13 Delegates From Boston Attend American Jewish Congress
A Boston Jewish delegation will depart tonight to join the first American Jewish Congress in Philadelphia starting Sunday. The group aims to press for full civil political national rights worldwide and reaffirm a Jewish national existence. Delegates include Louis E. Ikhirstein Henry H. Levenson Nathan Pinanski Dr. M. M. Eichler Robert Silverman Max Mitchell Julius Meyer Alberti Hurwitz Mrs. Samuel Goodman Peter M. Leavitt Professor Felix Frankfurter Isaac Hamlin Benjamin Rabalsky.
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Ican Jewish Congress
Philadelphia
Union
Bostot
Louis E. Ikhirstein
Henry H. Levenson
Nathan Pinanski
M. M. Eichler
Robert Silverman
Max Mitchell
Julius Meyer
Alberti Hurwitz
Samuel Goodman
Peter M. Leavitt
Felix Frankfurter
Isaac Hamlin
Benjamin Rabalsky
Rockefeller Swears Off Tax Levy Record
John D. Rockefeller files an affidavit swearing off half of the $10,000,000 personal property assessment by the New York Tax Commission. He declares his personal property in the city does not exceed $3,500,000 and expresses willingness to accept the commissioners’ assessment while acknowledging they lack means to inventory his possessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Rockefeller
New York
John —D. Rockefeller
New York Tax Commission
Rockefeller
Brighton to Hold L Protest Meeting
A public meeting to protest the Boston Elevated Company's service and rates is set for tomorrow night at 7:30 in the hall of Brighton High School at Warren and Cambridge streets. Representatives Martin Hays and Francis B. McKenney signed the call, inviting the Elevated’s president and board of trustees to speak or send substitutes.
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Boston Elevated Company
Brighton High School
Warren and
Cambridge Streets
Brighton
Martin Hays
Ward
Francis B. McKenney
The
Elevated
Board of Trustees
Gruber Suit Ends In Mistrial With Hung Jury
The jury in Harris Gruber v Albert J Mc Murtry failed to reach a verdict in the 25000 alienation suit. Court records show the trial stretched from morning till 7 pm with jurors sent home and reporting the next morning. Mc Murtry, a Brighton contractor, denied the claims and Gruber alleged a badger scheme against him.
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Harris Gruber
Albert J. McMurtry
Brighton
Gruber
Frances Gruber McMurtry
Boston
Essex Street
McMurtry
Harvard Cadets to Give Minstrel Show
The Officer Material School cadets at Harvard plan a minstrel show Monday evening at Jordan Hall Huntington Avenue for the Boston Army and Navy Canteen. Ernie Shore of the Red Sox will participate along with other civilian notables. The show is directed by Lt C L Dane Lt T H Rice Ensign W B Col leary Ensign D M Little Jr and Boatswain M A Shattuck.
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Harvard University
Jordan Hall
Huntington Avenue
Boston Army and Navy
Ernie Shore
Red Sox
C. L. Dane
T. H. Rice
W. B. Colleary
D. M. Little, Jr
M. A. Shattuck
Family of Five Needs $1150
Chicago December 12 A wage dispute hearing heard Professor Royal Meeker now U S Labor Department statistics commissioner testify that a family of five needs at least 1150 a year to live decently based on a 1916 survey, with living costs rising since then.
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Chicago
Royal Meeker
Princeton University
Samuel Alschuler
United States Department of Labor
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Kornfeld
Summer Street
Silvertone
Jordan Marsh
Georgette
Coat
Way Iu Lee
Taupe
Oxford
Coats
Jordan Marsh Company
J.D
Victor
Columbia Records
New Victor
Rosen Talking Machine Co
Saternes Eyentes
Miss Ellen Tufts
Garo
John Lavalle
Ellen Tufts
Back Bay
Miss Tufts
North Shore
Lavalle
Nahant
Flying Corps
Army Aviation
Harvard
Beco
Misses
Batiste
Gloria Lateen
Lac
Prof
Meeker
Ing
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Carl Stumps
Boston Symphony Orchestra
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