Boston Legislature Debates Metro Council and City Growth
The metropolitan affairs committee voted 9 to 6 against increasing Boston City Council seats and reported on a Metropolitan Council plan. They favored a March bill for a Greater Boston entity and approved an appropriation for the Neponset Bridge completion. The House narrowly advanced a bill consolidating city departments and passed a ticket scalper ban.
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Legislative Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Boston City Council
March G. Bennett
Greater Boston
Peters
Neponset Bridge
Public Service Committee
Executive Council
House
Boston
Smith
Kneeland
Winchester
Fitzgerald
Hays
Fake nurses hired in Massachusetts factories prompt training call
After factory inspections in several Bay State cities, Mrs. Anna M Staebler, secretary of the Massachusetts committee on health in industry, warned that unscrupulous untrained women are securing nurse and first aid positions in large plants. She urged manufacturers to require Red Cross or district nursing certification by May 1 or send applicants for training.
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Bay State
Anna M. Staebler
Massachusetts Committee On Health In Industry
YD Leaders Honored At Boston Chamber Dinner
General Charles H. Cole and General John H. Sherburne, YD commanders and Chamber members, were guests of the Boston Chamber of Commerce for a complimentary dinner at the Hotel Brunswick. Henry S. Harriman presided as toastmaster and praised Major General Hale of the 26th Division.
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Cole and Sherburne
Commerce Chamber
Charles H. Cole
John H. Sherburne
Chamber
Boston
General Cole
General Sherburne
Henry S. Harriman
James H. Hustis
J. Randolph Coolidge, Jr
Charles J. Bullock
Sage bill lets prisoners make license plates and signs
Albany April 16 Governor Smith signed the Sage bill allowing prisoners to manufacture automobile license plates and street and highway signs. The measure aims to provide labor and training for inmates while supplying state needs.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
Newton Centre church surpasses targeted centenary fund
The Newton Centre Methodist Episcopal Church reports a $90 000 five year campaign total for the centenary and benevolences plus current expenses. A donor has given a new $10 000 pipe organ to be installed soon.
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Newton Centre Methodist Episcopal
D A R Congress Acts On League Nations and Education
At Washington on April 16 the Daughters of the American Revolution congress endorsed League of Nations support and urged Lane’s western land opening legislation. Resolutions denounced un American histories in schools and colleges and called for banning German language publications while backing military training. referrals to a committee followed.
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Washington
League of Nations
Lane
Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Delegates Plan Pershing Highway Across the Nation
Lincoln April 16 delegates representing state governors and automobile clubs gathered to organize a Pershing highway linking coast to coast. The proposed route would pass through towns with significant General Pershing events to honor his life and service.
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Lincoln
Neb
New York City
San Francisco
General Pershing
Army Expenditures Slashed in March Officials Report
Washington April 16 official figures show March marked the first clear decrease in army spending. Expenditures totaled 494 million dollars, about 68 percent of the prior monthly average, with the quartermaster corps accounting for 71 percent of the total.
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Washington
Quartermaster Corps
Watch Presented to Braddock Captain by Rom an Crew
Captain R. M. York of Portland Maine commander of the Braddock receives a gold watch from the Roman crew at Mystic Wharf. They praise his seamanship during the ship s recent troublesome voyage from France to New York and on the initial Atlantic crossing.
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R. M. York
Portland
Braddock
Mystic Wharf
France
Roman
New York
Atlantic
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Easter
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Louis
Faille
John R. Macomber
George F. Nutter
William E. Jones
George Bramwell Baker
James A. McKibben
B. Preston Clark
Paul E. Fitzpatrick
Louis E. Kirstein
Frank J. Ludwid
George S. Smith
Sage
Meyer Jonasson & Co
Tremont and Boylston Sts
Silvertone
Bolivia
Sena de Cygne
New Dolman
Serge
D. A. R. Congress For League OF Nations
Hood
Georgette
Imeyer
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