Mass factories join thrift stamp Christmas drive
More than 60 000 workers in Massachusetts will receive Thrift Stamps and a Thrift Card as a Christmas gift from their employers. State Director Robert F. Herrick reports broad assent from manufacturers. Companies like Walter Baker, Pacific Mills, George E. Keith of Brockton, Norton of Worcester, Saco-Lowell shops, and A. J. Tower Co. have adopted the plan to boost the statewide campaign.
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Massachusetts
Robert F. Herrick
Walter Baker Company
Pacific Mills
George E. Keith Company
Brockton
Norton Company
Worcester
Saco-Lowell
A. J. Tower Company
Fore River Yard Foreman George Chamberlain Involved
George Chamberlain, a foreman at the Fore River shipbuilding yards, is noted in connection with ongoing labor or management activities. Details remain limited in the fragment, with emphasis on his role and affiliation to the Fore River facility.
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George Chamberlain
Fore River
Jack
Auto overturns injures Milton yard inspector
Moncovitz, a United States inspector at the yards, escaped serious harm when the automobile they rode in overturned on Brooks Avenue in Milton. The car skid, rolled over, and pinned them briefly under the vehicle before coming to rest in a ditch.
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Moncovitz
United States
Milton
Brooks Avenue
Suspect Admits He Witnessed 1915 Cresci Murder
Joseph Balza rano, brought from Bridgeport, admits being present at the Vincenzo Cresci murder on March 26, 1915. Matteo Napolitano and Vincenzo Patrello are serving life terms at Charlestown. Balza rano denies killing Cresci and remains jailed awaiting trial.
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Pittsfield
Joseph Balzarano
Bridgeport
Vincenzo Cresci
Matteo Napolitano
Vincenzo Patrello
Charlestown
Creéesci
Kendall Street School Fire Causes $7000 Loss
A fire beginning under a pupil’s desk during noon recess at Kendall Street School in Central Falls Rhode Island caused partial destruction of the building. No injuries reported and estimated damage stands at seven thousand dollars.
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Central Falls
R. I
Kendall Street
To Cure a Cold in One Day Advertisement
Purports a remedy with laxative bromine quinine tablets. Offers money back if ineffective. Brand signature claimed by EB W Grove on each box. Price listed as 30 cents.
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W. Grove
Draft Call Increases To Six Thousand Men
Camp Devens in Massachusetts reports that six thousand more men, the final increment of the first draft quota, will be called to service immediately after uniforms arrive. They are likely to enter service before Christmas.
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Camp Devens
Devens
Washington
Weigel
War Department
Connecticut Governor Visits Camp to See 34th Infantry in Action
Governor Marcus H. Holcomb of Connecticut, 73, visited the camp to review the 34th infantry and witness a sham battle. He arrived with flags and praised the soldiers as plans for Christmas leave proceed, despite Washington orders limiting furloughs to those within trolley distance.
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Connecticut
Marcus H. Holcomb
Holcomb
George M. Cole
Francis J. Regan
Arnon H. Allen
W. C. Cheney
John P. Elton
John M. Brooks
Weigel
J. M. Wainwright
Harry L. Hodges
Theodore N. Burleigh
Herron
Leutenant
Washington
Baker
Embezzlement Charge Dropped in Brighton Court
Eugene E. Murphy a baggage master for the Boston and Albany Railroad saw an embezzlement charge for 2185.20 dropped by Judge Connolly in Brighton District Court after a conference among Inspector Flaherty the defense and Trimount Lodge Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen due to want of prosecution.
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Eugene E. Murphy
Boston and Albany
Flaherty
Police
Brighton
Murphy
Connelly
Trimount Lodge
Brotherhood of Railroad
Brides of Our Fighting Men
Mrs. Mildred Belle Brydell Stimpson of Cambridge helps win the war by working at Riverside Press mailing room after marrying Corporal Robert Herrick Stimpson of the 1011th Field Battalion Signal Corps. He serves in France and she sends cheerful letters, supporting home front duties while awaiting his return. Stimpson served during the border Mexican troubles.
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Robert Herrick Stimpson
Cambridge
1011St Field Battalion
Signal Corps
France
Mildred Belle Brydell
Perry Street
Wilson
Robert
Riverside Press
Corporal Stimpson
Maine official names assistant to war savings director
Dr. Augustus O. Thomas designated Clenn W. Starkey of Augusta as assistant to Herbert J. Brown, state director of war savings. He asked Maine school superintendents and principals to cooperate in selling thrift stamps.
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Augusta
Maine
Augustus O. Thomas
Clenn W. Starkey
Herbert J. Brown
War Savings
New Age sold to Waterville publisher in Augusta
Augusta Maine December 13 The New Age a longtime democratic weekly newspaper was sold today by its owners H M Plaisted and Son to the Waterville Sentinel Publishing Company of Waterville which will continue its publication.
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Augusta
New Age
H. M. Plaisted & Son
Waterville Sentinel Publishing Company of
Waterville
Harvard Playwright Baker Heads U.S. Film Work
Professor George P. Baker, Harvard drama head, is named head of the government film division scenario committee. He will assemble and select wartime film scenarios for nationwide dissemination, resigning some Harvard classes while preserving the top playwriting class. The film division operates as part of the government effort.
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George P. Baker
Harvard
Government Department
Baker
Public Information Committee Led by George Creel
The committee presided by George Creel will steer government work into the moving picture field. Professor Baker will devote his future to Washington and New York Cambridge. An office for the committee is set up in Dana Hall Cambridge.
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George Creel
Baker
Washington
New York
Cambridge
Dana Hall
Twin City Sympathy Strike Ends Quickly
ST. PAUL MINN Dec. 13 All union men in St Paul and Minneapolis who walked out in sympathy with street car workers returned to work by mid afternoon after word that President Wilson’s special commission would probe the Twin City situation.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnepolis
Wilson
Twin City
State Safety Commission
Harvard Actors Stage Second 47 Workshop Production Tonight
The 47 Workshop of Harvard presents its second original production of the year at Agassiz Theatre in Cambridge. Her Flesh and Blood, a four act play by Eleanor Hinkley of Radcliffe class, will be performed by Harvard and Radcliffe actors.
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47 Workshop
Harvard
Agassiz
Cambridge
Eleanor Hinkley
George PP. Baker
Radcliffe
Radcliffe Actors
Merchants to Donate Ambulance to State
A motor ambulance donated by Boston retailers and their employees will be presented to the Commonwealth at the State House at 3 p.m. today by a Retail Trade Board committee. Employee contributions totaled 62 percent of the gift. the presenting committee includes F Alexander Chandler, Charles F Bacon, Samuel Johnson, Francis P OConnor, and William L Shearer Sr.
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Boston
Commonwealth
State House
Retail Trade Board
F. Alexander Chandler
Chandler & Farquhar Company
Charles F. Bacon
Chandler & Co
Samuel Johnson
Canadian Election Returns At City Club Boston
Returns of the Canadian elections will be received by the Canadian Club of Boston at the City Club Monday evening. The topic of conscription is uppermost in the minds of Canadian people in New England and a large attendance is expected.
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Canadian Club of
Boston
City Club
New England
Canadian AFL Invites Attend Nova Scotia Visual Evening
Invitations go to afl Canadians for a free event with stereopticon views of Nova Scotia the Halifax ruins and the West Indies. No admission fee.
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Nova Scotia
Halifax
West Indies
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