Bigger allowance for volunteers urged in Ottawa
I G Nightingale vice president of the American Volunteers for the Canadian Expeditionary Force urged a parliamentary committee to grant higher allowances for Canadian veterans living in the United States. He noted the cost of living is about twenty percent higher in the United States than in Canada.
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Ottawa
Ont
United States
I. G. Nightingale
American Volunteers
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Canada
Amherst Students Form Club to Back Churchill for Delegate
Amherst students establish a Republican club to support Professor G. B. Churchill for district delegate to the Republican national convention. Churchill will launch the club with a speech tomorrow night at the campus.
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Amherst
G. B. Churchill
Restraint urged by Gompers at Cleveland convention
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor urged workers to practice self restraint during a cigarmakers convention in Cleveland Ohio. He said no practical steps have been taken to curb the high cost of living and that protective laws are being used against the people.
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Cleveland, O
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United States
Call for Organized Labor Restraint Amid Postwar Struggles
A speaker warns that wartime gains are eroded by profiteers and restrictive laws. He notes rising living costs, wage stagnation, and discontent among workers including some nonmembers. He urges organized labor to demand fair wages and avoid wild cat strikes while urging employers and officials to heed labor's normal demands.
Coffman Elected President of University of Minnesota
L. D. Coffman, head of the education department at the University of Minnesota, was elected president today. He will succeed Dr. Marion L. Burton, who is president elect of the University of Michigan.
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Minneapolis, Minn
L. D. Coffman
Department of Education
University of Minnesota
Marion L. Burton
University of Michigan
Catholics Led the Irish War Dead Memorial Backed by British Loyalists
Daniel T. O'Connell writes to the Post defending that Irish soldiers, Catholic and Protestant, fought together in World War I. He cites an official Dunraven letter endorsing a Westminster Cathedral memorial in St. Patrick's chapel, arguing that Irish independence is not a religious issue.
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Sir
America
Ireland
Germany
Carson
Ulster
Lord Dunraven
Royal Munster Fusiliers
Duke of Connaught
London
Bryan Mahon
Westminster Cathedral
Cardinal Bourne
St. Patrick’s Chapel
Friends of Irish Freedom
National Bureau of Information
South
Daniel T. O'Connell
Friends of Irish Freedom National Bureau of Information
Otis Subidizes Doctor to Serve Hill Towns
Otis Massachusetts appropriates a $500 subsidy to attract a bright young physician to town to ensure a doctor is always available. The plan aims to grow with the community, addressing doctor shortages highlighted during last winter’s influenza epidemic in hill towns of western Massachusetts.
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Otis
Massachusetts
New Boston Steamship Service to Pacific Ports
Boston will gain a new steamship service to San Pedro San Francisco Portland and Seattle with the steamer Effingham sailing May 3. Voyages will run about every three weeks with plans for a biweekly schedule and cargoes returning to Boston and New York. Ships berthed at Pier 4 New Haven docks South Boston and the New England Maritime Corporation also operates a Pacific line with a May 3 third sailing planned.
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Boston
West Coast
Effingham
San Pedro
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Seattle
New York
Pier 4
New Haven Docks
South Boston
New England Maritime Corporation
Pacific
LARZ NEWTON NAMED CLASS DAY ORATOR
LARZ NEWTON a former Worcester newspaper man was chosen orator for the senior class day exercises on June 14 at Boston University Law School Vincent P Clarke was chosen to address the undergraduates Newton prepared at Chelsea High and Harvard College Clarke is a Sudbury High and attended Boston University College of Liberal Arts
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B. Larz Newton
Worcester
Boston University Law School
Vincent P. Clarke
Newton
Chelsea High
Harvard College
Mr. Clarke
Sudbury High
Boston University College of Liberal Arts
Miss Allen's Recital Delights Jordan Hall Audience
Miss Alice Allen a pupil of Clayton Johns and Carl Baermann gave a recital yesterday afternoon in Jordan Hall. Her program offered much variety and she impressed with fluent substantial technique and expressive aim, earning warm applause.
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Alice Allen
Jordan Hall
Clayton Johns
Carl Baermann
Miss Allen
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