Big parade boosts city trains and streetcars plans
Transportation firms pledge ample service for the YD parade day with special trains and added cars. The Boston Elevated expects over a million riders, doubling staff and fare facilities, while the New Haven Hartford Boston & Albany Boston & Maine Bay State line run extra sections to Worcester Springfield Plymouth North Abington Whitman Hingham Cohasset Taunton Fall River New Bedford.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford
Boston & Albany
Boston & Maine
Boston Elevated
Bay State Street Railway Company
Connecticut
Boston
New York, New Haven
Hartford Road
Plymouth
North Abington
Whitman
Hingham
Cohasset
Taunton
Fall River
New Bedford
New Haven
Worcester
Springfield
Boston & Maine Road
Daughters of the Nation to keep open house for YD boys
The Daughters of the Nation will operate an open house at the Food Facts Cottage on the Common for YD boys and relatives the rest of the week. The cottage will host as a rest area during the parade with coffee and sandwiches for guests. Women from Everett to Roxbury will assist. national regent Mrs. James J. Storrow and state regent Mrs. William N. Going lead efforts.
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Food Facts
Everett
Revere
Malden
Swampscott
South Shore
Jamaica Plain
Roxbury
James J. Storrow
William N
V.B
101St Field Signal Corps
Boston
Municipal Cottage
Horticultural Hall
Harry G. Chase
Mary Brackett
A. C. Galvin
Nichols
L. W. Nash
Aime Bi
New England's Own Poem Chosen for Welcome
A verse by Nancy Byrd Turner, selected by Massachusetts and Boston leaders to honor the 26th Division. The poem recalls New England soldiers in WWI, their courage, and the welcome home to the region, with references to Aisne Marne Meuse Argonne and enduring patriotism.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Nancy Byrd Turner
Aisne-Marne
Chavignon
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
New England
Earth
Addison I
Winship
Committee of Welcome
Coolidge
Peters
Churches Keep Open All Night For Parade Guests
Open night notice from Central Congregational Dorchester First Parish Unitarian Cambridge and Broadway Baptist Cambridge to host parade guests. Coffee blankets and rooms are being provided as applications arrive, with a call for more churches to participate and for families to notify the hospitality committee for elderly relatives.
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Central Congregational Church
Dorchester
First Parish Unitarian Church of
Cambridge
Broadway Baptist Church of
Peruvi an bull killer wows Harvard with gold adorned vest
Domingo Laos, a Peruvian student, displayed a vest studded with $20 gold pieces and wore cuff links and a scarf pin all made from gold coins. He arrived at Harvard recently stirring curiosity as he proclaims plans to marry a American girl before returning to Peru.
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Domingo Laos
Harvard
College Yard
Domingo
Cambridge College
Peru
Dan
Harvard College
Crimson
Parade to Feature Regular Regimental Bands and Song Leaders
At least 18 civilian bands will line the parade route though only the regimental bands of the %th Division perform. Fifteen plus song leaders from War Camp Community Service Y M C A and Training Camp Activities Commission will join them. Community singing precedes the parade.
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War Camp Community Service
Training Camp Activities Commission
State Music Committee
George F E. Curran
Wallace Goodrich
New England Conservatory
General Edwards
Paul Loughridge
26Th
A. F. Elwell
Pershing's Sister to Christen Vessel in Lincoln
Miss May Pershing sister of General John J. Pershing will travel to Mobile Alabama to serve as sponsor for a merchant marine vessel named after Lincoln in recognition of the city's support for the Fourth Liberty Loan drive.
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Lincoln, Neb
May Pershing
John J. Pershing
Mobile
Ala
Merchant Marine
City of
Lincoln
No Blame For Clash With Police In London
The American army and navy court of inquiry says the March 9 melee between American soldiers and the Metropolitan Police was minor and did not strain U S British relations. It blames only one American military policeman for carrying a pistol off duty. the soldier did not draw it.
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London
Army and Navy Court of Inquiry
Metropolitan Police
Thorities
Houlton Man Indicted for Murder in Connor Case
Louis Paradis a farmhand is indicted on murder charges for the March Connor killing of Arthur Chamberlain a butcher. Witnesses testified Paradis struck Chamberlain with an axe after Chamberlain attacked him during a preliminary hearing in Houlton Maine.
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Houlton
Louis Paradis
Arthur Chamberlain
Connor
Paradis
Chamberlain
Chambelain
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Y. D. Boys
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Pershing
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