301st Field Artillery Regiment Returns Home From Devens
The 301st Regiment of Field Artillery arrived at Camp Devens in three trainloads of Massachusetts soldiers. They will be examined tomorrow and discharged Saturday. Colonel George M. Brooke commands the unit of 69 officers and 1300 men returning to Boston area homes.
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Camp Devens
301St Regiment of Field Artillery
Massachusetts
Camp Mills
New Haven
Boston & Maine
Boston
George M. Brooke
Roosevelt memorial service set at Y M C A with Harty eulogy
A Roosevelt memorial meeting is planned Thursday at the Y M C A auditorium. Harvard Professor Albert Bushnell Hart y, Roosevelt's classmate and friend, will deliver the eulogy. The event follows news of Captain Harry J. Harris of Brookline standing trial on coal misappropriation and related charges with testimony from Captain Charles Smith and other officers. The trial resumes tomorrow as witnesses describe coal purchases and personal use amid wartime constraints.
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Roosevelt
Albert Bushnell Harty
Harvard College
Harry J. Harris
University Road
Brookline
Charles Smith
Quartermaster Corps
Harris
Smith
David Patick
Chelsea
Shumaker
Harmon FE. Grogan
Eddie Mack
Boston
I Company
828Th Infantry
82D
S8th
H. Albright
Frank Tompkins
Alfred R. McIntyre
Thomas A. Field
Dorchester
Charles B. Wiggin
Roxbury
Robert A. Tibbets
Roslindale
Victor A. MelInnes
Roger C. Fenn
Cambridge
William KE. Malanson
Clinton
Charles A. Tivnan
Salem
Gustave A. de Keyser
Lloyd .E. Winship
Kansas City
T. Frank Kinsella
Charlestown
Harry J. Wilkinson
Back Bay
George #. Lewis, Jr
Flushing
L. I
Henry S. McDonnell
East Boston
William E. Corrigan
Medford
Henry P. Herr
Readville
Family of five needs $1500 cash
New York report on harbor strike hearings details scientific testimony about living costs. A special National Labor Board committee examined causes behind the strike in port activities, noting the urgency of funding needs.
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New York
National Labor Board
Budget expert details three family budgets in New York City
Dr. William Ogburn of the University of Washington testified on family financial needs. He outlined three budgets for a family of five based on a study of 600 families: bare subsistence, minimum comfort, and security and citizenship. He cited a bare subsistence food budget of 615 for a year and noted gendered clothing allocations.
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William Ogburn
University of Washington
New York City
Getting Jobs for Soldiers Discussed in Dorchester Parish Meeting
The Holy Name Society of St. Pauls parish in Dorchester held a meeting to address restoring returning servicemen to prior employment. A committee led by Andrew P. Lane was appointed to find ways to keep the pledge that every service star is a pledge of employment.
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Holy Wame Society
St. Paul's Parish
Dorchester
Andrew P. Lane
Garrett W. Scollard
Christopher N. Fitzgerald
Frank B. Sullivan
John A. Bruin
Thomas J. Morrison
President approves new rear admirals list
President Wilson approved a naval board report promoting captains to permanent rear admiral and recommending temporary rear admiral rank for several officers. The names include Harold P. Norton John W. McDonald Hilary P. Jones Charles P. Plunkett Joseph Strauss Benjamin C. Bryan William L. Howard George W. Kline Archibald H. Scales Victor Blue Frederick Brewster Bassett Jr. Richard H. Jackson.
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Washington
President Wilson
Naval Board of Selection
Harold P. Norton
John W. McDonald
Hilary P. Jones
Charles P. Plunkett
Joseph Strauss
Benjamin C. Bryan
William L. Howard
George W. Kline
Archibald H. Scales
Victor Blue
Frederick Brewster Bassett, Jr
Richard H. Jackson
Eight women run for state offices in Colorado election
Five of the eight women candidates were on the Socialist ticket. The note highlights gender participation and party alignment in the Colorado race.
