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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1921
Page
18
The Piscataqua Savings Bank experienced a dramatic run with customers from surrounding towns lining the streets and flocking to withdraw funds. Bank officials pledged to meet withdrawals as rapidly as possible.
State and County investigators pursue who supplied Poco Bennett with a thousand dollars to bribe for parole. Bennett says the money came from a relative, possibly a sister or wife, and his statements name a sister and give his wife's address. If proven, the relative’s arrest could follow.
The Massachusetts State Chamber of Commerce board of directors adopted resolutions advocating a wage cut instead of a further 10 percent rate increase for railroads. They argued the extra rate hike would hinder New England manufacturers competing with markets elsewhere and pledged support to the Governor and General Court for state budget economy efforts.
Melvin M. Johnson, allied with Nathan A. Tufts of Waltham, defended Tufts at a judiciary committee hearing against Attorney General J Weston Allen’s plan to curb district attorneys powers and allow AG intervention in criminal cases. Johnson labeled Allen’s annual report unfair and accused Hurlburt of bias. He argued Tufts acted as a private citizen in returning Barney and questioned the relevance of the Bar ney case to Tufts’ official duties, noting the jury found manslaughter but not premeditated murder.
A national Socialist party committee will map a campaign to free Eugene V. Debs and other prisoners. Plans include a Washington lobby, a mass petition to Congress, interviews with lawmakers and the Cabinet, workmen's delegations to Washington, and a broad publicity drive. The campaign will oppose the Open Shop movement and set the Detroit national convention agenda for May.
Brockton March 1. Union members declare a strike after employers refuse to renew a contract. Merchants propose reducing weekly wages from 40 to 33 dollars, with both sides firm.
The Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration plans a tuition increase from 250 to 40 dollars next year to cover instructional costs. A loan fund will be created to assist students with limited means so they can bridge the financial gap until after graduation.
In Sharon a flood of insidious letters arrived with a forged signature of Edgar Mace Hickson, shocking 150 officials and clergy. State police and postal inspectors take up the case as Hickson leads a town meeting demanding swift action to unmask the author and halt threats against “undesirables.”
A highway official is accused of having relatives in an organized car theft gang. Another official’s son is labeled a burglar. A clergyman is linked to a “booze fighter” tag. A town resident is said to hold a Dedham court record, with a copy attached to a letter. A town official is warned his wife has “sneaky ways behind trees.”
Miss Mary Walker aged 41 of 827 Boylston street collapsed in the bake shop of Nellie Keville at 68 Howard street Brigh ton while at work. Dr H R Higgins ruled the death a cerebral hemorrhage after she fell to the floor.
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