Plan to Beat Off Two Powers Threatens Pan American Doctrine
Washington plans outline a two power navy and a large federal army to defend the Monroe Doctrine against potential combined Asiatic and European attacks. The Bush plan calls for $1.1 billion in navy and army buildup over six years, with battleships, dreadnoughts, mobile forces, coast defenses, and reserves to deter aggression in the Americas.
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Jan
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Great Britain
Pan-America
Navy General Board
South
Central America
Coast Artillery
Daniels
Garrison
Wilson
Congress
National Guard
War College and Board of Review
Collier's 14th Annual Automobile Number Opens
The paper issue titled The National Automobile Show on Paper marks Collier's 14th Annual Automobile Number. A 108 page feature rich issue targets motor enthusiasts with extensive stories and profiles including a traffic policeman on the cover.
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Collier’s
Chelsea Inaugural: Malone Begs Third Term
Mayor James H. Malone was inaugurated for a third term in Chelsea with the Board of Aldermen present. Rev Father Thomas Q. Quinlan delivered the inaugural prayer and City Clerk George Dunham administered the oaths. George F. Hederson, son of last year’s aldermen, was re-elected along with Clerk of Committees Bernard Beerman.
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James H. Malone
Chelsea
Chelsea Board of Aldermen
Thomas Q. Quinlan
George Dunham
George F. Hederson
Board of Aldermen
Bernard Beerman
Quincy Mayor Bates Vows Tax Cut Promptly
Mayor Bates of Quincy in his inaugural address pledged to keep campaign promises and reduce the city tax rate from 22 to 18. He plans to work with the board of assessors to implement the lower rate.
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Bates
Quincy
Board of Assessors
Mayor Cliff Misses Inauguration Due to Illness
Mayor Z. E. Cliff, slated to begin a third term in Somerville, could not take the oath at Somerville High School last night. City Clerk Cook and City Solicitor Can delivered the oath at his home, 29 Powder House Terrace, while he remained confined with a severe cold.
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Z. E. Cliff
Somerville High School
Somerville
Powde House Terrace
Cook
Can
Somerville Inaugural Sheds Light On City’s Course
After inaugural exercises at Somerville High School Mayor Cliff was hosted at his home. City Clerk Frederic W. Cook delivered the inaugural address. Judge L Rogers Wentworth administered the aldermen’s oath and Rev William S Wilson gave the prayer. The mayor urged boosting hospital gifts from 5000 to 7000 and proposed reconstructing Broadway portions and streets. He favored no charter change. Board of Trade efforts bring new industries and buildings. William F Fleming was elected president of the Board of Aldermen with Warren Daggett as vice president. City Treasurer Joseph S Pike and City Messenger Fred E Hanley were re elected.
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Somerville High School
Mayor Cliff
Frederic W. Cook
L. Rogers Wentworth
William S. Wilson
West Somerville
Broadway
Washington Street
Union Square
Dane Street
Pearl
Summer Streets
Board of Trade
Somerville
William F. Fleming
Ward 1
Board of Aldermen and
Warren
Daggett
Joseph S. Pike
Fred E. Hanley
Melrose Mayor Urges Immediate Police Station Funding
Melrose Mayor Charles H. Adams, in his inaugural address at Memorial Hall, urged immediate appropriation to build a modern police station. He also called for local business development to retain billions in trade, expanded playgrounds, and reintroduction of the defeated Franklin playgrounds measure.
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Charles H. Adams
Melrose
Memorial Hall
Boston
Franklin
Militia Mobilized for Medford Aldermen Meeting
Members of Company E Fifth Regiment were called to assist Medford police during a heated aldermen meeting over a $200,000 City Hall appropriation. The measure passed 14 to 7, while Alderman Volpe said he would take the matter to court.
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Fifth Regiment
Medford
Volpe
Revere's Debt Capacity Reaches Historic High
Within the debt limit the city notes a borrowing capacity of 215,764 dollars, described as the largest amount in Revere’s history. The report emphasizes the significance of this level as the city plans financing options and project funding.
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Revere
Malden Favors City Beautification and Fire Safety Upgrades
Malden's 2nd mayor Charles M Blodgett in a speech at Malden High School urged cooperation among forestry street and water departments for tree planting and street improvements. He proposed 400 for fire escapes on schoolhouses and the purchase of a triple combination pump for the fire department. Burt Dewar elected chairman of the Board of Aldermen and C W Clark chosen president of the common council.
