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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1922
Page
4
Charles Bendheim federal conciliation commissioner reports no change in the New Hampshire strike situation after talks with manufacturers and workers. A Dover conference is set for tomorrow with officials and strikers. Mills Amoskeag Stark and Nashua decline to attend.
John O'Meara of St. Botolph Street Back Bay is reported as a fugitive from justice sought in Philadelphia on a larceny charge for $103. He was turned over to a State officer.
Lorenzo Dow Covington a 60 year old Egyptologist and lecturer from Covington Kentucky was jailed for six months on charges of possessing indecent pictures and literature. Judge Herbert labeled him with a Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde persona as the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice aided by secretary John J Sumner pressed the case. Covington who appeared in major cities and was once linked to the Royal Geographic Society of England was said to have supplied materials to others convicted in the affair.
Councillor George FB Gilbody requests trustees to donate from the George R White fund to outfit and repair city buildings under the public building department. The order covers dozens of fire houses and primary school buildings leased to Legion and Veterans posts, many in need of repairs.
Mayor Curley and Brennan clash over a permit for a Charlestown Storage and Warehouse Company tank site. Curley accuses developers of corruption and questions motives behind opposition to industrial development. Brennan counters with past promises and challenges for a grand jury probe.
After protest by Brennan and Charlestown residents the council again refused a permit for the tank project terming it a fire hazard. They vow court action if the mayor vetoes and grant is revived to block tanks near wooden tenements and take away Dewey Beach from local children.
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