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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1921
Page
8
Director Forbes of the Veterans Bureau will present a comprehensive report to President outlining country wide conditions of hospitalization and vocational training for former service men. He seeks to close contract hospitals and move all disabled men from private schools to government hospitals as arrangements allow.
New York report states the merger of Metropolitan National Bank with Chase National Bank has been approved by the directing bodies. Directors of Metropolitan Bank meet tomorrow to confirm. Combined assets reach 44.56 million.
Twenty young women formed the O Connor Call Em Up Club led by Charles O Connor and Grace Keenan to invite women to mayoral rallies. Over 300 calls were completed in one afternoon with reservations offered for neighborhood speeches.
An advertisement quotes Patrick J. Flynn of Cambridge Massachusetts describing relief from a long stomach disorder after using Tanlac. He reports improved appetite, weight gain, elimination of headaches and indigestion, steadier nerves, and deep sleep after starting Tanlac, distributed by International Proprietaries Inc and sold in Boston.
Lieutenant Governor Alvan T. Fuller invited Dr. Eugene McCarthy of Malden, head of the American Legion hospitaliza tion committee, to bring about nine disabled veterans to his Rye Beach summer home for a clambake. Fuller will supply cars and plans include a sightseeing trip before the meal, with a $500 fund donation pledged to aid disabled veterans. The outing, tentatively set for a Saturday in October, depends on arrangements.
The division of motor vehicle registration will relocate from the State House to the Head House at Commonwealth Pier between November 1 and November 15 after a Governor's Council vote approving Commissioner John N. Cole's plan. A weeks long controversy ended with the decision following a conference with automobilists representatives.
A conference of officials from the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway and the Gorton Elevated system in Malden exonerated the Elevated operator after the crash of a Bay State one man car and an Elevated articulated car at Cross and Yerry streets. Three passengers were slightly injured and thirteen others shaken up.
Lawrence reports the death of George Veleishis who had been confined at the municipal hospital since May 26 with sleeping sickness. Physicians identify the disease as Encephalocyelopathy and state it caused his death.
Three plans for railroad consolidation in New England are tentatively announced by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The first plan by Professor William Z. Ripley suggests combining the Boston & Maine, Maine Central, Bangor & Aroostook, New York New Haven Hartford, Lehigh and Hudson River, and Central New England lines, creating added trunk line facilities.
The Interstate Commerce Commission considers four consolidation plans joining major lines including Boston and Maine, Maine Central, Bangor and Aroostook, New York Central, and New Haven with Baltimore and Ohio. A Great Lakes plan adds several more lines. Governors will review hearings and seek a common plan, with no railroad obligation to adopt. A conference with governors, business leaders, and railroad executives is likely to follow amid the rail network crisis.
Health Commission urged William C Woodward to return Patrolman Lawrence I Riley to the police department and Jamaica Plain station after a near beer raid in Roxbury. Other changes send Patrolman Peter J Sullivan to the traffic squad, Owen Heaney to East Dedham, and Albert P Loring to Mattapan.
Governor Cox issued a proclamation fixing October 10 as fire prevention day. The notice urges inspections, removal of waste, and adoption of measures to lessen fire hazards across the Commonwealth.
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