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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1920
Page
13
District attorney staff pursue a key neighbor's inconsistent alibi and a possible roadster sighting linked to the Elwell killing. Investigators seek Isdale and examine the 3 45 a m sighting while probing the identity of the so called girl in gray and the mysterious visitor.
Charles Staffa and Pinkerton detectives shift focus to an upper west side Manhattan apartment as a promising clue in the Caruso diamonds case. Staffa says the informant is familiar with the Caruso household and investigators are still questioning Caruso servants with no light shed yet.
Dr. Lee S. McCollester, new Tufts College chaplain, delivered his first baccalaureate sermon amid a packed Goddard Chapel. He urged that the stream of educated graduates marching forth in June proves democracy will endure as they strive to improve the world, with Tufts service flag of 1036 stars as backdrop.
Dean McCollester in a Tufts address emphasizes democracy's modern duties. He cites World War’s solidarity, the League of Nations, and ethical Christian ideals. He urges graduates to study U S history, vote responsibly, and serve on school boards, shaping educational life and community ideals.
Partial score list shows Minneapolis 4 Kansas City 1 and Toledo 4 against several scattered teams. Other lines mention St Paul and Columbus with mixed results, but many words are garbled leaving unclear dates or further context.
James A. Duncan secretary of the Central Labor Council of Seattle told the Boston Central Labor Union that Samuel Gompers should retire as AFL president to allow a younger, more progressive leader to take over. He praised the "grand old man" while urging change.
In Boston from the Montreal A F of L convention, Seattle labor head defends organized labor amid charges of malignment. He cites Seattle gains including a labor temple and a 70 000 circulation newspaper and foresees a national bank and a labor run film house. He argues equal pay for equal work and urges focus on industry politics and cooperatives.
Barbers claim Noonan's Hair Petrole renews scalp and hair improving irritated scalps and thinning hair. It is applied for fifteen cents or sold for one dollar a bottle at drug stores or by T Noonan & Sons Co Boston.
New York June 20 After two days of search and inquiry the motive for Herbert Humphrey Parsons death by his own action remained a mystery. Parsons a rich young lawyer and Harvard Law graduate was found dead in a bathtub at his aunt’s home in Purchase New York last Saturday morning.
Police probe Parsons death seeking weapon details and companion during the final hours before he shot himself. Harrison and New York investigators question the Hogan household staff after Parsons died at the Hogan home in Purchase. Coroner Stella will convene an inquest Wednesday at 4 pm to hear testimonies from Hogan household members and others with information.
Dr Keown escaped from Danvers Insane Hospital while on the lawn with inmates. A car with a driver and a brown clothed woman took him away, the car speeding off. He had been ill with asthma and bronchitis and had been granted outdoor liberty pending care. Authorities describe the escape and note his prior commitment after a legal dispute, with efforts to locate him and identify the car.
Lady Madeline Force, daughter of William Force, denied reports of Reno leases and ties to Colonel John Jacob Astor. Astor, head of a famed family, separated from his first wife Ava Willing after a contested divorce. The couple wed amid church opposition, later survived by Astor’s death aboard the Titanic and Mrs. Dick’s remarriage to William K. Dick in Bar Harbor in 1916, with two sons born afterwards.
More than 300 members of the United Leather Workers' Union Local 32 are unemployed amid a lockout in 14 shops run by the Leather Goods Manufacturers' Association. Union officers allege the move aims to stall a new agreement ahead of expiration in September, sparked by Morell Leather Co employing a non union cutter in violation of the contract.
Three people died in Chicago when a parade linked to a back to Africa movement sparked violence at 35th street and Indiana avenue. White sailor R. L. Rose, white cigar dealer Joseph Hoyt, and Negro policeman Joseph P. Owens died after gunfire and blunt-force injuries as police restored order.
The report records mean barometer mean air temperature dew point and relative humidity for Boston. It lists mean earnings and weather details alongside maximum and minimum temperatures recorded by meteorologist J. W. 58.
Frank H. Byrne former commodore of the Winthrop Yacht Club and past exalted ruler of Winthrop Ledge Elks was found dead in his locker at the yacht club from gas poisoning. A wind blew out a stove flame as he slept. he was 50, a bond salesman, and survived by his wife.
Washington reports 4,765,000 Victory medals to army navy and Marine corps personnel who served from April 6 1917 to November 11 1918. Authorized are 13 combat or major operation clasps and a defensive sector clasp plus five overseas service clasps. Meuse Argonne leads with 1,208,360 entitled followed by St Mihiel 657,750 and Aisne Marne 277,800. The first medal was issued to President Wilson in February.
Coloné Arthur Woods former New York police commissioner spoke at Trinity College on the commencement week chapel service in Hartford Conn on June 2.
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