South Boston theatre license opposed at public hearing
A mixed group of church leaders and business interests opposed the Broadway Theatre Company plan for a 464 472 Broadway South Boston cinema. Opponents argued the need and demand were absent and moral harm would follow, while supporters claimed the $800 000 three story brick and stone building would boost the local economy and provide jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Church Forces of
South Boston
Peters
City Hall
Broadway Theatre Company
Broadway
Clarence W. Dunham
M Street
Phillips Congregational Church
Mer
George J. Patterson
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church
John A. Sullivan
Francis J. W. Ford
Sullivan
Commonwealth
Boston
Ately
Cotter-Holland Wedding In Jamaica Plain
Miss Mary L. Holland of Jamaica Plain and James J. Cotter of Dorchester wed at Our Lady of Lourdes Jamaica Plain. The bride, a Lafayette School speech instructor, is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Holland. Cotter, Boston College graduate and ad circle figure, is assistant manager at an FL PLCennor Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary L. Holland
Lamartine Street
Jamaica Main
James J. Cotter
Dorchester
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
Jamaica Plain
Father Brown
Lafayette School
George H. Holland
Cotter
FL PL oCennor Company
Boston College
Wil
Margaret Cotter
de Wolf Street
Ruth Holland
James KT. Gibbons
Patrolman Joseph Crotty Dies After Skull Fracture
Patrolman Joseph Crotty of the Dudley Street station died at City Hospital from a skull fracture after slipping and hitting his head while returning home. Born in Brookline around 37 years ago, he studied at William H. Lincoln School and a Boston business college. He joined the police in 1908, became a regular patrolman in 1909, briefly left for business, then returned to duty at Dudley Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph . Crotty
Pudley Street
City Hospital
Crotty
Brookline
William H. J.lincoln School
Boston Business College
Dudley Street
Moonshine Plant Seized Near Sebago Lake Village Maine
Deputy sheriffs seized a complete pocket distillery in a cottage near Sebago Lake Village, 18 miles from Portland. A five-kettle setup boiled molasses and potatoes with peppermint bottles labeled 73 percent alcohol, and no occupants were present as a fire burned in the kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Hunt and Wheeler
Sebago Lake Village
Cretic Due Sunday With 2200 Soldiers
Carrying 2200 soldiers the White Star liner Cretic sails for Boston on Feb 8 and is due to arrive at Commonwealth Pier Sunday. On arrival the steamer will be met off quarantine by the City boat Monitor and over 40 members of the city reception committee for returning soldiers sailors and marines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Brest
Boston
Commonwealth Pier
K. Elliot Ware
City Boat Monitor
Spectacular Fire Destroys Iron Grain Shed in Brighton
A spectacular blaze engulfed the corrugated iron grain shed of Ogden and Thomas Company at 361 North Beacon Street Brighton yesterday. The one story building stored hay and suffered heavy hay losses with the fire confined inside and roof breakthroughs. District Chief Fox issued a second alarm to ensure control and increase manpower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden & Thomas Company
North
Beacon Street
Brighton
Fox
Watertown Arsenal
Bolshevik Game Is Up in London Interview Claims
English trade unionist N W Keeling, just back from Russia, tells the Westminster Gazette Bolshevism vows no exit strategy and starvation politics. He says Lenine and Trotzky face inevitable collapse as famine and fear drive Russians toward revolt, while a few benefit from privilege amid starvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lenine
Trotzky
N. W. Keeling
Westminster Gazette
Weeling
England
Russia
Mr. Kheeling
Germans Begin Attack on Poles West of Kalisz
Warsaw Feb 25 AP skirmishes between Poles and Germans persisted. Colonel William R. Grove of the U.S. food mission reported near Jropochin 40 miles west of Kalisz witnessing a light cannonade and machine gun fire. Twenty four Poles were wounded and Grove could not determine provocation, but said the Germans began the attack. Food conditions were described as fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Associated Press
William R. Grove
United States Food Mission
Kalisz
Jsropochin
Grove
Abuses of Passports Linked to Bolshevik Delegates
Interallied mission reports forged Danish Red Cross passports issued to Bolshevik delegates from Moscow. Three individuals arrived with these documents claiming to aid Russian prisoners. They offered to raise funds and control spending but were rejected, as Moscow’s government remained unrecognized by the allies. A prior Bolshevik attempt ended with murder and robbery at the frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Associated Press
Red Cross
Moscow
Jean Barner
Alexia Orsivich
Gabriel Styexgold
Danish Red Cross
Orsmelin
Styekgold
Germany
Pinsk
Minsk
Grodno
International Red Cross Societies
Bolsheviks
Willilofsky
Rivers and Harbors Bill Passes Senate in Conference Report
The Senate adopted the conference report on the $52 million rivers and harbors appropriation bill without a record vote. The measure authorizes 75 new projects and now goes to the President for signing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Youth Held on Arson and Assault Charges
Carl V. Goodwin 19 of Lebanon was held in 10000 bail after a Yorkshire Municipal Court hearing on four arson counts and two assault charges. He admitted setting fires since last Tuesday in Lebanon Berwick and Rochester and fired on deputies during transport. In Washington, AFL Secretary Morrison says daylight saving reduced accidents, citing Pennsylvania data showing 43036 fewer accidents in 1918 than 1917 and urges retention of the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Berwick
Carl V. Goodwin
Lebanon
Supreme Court
Yorkshire Municipal Court
Goodwin
Berwick
Rochester
Frank A. Coffin
Fred A. Spencer
Coffin
Spencer
Washington
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Senate Agriculture Committee
Morrison
Pennsylvania
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W. B. Bancroft
Francis E. Clark
Christian Mideaver Society
Ralph M. Davis
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Frank M. Rathone
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Charles Tilton
An. J
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church
Henry Bowen
Arthur H. James
Frederick Ff, Murphy
Rygoods
Michael Norris
s@ction
George E. Kittredge
Joseph J. McGowan
Owita
J. and
J. Shapiro
Patrolman
Maine
Poles
Butler
Cincinnati
Butler’s
Tan
Nemo Brassier Brassier
Ust, Jong
Pat
Java
Me Ev Een
Peries
O.auu
Weor Serge
Bray
Sap
Yvears
Plaid
Bloomer
Burson
Lée Co
Wlae
Butler’s Great Wall Paper Sale
N. Kingsburg
Amsterdam
N. Y
Scotts Emulsion
Scott’s
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
Ees
Butler's
Butlers
Tremont
ST. Butler
Sion
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