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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1921
Page
3
President elect Warren G. Harding and Mrs. Harding began moving into the White House with a small batch of personal effects including two big trunks and several boxes. The belongings were placed in the basement of the executive offices awaiting the move to the residence.
A solemn requiem will be offered tomorrow morning at Sacred Heart Church Watertown for Mrs Ellen T Riley mother of Patrolman Thomas J Riley who was shot while patrolling his boat in Cambridge November 21 1920. Mrs Riley died Wednesday after a brief illness and relatives say heartbreak caused her death.
Mrs Gladys Witherell wife of O S Witherell head of a loan firm disappeared from her home in Los Angeles Tuesday night and is reportedly kidnapped and held for ransom. Relatives cited messages from kidnappers demanding several thousand dollars and threatening her death if payment fails. A son’s mother aged 23 reportedly received a call claiming an automobile accident nearby and a victim needed her, but she did not leave with the caller.
Admiral William Sims told the North Congregational Church Men's Club that the United States should stop building battleships and focus on perfecting airplanes. He predicted a future with aircraft carriers carrying 12 or more planes and aerial torpedoes, capable of repelling large fleets. He argued planes offer far higher speeds, surpassing the fastest ships.
A puppy on a cake of ice drifted down the Hudson River forcing a Fort Lee Edgewater ferry to halt. Captain James Brannigan guided the vessel beside the ice and First Mate Gerard Barry rescued the pup after a broken ladder incident. The dog was named Icicle aboard.
At 3 p.m. the Legislative Council holds a meeting on measures affecting teachers and public schools. The Twentieth Century Club convenes at 6 p.m. for a meeting and dinner of the Employers' Association of Eastern Massachusetts in Somerset. 7:30 p.m. features the American Patriotic Association at the Boston Y.M.C.A. An 8 p.m. Burns celebration takes place at the Caledonian Club in the Mechanics' Building.
Wellesley College will install a coryza closet in Founder's Hall to combat colds. The airtight zinc lined room uses eucalyptus and formaldehyde vapors. students sneeze, breathe deeply, and shout a class yell to ward off illness. A prior test in Simpson Cottage informed Dr. Katharine P. Raymond, with 341 of 267 girls reporting colds in the last year. Students warned to stop going bareheaded in rain.
Washington January 27 Prohibition Commissioner Kramer announced Frank Lanagan of Dorchester as assistant to Prohibition Enforcement Director William J McCarthy for the New England district. Lanagan, previously a deputy enforcement officer in Boston, discussed new withdrawal instructions for bonded warehouses with Deputy Commissioner Bliss.
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