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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1920
Page
22
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine will feature Fannie Hurst story Rolling Stock in its upcoming issue, signaling a notable literary inclusion for readers seeking contemporary fiction.
Reports from committees at the 25th annual National Manufacturers Association convention in New York urge repeal of the excess profits tax and the creation of a national bankruptcy act. They also call for general industrial education and voluntary cuts in spending to reduce government loans. President Stephen C. Mason of Pittsburgh presided as more than 1000 delegates from all states attended.
The platform committee will submit its industrial platform tomorrow night and send copies to dominant party conventions next month. It favors a limited turnover tax as a substitute for excess profits tax, estimating potential revenue from 2 to 6. The industrial education plan aims to raise efficiency, reduce labor turnover, and curb migration of skilled workers.
Outside brokers quote 8 percent on call loans and brokers loans 8 percent. Customer collateral loans run 7 percent. Commercial paper available 7 to 74 percent. Year money 7 percent. AT THE CLEARING HOUSE.
May 17 reports show a near deadlock in the New York market as long and short interests balance. Call loans ease from 8 to 6 percent while time funds bid up to 9 percent. Federal Reserve curtails credit. oil, motor, steel, and shipping shares fall 2 5 points, food issues firm then retreat on delayed Volstead ruling. 535000 shares traded. total par value $15.5 million.
Chicago on May 17 saw rain interrupt the Cubs game, depriving them of extending their streak to a season-best eight consecutive victories.
Mixed activity in the bond market features NY Gen Whe ths, Pacific Short Reaige, and multiple utility and municipal issues. Notable items include NY Dock Co 4s, Peace On NY Telephos Con Gas 7s 10, and Am & T col 4s, with prices and yields varying across segments and maturities.
Boston College plans a strong bid at the New England intercollegiate track meet at Tech Saturday led by Jake Driscoll in the 220 and quarter and Walter Downey in the 10 yard dash. Coach Jack Ryder expects BC to score around 25 points with Sullivan winning both hurdles and Dempsey adding points in the broad jump as Corrigan competes in 220 and 440. A separate report notes a 12 round draw between Mickey Donovan and Brooklyn Battling Nelson in Brockton.
South Boston school committee member Charles S. O Connor fought a plan by the board of superintendents to abolish foreign language teaching in elementary and intermediate schools. He argued many students leave school early and the course is impractical for them, urging retention of language study.
The school committee delayed the vote at Mr. O Connor s request while the Board of Superintendents warns the proposal will abolish foreign language instruction in grades seven and seven in 21 elementary schools affecting 2650 pupils and 6000 overall. The board argues the plan deprives high school access and shifts books and materials, while Boston defends educational best interests over cost to children.
The House, by 99 to 48, adopted the legal affairs committee substitute for the boxing bill and sent it to a third reading. It would create three boxing commissioners under the public safety director, collect 5 percent of gross receipts for the State, and reduce administrative costs compared with the Ways and Means plan which favored a single director and license fees.
The report lists baseball battery pairs for several games by city, including Toronto Buffalo and Rochester, with combinations like Karp Orossin and Konnick, Iran and Ross, and others. Scattered names such as Madden Higgins Hersche and Walker appear amid fragmented play-by-play notes.
Limerick No. 125 from the Sunday Post May 16 wraps the contest offering prizes. No new limericks will be printed, but winners of best Last Lines from last week will be announced daily this week as planned.
Edward F Galligan of Dorchester Mass received a $100 prize from a Post representative as the first prize for Last Line to Limerick No 120. Consolation prizes of $5 each were awarded to ten runners up including Ethel Sawyer Roxbury and C S Alexander Wellesley among others in Massachusetts and one entry from Enfield Mass and Kentucky.
The Post will publish tomorrow the prize winning Last Line of Limerick No 121. It will include the writer’s name and related details.
Freddie Jacks of England, a claimant to the British featherweight title, will debut at Mechanics Building under Fenway A A on Thursday night. He faces Baltimore’s Andy Chaney in the 12 round main event, with Chaney having shown promise here against Bobby Josephs. If Jacks proves as claimed, the bout could be brisk. Chaney is a quick, hard-hitting foe who might later meet Frankie Britt. Also on the card Phil Bloom and Frankie Conlrey square off in a 12 round bout, with Connelly, Mohr and a curtain-raiser six rounds completing the program.
Lieutenant-Colonel William J. Green judge advocate general of the Massachusetts State Guard lies seriously ill at City Hospital with eresipelas. Once popular and active in forming the State National Guard, he is on the danger list amid limited hope for recovery.
A longtime Massachusetts infantry officer commanded Eo Company and later served in the State militia department. He presided over riot and court martial hearings during a police strike and resided in Southboro for many years, active in welfare and social organizations.
British designer Charles E. Nicholson inspected Shamrock IV in City Island New York after arriving from England. He noted new data from aviation and that launching the cup challenger cannot occur before the end of the week while the Vanitie prepares to race Resolute off New Haven.
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