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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1920
Page
6
City Collector Frank Deland issued 2000 warrants for unpaid 1919 poll taxes as extra clerks are added to issue thousands daily until all 80,000 delinquents are served. Delinquents in 1919 amount to about 40 percent of the levy while 67 percent of 1920 taxes are paid. The 1919 tax is $2 versus $5 for 1920.
The peace talks between Russians and Poles open at Baranovitchi near Minsk on July 30 with armistice to take effect the same day. The Lloyd George boundary line remains intact in the north and the military line in the south will be observed on July 30.
In Antwerp on July 26 the American team finished third in the running deer competition at the Artillery range. Four entries competed with Norway scoring 178, Finland 159, America 158, and Sweden 153 of a possible 260.
Washington views the Soviet proposal for a London conference as a possible step toward quasi recognition. The State Department says it has no knowledge of the suggestion and cautions against haste in accepting any invitation.
The article outlines a cautious U S stance on the Russo Polish dispute as a path to stabilizing Europe. It notes Washington prefers observing over active aid, warns against Soviet use of Poland to boost its regime, and discusses Britain France and Italy reactions to a London conference approach.
In Chicago this afternoon two payroll robberies occurred within twenty minutes on the west side. Two bandits and two express company employees were shot, one likely fatally, and $25,000 stolen. All bandits escaped. Earlier, two youths who had been robbing grocery branches completed their fifteenth hold up in a month, fleeing with $750.
Five bandits in a touring car battled three express messengers in front of Hart Schaffner Marx in the West Side. Two bandits wounded, Haubrock mortally? shot, Gaude wounded. One bandit grabbed the steel box, another snatched cash and fled. police pursuit failed. Separately, three armed men took $15,000 from Abe Nelson at Peterson machine works. they escaped.
Bob Martin the A F E F heavyweight champion knocked out Sergeant Ray Smith of New York in the fifth round of a scheduled 15 round bout in Columbus Ohio. A right cross to the jaw followed by three blows to the face floored Smith.
The City Council passed a loan order introduced by Mayor Peters providing 225000 to construct a combined station for police harbor guardians and fire engine 31. The project follows the destruction of the old engine 31 house in the molasses disaster.
Arthur Burns of Maverick Street Chelsea found a stone at Revere Beach resembling a rooster. The four year old identified it instantly and clucked. The Winifredian carried 140 cabin passengers including Miss Winifred Scotcher and Miss Evelyn Cahill bound for marriages in Beachmont and with shipboard grooms. Several notable arrivals and arrivals related stories fill the voyage with weddings, former consuls, and a wartime medical staffer visiting friends. Two stowaways were found aboard after 48 hours without food or water.
Miss Chase travelogue reveals she planned to wed Trifiro in Boston after meeting him aboard an American naval vessel in Liverpool. She later changed her mind and expressed desire to return to England without delay. Trifiro had secured her promise to wed and kept up correspondence with plans for a Boston home.
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