Hub Officials Warn of Looming Labor Crisis For Returning Troops
Boston leaders briefed at a state conference on the failure to place returning soldiers and sailors. Only 61 of 571 applicants found work as of the meeting, with officials urging direct employer contact and expanded state funding to prevent plant closings as war industries wind down. The gathering stressed nationwide hardship for war workers and the need to accelerate employment bureaus for veterans.
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State House
Boston
Ralph B. Williams
Crowder
Government funds urged to aid boards in work
Mr Williams urged more federal aid to enable boards to carry out their duties and warned it is a crime to remove workers from employment without returning them to jobs. Governor Coolidge said the state sees the issue as important and asked the Legislature for an immediate appropriation to obtain available funds, also sending a letter to the local draft authorities.
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Williams
Coolidge
Francis K. Slattery
U. S Employment Service
Sanford Freund
U. S. Employment Service
Everett W. Lord
U. & Employment Service
Freedom of Athens Conferred on World Leaders
The municipal council of Athens grants the freedom of the city to President Wilson Prime Ministers Lloyd George Clemenceau Venizelos and Marshal Foch. Five main streets will be named after the five leaders in honor of their roles.
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Athens
Wilson
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Clemenceau
Marshal Foch
France
Venizelos
Greece
Unitarian Convention Planned in Springfield Oversees Religion Talks
Unitarian laymen gather in Springfield for a three day convention with delegates from the United States and Canada. Dr Samuel A Eliot president of the American Unitarian Association opens with Practical Aims and Proposals. Speakers include William W McCleneh and Rev Francis G Peabody among others.
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Springfield
United States
Canada
Samuel A. Eliot
American Unitarian Association
New Times
William W. McCleneh
William L
Cambridge
Charles W. Eliot
Abbot Peterson
United States Army
Edward M. Letchworth
Buffalo
Henry D. Sharpe
Providence
Frank J. Locke
The
Young Men’s Christian Union
Hartford Woman and Washington Woman Sentenced in White House Protest
Mrs Toscan Bennett of Hartford and Miss Matilda Young of Washington received five day terms for taking part in a women’s suffrage waterfire protest in front of the White House. Eleven women in total are serving short sentences and hunger strikes are reported by party headquarters.
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Washington
Toscan Bennett
Hartford
Conn
Matilda Young
White House
Republican National Committee Meet Signals 1920 Plans
GOP leaders from nearly every state gather in Chicago for the Republican national committee session. Discussions focus on post election gains, potential 1920 ticket names, anti Bolshevism stance, and public utilities policy.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Beeckman
Rhode Island
Burnequist
Minnesota
McKelgin
Nebraska
Medill McCormick
Illinois
Fred Stanley
Kansas
Hubert Work
Colorado
A. T. Hert
Kentucky
Armenian protest over French protectorate claim in Asia Minor
Miran Sevasly of Boston, head of the Armenian National Council of America, urged Assistant Secretary Phillips to protest France's declared protectorate over parts of Asia Minor. He argued the claim rests on a secret Russia France treaty and that Wilson's principles render it nonbinding. He noted Armenian commitment to Paris and Berlin treaties and cited a Paris protest seeking independence and League of Nations protection.
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Washington
Miran Sevasly
Boston
Armenian National Council of America
Phillips
Pichon
France
Asia Minor
Ottoman Empire
Sevasiy
Armenia
Russia
Wilson
Paris
Berlin
Armenian Organization
America
Sevasly
Boghos Nubar
Integral
League of Nations
Allies May Modify Blockade of Germany
Paris reports allied representatives will consider easing the blockade to allow food to reach Czecho Slovakia Poland and parts of Russia via central powers held routes. A primary need is fats and pork products, largely imported from America to meet shortages.
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Germany
Paris
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Russia
America
Tommy Ring Will Remain At High School of Commerce
Boston reports confirm star athlete Tommy Ring will stay at the High School of Commerce contrary to earlier notices. His continuation promises a strong showing for the school in the upcoming indoor track season amid recovery from influenza.
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Tommy Ring
H. S. of Commerce
Wast
Boston
High School of
Aomerce
Geveral
Dry Dock Project Eyed for East Boston Waterfront
Talks of a 5 million dollar dry dock and large ship repair facility surface near the Chelsea line at Border Condor and Meridian streets. East Boston residents and waterfront property owners await citywide port development plans and potential cooperation with land purchasers for a reimagined harbor.
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Port of
Boston
Border
Condor
Meridian Streets
Chelsea Line
Condor Street
City of Boston
East
Border, Coriden and
Chelsea-Meridian Street
Chelsea Creek
Funeral of Peter E Strauss Today
Funeral services for Peter E Strauss of Fitz Dana Co will be held at Emmanuel Church at 2 pm. He died suddenly in New York Tuesday and had ties to the Boston metal trade for more than 40 years, joining Fuller Dana Fitz as an office boy in 1867.
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Peter E. Strauss
Fitz, Dana ,& Co
New York
Emmanuel Church
Strauss
Boston
Fuller, Dana & Fitz
Famine Relief Bill Faces Delayed House Action
Washington dispatch says the House rules committee rejected immediate consideration of the famine relief bill for Europe, but administration leaders remain hopeful. A new rule vote is planned, with Rep Kelly signaling support, yet opposition cites lack of information on spending and usage of the 100 million dollars.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Europe
House
Wilson
Kelly
Pennsylvania
Congress
1919 Our 68th Birthday Sale Catalog Highlights Bargains
A broad discount list shows curtains, rugs, and household goods priced well below retail. Items include Voile curtains, Madras and Arabian curtains, 12 by 12 rugs, linoleum, porcelain and glass wares, sale on coffee percolators, aluminum pots, and kitchenware. Also offered are clothing items like suits and shirts with marked savings and a notice of daily bargain bulletins.
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