Massachusetts Women Fight to Hold Office Contends Court Review
Massachusetts women leaders urge Supreme Court decision after Attorney General J Weston Allen says women may be ineligible for office under state constitution. They plan to seek federal court or referendum if needed and push for a constitutional amendment removing male from eligibility. Support from Democratic and Republican groups, League of Women Voters, and Boston activists.
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Massachusetts
J. Weston Allen
James T. Tillinghast
Republican Women of
Frederick W. Cook
Allen
Supreme Court of the
Gertrude F. Hayes
Democratic State Committee
Republican Party
Congress
Ida Porter Boyer
Boston League of Women Voters
Boyer
Susan W. FitzGerald
FitzGerald
Arthur G. Rotch
Massachusetts League of Women Voters
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Burns Defeats Black Sox Lawyers In Chicago Testimony
William Burns known as a fixer for the 1919 world series testified in Chicago for seven hours, fending off a team of top criminal lawyers. He stood calm as he defended his previous day’s tale of betrayal in a high profile case.
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Chicago
United News
William
Big Bill) Burns
Burns
Black Sox
Witness Burns Wears Down In Court As Cross Exam Persists
After two days on the stand, Burns appears bored and uncooperative under Thomas Nash's probing. He answers in monosyllables as the jury and spectators grow restless while the judge signals adjournment. The witness maintains a calm, factual narration of his story despite pressure.
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Burns
Thomas Nash
James C
O’brien
Nash
Burns reveals Six Stakes in Black Sox Scandal
Testimony outlines six major facts about the 1919 Black Sox case. Burns details double crossing by gamblers and players, outcomes of the third game, wagers on future games, and key figures including Gandil Risberg and Rothstein, with hotel confrontations and motives under cross examination.
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White Sox
Arnold Rothstein
New York
Arnold
Chick) Gandil
Black Sox
Warner Hotel
Chicago
Gandil
Burns
Risberg
McMullin
Abe Attel
O'Brien
Linton Hotel
Cincinnati
Lynn Girl Scout Killed On First Day of Membership
Martha C. Le Blanc a 12 year old Lynn girl dies after falling from a moving auto on a camping trip with the Girl Scout Troop of St. Josephs Church. She died at Lynn Hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. Police exonerate driver Lewis A. Dorman of 59 Broad street Lynn.
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St. Joseph’s Church
Lynn
Martha C. le Blanc
Rockaway Street
Lynn Hospital
Melbourne C. LeBlanc
Lewis A. Dorman
Broad Street
Boston plans five cent fares and blessings for drivers
General Manager Edward Dana announces new experimental districts with five cent local fares and no transfer privileges starting Saturday August 12. In Charlestown surface cars will run to Brattle Street station with five cent local fares and ten cent through fares for transfers to elevated or Haymarket stations. Cambridge cars will serve Harvard Square subway with five cent local fares and sixteen cent through fares inbound at the station. Dorchester inbound riders to Andrew Square or Egleston Square pay ten cents with return coupons for outbound travel. A St Christopher blessing for drivers will be held at St Leonard of Port Maurice Church with open air blessing and medals for automobiles. The Boston Sunday Post Pilgrim booklet feature will appear in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
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Edward Dana
Boston Elevated
Charlestown
Brattle Street
Elevated
Haymarket Square
Cambridge
Harvard Square
Dorchester
Andrew Square
Egleston Square
Dudley Street
East Loop
St. Christopher
Pope Pius X
Boston
New England
St. Leonard of Port Maurice
Prince Street
North End
Christopher Burzi
Tuscany
Italy
Christ
Two Men Scalded in Truck Radiator Explosion
William J. Carroll age 48 of Somerville and Herbert L. Keefe age 62 of Somerville suffered severe burns when the radiator of the auto truck they rode on exploded at Main and Pearl streets Melrose while en route to Lawrence. They are in a semi conscious condition at Melrose Hospital.
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William J. Carroll
Summer Street
Somerville
Herbert L. Keefe
Centre Street
Main
Pearl Streets
Melrose
Lawrence
Melrose Hospital
Farmer Severed Artery in Wrist on Wood Street
Fred Tucker, laboring on Samuel S. Holton’s Lexington farm, nearly bled to death yesterday after a mowing machine knife slipped and deeply cut his left wrist, severing an artery.
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Fred Tucker
Samuel S. Holton
Wood Street
Lexington
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