Inauguration Held in Cities of Bay State
Quincy mayor William A. Bradford was inaugurated for the 32nd year of the city government. Charles A. Ross was elected president of the City Council. Harry W. Tirrell began his 324th term as city messenger. Bradford called for strict economy, warned health department failures, and urged a more rigorous milk inspection and expansion of a city health program. He also suggested abolishing school physicians and addressed housing issues.
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Quincy
William A. Bradford
Charles A. Ross
Harry W. Tirrell
Halsey A. Weaver
Bradford
Noone Takes Office in Revere Vowing School and Park Upgrades
Mayor Thomas A Noone pledged to improve schools parks and playgrounds and urged legislation to give Boston Elevated control of Eastern Massachusetts street railway lines in Revere He planned to appoint an efficiency expert with the school superintendent and school committee to ease classroom congestion and focus on street improvements He endorsed developing Revere marsh lands to lower the tax rate and thanked former mayors Arthur B Curtis and Alfred B Hall for backing his administration Roscoe Walsworth did not attend the inaugural ceremony at Revere City Hall.
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Boston Elevated
Eastern
Massachusetts Street Railway
Revere
Thomas A. Noone
Revere City Hall
Francis Walsh
Immaculate Conception Church
Albert J. Brown
Noone
Arthur B. Curtis
Alfred
Hall
Roscoe Walsworth
Lynn Mayor Attacks Recall Foes Over Referendum Ruling
Mayor Walter H. Creamer of Lynn denounced groups that refuse referendum votes on policy as a menace, citing the United Shoe Workers of America refusal to vote on moving to remove bonuses. He warned distrust blocks prosperity and urged equal rights for all, including non members, while addressing unemployment distress.
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Walter H. Creamer
Lynn
United Shoe Workers of America
Gloucester's Mayor Urges Economy in Inaugural Address
Gloucester on January 3 reports Mayor Percy W. Wheeler calling for strict economy and efficiency in city government. He condemns the current financial condition, criticizes police leadership, and proposes new head of police. City officers were re elected except for Casey and Morey, whose votes were postponed per the mayor's request.
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Gloucester
Percy W. Wheeler
Daniel M. Casey
Richard L. Morey
Woburn Officials Asked to Sign Salary Release
Mayor Bernard J. Golden urged all city officials and employees slated for pay raises to voluntarily sign a release to the city treasurer deferring increases until industrial and unemployment issues ease. Golden will also sign his $500 raise. Other raises reportedly range from $200 to $500 totaling about $10,000. In local results, John J. Foley won the city auditor post, John J. Gilgun was re-elected clerk of committees, and Michael H. Winn was chosen president of the City Council for his 10th term.
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Woburn
Bernard J. Golden
Golden
John J. Foley
Richardson Street
Fred J. Brown
John J. Gilgun
Michael H. Winn
Breath urges Chelsea streetcar extension and reforms
Mayor Melvin B Breath outlines plans to extend the outen Elevated streetcar service by absorbing Bay State lines, adopt a new city charter widening executive power, and seek funds for city improvements to create jobs. He also calls for a new high school, motorization of street department vehicles, and strengthening the Island End River dyke due to its weakened state.
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Breath
Chelsea
Outen
Bay State
Melvin B. Breath
Island End River
Mayor Angier Goodwin Inducted In Melrose
Former Melrose alderman chair Angier tL Goodwin took the oath as mayor at Memorial Hall. He succeeds Charles H. Adams who served six years. City Clerk W De Haven Jones administered the oath to Goodwin and new city officials.
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Goodwin
Melrose
Angier Tl. Goodwin
Melrose Board of Aldermen
Memorial Hall
Charles H. Adams
W. de Haven Jones
Malden officials sworn in at Malden High School Hall
Mayor John V. Kimball begins his second term with a full slate of municipal officers as Judge Charles M. Bruce inaugurates the Malden group at the high school hall. The notice also promotes Adamson's Cough Balsam for a graveyard cough available from local druggists.
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John V. Kimball
Malden
Charles M. Bruce
Malden High School
Peter the Great the Fighting Cat of Lowell
Peter the Great is a fighting cat in Lowell, famed for battles with rival felines. His owner Mrs. H. C. Forbes says he is loyal at home despite a constant warlike stance and a dramatic reaction to a photograph of Grave Yard Tom.
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Peter the Great
Lowell
Peter
H. C. Forbes
Quimby Avenue
Grave Yard
Tom
the Post
G. Y. Tom
Mayor Haines Begins Seventh Term In Medford
Mayor Benjamin F. Haines started his seventh year in Medford with pledges to renew City Hall work stalled by three and a half years of litigation and to raise salaries. City Solicitor A C York swore in Haines as he also swore in 21 aldermen. Rev Edward M Barney offered the invocation. The Armory setting was festively decorated.
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Benjamin F. Haines
Medford
Armory
A. C. York
Haines
Edward M. Barney
First Universalist Church
Harding Talks With Curtis On Extra Session Program
President-elect Harding concluded a series of meetings with Republican leaders in Congress. He met with Senator Curtis of Kansas to discuss the extra session after March 4 and current session work, stressing reduced appropriations and prompt disposition of appropriation measures to clear way for constructive legislation.
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Harding
Congress
Curtis
Kansas
Senate
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Worcester Mayor Begins Second Term Inauguration
Worcester January 3 Mayor Peter F. Sullivan was sworn in for a second term. In his address he called for reduced cost of living improvement of streets and schools and proposed a two session school plan with redistricting to ease congestion. Judge Webster Thayer administered the oath.
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Worcester
Peter F. Sullivan
Webster Thayer
Superior Court
Court Declares Labor Boycotts Illegal in Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court, in a six to three decision, held secondary boycotts illegal and rejected the Clayton Act immunity claim. The Duplex Printing Press Co case against IAM agents Deering and Bramley was upheld, with the court outlining unlawful pressure on customers to withhold patronage. Dissenting justices argued the facts showed the act as part of a legitimate strike.
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Supreme Court
Duplex Printing Press Company
Battle Creek
Mich
Emil J. Deering
William Bramley
International Association of Machinists
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Labor
Justice Pitney
Brandeis
Holmes
Clarke
Duplex Company
Italy halts emigration to United States passports suspended
The Royal Italian Government has suspended passport issuance to subjects emigrating to the United States and will withhold passports until advised on the classes of immigrants desired. The offer to cooperate with the United States was received with gratification by Senators. Some
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United States
Immigration Debate Focuses on Diplomatic Solutions
Hearing participants favored regulating rather than banning immigration, with hopes that nations like Czecho Slovakia and Italy would use diplomacy to curb arrivals. Critics argued restricted immigration harms American labor while others said a common standard could prevent Bolshevism and protect industry reliance on European workers.
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Henry W. Berg
Greater New York Taxpayers’ Association
Argentina
Flam
Congress
Blind girl weds deaf mute in Boston ceremony
In Trinity Church Boston Mr Frisbie lay reader and trustee at the New England Home for Deaf Mutes married Miss Crocker who had lived there. The couple, unable to hear or speak, married with interpreters translating each word to the bride and groom as Dr Conrad officiated.
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South Station
William Alcott
New England
Everett
Madeline Hibbs
New York
Dr. Conrad
Everett appoints new city government sworn in
Mayor Christopher Harrison was re elected and the new city council took the oath of office in the aldermanic chamber of Everett City Hall last night. City Clerk Joseph Cannell administered the oath.
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Christopher Harrison
Everett City Hall
Joseph Cannell
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