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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1919
Page
11
The Governor's Council will act on Curtis request to raise age height and weight limits for police applicants to widen the pool and fill vacancies from the walk-out.
Meeting between President McInnes of the Policemen's Union and a sub-committee of the Boston Central Labor Union to discuss the recent punitive action. Secretary Wella offered no statement on the session. Meanwhile 19 Metropolitan Park police officers, dismissed for disobeying orders during riot duty on Sept 10, face a new trial before the Metropolitan Park Commission.
Curtis filed with the Civil Service Commission, seeking to lower height from five foot eight to seven inches, weight from 140 to 138, and adjust age limits. Governor's Council approval cannot take effect before 60 days after advertising. Local labor actions and police union activity dominate upcoming Central Labor Union meeting and fund drive for officers. A widow’s donation to the police fund moved attendees to pause in tribute.
The Fund for the Defenders of Public Safety will distribute relief to more than 10 cases among guardsmen families in Boston. Trustees report total contributions at $805,879.04, up $44,000 in 24 hours, marking the fund’s largest single-day rise since inception.
Seven hundred members of Lieut. Lawrence J. Flaherty Post No. 30 American Legion of East Boston met at 60 Meridian Street and unanimously adopted resolutions calling for the speedy reinstatement of Boston’s striking policemen and restoration of normal city conditions. The resolutions urged World War veterans to refrain from replacing the strikers.
Recruiting war veterans for the new local police force continued yesterday at Kingsley Hall Ford building. Seventeen men appeared in the morning, two in the afternoon. twelve of the 17 passed the physical test, while the later group were told to report this morning.
Captain De La Vergne a French ace who once commanded 20 fliers on the western front is among 80 entrants for the army's proposed transcontinental airplane race on October 9. He now serves as air service attache at the French embassy in Washington.
Gabriele D Annunzio proclaimed from Fiume that he is in a state of war with Jugo Slavia. He said measures are in place to meet any attack, and troops are at the first line of reserves ready to respond.
The Post credited Lieutenant-Colonel John W. Decrow and his unit for a crackdown on rule breaking in traffic within the Hub. The piece notes prior disregard by women and acknowledges the paper’s role in highlighting the issue and spurring changes.
Colonel Decrow directs efforts to ease congestion in Boston by banning street parking on both sides, repainting chalk lines, and enforcing rules. Officers warn violators, pursue court action, and plan continued patrols as pedestrians and drivers adjust to stricter traffic controls.
The committee heard Fitzgerald and Tague as Congressmen debated resigning and proving charges. Fitzgerald offered to resign if his opponent’s charges were proven, while Tague argued proof not yet in hand could not be obtained.
A race riot in Montgomery Alabama leaves one police officer and four Black residents dead. An 11 year old white boy is missing and presumed murdered. Two Black leaders including a church preacher are driven from the city with orders not to return. The outbreak began with lynching of two Black men Monday afternoon and continued today.
Public Service Commission Chairman Frederick J. Macleod told a Peabody hearing that placing flagmen at two Boston & Maine crossings on the Newburyport turnpike would be useless due to driver recklessness. Police and chamber officials urged action as Essex County officials investigated fatal cases.
James Whiting, a Black man accused of assaulting a white woman in Merchantville New Jersey, was tracked by a posse and captured near Rancocas Creek by Mount Holly. He is jailed in Mount Holly.
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