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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1919
Page
9
Bob Folwell powers his Quaker squad as they press toward the eastern college football crown while Red and Blue hold a strong contention for the title.
Mrs Higby touts Puddine as the quick reliable dessert solution. The couple recalls early marriage fuss over dinners and credits the product with turning lumpy cornstarch pudding into firm chocolate blanc mange. They note Puddine is inexpensive and serves many with one 15c box.
The President returns H R 6810 to the House without signature, objecting to the war time prohibition provisions. He argues to separate war emergency aims from the constitutional prohibition, urging repeal of war era measures and support for the fundamental prohibition law as permanent policy. The White House date is Oct 27, 1919.
Congress overruns the president with a veto override as Volstead and drys push to pass wartime prohibition. Debate, motions, and roll calls fill the chamber amid looming Senate action. Supporters claim final passage would curb liquor during a Christmas period.
Federal Judge Walter Evans granted a temporary injunction to Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co preventing Elwood Hamilton from removing 70,000,000 gallons of whiskey valued at about 75 million dollars held in bond. The decision holds the Nov. 21 1918 war prohibition act unconstitutional under the fifth amendment. The government appealed to the Supreme Court.
Mrs Salvatore Caresi a 23 year old Italian wife was attacked in the hallway of her uncle's tailoring shop at 7 State street and stabbed in the throat back and wrist by her husband who fled after the assault. She was treated at Relief Hospital and the police sought Salvatore Caresi, who had separated from his wife a month earlier.
Boston Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard H. Long defends himself before the Graham committee over $35 million war contracts held by the R. H. Long Company. He says profits were under 5 percent and claims political motives behind the accusations. The hearing features tense exchanges as Graham blocks Long’s written statement and lectures on conduct.
Rev Bernard Iddings Bell president of St Stephen s College Annandale NY calls Christianization of the emerging generation the only hope to save civilization from disintegration He says the current generation cannot cure global national and personal sickness Bell spoke at a dinner by the Episcopal Club of Massachusetts at the Copley Plaza Hotel The club president John Quincy Adams 2d notes the group has nearly 50 members and is among the largest church clubs in the United States
Mrs. Carrie Haskell aged 50, wife of John Haskell of 539 Broadway, died at Lawrence General Hospital from a fractured skull after being struck by an automobile on Newbury Street near Brook. The car was driven by Antonio Leone of 275 Commorn Street.
Police investigate a case involving fifteen thousand dollars in Liberty bonds allegedly passed as a deposit to a wood mill in Newton. Investigators seek to identify the sender and recover the securing funds.
Police traced a package pickup to Cornelius A Wood's alleged accomplice after a taxi driver led detectives to a meeting point at Copley Plaza. A suspect confessed to the robbery, with $13,500 in bonds recovered and a Chicago-bound ticket found on him.
Acting Mayor H A Schrantz urged Canton City Council to appropriate funds to strengthen the police department to handle riot conditions tied to a strike. Governor Cox suspended Mayor Poorman for 80 days after a Columbus hearing, and Canton businessmen pressed for state troops to restore order. the governor said troops in Akron would move if rioting continued.
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