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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1921
Page
9
Fur coats and flowers, raincoats and umbrellas dominated Easter churchgoers in Greater Boston with abundant congregations across denominations. The scene contrasted with scant feminine finery, as many wore practical outfits amid spring showers.
Clouds and a misty morning kept many Easter outfits in closets but failed to dampen church crowds. Power outages along the Boston Elevated briefly slowed transit, yet men dressed sharply, women in old clothes predominating, and spring colors with light shoes and umbrellas brightened the parade. Gray coats and quilted silk wraps remained common amid a mix of new furs and rainbow umbrellas.
Easter observances across the archdiocese featured elaborate altars flowers and illuminations. Cardinal OConnell presided at the Cathedral high mass with a large crowd as sermons prayers and music highlighted the day in memory of Cardinal Gibbons.
Attendance was strong at Church of the Immaculate Conception on Harrison Ave and East Concord Street with 10 30 mass and 7 20 vespers. Rev. Henry J. Rache and Rev. Claude J. Perrin preached while elaborate white satin sanctuary decor and incandescents highlighted the altar. At St Joseph Roxbury Monsignor Splaine led a 10 am mass with a special music program. Roxbury Mission Church saw mass at 10 and vespers at 7 45 pm with augmented choir. A 3 30 am mass for night workers at St James drew notable turnout. St Mary's North End featured Rev A J Duarte and Rev Henry Leary with an augmented choir led by Miss Mary T. Doherty.
Constables Ellsworth and Lynch halted William Suchoski as he drove to Middletown and searched his bakery wagon near the State highway office. They found a jug and two bottles with eight quarts of alcohol. A still operated at his home with heavy mash and liquor dripping from the apparatus.
Washington dispatch says Brigadier General Clarence R Edwards is unlikely to be named army chief of staff. Secretary Weeks will promote Edwards to major general, but he is not seriously considered as a successor to General March.
Secretary Weeks favors promoting General Edwards to major general as a vindication of his record, while opposing his appointment as chief of staff due to friction and political concerns. Pershing reportedly does not favor Edwards, and Major General James G. Harbor is the favored candidate for chief of staff though Congress dislikes General March.
Gordon K. MacKenzie of Concord Junction received full military honors at a Concord Armory funeral after dying of wounds in France. The State and Walden Street armories flew flags at half staff, body lay in state under guard, and more than 100 American Legion members led a service under Commander Forton Edmands with Rev. William J. Batt officiating.
A steep grade does not call for chains unless it is slippery. Nothing holds better on a hard, dry surface than rubber. A good many drivers do not seem to understand this distinction in the meaning of road conditions.
The report shows only two Boston residences housing six families and notes a steeper housing drop in Boston than in other cities. New England lags similarly, with 1920 housing still below normal. Sen. Calder urges Congress to back 10 measures including data gathering, long term financing, and federal home loan banks to boost construction and curb subsidies. The panel also discusses coal profiteering, urges national data gathering, and outlines price spikes in Massachusetts coal while warning against broad government subsidies.
A letter from Samuel Gompers denounces labor groups in zoo Michigan Phoenix Arizona Laramie Wyoming and others for resolutions condemning the Federation’s Russian stance. He argues the bodies acted on misinformation and defends the American Federation of Labor against subservience to capital and harm to workers.
In a Labor letter, Samuel Gompers criticizes Kalamazoo Trades and Labor Council for echoing Bolshevik propaganda. He notes no embargo on Russia and recalls formal resumption of trade, arguing Russian influence funds propaganda and questions motives of supporters.
Lenine and Trotzky quoted on electing a representative government. The American Federation of Labor faces about 60 central labor bodies and locals opposing Gompers anti Russian policy. AFL leaders downplay the opposition, saying it reflects only a small percentage of total membership.
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