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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1921
Page
8
Lucien Mary writes an amusing romance titled Hymns for Him-Bait to appear in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The text mentions crepe afternoon gowns in scarlet and green with white or black accents.
Gunmen Forti and Scarlato plus Gennette alleged to threaten clerks at a Shawmut avenue store. Forti demanded money, grabbed cash from Philbrook and O’Hara, and searched the premises. Patrolman Kelly arrived, subduing the scene as bottles and boxes flew, with eight people raising hands and police pursuing further inquiry. Forti faced prior Derby incidents and was found with a .32 revolver.
Gilbert W. Kahn 18, son of Otto H. Kahn, and Olive Crowe, both residents of Huntington, are unconscious in Huntington Hospital after a collision yesterday between Kahn’s motorcycle and Miss Crowe’s car. Both conditions described as critical. The motorcycle struck the automobile on its side, pinning Kahn.
Fire from Crescent avenue endangering the hillside forced families to flee their homes. Revere and Fort Banks units battled roof fires as two Endicott avenue bungalows burned. Soldiers aided, a woman was rescued from a ruined house, and several homes including sports writer Jack Sheehan’s were damaged.
In Weymouth the town election drew little interest with one of the lightest votes in 50 years. The town meeting proposition passed 449 to 128 and the town stayed dry 369 to 267. The Republican ticket swept statewide with only two Selectmen not reelected. new Selectmen are W. K. Dasha and Theron L. Tirrell. others were re elected A. W. Hastings, William Cowing, and Frederick Humphrey.
All members of the Big Five brotherhoods and other railroad workers on the Boston Revere Beach and Lynn line vote on a wage reduction proposed by management to take effect March 17. Workers may accept the cut or suspend work in protest.
Saugus town meeting approved a wage reduction of 50 cents daily to 4.50 for police and firemen. About 703 of 3854 voters attended, with 200 barred by hall capacity. A 346000 budget for 1921 was set, trimming treasurer and public works offices by one assistant clerk each. Olga Nelson and Edith Tilling affected. Frank J. Bennett Jr presided and will donate his 50 dollar moderator fee to Saugus Post American Legion for Americanization work. Meeting adjourned to next week.
City Council made another roll call vote to elect a president failing to reach a winner. Councillor Ford was absent, costing a vote for Watson while Lane and Brickley each got three votes and Watson two.
Pilgrim Publicity Association hosts Robert E. Ramsay at noon. Kiwanis Club meets with Thomas Babb speaker at 12 30 p m. Boston Browning Society gathers at Hotel Bellevue at 3. Bostonian Society meets at Old State House in the afternoon. Professor Thomas Hardy of Dublin speaks at Hibernian Hall Roxbury in the evening.
William J. Critch died in an automobile accident at Salem. The crash report lists no further survivors or details available in the readable text.
Salem report states John H. Landre gan of Lynn, who struck and killed William J. Critch of Lynn last night, was held in local court on a technical manslaughter charge after pursuit ended in a fatal misjudgment that Critch was a motor bandit. Bail was furnished.
A ruling notes a $2000 appearance fine for a hearing on Monday March 28. Critch and Lionel C Soper of Swampscott were from Salem to Lynn when their car’s lighting failed. While repairing it they signaled the Landregan car to slow but Landregan struck the disabled vehicle, killing Critch and injuring Soper.
Four railroad executives will appear before the Railroad Labor Board on Friday to be cross examined by Frank P. Walsh. They will state their objections to the national working agreements now in force and to the establishment of adjustment boards at the request of union representatives.
The Rev. Otho F. Bartholow, pastor of the First Methodist Church in Mount Vernon New York, refused a church board offer of a $1000 a year salary increase. He said his $6000 a year pay was sufficient and would return the raise if sent.
The longtime church leader has served as pastor for sixteen years and heads a Bible class with about eighteen hundred members, guiding weekly sessions and community outreach.
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