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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1921
Page
5
The Senate approved a bill allowing gas and electric lighting firms to capitalize premiums by a roll call veto 2 to 18. It refused to delay beyond March 16 awaiting a merits report from the State Department of Public Utilities. Fancy ribbon trims the afternoon frock.
An order filed in the House by Rep. Adlow of Boston seeks a three senator five representative committee to investigate banking practices loans bank commissioner closures and potential legal changes to avoid future bank closures. The panel would report to the Legislature by May 1.
Washington March 2 Congress was asked by the Public Health Service to appropriate 1,291,330 for improvement of quarantine facilities at Boston New York Philadelphia and Baltimore to prevent possible spread of typhus.
The Curry School of Expression stages The Secrets of the Sundial on Saturday afternoon March 19 in Jordan Hall for the Massachusetts Near East Relief fund. Imogene Clark leads a Boston cast of about twenty, directed by Miss Henrietta Fetzer, with Ruth Grady supporting. a real Armenian child refugee will attend the performance as part of the Near East Relief effort.
Walter F. Johnson seeks the shanty where his 14-year-old daughter Doris Johnson was kept prisoner after an alleged abduction Monday by two men. Police pursue leads as she recounts an attempted assault, a struggle, a return visit, and a midnight escape through a broken window on Tuesday.
The Boston Boot and Shoe Club seeks passage of a daylight saving law in Massachusetts. At its 2d annual meeting in the Boston City Club last night it urged lawmakers to adopt seasonal time shifts and urged local readers to support the measure.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce transportation committee seeks a Commerce Commission probe to determine if New England railroads are operated efficiently and economically, following a board vote yesterday.
The Johnson girl reached home at noon in a weak, nervous state after a boy outside her home asked where she was going. A man offered a ride to school, and another man joined. He covering her nose and mouth with a handkerchief, she was taken to a small hut.
A club sent a congratulatory letter to Calvin Coolidge praising his Massachusetts work and offering best wishes for his future as Vice President. Robert H. Newcomb of Boston and Maine Railroad urged members to accept higher rates to New England railroads. Everett W. Lord of Boston University discussed Cuba, urging American business to study Latin American language and culture before marketing efforts.
New York March 2 Enrico Caruso shows general improvement after yesterday’s pleural cavity operation. Fever has abated and the singer, with his family, felt it was the best day since his relapse according to secretary Bruno Zirato.
An executive committee of the New England Traffic League sent an open letter to railroad directors objecting to rate increases and criticizing ongoing inefficiencies, particularly on the New York New Haven Hartford line. Governor Cox formed a five member committee, chaired by George R. Nutter, to investigate conditions from a governors conference, with Charles A. Andrews and others representing labor, farming, and industry. The letter accuses carriers of delaying wage alignment with other industries and using publicity instead of labor-board remedies, as of Sept 1 1920.
Tech yearlings overwhelmed Harvard yearling team 46 to 7 at the Boston YMCA pool. Captain Marsh led Tech by winning the 50 and 100 yard swims and helped open a 10 yard gap in the final relay.
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