New England Industries See Rising Activity Across Textiles and Shoes
Activity in shoe manufacture rises with Easter demand and mills in Brockton Lynn Haverhill and other centers report heavier production while still below normal. Cotton textiles show 2% to 50% winter gains with low prices and wage cuts lifting output in Mill centers across New Hampshire Rhode Island Maine and Massachusetts. Manchester Amoskeag Woonsocket New Bedford Lowell Lawrence Fall River Adams and other mills run more hours and more workers, though some plants still idle or on reduced schedules.
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Spur t in Lynn shoe industry revival in early spring
Lynn shoe firms boost production for Easter orders with 75 percent of normal workers at least three to four days weekly. Most output targets millinery and women's footwear and may shift work out of factories by March 20. Some forecasters expect a post Easter lull, others see awakening demand and gradual return to normal by fall. Leather suppliers have yet to feel benefits. Local leaders seek clarity on post Easter demand.
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Lynn
Oomen
Blaster
Lynn Leather Industry Faces Shortage as Shoe Demand Rises
A Lynn leather maker notes only about a quarter of its 2000 workers are employed while other centers show under ten percent. Shoe production, limited by leather shortages, prompts call for resumed regular output soon to prevent future scarcities when demand recovers. Gen Electrics divisions reduced payroll by 1400, but about 11,000 remain at work full time in Lynn.
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Worcester Works
American Steel and Wire Company
Lynn
General Electric Company
Worcester
Woonsocket
Taunton
Mason Machine Company
Magee Furnace Company
Weir Stove Company
Ranges and Heaters
White-Warner Company
Leonard-Baker Company
North Dighton Furnace
General Elactria Company
Old Colony shoe district shows 25 percent employment gain
In Brockton and nearby towns a 25 percent rise in workers on Feb 15 compared with Dec 1 1920 is reported from 21 leading factories and 12 shops across Brockton Whitman Rockland Abington South Weymouth South Braintree Avon Randolph Stoughton North Easton Bridgewater. Overall district output runs at 75 to 80 percent of normal with anticipated Easter demand.
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Brockton
Old Colony
Whitman
Rockland
Abington
South Weymouth
South Braintree
Avon
Randolph
Stoughton
North Easton
Bridgewater
Salem business shows uneven revival across industries
In Salem on February 22 the business climate is generally better than three months prior but likely not over 60 percent of normal. Shoes show dullness with signs of improvement in small shops due to weaker orders. the largest shop with 2500 workers is shut, others nearly idle. Leather shows notable improvement though not normal, with tanneries running, most work price-based on prior scales. Textile Naumkeag Steam Cotton mills run full time at a 20 percent wage cut, 100 looms run at night. Machinery is very quiet at 40 percent of normal with less than half the usual workforce.
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Pany
Lawrence
Saranac Mills
Rhode Island
Woonsocket
Massachusetts
New England
Saco-Lowell Machine Company
Maine
Japan
China
Draper Corporation
Hopedale
Crompton Knowles
Worcester
Salem
Naumkeag
Descendant Clarifies Tomb Access For Washington Family
George Steptoe Washington, kin of a George Washington brother, corrected reports of plans to bar public access to the George and Martha Washington tombs. He said the burial ground is family property not Mount Vernon and could be closed, though no such discussion exists. He added the public should be allowed to view the resting place.
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Philadelphia
George Steptoe Washington
George Washington
Nazareth
Penn
George
Martha Washington
Seaman Attacked and Robbed in Chelsea
Three Chelsea youths Peter Kiley John J Carey and Samuel J Forbes were arrested by Chelsea police for robbing Arthur Vibber a seaman aboard the Spaulding of the Mexican Il Company. Vibber said at 2 am he was attacked at Broad Way and Beacon Street Chelsea and beaten and robbed of 27 dollars a stickpin valued at 12 and a watch.
