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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1920
Page
1
Miami police identified the drowned woman as Rose B. Crocker, 32, dressmaker of Roxbury Massachusetts, wife of Joshua Seaver. They had stayed about a month at the Green Tree Inn near the scene.
A 1920 report quotes a judiciary committee member asserting Congress intended states to share enforcement power with the federal government on beverages. The statement underscores Rhode Island's stance in a disputed point.
The court’s interpretation of concurrent power could render the prohibition enforcement act unconstitutional. The ruling hinges on whether Congress meant concurrent power when drafting the constitutional amendment.
Mrs. Alice L. Curtis Kroner O Brien Alpin Hamm Alpin Yocum Harper Yocum, long married and divorced 13 times in 18 years, says she will wed again if the right man asks. She was divorced from her 10th husband yesterday at Boone on cruelty charges. She has no children and looks under 46.
By an 11 to 4 vote the committee on legal affairs reported a bill permitting amateur games on Sunday afternoons from 7 to 6. Dissenters were Representatives Craig Lynn Coolidge Medford Shuebruk Cohasset and Silbert Boston.
The bill reported is a redraft of various Sunday sports measures presented.
Congressman Walsh of Massachusetts announced a hearing next week on the Pilgrim tercentenary celebration report. The panel recommended a $400,000 appropriation, with the report pending before the libraries committees in both houses. Delay was caused by the absence of Chairman Gould who leads the libraries panel and Wood campaign operations.
In St Johnsbury Vermont Monday March 11 discussion centers on the future of farms in Caledonia and Lamoille counties amid alleged unrest among New England husbandmen and calls for stability in farming households.
A fragment asks how to carry on the summer and notes the labor behind dairy markets in Boston and New York, suggesting ongoing challenges and efforts shaping regional dairy trade.
Ten persons are known to be dead and eight injured after a tornado hit the valley of Turkey Creek near Branson and Hollister in Taney county. Seven of the dead are minor children of Ran and William Box, residents of Melva, five miles south of Branson. Four Box children died and another brother lost three children.
Major Rudolph W. Schroeder tested at Dayton and reported winds at 30,000 feet before an unplanned descent of about five miles. He had just set an altitude record of 36,020 feet during a recent flight. He arrived in New York to relay his findings.
Major Schroeder discusses a climb where wind pushed east at 220 mph and his craft moved west at 100 mph while he was nearly stationary relative to the ground. He notes a 48,000 foot ceiling as current science, seeks higher fuel and plans a future expedition with an oxygenated pilot’s cage after recovery from freezing and monoxide exposure.
A president’s commission backs a plan to advance 25 cents per day for miners while indictments target 125 operators and miners. Bail ranges from 5000 to 10000 dollars as authorities pursue compliance with the Fuel Act.
A federal indictment returned by a special grand jury in Indianapolis charging conspiracy under the Lever fuel control act and the federal criminal code names 125 coal operators and miners as defendants. The action follows a lengthy investigation conducted in federal court here late today.
Washington reports Secretary Baker overpaid his income tax and is entitled to a $480 refund for last year due to a surtax calculation error. The cabinet member earns $12,000 annually and had help from a lawyer in filing. he could not locate the source of the mistake.
Fifteen year old Robert Kelly, grandson of Eugene Ixelly, a wealthy banker who died in 1914 leaving millions, requires $7500 annually for support. His mother Mrs Dorothy Kelly seeks allowance from trust funds and a referee will investigate today by the Surrogate Court. She lists $24.50 a month for gasoline for the boy’s car as a necessity.
A three alarm blaze began shortly after 11 and gutted the block at 1090 Commonwealth Avenue, spreading to 1104 before Allston and part of the Brookline fire departments halted it after a desperate battle. The department estimated the total damage.
Representative Steele a Democrat presents a final stance stated in the continuation on page 15 third column. The article notes his ongoing line of reasoning and points to further details in the cited portion.
Daily notes list sunrise and sunset times, moon rise at 1:32 a m, and a 6:18 pm lighting reminder for vehicles. It also lists historic anniversaries such as Wilson arming ships in 1917 and Baghdad capture, plus a quirky reference to Debs and a Public Service Railway shutdown in New Jersey at 6 pm.
Five people were badly bruised and cut when a taxicab struck their car at the Dartmouth street Columbus avenue junction. Injured are Benjamin G. Leavitt 21 Rose Leavitt 24 Dr. Thomas W. Leavitt 28 John A. Leavitt 27 and Dr. Morris Cohen 26 all treated at City Hospital. The Leavitt family lives at 109 Beacon street Chelsea.
Made from the formula of a prominent Boston throat specialist the L C cough drops offer a pleasant effective way to soothe throat irritations and coughs. Dissolve one or two in the mouth when irritated for quick comfort in a 10 cent package.
Forecast for southern New England calls for rain on Friday and likely Saturday with colder conditions Saturday. Northern New England should see rain Friday, with continued rain into Saturday in some areas and a colder afternoon. Winds will strengthen from the south and southwest along the Atlantic coast as rain persists.
A weather notice suggests showers likely today and continuing tonight with warm temperatures persisting. The forecast emphasizes rainfall across the region without heavy storms.
Average temperature yesterday was 46 with a range from 14 to 24. The report includes scattered notes about 53 and 44 appearing in the data but the readable figure is the 46 average.
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