Post Santa Begins Package Delivery in Boston Area
The Boston Post Santa Claus program starts delivering toys clothing stockings food and other items to needy families in Greater Boston aided by dozens of donated cars and a large staff. Readings from thousands of letters reveal hardship from illness poverty and unused heat while donors like Alpha Shoe Company of Lowell and Osgood's furnish support.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Santa Claus Department
Greater
Boston
South
Alpha Shoe Company
Lowell
I. HH. Morse
Mr. Morse
Boston Post
The
Post
City
Santy
Forest Hills
Louise
Mayor challenged over labor wage pledge at union banquet
At the Sanitary and Street Cleaning Department Teams ters and Helpers Union 149 banquet held at Wells Memorial building, Mayor Fitzgerald faced sharp criticism for delaying his pledge to raise city laborers wages to 2.50 a day.
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Fitzgerald
Sanitary and
Union 149
Wells Memorial Building
Freight Men Pick Officers Freight Handlers Union
Members of Boston and Maine Freight Handlers Union 5572 elected officers for the coming year led by Michael J. White as president and Dennis Driscoll as vice president. Others named include Alexander Ryan secretary Maurice Whelton financial secretary and Patrick Broderick trustee. Installation set for the second Sunday in January. A wage conference with General Superintendent Ray Folger and John F. Piper yielded a satisfactory result and another meeting to receive the final decision was planned soon.
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Boston & Maine Freight Handlers’ Union 5572
Michael J. White
Dennis Driscoll
Alexander Ryan
Maurice Whelton
Michael Slattery
John Malone
Richard White
Thomas Cowley
Daniel O’brien
Patrick Broderick
Timothy Lowden
P. J. Driscoll
Ray
Folger
John F. Piper
City laborers press for $15 weekly wage raise
Maynard and Senator Timilty pledge a soon wage increase at a meeting while Mayor Fitzgerald fails to appear. NFSEU President O'Brien blasts delays, noting high salaries have risen while workers wait. The article cites Mayor Fitzgerald's past statement that $15 weekly is the minimum for an American family and urges fair pay for city laborers.
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Maynard
Democratic City Committee
James P. Timilty
Timilty
Michael F. O’brien
National Federation of State, City
O’brien
Boston
Fitzgerald
Hotel Workers' Union Joins A. F. of L.
The Boston Hotel Workers' Union, now allied with the A. F. of L., plans afternoon and evening sessions at 724 Washington Street to align under the international charter. New England Organizer Frank H. McCarthy will install the local unit as injunction actions were notified by some members who opposed withdrawal from the International union.
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Boston
Post Santa Now Has One Thousand Six Hundred Eighty Dollars
A chaotic OCR listing shows contributions and acknowledgments for a Santa Claus fund or charity drive. The final total ends at 1,680.89 dollars with numerous individual names, locations, and small donations across many entries. The document reads like a compiled donor page from Everett, Chelsea, Dover, Provincetown, Charlestown, and other communities, including memorial notes and holiday greetings.
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Everett
R. Wilson
Chelsea
E. Ee Company
Casa
Dover
N. H
J. Cc. O
Provincetown
Wroerry
Westboro
Peory
BSG
Uin
Dsrges SR
Iba
Beverly
Eddie
Somerville
Burlington
Kan
Edwin
Charlestown
Mein Post
Santa Claus
J. A
Boston
Mission Post
Maine
Susadad Pa Omillinocket
Irving
West Medford
Frrom
Winthrop
B. D
Ory
Fred Ernest, Jr
Heaven
Allston
J. K
Cambridge E. FE
Portsmouth
Charles, Jr
Otis
George Quincy Clifford
Casas
Wacecrack
Witte
Freddie Muzzy
Edith
Marjorie
Derby
Conn
E. Chatterton
Tincoln
Acne
Muriel
Bob
Helen Grasse
Boge
Carl A White
Stonington
Hyde Park Fares Fight Tied to Five Cent Limit
Hyde Park residents press a five cent fare petition for Boston transit. Rep. David W. Murray recounts the history from West Roxbury and Roslindale lines to the Bay State system and the 1911 annexation. Hyde Park seeks equalized fares within Boston, noting its unique boundary position and the Norfolk county line.
