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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1920
Page
2
Mrs. Ida Porter Boyer addressed women instructors in manual training at the Lloyd Training School on Harcourt street as prospective voters. She stressed voting as a solemn act of citizenship while a large party chart loomed behind her during the instruction session.
Mrs Boyer compares Democrat and Republican tenets, linking historic shifts from Democratic Republicans to today’s parties and noting belief in individual rights versus centralized government. She outlines Monroe Doctrine scope and the Holy Alliance origin, asserting U S armed stance against external powers in the Western Hemisphere.
David J. Brickley, a City Council member, says he will not pledge support to any candidate and plans to run for the presidency himself.
The New Hampshire constitutional convention on January 27 tabled a resolution that would have submitted to voters an amendment authorizing the initiative and referendum.
Thomas J. Dawson told the city Finance Commission he bore no personal responsibility for irregularities in certain city oil transactions and blamed Major Thomas F. Sullivan, commissioner of public works, after hours of cross examination. He said he has always aimed to fulfill his duties per the Mayor’s wishes.
In a tense Boston hearing, Commissioner Sullivan clashes with attorney Robert G. Dodge over oil purchases from Mathew P. Skullin. Witness Dawson alleges political influence and misstatements about oil quality versus city specifications.
Francis Batcheller former shoe manufacturer and Boston native died in Florence Italy at 62. He led the Ew. & A. H. Batcheller Company of North Brookfield after his father’s death, and was well known in Boston and North Brookfield. His wife had lived abroad with him for years.
Washington reports a public split between Senate and House GOP leaders on universal military training as debate unfolds. The disagreement centers on how the policy should be enacted and funded, signaling a broader partisan divide on national defense planning.
The Senate military committee backed universal training in the army reorganization bill with seven of nine Republicans voting yes. Rep Mondell warned party leaders would face political oblivion. Costs cited include a $1 billion bond to fund training, with four months of training proposed for youths 18 to 21 and substantial reductions in regular army expenditure.
The article notes an ongoing Senate session with emphasis on a universal training provision. It states plans to push the measure forward, with a new attempt anticipated tomorrow after today’s discussions.
At Burdett College Burdett Street meeting last night the Reciprocity Club voted 165 to 1 to support the Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce drive for daylight savings in the state. Several hundred attended and 13 new members were admitted, bringing total membership to 167.
Cheyenne Wyoming January extra session of the Wyoming Legislature completed ratification of the woman suffrage amendment to the federal Constitution. The House passed the bill 44 to 0 and the Senate acted yesterday.
A Cambridge stable fire at 8 2 School street gutted the rear wooden structure. Captain James McCabe was overcome by smoke and hospitalized. One horse suffocated, one body burned requiring shooting, another slowly recoverable after removal to an animal hospital. Property damage exceeds 5000 dollars. cause undetermined. owned by the Elijah Ball estate.
The Fathers and Mothers Club met at Trinity Church parish house for its annual officer election. Mrs. Robert Gorton of Brookline was unanimously chosen president for 1920 21 with vice presidents including the Leander Mann D D the Rev Gabriel Reid Maguire Mrs Samuel W McCall Mrs Louis A Coolidge and Mrs Frank.
Lin E. Cooper serves on the committee while George G. S. Perkins is treasurer and Miss C. Adelaide Clark chairs the ways and means committee.
John Kendrick Bangs spoke on The Spirit of America Abroad at the Arlington Teachers' Club event held in Robbins Memorial Town Hall Arlington last evening as part of the annual entertainment series.
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