Summing Up by Counsel for Admiral Fletcher
Six hours of summing up by counsel for Rear Admiral William B. Fletcher closed the naval board session at Washington. The board investigates his removal from Brest in October 1917 by Vice Admiral Sims after hearing from more than a dozen witnesses, mostly officers from both staffs, who testified over a month of hearings.
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Fletcher Washington
Corsel
William B. Fletcher
Naval Board
Brest
Sims
Navy board to report on Fletcher removal before May 4
The board will submit findings on Fletcher removal from Brest for alleged inefficiency for the May 4 naval selection board. Rear Admiral Fletcher, on temporary commission, faces promotion to permanent rear admiral pending Secretary Daniels approval of the findings.
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Fletcher
Brest
Naval Selection Board
Daniels
Selection Board
New York Clothing House Cuts Prices in Move to Beat High Costs
A major New York ready to wear firm announces deep cuts to 87.50 for suits and overcoats and 57.50 for items up to 75, calling it a deliberate profit cut to support the movement to lower clothing costs. The ad asks Why wear overalls and frames the reduction as a contribution to the national drive.
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New York
Relief for irritated skin with Poslam remedy ad
An advertisement promoting Poslam for facial breakouts, inflamed complexions, red noses, scalp scale, eczema, pimples, barbers itch, and tired itchy feet. Claims soothing, cooling relief and urges samples from Emergency Laboratories, 243 West 47th St. New York City. Poslam Soap also marketed for tender skin.
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Emergenc Laboratories
West 47Th St
New York City
Educator Urges Use of Movies in Schools
Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard, urged integrating moving pictures into schooling from kindergarten to professional programs. He argued education should increasingly rely on visual means to complement traditional methods.
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Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Copley Plaza
Dr. Eliot
Lectures vs Visual Learning In Early Education
The speaker argues that auditory lectures in schools colleges and medical training are inferior to education through the eye. He notes his own path to becoming a chemist showed learning by seeing experiments and results, guiding operations visually rather than by listening alone.
Moving Pictures Shape Medical Education And Industrial Talk
The conference highlighted how moving pictures can train the medical student by engaging the eye and senses. Dr. Eliot praised visual learning from kindergarten to medical education as a rapid trend. Speakers tackled profiteering, collective bargaining, and cotton cultivation, with Kennedy warning against profiteers and Fisher arguing labor talks won’t scare business.
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Dudley R. Kennedy
Philadelphia
Boyd Fisher
Detroit
Albert L. Scott
Boston
W. H.knox
Phoenix, Ariz
H. M. Cottrell
Little Rock
D. 8. Murphy
Department of Agriculture
Will Lecture on Old Time Gardens by Lor ing Underwood
Landscape architect Lor ing Underwood will lecture at Jordan Hall next Wednesday afternoon on old New England colonial gardens still flourishing with historic flowers and vines. Proceeds go to the Serbian Child Welfare Association of America. lanterns will illustrate with a new French color photographic process.
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New England
Loring Underwood
Jordan Hall
Serbian Child Welfare Association of America
Underwood
National City Planning League Holds Election
The National City Planning conference in Cincinnati closed its sessions with re election of Nelson P. Lewis of New York as president Lawrence Purdy of New York as vice president and F Shurtleff of Boston as secretary all returning to their posts for another term.
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National City Planning League
Cincinnati
National City Planning Conference
Nelson P. Lewis
New York
Lawrence Purdy
F. Shurtleff
Boston
New England Clean Up Campaign Reports Funds
The second meeting of the New England Clean Up and Paint Up campaign was held at the Hoston City Club with Chairman George C. Morton presiding. The treasurer reported 590 dollars raised, bringing the total treasury to 1246.09 dollars. judges for the silver loving cup include Governor Calvin Coolidge, ex Governor Rolland H. Spaulding, and likely Governor Carl Milliken.
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New England
Hoston City Club
George C. Morton
Calvin Coolidge
Rolland H. Spaulding
New Hampshire
Carl Milliken
Maine
Noonan’s Lemon Complexion Cream Promises 4 in 1 Skin Welfare
A New England cosmetician touts Noonan’s Lemon Complexion Cream as a cold cream that cleanses impurities bleaches blemishes and tightens pores. The 4 oz jar sells for 50 cents through drug and department stores in Boston Massachusetts.
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New England
Noonan
T. Noonan & Sons Co
Boston
Mass
Silk flag prize drives New England school cleanup effort
Superintendents of towns with populations under 5000 learn a circular about a 5 ft 6 in by 4 ft 4 in silk flag offered by the New England committee to the town with the best cleanup work. Judges include Mrs. Edward F. Wellington, Mrs. Leonard P. Foster, and Mrs. W. N. Irving. The committee foresees a strong year for campaigns across the region. Campaign runs May 2 to 8. Flag described as blue and white striped ta ffta with white organdie bindings.
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New England
Edward F. Wellington
Women’s Civic League of
Malden
Leonard P. Foster
Educational Committee
Manchester Federation of Women's
Clube
W. N. Irving
West Roxury
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