Weeks denies Army chief of staff selection
Secretary Weeks dispels rumors by stating no chief of staff has been chosen and no discussion with the President has taken place. He will not make任何 tentative choice without consulting Mr. Harding.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1921
Page
7
Secretary Weeks dispels rumors by stating no chief of staff has been chosen and no discussion with the President has taken place. He will not make任何 tentative choice without consulting Mr. Harding.
Secretary Weeks will select the next army chief of staff from a narrowed pool of generals. Only Pershing March Bullard Dickman Harbord Morrison Summerall and Wood are openly listed as eligible, with others previously named likely ineligible due to rank, position, or pending retirements. A revised list may include Clarence Edwards, while Pershing and Wood face constraints before final assignment.
The Cleveland Streetmen's Union refused the company's open shop plan a 20 percent wage cut and amendments to the wage deal expiring May 1. A further meeting is set in days with Fred Telschow, union president, ready to present counter proposals.
Charles M Brightwell his wife and 12 alleged agents of Old Colony Foreign Exchange face a Superior Criminal Court trial. He refused to reveal where 15000 cash lay after arrest and would not urge his wife to hand over a 75000 check. Attorneys Gallagher and Dennison appear as Meyers notes a judge calls the arrest a joke. The State plans to rest late today though the defense may not start until tomorrow.
Brightwell confessed to taking 200000 with his wife holding 75000 and 15000 in a vault while Meyers defended the venture as legitimate and not a Ponzi plan. Both argued about deposits and the company’s capitalization at 1 million with Brightwell and Meyers as officers, and Cummings testified the $10000 moved to Meyers.
J Elton Moran of Chicago entered the San Francisco Bulletin office and demanded $5000. When police arrived to arrest him he shot himself in the head, dying at the scene.
Boston's theatrical world plans to attend the Industrial Arts ball at the Cople Plaza Hotel on Monday evening April 4. Stars from all leading productions now playing in the city have signified their intention to be present.
Dr and Mrs Virgil C Pond Brookline announce the engagement of their daughter Marion Pond to Kenneth Bacon Bond son of Mrs Charles H Bond of 128 Commonwealth Avenue Bond a Harvard man and veteran who served in France with the 301st Field Signal Battalion He is in his third year at Harvard Law School Miss Pond is a Vassar graduate class of 1919 and earned an AM from Radcliffe last June No wedding date has been set.
Amesbury officials announce broad pay reductions for city workers after a town meeting cut appropriations by 60,000. Police chief salary drops to five dollars a day, police officers to four dollars and twenty five cents, with five patrolmen facing two weeks of unpaid layoff each five weeks. Highway drivers and laborers also see daily pay cuts.
In North Adams on March 29 Rev. C. H. Jeannette of Notre Dame Church says the order against women and girls in immodest dress speaks for itself and will be obeyed. He announced no enforcement methods, but parishioners expect firm action to ensure modest attire at worship.
Montpelier Vermont house approves a bill for a 20 cent levy on the 1922 grand list and a 40 cent levy for 1923 to cover an anticipated deficit of about $700,000 at the start of the 1923 legislative session.
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