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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1920
Page
10
The North End development bill, rejected by last year's Legislature, was favorably reported yesterday by a committee. Boston is empowered to borrow to the extent of its debt limit for city improvements. Ralph Adams, Boston architect, is named as author.
The judiciary committee, for the first time in state history, votes to report a bill by Elihu D. Stone to make life imprisonment the maximum punishment for murder. The measure, introduced last year and defeated then, gains new momentum despite prior failed efforts. Former Governor Samuel W. McCall urged abolition earlier, but progress has remained uncertain.
Massachusetts officials insist stock dividends remain taxable under state income tax law. Irving L. Shaw notes federal ruling as in Garfield vs tax commissioner does not apply here. Widespread thaw eases transit as rail lines reopen and freight moves, boosting food supply.
A Moscow wireless dispatch states the Russian Soviet and Ukrainian governments are ready to negotiate peace with Poland immediately. The message indicates the two Soviet governments informed the allies of their intent to pursue talks.
Shorty McCabe is set for a new tale by Sewell Ford to appear in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The amusing installment titled Shorty Hears From Tamarack follows the familiar comic adventures of the indomitable character.
Thousands in Greater Boston waited for milk as rail service stalled by storms. Many towns in Maine and New Hampshire were without milk yesterday. Railroads predicted normal milk and passenger traffic today, with freight returning to normal in coming days in affected areas.
The Shipping Board announced the sale of seven freighters about 5000 tons each to foreign corporations for 200 dollars per deadweight ton. The Lake Forest Lake Capens Lake Clear and Lake Port sold to Royal Belge, while Lake Kelicity Lake Charles and Lake Duane sold to Societe Maritime Francais. Lake Festus, 3000 tons, sold to International Maritime Corporation of New York at 2 dollars per deadweight ton.
Perley Ray Spiker and his wife Mrs. Cora Spiker will petition in Baltimore courts to legally adopt Alfred Ray Spiker, six months old, born in England to Emily S Knowles Spiker, an English royal air force member, and Perley a U S Army aviation service member. The child’s mother recently married Guy Spiker, Perley’s brother, to help immigration clearance. The spouses then housed Emily Knowles Spiker and her husband at their Baltimore home, later moving to 3022 East Baltimore Street.
Massachusetts memorial proposal advances as a five member unpaid commission including Civil War Spanish American War and World War veterans would study form location and cost and report to the General Court by May 1.
The Dutchess county Democratic committee in Poughkeepsie endorses Franklin D Roosevelt as a candidate for United States Senator from New York. They cite his announced plan to retire after his navy term ends and call upon him to pursue private life his known public service.
Joseph Weissman a New Haven merchant petitioned into bankruptcy with debts over a million dollars was indicted by a federal grand jury on concealing assets. Judge E S Thomas granted three weeks to plead. The jury indicted four others linked to the Weissman bankruptcy who will plea next Monday.
Glenn Shockey, cashier of the South Side Bank at Thirty-ninth and Main, was killed by one of four bandits during a bank robbery attempt this morning in the residence district of Kansas City Missouri.
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