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Colorado
Local notices and tragedies headline city briefs
George A. Colwell, a first class machinist mate in the navy, was found dead after inhaling gas following a quarrel with his wife. Five year old Maria Mariani died from burns after finding matches and setting her dress alight while her mother was away. Massachusetts railroad conductors committee met at the Quincy House to review bills and safeguard union members. Boston Wharf and Grain Club elected new officers led by Frank Sands. retiring president Milton L. Cushing thanked for service. Junk dealer Hyman Baldwin was critically injured when crushed under a fly wheel at West Tread Company plant. Federated Jewish Charities opened a fifth neighborhood center to coordinate local services.
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George A. Colwell
Navy
Princeton Street
Somerville
Maria Mariani
Luigi Mariani
West
Ninth Street
Boston
City Hospital
Massachusetts Legislative Committee of the Order of Railroad Conductors
Quincy House
General Court
H. T. Drew
Lawrence
Boston & Albany
New York
New Haven
Boston Whure and Grain Club
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Milton L. Cushing
Frank ©. Sands
George W. Keddy
Warren G. Torrey
Harry P. van de Bogert, Jr
Harry N. Vaughn
Hyman Baldwin
Windsorstret
Cambridge
West Tread Company
Covington Street
Drowns Near Home in Ell Pond Melrose
Sterling Page five year old son of Mr and Mrs Harold R Page of 63 Lake avenue Melrose drowned yesterday afternoon in Ell Pond behind his home after slipping on ice near the edge and falling in.
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Sterling
War drama at Park Square Admirable in Boston
At Park Square Theatre a war drama by Edgar Selwyn and Channing Pollock centers on regeneration of a human soul. Villette Kershaw stars as Peggy Lawrence, delivering a striking portrayal of a chorus girl whose conversion reveals deeper character. Allan Dinehart as William Laidlaw and Lilian Albertson as Mrs Laidlaw earn praise for solid performances. The ensemble cast and humor from Hale Norcross supported the production. The Crowded Hour is announced until further notice.
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Ocean
England
Park Square Theatre
Edgar Selwyn
Channing Pollock
Vilette Kershaw
Boston
Peggy Lawrence
Peggy
Laidlaw
Miss Kershaw
Allan Dinehart
William l Laidlaw
Lillian Albertson
Hale Norcross
Niotice
The Crowded Hour Melodrama at Sixty Club
A New York chorus girl Peggy Lawrence inspires wealthy engineer William Laidlow, while his wife waits in marriage. After his brother is killed in France, William enlists, Peggy follows, and a pivotal message saves French soldiers but wounds her. In the end William returns to his wife as Peggy reevaluates her role.
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Lts
New York
William Laidlow
Peggy Lawrence
Sixty Club
Peggy
William
Laidlow
France
Names Board on Building Aims to Rejuvenate Construction
Governor Coolidge named a committee of prominent building industry figures to study state conditions and propose policies to restore activity to prewar levels. Members include Mark Temple Dowling Arthur M. Huddell Stuart W Webb William W Kearns and Edwin S Webster with the State Board of Labor and Industries to assist in gathering trade information.
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Coolidge
Mark Temple Dowling
Boston Real Estate Exchange
Arthur M. Huddell
International Union of Steam Engineers
Stuart W. Webb
Old Cooliny Trust Company
William W. Kearns
Edwin S. Webster
Firm
Stone & Webster
State Board of Labor and Industries
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Devens
Roosevelt Memorial
United States
Queenstown Harbor
Ireland
Bernard F. Gribble
Admiral Sims
Wadsworth
Boston Harbor
Baume
Analgesique
Bengue
Jules Bengué
Paris
Thos. Seeming & CO. American Agents
Federated
Jewish Charities of
Park SQ
Edward H. Crosby
Buston Post
Names Board ON Building
Mayo Undeswear
Alaska
Gulf —Mayo
Mt. Airy
N. C
Mayo
Mayo Mills
Broadway
Mayodan
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