Massive Moulders Strike Hits Greater Boston Area
Nearly 300 moulders and coremakers from about a dozen firms in Greater Boston start a strike after a mass meeting in Wells Memorial Hall. Key plants affected include Veber Machinery in Hyde Park with 40 workers, Roxbury Iron & Brass Foundry 20, Fore River Shipbuilding 75, Vanadium Metals 10, Gibby Foundry East Boston 40, Blake branch of International Steam Pump in Cambridge 50, and Wollaston Foundry 45, with 20 other firms not taking part employing over 400 workers who accepted the new wage scale.
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International Moulders’ Union
Wells Memorial Hall
Veber Machinery Company
Hyde Park
Roxbury Iron & Brass Foundry
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Vanadium Metals Company
Gibby Foundry Company
East Boston
George F. Blake
International Steam Pump Company
Cambridge
Wollaston Ioundry Company
Fore River Plant Hit By Sailors Strike Over Wages
Sailors demand a standard minimum of 3.50 for nine hours and a 10 percent boost for piecework. Wages now range from 3.50 to 8. Fore River Shipbuilding in Quincy may face work delays on naval vessels including submarines under government contract. One ship under construction is the giant battleship Riva Gavia for Argentina. The strike targets firms not agreeing to a new scale proposed by the three Baston.
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Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Fore River
Riva- Gavia
Argentine Republic
Chauffeur Costello Fined for DUI Collision
Norwood chauffeur James F. Costello was fined 100 for operating an automobile while intoxicated and given a severe censure by Judge J. Albert Brackett at West Roxbury Police Court. He was cited by Officer Forbes for a collision that injured two passengers, Mrs. Barbara McDonald and Miss Celia Murphy, after losing control on the curve from Peter Parley road to Washington street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Costello
Norwood
J. Albert Brackett
West Roxbury
Costello
Forbes
A. M. Partridge
Peter Parley
Washington Street
Barbara McDonald
Eighth Street
Celia Murphy
Boston
Water spouts frighten Bonaventure passengers near Hatteras
The fruit steamer Bonaventure encountered towering water spouts off Cape Hatteras on Tuesday. Captain Cross called the sight among the prettiest he had seen as rain and fog lingered. The voyage also noted a school of 50 whales, flying fish, and a severe gale after delivering 12,593 banana bunches for United Fruit.
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Bonaventure
Cape Hatteras
Cross
St Josephs Montvale Field Day Set at Pavilion Park
The annual field day and reunion of St Josephs parishioners in the Montvale district of Woburn will take place Saturday afternoon at Pavilion Park grounds owned by the parish.
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St. Joseph’s
Montvale
Woburn
Pavilion Park
Widow of Rosenthal-era gambler aids NY police in probe
Mrs Marta Lillian Bassi from Shawmut Avenue Boston travels to New York to help the police clean up Gamblers. She is robbed of 13 dollars in a doorway and cannot identify her assailants. She relates her late husband Spanish Louis partnered with Shapiro in gambling and notes Jack Rose previously collected from him. Becker’s name is not mentioned.
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New York
Rosenthal
Marta Lillian Bassi
Shawmut Avenue
Louis
Bassi
Boston
Shapiro
Jack Rose
Becker
Maria Lillian Bassi
Thaw Poisoned by Jail Food
John W. Russell announced that Harry K. Thaw suffers ptomaine poisoning from preserved jail food at White Plains. He has been confined to his cot since his return here.
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Matteawan
N. Y
John W. Russell
Harry K. Thaw
White Plains
Thaw
Harrison's Wholesale Clothing Sale Ad
Get a swell two piece suit at Harrison's wholesale sale. Outing suits priced at 6.75, elegant light chevriots serges and crashes in all sizes. Located at Washington corner Beach Street opposite the Gaiety Theatre. adv
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Harrison
S. H. Harrison Co
Washington
Corner Beach St
Gaiety Theatre
Matrimonial Mayor of Boston Declares He Will Not Help Seekers
The Boston mayor rejects unsolicited matchmaking pleas stating he will not aid forlorn spouses. The mayor, long dubbed the matrimonial figure, has issued a firm decree to end the practice.