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Peter Kiley
Cherry Street
John J. Carey
Fllsworth Street
Samuel J. Forbes
Hawthorne Street
Duggan
Glennon and Connelly
Arthur Vibber
Spaulding
Il Company
Vibber
Broadway
Beacon Street
Cox Fort for Governor Cox Children Build Snow Forts
Massachusetts Governor Cox spends a Sunday playing with kids in the Fenway. Four young helpers, ages six to ten, help erect a seven foot high snow fort with 10 by 8 foot interior, two American flags, and gun loopholes. Nearby a snow Washington statue rises by the Westland avenue entrance to Feb 22, drawing attention from passersby.
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Massachusetts
Nancy Cox
Fenway
Governor Cox
Westland Avenue
George Washington
Washington
Marjorie Bradford Thompson
President greets Harvard delegation on world peace drive
President welcomes six Harvard Woodrow Wilson Club members to the White House. He vows to pursue world peace and declines to write a history of the Paris peace conference. Mrs Wilson remains at his side as visitors are ushered out. Delegation reports the President is in good spirits and ready for a long peace campaign.
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Robert C. Stuart, Jr
Harvard Woodrow Wilson Club
Washington
Wilson
White House
Senator Thomas Defends Baruch in War Board Row
Washington reports Senator Thomas of Colorado defended B M Baruch against charges of copper profiteering as War Industries Board chair. He warned that poisonous insects would perish in the atmosphere that birthed them while praising Baruch and noting honors given to Pershing, John D. Ryan, and Baruch.
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B. M. Baruch
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John D. Ryan
Mr. Baruch
Funeral for Augustus W Norris in Winthrop Boston trade figure
Funeral services for Augustus W. Norris, a well known figure in the Boston newspaper trade, were held yesterday at the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Winthrop. Norris died suddenly on Saturday.
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Augustus W. Norris
Boston
Hub Beats All New England in Boston Chess Showdown
At Hotel Majestic under the Boston and Wells Memorial clubs, Boston defeated New England 97 to 96 with 69 draws in a dense free-for-all. Newell W. Banks of Detroit played 10 boards blindfolded, winning three and drawing seven. Herbert Morrall and H. A. Hickam posted strong showings on multiple boards as the event unfolded into late results.
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Boston and Wells Memorial
all-New England
Boston
New England
Newell W. Banks
Detroit
Herbert Morrall
England
H. A. Hickam
Simeon Crumb
Joseph J. Lannin
Taylor
Beltzel
Townsend
Daley
Fall River
Davis
Levine
Gould
Maine
W. Hill
Celebration Dinner and Ball Led by Mrs Haven
A banquet at 6 o'clock and an evening ball followed as part of the celebration. The event was in charge of David Dawson and drew over 400 attendees.
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George Haven
David Dawson
Miss A B McIntire Wins Galahad Cross
The Knights of King Arthur and the Queens of Avalon of Massachusetts held their annual conclave at the First Church in Cambridge. Miss A B McIntire of Arlington received the Galahad Cross for 25 years of service in the Queens of Avalon.
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Knights of King Arthur
Queens of Avalon
Massachusetts
First Church
Congregational
Cambridge
A. B. McIntire
Whitemore Street
Arlington
McIntire
Everett children in costume dance at Washington birthday party
Everett pupils of Mrs Lottie C Baldwin staged a Washington birthday party in Arcanum Hall Everett. The costume affair featured Washington tableaux dances and drills. Three year old Helen Wagner played George Washington and Rita Moran five portrayed Martha Washington with other pupils performing Indian and military dances.
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Greater Boston
Lottie C. Baldwin
Arcanum Hall
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Helen Wagner
George Washington
Rita Moran
Martha Washington
Dorothea Howe
Dorothy Hayes
Marion Waldman
Dorothy McNeil
Doris Proud
Florence Risteen
Dorothy
Alice Ryan
Dorothy Merritt
Kathleen Mitchell
Comes Home to Discover Wife and Children Gone
John Mack of 48 Maple Street Somerville returned home last evening to find his wife and their four children gone along with all the furniture. He told Somerville police the departure followed his demand that a longtime boarder leave the house two weeks earlier.
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John Mack
Maple Street
Somerville
Mack
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