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Charles M. Blodgett
Malden
Malden High School
Blodgett
Burt Dewar
C. W. Clark
Chcsen
Haines Criticizes City Finance and School Board Management
Mayor Haines, in a post election address to Medford's new government, faults the school department's financial handling noting disbursement of over half the tax receipts and calls for competent business managers. He plans to appoint two more police and criticizes cemetery trustees amid negligence suits. He praises city treasurer, auditor, collector, overseers of the poor, city physician, park department, and board of health.
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Haines
Medford
Park Department
Board of Health
Salary rises total over thirty three thousand for Boston
The City Record shows Mayor Curley granted salary increases to city employees totaling 33 226 50 for the year just ended. An extra 4000 rise since the municipal election plus 96000 restored cuts from his first year increase the 1916 payroll by 129 226 50 above his initial estimate.
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Boston
City Record
Curley
Boston Sets New Low in Death Rate for 1915
Boston recorded a 16.06 per 100 000 death rate for 1915, potentially rising slightly with late reports. Typhoid fever deaths fell to 6.3 per 10 000, a new low, while tuberculosis and other diseases also showed low death rates.
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Boston
Arlington Gas Light Co. urged to lower gas price
The Gas and Electric Light Commission recommended Arlington Gas Light Co cut the price of gas from 1.15 to 1.10 per thousand cubic feet with the reduction effective January 1. The supplier serves Arlington Belmont and Winchester.
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The
Gas and Electric Light Commission
Arlington Gas Light Company
Arlington
Belmont
Winchester
License Revocation Hits Two City Loan Agents
Supervisor Frank H. Pope revoked the licenses of Louis S. Levi and Isaac M. Strauss, two loan agents, after hearings into violations tied to dealings with city employees. It marks the first license revocation in the small loans department, with verbal waivers of a borrowing charges rule allowing higher rates, later refunded if complaints arose.
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Frank H. Pope
Levi
Tremont Street
Isaac M. Strauss
Water Street
Curley
City Law Department
Pope
Boston
Man Rescued After Gas Suicide Attempt in South End
William Burke, 64, of 14 Dartmouth Street, tried to die by gas last night. His landlady smelled gas and forced entry to his third floor room finding him unconscious. paper stuffed in keyhole and window gaps. He was taken to City Hospital with good prospects for recovery.
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William Burke
Dartmouth Street
South End
City Hospital
Women to Nominate Wage Board Members
Representatives of workers in women s cloak suit skirt dress and waist factories in Boston and vicinity conferred with Miss Mabel Gillespie a member of the Massachusetts Minimum Wage Commission in the offices of the commission 1 Beacon street last night to submit nominations for a wage board for the garment industry. The workers will have a week to submit nominees from whom six will be selected.
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Boston
Mabel Gillespie
Massachusetts
Minimum Wage Commission
Commission
Beacon Street
Insurance Board of Appeal Bill Filed by John Beck
A bill filed with the Senate Clerk by Senator elect John E. Beck of Chelsea creates a Board of Appeal with powers over insurance rates. It requires no rate schedule to take effect in any city or town until certified by the board as not excessive unreasonable unfair or discriminatory.
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Insurance Board OF Appeal
Board of Appeal
Senate
John E. Beck
Chelsea
Commonwealth
Girl Injured Tobogganing at Franklin Park
Catherine Donovan 19 of Roxbury suffered severe lacerations to her right leg when a toboggan crashed with another at the foot of the chutes in Franklin Park. She was taken to City Hospital for treatment as friends on the ride were shaken but unharmed. Mayor Curley announced Eugene Erskine nephew of Mrs. Etta Bickford Roxbury had been released from the British Army after a petition by relatives.
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Catherine Donovan
Wubbard Terrace
Roxbury
Franklin Park
Ershine
Curley
Eugene Erskine
Etta Bickford
Elbert Street
Mayor Blames Movies for Juvenile Crime in Revere
Mayor Arthur B. Curtis told the Revere City Council that lenient courts and moving picture shows have contributed to rising juvenile crime. He noted his second year in office, swore in council members, and reported that the city borrowed $40,000 less than the prior year while charity and health departments carried outstanding bills.
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Curtis
Revere
Arthur B. Curtis
Revere City Hall
Albert J. Brown
Alfred S. Hall
George W. Coleman
Boston
Council
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