Scenery Spoiled by Ads Debate in Legislative Hearing
Judge Robert Walcott of Cambridge described billboards and outdoor advertising as internal disfigurements before a legislative committee on legal affairs. Robert P. Clapp, constitutional convention member, supported banning signs but warned against infringing on property rights.
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Legislative Committee On Legal Affairs
Robert Walcott
Cambridge
Robert P. Clapp
Constitutional Convention
Judge Critiques Advertising Bill on Mohawk Trail Signs
Judge Walcott ridicules government road improvements if scenery is spoiled by ads. Mr. Clapp fears Kellaway bill could ban Liberty posters and church wall signs, limiting signs within 300 feet of public property and prohibiting paintings on natural objects. Donovan of Lawrence opposes, defending advertising and property rights.
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Walcott
Clapp
Herbert B. Kellaway
Liberty Bond
Kellaway
James A. Donovan
Lawrence
Federal board to get B A labor issue
In Springfield on February 19 Andrew J Grimes business agent of the machinists union said the Boston and Albany wage award interpretation dispute is being sent to the Federal Railroad Adjustment Board in Washington after failing to reach agreement with Federal Director H M Biscoe The union argues the interpretation cuts workers pay by 2 to 5 dollars weekly
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Springfield
H. M. Biscoe
Boston & Albany
Federal Railroad Adjustment Board
Washington
Andrew J. Grimes
Machinists’ Union
Pageant of Stars and Stripes at Morgan Memorial Church
Boston children from more than 20 nationalities take part in an Americanization pageant. Under Prof H Augustine Smith they wear native costumes and carry national flags for Washington's Birthday celebrations. A 100 child chorus and a 26 girl flag assembly are featured with free admission.
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Boston
Morgan Memorial Church of All Nations
H. Augustine Smith
Boston University
Stars and Stripes
Lillian A. Sawyer
Church of All Nations
Syrians Indicted in $1 Million Mail Fraud Case
Seventeen of twenty one Syrians who own a chain of dry goods stores were indicted by a federal grand jury in New York on mail fraud charges and arraigned before Judge Mayer, all pleading not guilty. Four others await trial. Victims, wholesalers and jobbers, lost about $1,000,000 over the past year through a scheme of forged credits and asset shifting that left the debtors and goods vanished.
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New York
Mayer
WANTS ALLIED ARMY TO DEFEAT BOLSHEVIKS
Senator McCumber introduces a substitute resolution urging the United States and its allies to send an army to Russia to defeat Bolshevik forces and help the Russian people establish a stable government. The measure replaces an earlier motion to withdraw troops from Russia and will be considered later.
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Washington
Johnson
California
Russia
McCumber
North Dakota
United States
Troop Transport Pocahontas Brings 2750 Troops to Newport News
The transport Pocahontas arrived today from France with 2750 troops including the 62d Regiment Coast Artillery Corps completing a provisional detachment of the 63d Coast Artillery from Ohio and casuals.
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Newport News
France
62D Regiment
Coast Artillery Corps
63D Coast Artillery
Ohio
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Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield, N.J
SAY
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Ulster
Ulsterettes
H. White CC
Louis
Tremont Street
Soring
Winter Street
van Dyke
Shepard
Georgette
Hamburg
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