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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1921

Page

11

Mystery of Beach Suitcase Ties to New York Girl Lost Wardrobe

Lynn police, led by Chief Inspector William H. Bate, shifted focus from a possible murder to a stolen auto linked to two visiting teens. Helen Ehrman revealed the suitcase contents belong to Miss Roberta Barry of New York, missing party and sport clothes after a Tech junior week, with a second suitcase still unfound. The auto theft appears connected to the wardrobe thefts amid Arlington outings.

Washington Street Lynn William Ehrman Roberta Barry New York Central Park West Miss Barry Miss Sherman Tech E. W. Davis Arlington Boylston Street Mies Kane Miss Ehrman

U S To Consider Trading With Russia

The Wilson administration's policy toward Bolshevik Russia is examined as the United States weighs trade relations. The Russian appeal to Congress and President Harding asserts regularized relations and criticizes Wilson's war stance while promising to avoid revolutionary propaganda. Officials debate recognition and trade prospects amid internal reconstruction.

Wilson United States Congress Harding Russia United States Soviet Republic América All-Russia Central Executive Committee Lenine State Department

Preference Act Rejected in Report

The American Legion bill seeking absolute veteran preference in civil service exams was rejected by the committee on public service in a House report. Senator Martin L. Quinn and Representative Edward C. Hinckley dissented from granting petitioners leave to withdraw.

American Legion Committee On Public Service House of Representatives Martin L. Quinn Swampscott Edward C. Hinckley Barnstable

Harris District Attorney Nomination Statement

Judge Robert C Harris, designated by Senator Lodge, to be U S district attorney at Boston, signaling a major legal appointment in the Harris district. The plan follows political backing and a career marked by public service and legal enforcement.

Robert C. Harris Senator Lodge U. S Boston

Lodge names Judge Harris Boston district attorney

Senator Lodge designated Judge Robert O Harris of Boston as district attorney at Boston. He announced the choice along with a list of about eighty Bay State bar members who endorsed Judge Harris for the post.

Washington Senator Lodge Robert O. Harris Boston Bay State Bar Harris

Nomination of Judge Harris Ends Sharp Republican Clash

The nomination settles a fierce fight between Judge Harris and Albert E. Apsey of Cambridge, favored by a Republican faction seeking a district attorney who would aid the party statewide. Senator Lodge lauded Harris as an experienced, upright lawyer with long service as a prosecuting attorney and Superior Court judge. He cited endorsements from prominent Boston and Massachusetts legal figures including the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Boston Bar Association with many named supporters.

Harris Albert Apsey Cambridge Lodge Harrie Boston Massachusetts Massachusetts Bar Association Frank W. Grinnell Boston Bar Association William Caleb Loring Samuel L. Powers Robert Luce Felix Rackemann Henry F. Hurlburt Herber Parker J. Otis Wardell Charles H. Gibson William H. Brooks Alfred Hemenway Moorfield Storer Genner Wigglesworth Henry Attwill Fred I. Wield Edward W. Hutchins Bimund Whitman Robert Homans Robert G. Dodge George H. Lyman John Lowell Lawrence Minot J. Henry Russell Mosee

List of Boston legal figures and references to Prohibition era notes

The text lists numerous Boston lawyers and officials including Baker, Henry M Channing, Barton Corman, and John J. Pickman among others, noting affiliations with the Brockton Bar Association and historic figures like Robert O Harris. It discusses regulatory approval processes, potential delays, and the need for Mellon approval, alongside commentary from Wayne B Wheeler about about 100 breweries and the impracticality of real beer due to regulations and taxes.

Wayne B. Wheeler The Anti- Saloon League Wheeler Palmer

Real beer to sick in 5 gallon lots

Regulations drawn under Internal Revenue Commissioner William M Williams outline limit a sick man to about a pint and a third daily. Secretary Mellon must approve after Republican review. President Harding delays appointing a new commissioner, with the position vacant for at least a month.

Mellon Internal Revenue William M. Williams Secretary of the Treasury Harding

States limit beer sale under prohibition laws

Wheeler noted beer can be sold in only ten states Maine Rhode Island Maryland Connecticut Ohio New York California New Jersey Pennsylvania and Louisiana. Other states enforce prohibitions on beer manufacture and prohibit transport into those states.

Wheeler Maine Rhode Island Maryland Connecticut Ohio New York California New Jersey Pennsylvania Louisiana

Hub Raiders Efforts End in Narrow New York Defeat

United News reports on a Broadway raid by Boston prohibition forces failing to gain ground. The ambush yields no substantial results, leaving the raiders with little to show for their actions and a bleak outcome echoing a shutout loss.

New York United News Broadway Boston

Boston Prosecution Drops Cases Tied to White Light Resorts

The government spent 30000 on the expedition as Assistant U S Attorney Reynolds dropped the last cases affecting Moulin Rouge Strand Roof and Guffanti's due to Boston agents’ proven inconsistency. An agent’s disqualifying record and another bartender’s alibi tied to a jailed man undermined the prosecutions. Boston agents made over 109 arrests but seized only a few pints.

United States Reynolds Moulin Rouge Strand Roof Guffanti Boston

Fire Chief Severely Injured In Hose Accident At Tayford Plant

Lee March 23 Chief George W Boardman of the Lee fire department was knocked unconscious and his skull fractured when a fire hose nozzle broke from its fastenings at the Tayford Company plant in East Lee. He underwent trepanning at Hillcrest Hospital in Pittsfield and remains in critical condition tonight, with doctors hopeful for his recovery.

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BY C. M. Payne Bell Syndicate Fac Explodes Lynn H. Bate Helen Ehrman Henry B. Metcalf Brantwood Road India Rose Bros. CO Lancaster, Pa Mr. Ford Springfield Gordon Manufacturing CO Foxboro 2 Mass Ford Corkum- Bridgewater Esperanto Gloucester Lunenburg N. S Harris District Robert L. Norton Joseph Michelman James A. Bailey Arthur L. Woodman Boyd B. Jones Edward Fisher John J. Pickman J. Charles Lilley Charles H. McIntire James EH. O'Connell Haven G. Hill James C. Reilly William P. Sheppard William H. Wilson Larkin ' Trull Frederick N. Weir Charles B. Southard I. B. Clark Charlies S. Rackemann Fred H. Williams James D. Colt Samuel H. Hudson Arthur Lord Everett W. Burdett William V. Kellen Frank Saul Thomas W. Proctor Frank Stewart Henry W. Cunningham Lee M. Friedman W. W. Hibbard Ropes Gray Boyden Perkins John J. Harvey Anderson Wiles Ryder Peabody Arnold Batchelder Luther Karl Adams Wilmot R. Evans, Jr Brockton Bar Association Joseph W. Keith Harrie Poorvy Harry H. Williams Harvard Superior Court of Ron Raieekare Forall Pur Mines McCray McCray Refrigerator Co Hoston, Maas HUB Raiders James H. Collins Bernard M. Baruch Farm Service Alexander Heath Wareham St Middleboro Fee Geamy Guess the Ladies’ Home Journal Mes Chain Shirt Shops Veryw Pre Madras Brewster Hotel Summer Street
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