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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1920
Page
4
Rioting renewed in Londonderry with one mortally wounded and two seriously hurt as rifle and revolver fire raged. A man died tonight bringing total deaths to seven with more expected. shops and schools closed, docks halted, and streets deserted during renewed clashes between Unionists and Nationalists.
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine as a low cost hair product that eliminates dandruff and shedding after use. It claims hair becomes bolder in color, thicker and more vigorous with continued application.
After yesterday's battles, fighting persisted all day with intermittent muzzle fire across multiple town sections. Two sides exchanged volleys along Carlisle and Bridge streets while troops with an armored car dispersed the clashes by 10 am. Barricades rose on the waterfront as more soldiers arrived and local mail trains faced armed escort. The inquest into Sunday’s deaths opened briefly and adjourned for a week.
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Londonderry reports civil war conditions with authorities powerless. Several more people killed in morning rioting as firing continues with desperate intensity. Business suspended and postal workers refuse to deliver mail while troops move between fighting zones.
Plans for a motor lorry transport system covering all of Ireland have been prepared by the government. The scheme aims to maintain troop and munition movements in case of a general strike, matching the effectiveness shown during the railway strike in England.
Harold McKay, son of Marshall McKay governor of The Apprentice Boys, was shot dead in Londonderry while cycling from the railway station. His pockets were rifled and his bicycle stolen as he lay dead. The Apprentice Boys traced to a Protestant organization with branches in Canada and Australia.
A benefit for the family of the late Johnnie Mooney the young boxer who died recently will be staged in Cambridge early in June. The exact date and programme are not yet decided.
Antoinette Musso, 14, in East 149th Street loses $5000 for shaking a rug out the window. The missing box and contents were found only after eight to nine hours, prompting a Lost and Found appeal offering a $1000 reward. Father Gaetaino and brothers work in a piano factory. mother and sister involved.
Three men stored their savings in a metal box to guard against a potential panic and unsafe banks. The box was kept under the tub in the bathroom.
Charles Sumner Bird former Progressive leader and governor candidate will back the Harding Coolidge ticket. He issued a statement calling the Republican ticket safe strong and steady and urges Progressives to work for it.
Dr Lorenzo M Norton a 65 year old veteran practitioner and former chairman of East Baldwin Board of Selectmen has been missing for two weeks since a Saturday trip by train to Augusta. An acquaintance last saw him at Portland Union Station.
A robbery at the Herter estate near Easthampton on Georgica Lake prompts a new inquiry. Three rowboats found on Seabury's Beach along with footprints suggest offshore thieves. Coast guard notified. detectives search for the jewel thief, led by William A. Jones, as John Doe inquiry continues.
Chief Morford believes a clue found near the pier by the lake could identify the thief who stole Mrs. Caruso's jewel box valued at $500,000 on June 8. Boats from the Caruso estate and an escape by car are considered possible getaway routes.
Washington June 21 representatives of most large shipbuilding firms urged abandonment of the wartime uniform wage scale for shipyard workers in a conference with Navy Department Shipping Board officials and union heads. The special board on wage readjustment heard shipowners object except for two dissenters.
After wartime conditions, officials urged individual yards to adjust wages and conditions. No final conclusions emerged at the conference as yard owners were told to file formal recommendations on changes in pay and working terms.
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