Radio passes up college girls
A Post feature probes how college women may or may not become brides for servicemen. Navy sailors in Cambridge share views on the matter, praising Western girls for practicality and spirit while critiquing college fashions and attitudes. They debate marriage timing, loyalty, and who should decide life partners amid wartime strains.
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Matey
Mississippi
Buddie Boy
Jackie
Great Lakes
Archibald
P. D
Missouri
Maine
Mendelssohn
Ireland and England must unite to free both nations
In a fiery speech, speakers denounce England as oppressive and call for Irish and American collaboration for freedom. They urge Irish Americans to organize, support industrial unionism, and push for political action, criticizing Boston politicians and international failures to back Ireland. The rhetoric compares Ireland's plight to Polish and Jewish struggles, urging stronger collective action and funding.
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Ireland
MacAlpine
America
Boston
Lloyd George
France
Canada
Australia
Chicago
Poland
United States
Faned insult ends in razor attack in Newburyport
Tony Cerino, 30, was arrested in Newburyport after allegedly slashing Scott A. Gibson with a razor on Merrimac Street. Gibson was hospitalized with deep wounds to the forehead and both cheeks.
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Newburyport
Tony Cerino
Scott A. Gibson
Merrimac Street
Gibson
Red Cross Drive Opens Across New England at Eight
The Christmas roll call begins today as 49 000 Red Cross agents start enrollment nationwide at eight in the morning. Other workers commence campaigns across the country with the aim that every man woman and child in America will enroll by next Monday night.
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New England
American Red Cross
America
Red Cross
James Jackson
Red Cross Christmas Roll Call Planned Across New England
Leaders across Worcester and Boston mobilize canvassers with red caps and a single word Join for a Red Cross membership drive. Officials urge a nationwide turn out to support Allied relief, with emphasis on face to face asks and dollar memberships.
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Worcester
New England
Roll Call
Edwin S. Webster
Boston
Dorothy Forbes
Charles B. Burleigh
Industrial and Mercantile Establishment
Chandler Hovey
Wilson
the Red Cross
McCall
Massachusetts
United States
Overseas Naval Men Return to Hampton Roads
More than 600 naval aviation personnel arrived at Hampton Roads aboard the Susquehanna after a 16 day Atlantic crossing under stormy conditions. Franklin K. Lane Jr. appeared with his family to welcome the veterans, and Secretary Lane later accompanied by Lt. Lane returned to Washington.
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Washington
Governors Conference at Annapolis Opens Tomorrow
Annapolis Md Dec 15 Members of President Wilsons Cabinet and executive heads of more than three fourths of the states will gather at Annapolis tomorrow morning for the tenth annual conference of Governors. The meeting will continue for three days.
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Annapolis
Wilson
Larkin attacks Irish in America at Grand Opera House
Jim Larkin, Irish socialist leader, denounces Irish in America before a large Grand Opera House audience. He blasts Boston Irish for pampered elites and slum dwellers, says Ireland’s cause hinges on America, and calls Bolsheviks better friends of the Irish.
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Grand Opera House
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Boston
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Dublin Firebrand Larkin speaks at Boston literary meet
James Connolly Literary Association hosts Mr Larkin as guest with Michael Berry presiding and Eadmann MacAlpine editor of Revolutionary Age. MacAlpine predicts Irish freedom at a peace conference while noting Britain’s self-determination stance. Applause follows his Easter rebellion remark and he credits Irish socialism with ending conscription.
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Ireland
England
MacAlptine
Christmas shopping picks and gift ideas at Books-One
Eight more days. The Book Section offers a wide, accessible stock with easy selection. Handkerchiefs, gloves, and Christmas Juvenile Books with Maxfield Parrish illustrations appeal to children. Glove certificates help when sizes are unknown. Miss Williams, Shopping Counsellor, assists in the Bureau of Individual Attention.
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Maxfield Parrish
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