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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1920
Page
2
A new overskirt is gathered like a tunic at the low waist line of the bodice and is slightly puffed at the sides. The design emphasizes a relaxed silhouette with soft drape and gentle volume for a vintage fashion feature.
Captain John D. Wainwright testified before the naval court of inquiry in Newport about a September investigation into the naval vice squad's operations. In Dry Ridge, Kentucky, a March tornado injured forty people, including thirty school children, at Sherman, with no fatalities and about $50,000 in damage.
A naval inquiry found a squad with a New York headquarters operated in Newport and several other East Coast cities. The unit reportedly worked voluntarily with oral and written instructions and all members had clean naval records. Roosevelt acted to halt the squad after the report. ministers’ accusations of entrapment were not borne out. Providence Journal editor John R. Rathom appeared as a complainant with no charges.
Governor Coolidge attended the St Johnsbury Academy Boston Alumni gathering as the first reunion since the war. About 400 members met at the Twentieth Century Club with remarks on education benefits. Principal Davis outlined five year growth while H Philip Patey honored former principal Charles Putney who died.
A tornado about 100 yards wide struck from the West wrecking the two story Co A Atkins general store and a one story Dr J L Price office. Robert Atkins escaped harm after being tossed from a second story window. Co M Morris barns were blown away with 18 horses injured. A school building and multiple houses lost roofs, and all communications lines lay down.
Boston police faced a setback as a federal grand jury returned no bills against eight men detained for possession of whiskey. The finding questions warrantless street searches, supporting United States Commissioner Hayes who had condemned such methods. Charles Giacobbo of South Boston was discharged after a street stop and search.
Education committee recommended referring the loyalty bill to the next Legislature. The bill would require teachers in public private and parochial schools and other institutions in the state to take an oath of allegiance to the United States.
Review of the fiction based diary in The Cambridge of 1776 by Arthur Gilman notes the diary’s authenticity from letters and sources while praising its vivid portrayal of Boston’s 1775 76 events. It recalls the anecdote of Dr Byles as a witty colonial aside and reflects on Tory sentiments after evacuation.
Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts urged a judiciary committee to raise salaries to 15000 for Supreme Court members with chief justice add ons, 12000 for Superior Court judges with chief justice extra, and 12000 for the Land Court. They argued purchasing power and dignity justify the boosts, with limited opposition from Sanborn and Tuck.
Ottawa report notes the solicitor-general Hugh Guthrie presented a bill to grant women in Canada the right to vote in federal elections replacing the wartime act. It allows any British citizen over 21 to vote, with no marital voting claim, and requires personal naturalization if not native born.
Rear Admiral Sims told the Senate investigating committee that careful German submarine tracking and routing of vessels saved more shipping than any other measure. He argued that British information underpinned the strategy to concentrate forces in European waters and criticized Navy Department for lack of effective support. Hoover will testify on Europe’s 1918 food crisis.
The admiral argues the Navy Department misconceived defending U S home waters and urges full allied cooperation. He testifies that accurate submarine tracking was doable from the coast and that anti submarine ships were unnecessary. He cites cablegrams about Germany's raider moving toward the American coast weeks earlier.
Baltimore March 12 Mrs Herbert Hoover answered that women are only to vote humanly and should handle enfranchisement like any other work in their realm. She spoke in Baltimore at a meeting by collected women, stressing education as central to women’s public effort and continued contribution through public service.
A speaker urges people to contribute to public service after pursuing personal goals. The message emphasizes that everyone should try to do a little public service work, highlighting civic responsibility.
The Revs. Daniel J. Quinn and Frederick Boehm will lead a men’s retreat at the Church of the Immaculate Conception starting March 21 with themes on faith and sincerity. Forty hours of devotion ends at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and St. Philip’s Church with a solemn high mass and a Blessed Sacrament procession led by the cardinal.
Democrats in Calais nomination Fred V. Pickard as candidate for mayor in the April 5 municipal election.
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