Attempt to Split Legion Convention in Massachusetts
unsigned mimeographed circulars targetting high ranking officers sparked protest at the Massachusetts American Legion convention. General E Leroy Sweetser urged an investigation into authorship while delegates debated the four fold bonus plan and mobbed General Edwards with support. Keville and Sherburne touted as potential commanders amid strong unity against class bias.
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Legion
Army
American Legion
William J. Keville
John H. Sherburne
Charles H. Cole
Edward Logan
Edwards
Massachusetts
Congress
Washington
E. Leroy Sweetser
Everett
Sweetser
Will
Iveville
Keville
Sherburne
Cole
Eddy
Logan
Brookline
Legion of Right
Halligan
All-Dorchester Post
R. W. Robart
Cambridge
Ef. Leroy Sweetser
Malden
Joseph Heffernan
South End
Boston
Joseph E. Redden
Springfield
F. P. Madden
Revere
Massachusetts Department
Brookline Post
Middlesex County
Northeastern
Thomas D. Lavalle
Dorchester
Lavalle
Senate
General Edwards
New Jersey
Provincetown Hosts French Naval Officers and U S Battleships
Two U S battleships reach Provincetown as Geoffrey Blake notes British endorsement. More than 1000 sailors ashore enjoy a dance in the Town Hall after a park concert by the Florida band. Captain Gevaudan of Ville D Ys exchanges toasts, tours the town, and attends a reception with local leaders.
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Geoffrey Blake
Florida
P. H. Olmsted
Olmated
J. T. Tompkins
Delaware
John Adams
William H. Youns
Provincetown
Myrick Atwood
A. P. Hannum
Charles N. Rogers
John R. Manta
Walter Welsh
District Court
Charles W. Hawthorne
The
Art Association
Benedict Fitzgerald
Ruffi de Ponteves Gevaudan
Ernest Pace
United States
Massachusetts
Gevaudan
Olmsted
Tompking
Ville D’'Ys
William Ws. Young
Pilgrim Tercentenary Committee
George Elmer Browne
Beachcomber Club
Gevauden
Mr. Browne
Harold Putnam Browne
Richarde. Miller
France
Henry Mottet
North Sea
Grand Fleet
M. K. Metcalf
Queenstown
Cox accuses GOP of fundraising frenzy in campaign tour
Governor Cox denounces a GOP finance drive claiming a 15 million dollar fund and a secretive quota list. He cites witnesses and questions donations while urging U.S. entry into the League of Nations and defending his use of the Golden Rule in labor disputes. He plans further talks in New York and a police field day at Gravesend.
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America
League of Nations
Savin Rock
League
Cox
Wilson
Ohio
Columbus
Harding
New York
Gravesend
Cox charges false on campaign quotas accusations
Chicago Aug 27 Fred W Upham Republican treasurer said Governor Cox's claim of quotas in 51 cities is a joke and that only state quotas exist. He showed total collections of $1,017,255.32 with New York state contributing $225,292.40 and reiterated the national budget around $3,000,000, denying a $15,000,000 target.
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Cox
Wil! H. Hayes
Fred W. Upham
Hays
Pittsburg
Upham
Chicago
James M. Cox
Republican National
New York
Republican National Committee
New York State
New York City
Bigney to Speak in Ward 11 Tonight
Representative Robert FE Bigney, Senate candidate in South Boston, plans rallies tonight in Ward 11 with Wendell Phillips Thore and Edna Spencer Lawrence. He will speak at Edward Everett Square and multiple streets including Savin Hill, Dorchester avenues, Upham's Corner, Andrew Square, I Street and Broadway, and C Street.
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Robert FE. Bigney
South Boston
Wendell Phillips Thore
Edna Spencer Lawrence
Edward Everett Square
Savin Hill Avenue
Dorchester Avenue
Mt. Vernon Street
Upham’s Corner
Ramsey
Dudley Streets
Andrew Square
I Street
Broadway
C Street
City to Pay 16 A Ton for Coal Owing to Bid Refusal
City to buy coal in open market at 16 dollars per ton with possible rise to 18 dollars after local coat dealers refused to bid on city contracts. William T. Keough of the school committee announced the purchase plan yesterday.
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William T. Keough
Keough
Whiskey Owner Held in $500 Bail on Grand Jury Charge
Arthur W. Mailling of Faneuil Chambers Brighton owner of an establishment on Chatham Row waived examination before U S Commissioner Hayes and was held in 500 for the federal grand jury after prohibition agents seized 5620 bottles of whiskey a few days earlier.
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Arthur W. Mailling
Faneuil Chambers
Brighton
Chatham Row
Prohibition
United States
Hayes
Federal
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New England
William E. Carter
South
Munroe Mason
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Legions’ Americanization Committee
U. S
Frank H. Pope
Soloniki
Gallipoli
Branger
Morocco
Church OF the Pilgrims
G. O. P. Fund
Republican Campaign Committee
Republican Party
Senate Committee
Public Health Service
Allingtown
First Voters’ League
Soldier Boys
Long Island Shore
Yale
Irving Fisher
Yale University
Fitzgerald
Fisher
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Theodore Harburg
Belgium
Hamilton Holt
Rabbi Wise
Allington Hospital
the Twitchell- Champlin Co
Portland
Eves Conn
Taft
McCall
Mary Wilkins Freeman
Basil King
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Dickens
Churchill
Kipling
Scott
Mark Twain
School of Commerce
Northeastern College
Huntington Ave
Boston Y.m.ca
Back Bay
Connor
Conner
Maine
Brookside
Armour’s
Cholee
John T.connor CO
Bigney
England
India
Shreve, Crump and Low Company
Tremont Street
Cdl. Co
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