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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1915
Page
16
A broad coalition of Democrats Radicals Reformists Socialists and Nationalists plans a mass meeting across Italy on Sunday to urge intervention in the war and pull the country into the conflict.
The National league meeting adopted a resolution stating that after long waiting disillusions could trigger an inevitable profound political upheaval. Mussolini, a Socialist leader, says this means the monarchy would cease to exist if Italy cannot wage national war, signaling a regime change.
Roland G. Hopkins, vice-president and manager of the Boston Ice Company, was re-elected president of the Massachusetts Ice Dealers' Association at the annual convention at the American House yesterday. George H. Stackpole of Lynn was chosen vice-president and O. S. Haywood of Boston became secretary and treasurer.
Boston college men from Dartmouth Harvard united for the second annual intercollegiate smoker at Copley Hall. The crowd cheered as Harvard and Dartmouth participants traded phrases and sketches, with Buck Chandler stage managing and a sold hall. The event ended with high spirits and strong camaraderie.
Mayor Benjamin F. Haines dismissed trustees from service for incompetency after a hearing in which the mayor conducted cross examination of the trustees who testified on their own behalf.
Chairman John N. Cole of the Boston industrial development bureau and Mayor Curley hosted a luncheon at Young's Hotel where they described a proposed general transportation system for Boston to a group of prominent businessmen.
Last night at the Hotel de Jobless a farewell party marked the end of its role as shelter for the jobless. A magnologue entertained guests while a man named Slim or Shorty closed with three cheers for the old hotel. Mrs. A L Richards hosted 150 men at a three penny lunch earlier, including Leo Lippa, new delegate to a Baltimore convention of International Brotherhood Welfare.
Businessmen heard a synopsis of a broad plan to fill the South Bay and build a general freight station and union passenger station. It envisions under harbor tunnels linking freight and passenger facilities with the Commonwealth and East Boston piers and connecting New Haven and Boston and Maine systems to union terminals with a metropolitan railroad belt. A Boston terminal commission would be state controlled and appointed by the Governor. Mayor Curley said he spoke with Governor Walsh, who was impressed and would consider any measure, possibly commenting publicly after review.
A listener recalls a light moment during a somber gathering as one person played a tiny piano another sang and a third performed a buck and wing dance, easing the mood of the occasion.
Mgr Patterson of SS Peter and Paul Church Broadway South Boston said the clock will be replaced in the reconstructed tower. Work starts after the mission opens tomorrow and ends Sunday April 25 under Dominican Fathers direction. The first donor is Rev Frances J Glynn of St Marys Melrose who sent a $100 check.
Charles S. Dawes of Chicago plans a $100,000 hotel in Boston as a memorial to his son Rufus F. Dawes. The site is not yet announced. Beds will cost 10 cents and meals four cents.
The John L. Donovan Club at 43 Joy Street elected officers for one year: Harry A. Aaronson president Abraham Wasserman vice president James Kaplan recording secretary Benjamin Goodman financial secretary Benjamin Baker treasurer Harry Needle sergeant at arms They also established a naturalization bureau to assist the district’s foreign element in securing naturalization papers.
Bunker Hill Council Knights of Columbus celebrates 23rd anniversary at its Charlton clubhouse 44 High Street with a vaudeville performance as the main feature of the evening.
An advertisement from the Neal Institute in Boston promotes a three day treatment to remove alcohol cravings by removing “poison” from the system. It claims privacy for both genders, private rooms, free consultation, and confidential contact via telephone or letter at 304 Newbury St.
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