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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1920
Page
1
Residents in Revere vow to refuse rent payments in support of a strike, organized to pressure authorities over housing costs and living conditions. Community leaders call for solidarity while detailing aims and expected timelines for collective nonpayment.
About 200 residents form a tenants league to oppose rent profiteering. They plan a rent strike and seek a charter as the Tenants League to organize against landlords in their city.
Berlin reports that the Ebert government remains in control with Vice-Chancellor Schiffer and Defence Minister Noske restoring order after Dr. Wolfgang Kapp's retirement. The full ministry is expected to return to Berlin tomorrow.
Scores of patients at Manhattan State Hospital Ward's Island were rescued by attendants after a one story recreation hall housing a motion picture show caught fire. The hall was destroyed and flames threatened other buildings housing thousands of patients.
Regular troops loyal to the Ebert regime guard the streets, maintaining order as authorities enforce loyalty and monitor public spaces."}
Hughes Bailey a 7 year old of 216 West Springfield street fell from the Dover street Elevated station platform onto northbound tracks at 5 30 yesterday afternoon and was killed by an incoming train. Motorman Nicholas Rose saw the fall and applied brakes but could not stop in time. The body was taken to the southern mortuary and identified at 9 oclock last night by his stepson George Bailey.
Within hours after reporting the death of a laborer struck by a train, 55 year old Thomas Cullen of 84 South Harvard Street Waltham, a section foreman for the Boston and Maine railroad, was killed yesterday in a similar incident.
Carmallo Alianno struck by a Fitchburg bound train near Hastings station and killed. Cullen the foreman reported the death and, later amid bad weather, jumped in front of a West bound express to avoid two switching engines near Jackson street crossing in Waltham. Both accidents blamed on cold weather. Cullen and Alianno had ears covered. Cullen leaves a wife and five children.
A hospital staffer saw flames from the recreation hall and alerted the main building. Rescue teams evacuated feeble minded attendants who resisted the danger. The roof collapsed after the hall emptied. Windy island apparatus fought the blaze from the East River, a short circuit started it. fire was put out before midnight.
Berlin dispatch reports Bitterfeld in the hands of workmen councils and the Rhenish Westphalia industrial district fully turned to communism as of March 16. Strong local unrest signals broader political shifts across Saxony and neighboring regions.
Cooler conditions yesterday slowed river rises and helped avert floods. Authorities monitor levels along major waterways and urge vigilance for sudden thaw or rainfall.
In the northern sections of New England and Massachusetts floodwaters rose with two feet or more in places. A gale drove ice cakes against bridges, threatening several structures including the Pratt bridge on Town River in West Bridgewater. Boathouses were lifted and the Arch street dam faced danger.
Flooded conditions disrupted traffic between Bridgewater and Middleboro with danger signs at Woodward's Bridge. Continued on page 23 seventh column.
A resolution signed by all members declares refusal to pay unjust rent increases. A second resolution asks the Mayor and City Council of Revere to provide legal assistance from the city law department. Continued on Page 23 Eighth Col.
Hundreds of travelers on a Cambridge tunnel train leaving Park Street at midnight witnessed a vivid electric display when a release spring on the rear car struck the third rail near Kendall Square station. No injuries reported as the train proceeded with caution after the incident.
London March 18 Lady Astor M P declared in favor of Socialism at a meeting of women civil service employees. I hope some day we shall all be Socialists she said It is a far better state than the present but we are a long way from it yet. That is the tragedy we lack communal spirit.
Yesterday’s temperature report from Thompson’s Spa in We See shows readings around 376 p m and 940 m p m with an average near 36 degrees and a 15 to 24 degree range. Notable values include 40 and 12 mid.
Senate wins 45 to 38 vote as Democrats maintain majority and shift toward Ireland self government stance while final ratification on the peace treaty is postponed. Senator Gerry of Rhode Island supports the push, and the forced draft procedure continues to limit Republican control as the issue moves to a final vote.
Page fragment notes tide timing and sun reference from a newspaper column.
President Wilson authorizes 115 million dollars to speed naval construction in 1917 and Massachusetts pledges funds to place troops on war footing. William Jennings Bryan born in 1860, explorer Livingstone born 1818. Memorials recall Lodge Lowell debate on the League of Nations. U S Senator Reed urged by Missouri lawmakers to renin after attacking the League.
Cloudy trend for Boston and surrounding areas with rain expected Friday night or Saturday. Warmer temperatures and moderate winds shift to the southeast. Forecasters note rain across eastern lower lake region, New England, and middle Atlantic states with snow or rain in northern New England Saturday and warmer temperatures following.
A rural forecast calls for fair conditions through late afternoon or evening before rain. Daytime temperatures rise and remain warm into the night.
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