Massachusetts Dogs and Sheep Protests Shape Proposed Law
Advocates argue that well paid dog wardens in every town could protect sheep and prevent broad dog restrictions. Critics urge changes to sections mandating dog confinement and allowing owners to kill dogs found running. debates include license fees and the role of humane societies.
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Massachusetts
State Board of Agriculture
Benjamin Tucker
Lex
Tucker
Seagraves
Worcester
Farmers defend dogs in bill on livestock protection
Mrs Josephine E Carlisle argues dogs are essential on farms protecting crops from woodchucks and rabbits and keeping cattle herded. Farmers protest a proposed bill to shoot dogs at large, urging tax relief and modification ahead of hearings mid next month as dog lovers mobilize.
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Ington
Mr. Tucker
Josephine E. Carlisle
South Sudbury
Mass
Mayor Firemen and Police Get Raises in Somerville
The Somerville Board of Aldermen approved pay raises for the mayor, firemen, and policemen. Mayor Charles W. Eldredge will earn 3500 next year, up from 2500, while the uniformed services receive about a 10 percent increase. The city faces an extra cost of 15995.50 and an anticipated 20 cent tax rate increase.
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Somerville
Board of Aldermen
Charles W. Eldredge
Zebedee Cliff
Special school to train officers opened at Camp Upton
Brigadier General B. E. M. Johnson announced that a new training school will open at Camp Upton on January 1. The program targets field officers and independent unit commanders, teaching coordination of multiple service branches for higher command duties and brigade division staff work.
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Camp Upton
Yaphank
N. Y
BE. M. Johnson
Phone Girls Stand Firm Against Compromise
Federal mediator David W. Benjamin and New England Telephone & Telegraph General Manager William R. Driver met with the Boston Telephone Operators' Union adjustment board. Union officials Mary A. Mahoney Julia S. OConnor and May June urged caution, insisting rushed action could cripple service, though no immediate danger exists.
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David W. Benjamin
William R. Driver
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Boston Telephone Operators’ Union
Mary A. Mahoney
Julia S. O’connor
Union
Adjustment Board
Benjamin
Union leaders stand firm as strike vote looms
Union officials reject compromise and vow to press for $16 pay as talks with Benjamin and Driver continue. Members look to an afternoon meeting at Washington Hall and 48 hour strike notices may follow if a satisfactory report is not delivered.
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Benjamin
Washington Hall
Washington Street
G. M. Bugniazet
Schools May Close for Indefinite Time
William T. Keough reports to the school committee on coal shortages and rising disruption to attendance. A public conference is planned this afternoon to discuss ways to avert a shutdown, with David A. Ellis presiding.
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David A. Ellis
Boston Coal Committee
Boston
William T. Keough
Keough
Husband Finds Wife Murdered in Milford Home
Mrs. George Bartholomew was found dead by her husband at their Milford home near Warsaw with three bullet wounds and multiple knife cuts to face and throat. A revolver with five empty shells and a large butcher knife were found nearby. The husband returned from work to a dark locked house and entered with a neighbor using a skeleton key after spending the night with relatives.
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Warsaw
Ind
George Bartholomew
Milford
Parsons to head game commission
Governor Milliken announced Willis B. Parsons of Foxcroft as inland fisheries and game commissioner. He also named Horatio D. Crie of Castine M. E. W. Gould of Rockland and Harry C. Wilbur of Portland to the sea and shore fisheries commission and Ralph W. Crockett Alfred W. Anthony and F. X. Marcotte to Lewiston Police Commission.
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Augusta
Milliken
Willis B. Parsons
Foxcroft
Inland Fisheries and Game
Horatio D. Crie
Castine
M. E. W. Gould
Rockland
Harry C. Wilbur
Portland
Commission On
Sea and
Ralph W. Crockett
Alfred W. Anthony
Lewiston
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Rowley
Francis H. Rowley
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Humane Society
aiTy
Health Dept
Army
Navy
Tom Wilson
Driver
Lynn
Central
Back Bay
Beach
Fort Hill
Haymarket
Main
Richmond
Arlington
Belmont
Charlestown
Chelsea
Everett
Lexington
Lincoln
Malden
Medford
Melrose
Reading
Stoneham
Wakefield
Waltham
Newton West
Wellesley
Holbrook
Randolph
Westwood
Dedham
Edward Hamlin
Coal Dealers’ Committee
John H. Tennant
East Greenwich, R. I
Arrow
Monarch
Lion
New York
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