He stated about 2,000,000 lamps are produced annually in the United States and explained GE gained control through patents. Westinghouse made about 17 percent under GE licenses, plus 8 percent from miscellaneous licenses. Licenses set quotas with a 10 percent royalty for excess production. Samuel Untermyer argued the royalty could curb output. Mr. Burchard disagreed.
H. C. Witwer narrates a gripping Leather Pushers chapter where the Chickasha Killer achieves his wish and faces a punchy exchange with Kid Roberts. The Boston Sunday Post magazine showcases a brisk sports fiction duel with vivid detail and period flair.
The Widows and Widowers Club announces a February 17 Valentine dance as its first public social function. The group invites bachelors and bachelor maids, with married people welcome, and stresses social meals without acting as a matrimonial agency. Seven marriages have occurred in six months. 26 refined applicants seek membership daily, with background checks delaying immediate initiation.
Dr Amy Kankonen a Boston notable recently elected mayor of Fairport Ohio is described as possibly the youngest mayor and the only woman mayor in the United States Her path includes being the youngest graduate of the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania and serving in the Volunteer Medical Service Corps during the war, marking a distinguished career in medicine and public service.
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