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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1921

Page

7

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.

Army Mr. Harding

Possible chief of staff list narrows among senior generals

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.

Mr. Weeks General Staff Presert Pershing March Bullard Dickman Harbord Morrison Summerall Wood Weeks Congress Baker McAndrew Hines Shanks Cronkhite Read Bundy Wright Muir Menoher Allen Joan War Department Clarence R. Edwards Philippines Harding University of Pennsylvania Edwards War Secretary Army

Cleveland Railway strike talks stall over open shop demand

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.

aEetays Cleveland Sei ‘Men's ’Union John Degnames Cleveland Railway’ Company Fred Telschow

Wealthy clientelage trial ends in police standoff

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.

Charles M. Brightwell Old Colony Foreign Exchange Company Superior Criminal Court Pointblank Captain Armstrong Robert Gallagher J. A. Dennison Meyers Cummings Armstrong Brightwell Boston Raymond Meyers

Trial testimony details Old Colony stake and key figures

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.

Ponzi’s Armstrong Ponzi Meyers

Demands 5,000 Then Kills Himself in San Francisco

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.

San Francisco J. Elton Moran Chicago R. A. Crothers Bulletin Today

Industrial Arts Ball at Cople Plaza Hotel Monday

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.

Boston Cople Plaza Hotel

Marion Pond Engaged to Harvard Law Man

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.

Marion Pond Kenneth Bacon Bond Charles H. Bond Commonwealth Avenue Miss Pond Vassar Radcliffe Bond Harvard France 301St Field Signal Battalion Harvard Law School

Amesbury Cuts Pay of City Employees

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.

Amesbury Board of Selectmen Highway Department

Priest Enforces Edict On Church Attire At Notre Dame

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.

North Adams C. H. Jeannette Notre Dame Church Jeannette

Pass Bill for 40 Cent Levy on 1923 Tax List

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.

Montpelier House of Representatives

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