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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1920
Page
1
Ernest B. Freeman says in Divorce Court he never struck or cursed his wife and blames her for family discord. He notes his wife is heiress to $700,000. Case details continue on page 11 first column.
The League of Nations second meeting, to be the first real business session, will be held in London on February 10. The council will debate the constitution of the permanent court of international justice, a key obligation under the peace treaty. The report comes from Washington via Associated Press.
Peace treaty compromise talks, near dissolution, were given a 48 hour extension but Senate leaders remain pessimistic about reaching a final agreement. Democrats accuse opponents of refusing to compromise on Article 10, with continued coverage expected on page 10.
The Boston Post Clancy Fund lists pledges from figures and firms including Governor Calvin Coolidge, Cardinal O Connell, The Boston Globe, Boston Evening Transcript, District Attorney Joseph Pelletier, Paine Furniture Co, Simon Swig Tremont Trust, Cosmopolitan Trust, Max Mitchell, Sherman L Whipple, Godfrey Cabot, A C Ratshesky, Bishop William Lawrence, Thomas W Larson, Winslow Co, A Shaman and Company, S H Waldstein, Law and Order and In a Hero's Name. Pledges range from 15 to 100 dollars with multiple donors totaling substantial support. Continued on Page 6 2d Column.
A Manchester byline reports funds rising as the public joins the Clancy family in honoring memory. Mrs. Clancy remains in England as her husband had bought her Cunard passage a month earlier and mailed it to Manchester for the first available boat. Ipswich expects her arrival on the next sailing.
Halifax N S January 27 The US Army transport Powhatan commanded by Captain W B Randall docked under searchlights to cheers after an 11 day night and day fight with the Atlantic. Crew members risked their lives to halt leaks and extinguish boiler fires while the ship limped home. Randall read a telegram from his wife as Colonel Griswold boarded the ship.
Captain Randall says the moment he expected, noting his wife would be first to congratulate him on his safe return. The brief remark captures relief amid ongoing conflict as details of his unit's status remain limited.
The Harvard College Observatory announced a newly found star from plates dated two years prior. It appeared on April 2 1917 at magnitude 6.5 with large light fluctuations until August 1917 but faded and was not seen on later plates. The five stars found in five months in this Milky Way region show similar maximum magnitudes around 6.5 to 7.5.
Experts say the so called messages from Mars interrupting wireless operators are not alien signals but atmospheric electricity from sun disturbances. Greenleaf Whittier Pickard and John Hay Hammond Jr. of Gloucester cite sun related disruptions and note Pickard’s wartime wireless receiver at Otter Cliffs as evidence.
Washington January 27 Henry P Fletcher has resigned as United States ambassador to Mexico after 18 years in the diplomatic service. He said he could no longer cultivate proper relations with Mexico while President Carranza remains in power and that his work in presenting American demands would not benefit either government if he stayed.
In Manchester England Mrs William G Clancy widow of a murdered Boston police officer lives with her mother at 5 Cecil street Bury. The mother Mrs Butterworth received the reporter and said neither she nor her daughter had heard the news of Clancy's death when asked.
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