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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1919
Page
2
The New England district of the United Synagogue of America opened a campaign to promote traditional Judaism across New England. Rabbis from all New England states and prominent lay leaders attended the conference at Horticultural Hall to unite youth with traditional faith.
The conference opened with Joseph J. Levenson of Boston delivering welcomes on behalf of the Jewish representing group. Speakers urged strengthening Judaism in America and opposing Christian missions aimed at Jewish youth, with resolutions to keep college Jews within Judaism and to recruit unaffiliated youth. A New England branch of the Women’s League was formed, and several rabbis and leaders addressed sessions and a luncheon followed by evening remarks.
Sixty two alleged Sabbath Day gamers will be arraigned before West Roxbury Court this morning after three raids on gamblers in the district yesterday by Police Sergeants Snow and Murphy of Hyde Park Station 18.
Louis P. Gourland formerly a claim agent for the Boston and Maine railroad died in a Boston hospital at age 79. His home was 23 May avenue in Braintree. He leaves a son Eric G. of Brookline and a daughter Mrs. F. E. Garland of Wellesley Hills.
Boston Lodge No. 10 of the Elks held a memorial at the Orpheum Theatre with simple solemn exercises. The service featured a requiem tone and hopeful themes in song tableaux and words as members remembered departed brothers. Three thousand people filled the auditorium and listened in quiet reverence.
Frank Conroy delivers the memorial address for Elks noting world peace rooted in goodwill. A musical program features Miss Irma Seydel and others with chimes and tableau “Elk's Rest” by Exalted Ruler John Burke. Commemoration held nationwide within Elks lodges.
The Rev. Jones I. J. Corrigan S J of Boston College urged shared ownership to curb abuses and bolster prosperity in a talk titled The Church and the Social Crisis at the Church of the Immaculate Conception during Advent Sunday night lectures.
United States Senator David I. Walsh addressed the Malden Lodge of Elks memorial services held in the Auditorium yesterday afternoon. More than 1400 attended as Exalted Ruler S. J. Walsh presided and a quartet performed. Walsh paid tribute to Elks who died in World War, praising America’s war effort and urging no alliance with oppressors.
A large crowd heard the Jesuit speaker argue for worker ownership in machinery and profits, warning against radicalism. He supported private ownership as essential to economic progress while urging fairer sharing of profits and management.
John Golden of a Columbus Avenue tire firm challenged Francis Doherty of Lowell to a tire changing contest. Golden offered to donate any winnings to the Post Santa Claus fund for Boston children. He claims seven years of experience and vows to beat Doherty using ordinary tire irons and a hammer.
The Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeals ruling convicting Rev. Eli Miller Mowry, a Mansfield Ohio Presbyterian missionary, of sheltering Korean agitators during the revolt. He faces a choice between a 10 yen fine or 20 days in jail with 3 days to decide.
Flames of unknown origin damaged the British embassy building in Berlin this afternoon. The roof was burned off and the upper room and marble staircase suffered badly. Firemen controlled the blaze after several hours with no injuries reported.
Colonel Percy A. Guthrie, head of the McLean Kitties, told St Pauls Church congregation that class conflict stems from economic and social conditions. He cited non English-speaking immigrants as a root cause and praised women's wartime work in hospitals and homes.
Michael J. Ryan of Philadelphia told Notre Dame Academy alumnae that the Ulster delegation now in New York to oppose Sinn Fein will face a cold reception nationwide. He noted he is one of three American commissioners to the peace conference representing the Irish Republic.
The speaker argued that the Irish question is national, not religious, noting Ireland’s leaders have been Protestants and Sinn Fein draws broad support. He accused British rule of atrocities comparable to Germany and claimed Ireland’s population declines under Britain while Alsace-Lorraine grew under German control. Cardinal O’Connell supported aiding the Irish cause as benefiting both Ireland and America.
Rev. A. Z. Conrad at Park Street Church last night attributed America's intellectual and material preeminence wholly to religion. He urged that no nation can prosper without religious reality, and predicted greater greatness through League of Nations acceptance and fighting radicalism.
An advertisement for Adamson's Balsam promises to cure coughs colds and grippe. The tone emphasizes reliable relief from common illnesses through the product.
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