29 Nov 1921
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1921
Page
1
Colonel Charles Whittlesey famed for leading the Lost Battalion of the 77th Division AEF vanished Saturday night from the United Fruit liner Toloa after sailing from New York to Havana. A wireless dispatch from Captain Grant confirmed the disappearance.
Traffic is halted as broken wires plunge streets into darkness. Pedestrians are ordered off roads while schools and factories suspend operations. The outage cripples transportation and wire service morale with more than two million dollars in estimated losses. Three people are dead in the incident.
Widespread power failure in Massachusetts and New Hampshire leaves cities in darkness last night. Police and fire crews patrol streets as signals fail and street lights vanish. Damage tops two million dollars with thousands idle as trees and wires collapse and newspapers suspend publishing for first time.
Miss Madeline Guinan faced a parlor stove blast at 5 Walnut Street Roxbury. She wrapped a rug around the heater hurled it from the wall and into a tree to stop the fire. She was slightly scorched and kept cool until neighbors rang the alarm as flames showered burning coals near the December night.
The lightship Pollock Kip Slue broke from its moorings off Cape Cod in a 60 mile per hour northeast gale. It drifted several miles west before anchoring safely tonight in Nantucket Sound.
Miss Gertrude Butler fainted in a courthouse room in New Bedford as Attorney William H. Lewis, defending John Dies Benjamin Gomes and Joseph Andrews of Onset, loomed over charges of having assaulted her one night last.
Frank A. Vanderlip, New York banker, urged recognition of Allied eleven billion dollar debt to the United States as just. He proposed easy payments from America with the repayments used to rehabilitate Europe, framing it as a grand gesture to the world.
Vanderlip, fresh from Europe, told the Economic Club he discussed debt with leading European ministers and financiers and found almost every nation unable to pay. The report continues on page four, fifth column.
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes says agents who raided the wrong Savannah residence cannot be blamed. EB Henson, a special agent, was charged by Mayor Stewart with entering the private home of Miss Bessie Garden without justification and likely without a warrant. The entry was from the rear of a nearby house, but the Garden home raid was later deemed a mistake and satisfactory.
Early today a fire gutted the Casino theatre at Quincy Point. Patrolman Dewey found the blaze at 1:45 PM with flames from the theater and a candy store basement. A hot air explosion blew four firefighters onto the street but caused no serious injuries. a general alarm and nearby family's evacuation followed before crews brought the fire under control by 2:00 PM.
In Detroit on November 28 the apprentice bandit confessed and returned 5000 dollars taken in a Chelsea Massachusetts bank auto holdup. His accidental captors, Michael J. McDonough of Detroit and William M. Coney of Chicago, chased him after noticing suspicious conduct on a Michigan Central train.
A passenger, anxious and wary, stared about as if fearing danger and fled the car when he spotted McDonough and Coney watching him, then returned inside. The incident underscores tense transit atmosphere.
Ballot counts at 2 this morning in the Bos ton Carmen’s Union primaries show Thomas F. Shine seeking reelection as president against Charles H. Clark. For vice president candidates include Albert J. Craig and Michael J. O’Hare. Michael J. Walsh likely on the ballot opposing John W. Hurley. John J. Lyons may run against May E. Songster for assistant secretary. E. O. M. Fehrmstrom likely opposed by Charles M. Ross for secretary treasurer, while William Walsh appears unopposed as business agent.
Washington November 28 There was growing optimism in administration circles tonight over the acceptance of the Hughes plan for reduction in defense expenditures and budget figures as urged by Robert L Norton.
A vast pall of darkness descended on Greater Boston and numerous Massachusetts cities and towns, with the situation continuing to page 6-d column.
Washington dispatch reports Admiral Kato declares Japan seeks a seventy per cent naval ratio while the American delegation maintains Secretary Hughes 5-5-3 proposal with a sixty per cent status for Japan.
Forecast shows Tuesday with occasional rain and Wednesday generally fair. Temperatures hold steady NE shifting to light west winds with gales, unsettled conditions linger across North and South New England with coastal storms and offshore warnings.
A weather record from Thompson's Spa shows yesterday's temperatures with a high near 88 and a low around 82. The data includes hourly readings and notes an average temperature for the day compared to the prior year.
The forecast calls for a mild day with pleasant evening conditions and warmth similar to yesterday. Skies remain mostly clear with light winds and no significant precipitation expected.
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