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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1920
Page
2
The finance commission urges the City Council to hand 25 cent licenses for bootblacks vendors and newsboys to the school committee. It cites last year’s 3376 licenses at 31 cost and a clerk salary of 1600 with 2098 licenses issued, arguing a saving in city salaries.
Jesse A. Holton was elected president of the Bay State Automobile Association at the Hotel Victoria during a mid week luncheon. Former President Fred P. Moore resigned under business pressure and Holton was the board of governors unanimous choice. He urged cooperation to grow the association with more luncheons planned through winter and next spring.
Bills for erecting a State Armory in East Boston received strong support from a large local delegation. Proponents said the facility would aid recruiting for the National Guard and provide a meeting place for over 2000 former service members in the district.
Portland Missouri report states Clyde H. McIntire railroad fireman Gerald T. Plummer trolley car conductor and William Rogers carpenter were held in bail for the grand jury after being charged with stealing 1500 dollars worth of woolen and cotton cloth from a freight car on Rigby siding.
The committee on federal relations reported resolutions favoring ratification of the peace treaty with adequate reservations. It approves Lodge and Walsh positions on the treaty question.
Opposition led by Senator Arthur Nason of Haverhill challenged a bill to let fire chiefs keep on duty second platoon firefighters in grave emergencies or conflagrations as currently allowed.
Senator Bliss defended the measure saying it has fire department support and helps prevent large conflagrations while Senator Nason warned it could grant chiefs excessive control over hours. The bill passed to a third reading on a voice vote as opponents pressed for alternatives. The House referred to the General Court a bill raising the minor work age from 14 to 16 amid mill city concerns. Salaries for clerks and pages were set in three public service bills.
Shorty McCabe tale titled Shorty From Tamarack by Sewell Ford to appear in the Boston Evening Post Magazine.
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