Food Price Protest Meeting Planned by City Women
Plans were completed for a mass meeting Sunday night with a committee to invite prominent speakers. A delegation of women will call at City Hall tomorrow morning to request use of Faneuil Hall from the acting Mayor. The Mayor or acting Mayor will be invited to speak.
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Faneuil Hall
Legislative Committee On
Federal Relations
House
Wilson
Congress
United States
State House
City Hall
Frances Yockleman
Annie Ainbender
Dora Bornstein
Auburn Street
West End mothers protest high food prices at State House
Delegations of women from the West End visited the State House and City Hall demanding relief from inflated food costs. They urged action against exporters and speculators, threatened disruption, and called for a food commission and immediate legislation to lower living costs.
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State House
City Hall
Frances Yockelman
Auburn Street
West End
Yockelman
Cuba
Boston
Housekeepers’ League
Committee On Public Health
State
McCall
Labor
United
Mothers’ Clubs
Edward J. Barry
Housewives’ League
Means to Reduce the High Cost of Living
The Commission on the High Cost of Living urges immediate state war preparation for possible conflict and postwar economic restart. It calls for a state budget system, extended local financial oversight, reduced expenditures on constructive projects, and cutting public and private waste. It also favors improved food distribution, coop laws, and greater individual economy with fish diets and cheaper substitutes like milk. A 50 to 100 member committee should educate the public on extravagance and waste.
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Commission On the
New England Leaders Discuss U S Role as War Debate Quiet
Five prominent business and professional men spoke before 600 members of the Economic Club at City Club. None openly favored war. The largest ovation went to John F Moors for convoying American ships through the submarine danger zone to protect citizens.
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New England
Economic Club
City Club
United States
John F. Moors
Three Desperadoes Kill Store Clerk in Hold-Up
Police hunt three gunmen after they fatally shoot a store clerk during a hold-up. Witnesses describe a large touring car without lights fleeing toward Brockton, with authorities warning South Shore towns to watch for it. Police link the crime to a Saturday murder of Edward Foley and issue a regional alarm with searches at trains and outbound trolleys across New England.
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Quincy Square
Brockton
South Shore
Edward Foley
Blue Hill Avenue
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
New England
Ronald K. Brayton
Washington Street
Hall
Leary
City Hospital
Morton Street
Governor urges federal control to curb wartime food strain
Worcester police pursue suspected gang of ex employees behind fatal store robbery. Governor McCall calls Congress to regulate food in wartime, citing exports and rising prices. Hall dies from a heart shot during the holdup. Leo McCarthy, 12, recounts the robbery and escape.
Public Dissent Over War Policy Cited by Mr Moors
Mr Moors urges restraint and argues for alternative responses to the war threat. He questions immediate involvement, suggests arming ships and convoying, and emphasizes maintaining dignity and Christian mercy while seeking the other side’s perspective.
Ladder rung snaps sending man to death at Hoosac Dock
A rung on the outside emergency ladder of the grain elevator at the Hoosac Tunnel docks in Charlestown broke last night. J. Frank Brown, who was climbing it, was hurled to his death.
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Hoosac Tunnel
Charlestown
J. Frank Brown
Suspect Arrested in Dorchester Murder Case
A man identifying as Joseph Laflamme, 4 years old, of 28 Lawrence Avenue Quincy, was arrested near City square by Captain Goodhue and Patrolman Buell as a suspect in the murder of Ordway F. Hall. He denies knowledge of the shooting and robbery, claims Boston alibi, and was found with $53 at Dorchester Station 18.
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Joseph Laflamme
Lawrence Avenue
Quincy
Alfred W. Goodhue
John Buell
Ordway F. Hall
Station 18
Dorchester
Laflamme
Boston
Fore River Works
New Hampshire
Lawrence Street
Captain Goodhue
Buell
City Square
Columbia Theatre Destroyed by Fire After Major Conflagration
The Columbia Theatre and adjoining blocks suffered $130000 in damage as flames swept from the lower floors. Firefighters and authorities surveyed unsafe walls and planned razing while trains and street traffic were rerouted. The Loewe Amusement Company of New York owned the property. investigators led by Councilman Storrow examined the scene.
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Lovering Street
Riker
United States Quartermaster Depot
Washington Street
James J. Storrow
McDonough
O’hearn
Loewe Amusement Company Interests
New York
Lovering
Icene
South End
Columbia Theatre
Cathedral
Fireman Injured by Hose Wagon at Engine 7 Station
Fireman Edward A. Finnerty slipped from a hose wagon backing into Engine 7 station. The wagon rolled over his chest and he was taken to Shelief Hospital for treatment.
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Edward A. Finnerty
Shelief Hospital
Nippy's Pop and Archibald the Pig Parade in Sunday Post
A playful feature describes Nippy's Pop posing as a tent pole while Archibald the pet pig is likened to a buffalo. The piece promises a colorful, child friendly page of fun in the upcoming Sunday Post.
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Nippy
Pop
Archibald
Next Sunday Post
State Dept Waits on British Blockade Order Change
Washington reports officials will study London’s modified blockade terms before judging the impact.
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Washington
London
State Department
Prize Court Order Tightens Seizure of Neutral Vessels
The new order to condemn neutral ships and cargoes tied to enemy origin or routes is aimed at expanding seizure power. It extends the March 15 1915 framework by treating such vessels more harshly and reducing prior detention without condemnation, signaling immediate prize court action on contested ships and cargoes.
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Germany
Austria
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