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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1920
Page
4
Overtime totaling 592 for 15 clerks in the assessing department is due to a surge in real estate transfers. Department records show more than 7000 transfers from January to April, hindering preliminary tax rate computations. The overtime is needed to handle delays in obtaining record titles for real estate assessments.
Marion Ohio July 26 Senator Harding received firsthand information on Russia and Poland from C Herbert DeFosse a New York fiscal expert who recently studied European affairs They discussed U S relations to European rehabilitation and Harding posed many questions about conditions there.
A statement from DeFosse, invited by Senator Harding, urges caution in foreign commitments as Europe faces a grave crisis with Trotzky’s military buildup. Harding plans a quiet week and a front porch campaign start after a Mansfield, Ohio delegation visit, with Harry M. Daugherty to notify Governor Coolidge of Massachusetts as vice presidential candidate.
Councilman Ford moved to placard voting places with details on when and where women may register. He warned districts may spend heavily to sway women voters and urged wide publicity so all women know their rights and how to register ahead of elections.
Police pursue theory five New York gunmen robbed the La Credite Union bank on Fales street just before 9 am taking about 14149 dollars after forcing cashier Omer Colette to surrender. Treasurer Leger Morrissette opened the safe, robbers then tied cashier Collette to a chair and fled in a waiting touring car. Loretta St George witnessed the escape and reported the scene to authorities.
The City Council opened action to challenge a widening of Stuart Street by asking the corporation counsel for an opinion on the council's rights under the Stuart Street Act. The move follows months of debate after the proposal was previously rejected by the council.
West Springfield report details thieves accessing the Town Hall cellar by siphoning liquor from 12 Italian wine barrels. A broken bottle and red stains were found outside a cellar window. Police note some barrels remain and suggest thieves operated over several nights, also linking a prior raid on a separate location.
John L. Farrell of the Postal Telegraph Company tells Examiner Patterson that the Interstate Commerce Commission plan to fix liability for errors and delays would keep discrimination against small users by Western Union. He notes proposed damages of 50 dollars for incorrect or delayed messages and 150 dollars for repeated telegrams, while current rules cap damages at tolls paid.
At 11 a.m. Annual Session Service of Star Legion at the Boston Public Library. A 12:30 p.m. luncheon of Kiwanis Club with speaker J. B. Benson on Mutualized Protection in Foreign Trade. 1:30 p.m. Playground dramatic contest across two city playgrounds. 2 p.m. Pageant The Spirit of Liberty by the Society of Scituate on the old Common in Scituate. 8 p.m. Mayflower Hall Provincetown and an 8 p.m. dance for the Virginia crew at the Army and Navy Club Boston.
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