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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1922
Page
7
Morris Barkham, 20, quit a flat pay as office boy for Fridge & Leonard in Chicago, stealing about $15 daily for 30 days. He bought six suits, gaudy socks, and loud ties, leading to a financial audit and his arrest.
Sixteen members of the Russian delegation to the Genoa economic conference including secretaries and stenographers crossed Switzerland today en route to Moscow.
Five hundred delegates from Bnai Brith Lodges in New England New York State and Canada converge at the District No. 1 Independent Order convention in Worcester Massachusetts pledging united support to safeguard Judaism against slander and anti Semitism.
Archibald Hillman led delegates as the order announced its anti defamation drive to shape public opinion and prevent attacks. The convention backed goals for American Jewry, opposed antisemitism, and endorsed removing The Synagogue painting from the Boston Public Library. A committee will recruit Jewish college graduates as missionaries to spread the order’s aims nationwide.
Members of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University will convene in Cambridge for a two day session to inspect conditions at the university. Main focus will be the activities and developments at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration which has risen to prominence among American business schools.
Richard Harding Davis writes another remarkable short story titled The Men of Zanzibar to be published in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
May 7 report from Washington notes proponents of a WW I bonus in the Senate are less certain about President Harding's attitude than a week earlier. They had hoped to present the measure for his signature with minimal debate. The piece reflects cautious expectations about the administration’s response.
Treasury data through April 1 show nearly 2.0 billion dollars spent on veteran welfare programs including family allowances, compensation, insurance, hospitalization, vocational training, and burial matters. Vocational training supports 108,200 men at about 115 dollars monthly.
Mrs Carrie N Hubbard of Roslindale faces first degree murder charges in the death of her husband William H Hubbard, shot in their home Tuesday night. She will be moved from Charles Street jail to Suffolk Superior Court for arraignment amid a quiet Sabbath at the jail.
The male Tahr goat showed jitters greeting his bride at Franklin Park Zoo after seven years as a bachelor. Mrs. Tahr Goat appeared pleased with their new home and garden provided by Curator Morse. Morse, noted matchmaker, hopes the Himalayan pair become a congenial couple and thrive together.
Kilkenny May 7 108 prisoners captured by the regular army during recent fighting were unconditionally released from the military barracks today.
A local notice notes ongoing marriage proposals to Miss Winifred Marshall formerly Miss Davidson who works as a clerk at a Malden drug store. It recounts past offers from suitors including a Wyoming oilman and mentions the couple’s home at 44 Everett Street.
Washington May 7 Secretary Hughes instructed Ambassador Houghton in Berlin to notify Germany that the patent convention with Germany concluded in 1909 has been revived. Secretary Weeks opposed revival fearing foreign patent holders might not operate rights to the detriment of American industry. The State Department believed revival protects American patent rights in Germany from jeopardy.
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