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Boston
Cambridge Mayor halts outside matrimonial appeals
George A. Nelson of Cambridge wrote to the Mayor seeking help to find a wife described as corn fed and blonde. The Mayor declined, saying he cannot run a matrimonial bureau, and instructed his secretary to tell Nelson to find a spouse without official assistance.
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George A. Nelson
Cambridge
Nelson
Cupid
Dick” Field
Field
Darrow Bribery Trial Reads Darrow Works for Jury
In Los Angeles on Aug 1 opposing counsel agreed to admit all published Darrow works as evidence and supply jurors with copies to read during breaks. An earlier reading of Darrow’s jail address sparked dispute over fair use. District Attorney Fredericks briefly agreed then withdrew the consent.
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Los Angeles
Darrow
Clarence S. Darrow
Fredericks
Ford
Rogers
Cook County
Chicago
Hutton
Suits Reduced to 9.75 at Harrison Company
Our immense stock of 15 and 18 suits reduced to 9.75. Fine blue serges Scotch cheviots and fancy worsteds. S H Harris on Company, 662 672 Washington St. adv.
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S H. Harrison Company
Washington St
Adv
SEEK MAN WHO CAUSED RAID
Board of Health officials seek a complainant responsible for a midnight raid on the Seamen and Firemen's Union headquarters at 288 Commercial Street and the Seamen's Federation at 112A Lewis Street. Complaint claimed 200 union men slept under poor conditions. inspectors Jordan and Flynn found 12 men in clean sleeping rooms.
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Board of Health
Seamen and Firemen’s Union
Commercial Street
Seamen’s Federation
Lewis Street
Jordan and
Flynn
Woman Killed by Engine in Somerville
An unidentified 60 year old woman was struck and killed by a Boston and Maine train near the Winter Hill station in Somerville. The 4 52 pm Boston outbound engine, operated by Engineer Wilfred Weeks, threw her about 75 feet as she hesitated on the tracks while crossing. The body was removed to a local undertaking room. she wore all black and carried a black handbag with a small sum of money and false teeth.
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Boston & Maine Road
Somerville
Boston
William H. Simond
Wilfred Weeks
Another Arrest in Hood Rubber Conspiracy Case
Water town police arrested Louis Sovrensky a wholesale junk dealer of Broadway Somerville for involvement in the alleged Hood Rubber Company robbery of several thousand dollars. The arrest follows an earlier inquiry into the conspiracy and theft at the Watertown firm.
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Hood Rubber Company
Watertown
Louis Sovrensky
Broadway
Somerville
Russell Case Resumed Today After Adjournment
The Russell case hearing, paused to let Master Percy consider whether attorney Sharton may continue questioning William C. Russell, will resume at 10 o clock. Attorney Nason objected to the line of inquiry about Fresno Dan being his brother and warned the Supreme Court may review the master's ruling. Sharton also sought permission to take exhibits from the former trial into court.
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Russell
Pevcy
Scharton
William C. Russell
Nason
Fresno Dan
Percy
Sharton
Supreme Court
Lawton
Mrs Jean Hooper Page Dies in Colorado At Age 4
Denver Aug 1 Mrs Jean Hooper Page author poet and magazine contributor died at her father's Pine Crest Colorado cottage late yesterday of meningitis She was four years old.
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Denver
Jean Hooper Page
S. K. Hooper
Pine Crest
Colo
Outing Pants On Sale At S. H. Harrison Co
Thousands of outing pants in cheviots serges and worsteds with four inch cuffs and belt straps. White and fancy flannels also available. S. H. Harrison Company 662 672 Washington Street. adv
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S. H. Harrison Company
Washington Street
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