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Hyde Park
Boston
David W. Murray
Forest Hills
Bay State Street Railway Company
Roslindale
West Roxbury and
Roslindale Company
Boston Elevated Company
West Roxbury
Boston Felevated Company
Bay State Lines
Boston Elevated
Hyde Parkers
Norfolk County
Neponset Bridge
Milton Lower Mills
Mattapan
Washington Street
Dedham
Charies River Bridge
Union Officers Elected in Park Department and Brewery Groups
Park Department Union leaders were chosen last night with Michael OToole as president and James A Watson endorsed for City Council. Brewery Workers locals re-elected John Harney president and Edmond Ward secretary. Provident Longshoremen 800 re elected William F Dempsey as president and Thomas Young as treasurer for a sixth term.
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Park Department Union
A. I. of L
Michael O'Toole
William Ahern
John T. Kernan
John Heffernan
Michael Walsh
Michael Scannell
Sentinel
James A. Watson
Brewery
John Harney
Edmond F. Ward
Hugh J. Gildea
Final Shoe Machinery Fight Is On
The government asks the U S Supreme Court to reverse a Massachusetts court’s dismissal of indictments against United Shoe Machinery Company officials for Sherman Act violations. Solicitor General Bullitt argues this final phase follows anti trust rulings and marks the last battle in the case.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Bullitt
Massachusetts
United Shoe Machinery Company
Supreme Court set to hear case on 6 January 6 coalition
The case will be argued orally before the Supreme Court about Jan 6. Officials are charged with violating the law by forming a single corporation combining United Shoe Machinery Company with Consolidated and McKay Lasting Company McKay Shoe Machinery Company and Goodyear Shoe Machinery Company. They allegedly control large shares of lasting heeling metallic fastening and well sewing machines and conditioned machines on patronage of independent makers.
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Supreme Court
United Shoe Machinery Company
Consolidated and McKay Lasting Company
McKay Shoe Machinery Company
Goodyear Shoe Machinery Company
Theatrical Stage Employees Elect Delegates for New England District
Theatrical Stage Employees' Union yesterday elected Edward J. Reynolds John J. Barry James H. Duffy William Marr and Walter J. Goff as delegates for a Worcester meeting next month to discuss forming a New England district council. Glass Workers' Union begins campaign for shorter hours after a decade with no reductions. Bridge and Draw Tenders' Union calls a Thursday meeting at Wells Memorial building to present a committee report on salary increases for first and second assistant drawtenders on Boston bridges. Bartenders' Union featured Edward Pinkham of the Massachusetts State Liquor League speaking on employer employee relations.
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Edward J. Reynolds
John J. Barry
James H. Duffy
William Marr
Walter J. Goff
Worcester
New England
Glass Workers’ Union
Wells Memorial Building
Boston
Bartenders’ Union
Edward Pinkham
Massachusetts State Liquor League
Thieves Loot Two Offices In Manhattan Rubber Plant
Thieves entered the Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing Company office at 60 Pearl Street Saturday night rifling every desk and looting drawers and closets. Miss Alice McGovern, the bookkeeper, found only a small amount of money missing from a desk. A second break at S B Thyng & Co shoe store at 301 Congress Street left only a few pairs of shoes taken. police suspect amateur burglars.
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Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing Company
Pearl Street
Alice McGovern
S. B. Thyng & Co
Congress Street
Buffalo Elk Ends His Life in Rochester Hotel
George H. Eckhert former exalted ruler of the Buffalo Lodge of Elks committed suicide in the Delaware Hotel Rochester by attaching a gas jet tube to his mouth. He arrived from Buffalo in March seeking work after business reverses and had been unable to find steady employment.
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Rochester
N. Y
George H. Eckhert
Buffalo Lodge of Elks
Delaware Hotel
Buffalo
Guard man who shot milliner
Lawrence December 22 police kept watch over Noe J. Chartier of Biddeford Maine after he fired at Miss Amelia Lavelley a milliner and dressmaker. He is to be arraigned tomorrow on assault and battery with intent to kill the young woman who reportedly repulsed him after learning he had a wife.
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Lawrence
Noe J. Chartier
Biddeford
Amelia Lavelley
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