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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1920
Page
2
Thirty enlisted men at Rockaway naval air station will depart for London to study at an English dirigible school in preparation for a transatlantic flight with the R 38, sister ship of the R 34, the naval announcement said tonight.
Commander Louis H. Maxfield, recently in charge of lighter-than-air work and now in England, is named as the probable commander of the all American B-38 crew for a contemplated flight. British observers will accompany the crew. Start date is set for early summer, timing expected to align with the R-34 schedule. The R-38 is larger than the R-34 which crossed the Atlantic last October in 108 hours and was bought by the United States from Britain for 2 500 000 dollars.
The Girls' City Club hosts a lighthearted sugar themed party described as sweet and sticky. Guests enjoy ice substitutes for snow while syrup spills create a playful mess, ending with a fond memory of a fun event.
The charcoal portrait titled In Flanders Fields by Hilda Prescott of 75 Jason Street Arlington will be given to the Arlington Post American Legion. The Red Cross executive committee voted the transfer and a presentation is planned for April 19 to kick off a $100000 home-building drive. Jerome Kelliher, an Arlington man, posed for the piece.
New York report says standard shoe prices will be cut for spring and summer. John J. Slater, president of the Retail Shoe Dealers Association, told Arthur Williams, food administrator, that retailers will accept smaller profit margins. The cut excludes fancy and ultra fashion footwear.
The Loyal Coalition, formed to oppose the Friends of the Irish Republic in the United States, is described as grossly un-American. Senator John Jackson Walsh of Boston proposes a Senate order condemning the group and its aims, laid over for today’s consideration.
Ed Stewart and William Mitchell district leaders of United Mine Workers District No 11 were arrested in Terre Haute Ind by a U S marshal on a charge of conspiracy to raise coal prices. They are the first miners arrested after an Indianapolis federal grand jury indictment.
Co Major-General Clarence R. Edwards will keep his rank and command of the Northeastern Department. Washington orders preserve his leadership of the 26th Division’s former Yankee Division veterans and reassure New England residents who honor his service.
Troops began a disturbance in Dublin with 300 soldiers parading the streets at about 9 o clock. They sang and jostled passersby, battered doors, and smashed windows in the scene described on the first page continuation.
Soldiers marching to barracks led a large crowd through Harcourt street toward the Portobello bridge. A volley fired over the crowd killed two men and wounded others in Richmond street. Orders for the shot unknown. troops later returned to barracks as civilians clashed with soldiers.
Sebastino Pozzi pantryman aboard the White Star steamer Cretic was arrested after customs officers found 13 bottles of Italian cognac in his room during a ship search for contraband liquor. Deputy U S marshal officer served the warrant issued to Deputy Collector W L Darling.
Customs inspectors under Deputy Surveyor Moses Mann searched the Cretic finding a dozen bottles of brandy hidden in crew quarters. Sailors refused to identify owners or origin. A narcotics search found nothing.
A rabid dog rampaged through the Union passenger station of the New Haven railroad in Providence. It bit seven people, five of them children, before a policeman clubbed it to death, sending hundreds into a panic.
The White House is expected to announce Henry Morgenthau as ambassador to Mexico. Morgenthau, ex ambassador to Turkey, heads the list of names under consideration though no official statement was issued.
By a 21 to 91 vote the House yesterday killed the bill to establish a board of election commissioners in Cambridge. The measure had been rejected by the election laws committee but was later substituted and passed to be engrossed in the Senate.
Mayor Hawin O. Childs recommends a Newton budget of about 2,674,773 with a tax rate near 26.80 dollars per thousand, marking a roughly 7 dollar rise from 1919 and an increase of about 678,146 over last year’s expenditures.
Ayer becomes the first Massachusetts community to report subscriptions to the America’s Gift to France campaign. The drive launched yesterday across the United States in every city town and hamlet serving war veterans trained at the wartime camp.
Ad copy touts Danderine as a hair treatment for girls, claiming moisture for healthier appearance and enhanced shine with a simple application to the hair.
A nostalgic advertisement touts Danderine as a tonic beautifier that cleanses dirt and oil from hair, leaves it soft with a glossy golden sheen, and claims to restore youthfulness, prevent dandruff, and stop hair loss. It invites readers to buy the product at drug or toilet counters.
Announcement from R F Marden campaign chairman for Lowell county outlines a March drive to raise 256000 through free will offerings to erect a statue on the Marne battle site commemorating the 1914 French victory. Massachusetts is asked for 10000 and Suffolk county for 1000 via New England Trust Company and N Penrose Hallowell of 44 State street Boston.
Weston ballot results show 48 to 42 in favor of remaining dry. Brenton H. Dixon elected town clerk and Arthur E. Upham town treasurer. Representative Benjamin IL Young chosen selectman for a three year term among 499 voters in the small town election.
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