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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1921
Page
9
Brockton May 31. An agreement effective today cuts carpenters wages by five cents an hour, via local arbitration. The deal runs to April 1, 1922, with a closed shop maintained. The 5 cent cut is expected to set the basis for new wage rates across other building trades.
Five weeks of inventory shutdown at the former Barney & Berry skate factory in Springfield began today. The plant, owned by the Winchester Company of New Haven Conn, laid off about 150 workers, about 7 percent of its total workforce.
Michael Lynch of Dorchester sent a letter to Governor Cox asking for the reinstatement of police who left their posts Sept 9, 1919. The letter, mutilated on flimsy paper and signed in pencil, was read by the Governor who said he would not pay attention to it.
A forest fire in Caribou Me damaged more than 500 acres of land belonging to the American Realty Company. Seventy five Houston reinforcements joined 200 local fighters to quell the blaze started Sunday between Hanford and Blackstone. Three Hanford families evacuated but no houses burned as of forenoon. Weather outlook forecast rain. campers blamed for the blaze.
Atlantic City May 1 Harry Berthe detained two weeks in Mays Landing for carrying a concealed weapon was arrested on a murder charge in Hoboken. Hoboken detectives, armed with a warrant, took him back to face the charge tied to Frederick Rueckert, wealthy local manufacturer, killed the previous year.
Washington May 31 The Senate finance committee announced a panel to study soldiers bonus legislation. Chairman Penrose names Senator McCumber of North Dakota as chair with Sutherland of West Virginia and Walsh of Massachusetts as members. The group will examine costs to government administration and actual need for the act.
The item lists birthplace claims and career notes for actress Dorothy Kirkham and mentions peers such as Mae Marsh Ruth Clifford and Betty Compson. It details stage beginnings in Los Angeles film roles in The Beloved Cheater and The Virginian and notes addresses for studios and photographers. It also contains scattered fan mail requests and inquiries about screen names and impersonators.
Betty Clarke the leading lady announced plans to marry Lieutenant Arthur Collins an English aviator and war hero now in the foreign department of a Los Angeles bank. Clarke has recently appeared with Roscoe Arbuckle.
D W Griffith plans to feature Mae Marsh in a seven reel silver sheet adaptation of Charles Kingsleys The Sands of Dee. The project likely follows The Two Orphans in his upcoming slate.
Mary Miles Minter sails tomorrow for Paris London and other European cities. John Barrymore will visit Europe this summer sailing June 11 on the Aquitania. William Farnum returns home from a European trip on June 1 and plans to view the Dempsey Carpentier fight on July 3 before going to Sag Harbor Maine for the summer.
The Bowdoin Square Theatre shows A Day With Jack Dempsey all week. The film portrays the world champion in training for his upcoming bout with Carpentier in the ring.
An admirer in Foxcroft Maine addresses Arthur Ashley at the Greenroom Club in New York City. Alice Brady is with the Real Art Company at 489 Fifth Avenue New York. Lillian Gish is associated with Griffith.
The American Steamship Owners' Association announced after its meeting that committees' actions in the nationwide marine strike were approved. The group urged a 15 percent wage cut and rejected new signed agreements with sea-going unions, with manager Winthrop L. Marvin stating the strike appeared virtually ended.
Lieutenant Stanley Ames, pilot of the Curtiss Eagle aircraft, is exonerated in the board of investigation report issued may 31 regarding the Morgantown Maryland crash that killed seven people.
Mr and Mrs Walter Chase of Bhas ton Maine report a moose sprang from the woods and struck their car near Murray Fosters farm. The vehicle was thrown into a ditch but did not overturn and the Chases were unhurt. The moose stood dazed then vanished into the woods as the car was restarted.
A radio report from the American steamer Princess Matoika arriving from Genoa and Naples said all aboard were well and the liner was making good time, entering port late this afternoon. The message denied any crew trouble, countering an anonymous radiogram as a possible conspiracy to harm the line.
The battleship Tennessee, after completing trial trips off the New England coast, left New York today to join the Pacific fleet. Officials at the New York navy yard said her first stop would be Cristobal.
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