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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1922
Page
25
A statement signed by all five Boston School Committee members denounces high school women teachers campaign for equal pay for equal work and their ballot proposition next Tuesday as an attack on the committee’s authority and an intrusion on its rights.
The Boston school committee declares opposition to a ballot measure urging state action to require equal pay for equal service in teachers. It argues the issue intrudes on local self government and the authority of local school committees, citing historic court rulings asserting local control of public schools.
The Boston School Committee denounces a push by teachers to force salary raises without local approval. It warns state interference erodes home rule, risks widespread changes and costs about 1.5 million, and ends with a firm defense of local control and standards.
In Washington Nov 2 the United States Coal Commission receives a warning from the miners union. If operators refuse to negotiate a contract expiring April 1 1923 another strike will occur. The union urges complete industry unionization and criticizes operators for provoking strikes by resisting negotiations. The letter argues miners do not seek strikes but endure hardship and hunger from them.
Ruth Sellers Becker 25, a recent divorcee, was tied to her bed and brutalized for three days by Charles Fyrancis Robaro, a soldier she knew. After escaping, she alerted police. Robaro swallowed poison and died en route to the hospital.
A. D. Davis owned two large barns and a farmhouse valued at 60,000, burned tonight in Great Barrington. Insurance covered about one sixth. The farm tenant was Wil l M was, described as one of the best peel.
Violent Angora assembly session over the Sultan's status with opposition deputies leaving and calls to postpone. Dr Riza Nur Bey, from Lausanne, backed a 76-signature motion declaring a new Turkey risen from Ottoman ruins and the Sultan nonexistent, amended to affirm liberation of the Caliphate. The measure was sent to a commission of judicial experts.
City Purchasing Agent Francis P. Rock announced plans to purchase 106 900 tons of anthracite coal to sell at cost, landed in Boston about 11 60 a ton plus delivery. The city gains a 3000 ton coal pocket at the Charlestown navy yard while Boston dealers struggle to move ample supply. A village with one inhabitant was found in Skiddaw England.
Last September John Yasbick had $600 stolen from him while Frank Zoll was arrested but discharged for lack of evidence. Yesterday police rounded up Harry Morgan for the same offense and he was discharged. Zo waited outside to learn Morgan’s fate. Yasbick left the courtroom angry and confronted Zoll.
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