Honor Names of 12 Heroes for City Squares
Boston officials approved the names of twelve soldiers sailors and marines killed in action for city square dedication. The list totals twelve names including Stephen E. Fitzgerald Michael O Donohue Edward M Dolan George Anslow James C Shea William H Corbett Henry West Oliver C Fanrant Redmond A Watson John Coyle Thomas J Buckley and Thomas Burke. The mayor will forward the names to the City Council to authorize renaming of squares.
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Boston
Stephen E. Fitzgerald
Michael O'Donohue
Edward M. Dolan
George Anslow
James C. Shea
William H. Corbett
Henry West
Oliver C. Fanrant
Redmond A. Watson
John Coyle
Thomas J. Buckley
Thomas Burke
Peters
Mayor Peters to discuss Navy Yard pay in Washington
Mayor Peters will formally discuss the grievances of Navy Yard employees over salaries during his Washington visit this week. He is in the capital for the Pan American financial conference.
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Navy Yard
Peters
Washington
Bayer Aspirin Genuine Tablets Marked With Bayer Cross
An old advertisement explains that Bayer Tablets of Aspirin must bear the Bayer Cross to be genuine and trusted. It notes physicians have prescribed aspirin for over 18 years and promotes unbroken packs with directions for cold, headache, toothache, earache, neuralgia, rheumatism, and general pain. It mentions handy tins of twelve and larger packages sold by druggists.
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Bayer
Emily Hackman Forrest Receives Elks Medal
Miss Emily Hackman Forrest, lauded for leadership as collector and team captain during the Salvation Army drive, received a gold medal from Judge Michael Dowd on behalf of the Boston Lodge of Elks. The award, adorned with the Salvation Army seal and Elks insignia, drew admiration for its beauty among friends.
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Salvation Army
Emily Hackman Forrest
Lynn
Michael Dowd
Boston Lodge of Elks
Forrest
Elks
Emily H. Forrest
Morris Made Permanent Fire Chief in Lawrence
Lawrence January 19 Francis J Morris deputy chief of the local fire department has been appointed permanently chief under a new city ordinance creating a two platoon system. The chief will serve during good behavior and can be removed for cause by two thirds of the City Council. The ordinance adds a second deputy chief with Michael H McPhee named first deputy chief to succeed Morris who will surrender his deputy rating under civil service control.
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Lawrence
Francis J. Morris
Director of Public Safety
Michael H. McPhee
Morris
Civil Service Control
Clerks to Act Collectively in Wage Dispute
In Lawrence during a mass meeting of women clerks from local stores, a vote rejected merchants proposed wage scale and favored bargaining through the Retail Clerks Association. The clerks' committee was empowered to press another meeting with merchants, with a strike possible if talks fail. about 600 women are involved. Archte Lamontagne, secretary, said efforts to meet will continue and a strike could follow if merchants refuse.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Retail Clerks’ Association
Clerks’ Association
Archte Lamontagne
Retail Clerks’ Association
Lamontagne
Feast Days and Church Notices From Dorchester Parish
The sermon marks the feast of the Conversion of St Paul with an 11 pm high Mass. Pastor Rev John J Farrell notes events at Blessed Gabriel Monastery Brighton Jan 25. Several saints feast days and upcoming meetings at Convent of the Cenacle Brighton are listed along with a lecture by Rev William O’Brien on Jan 2.
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St. Paul
St. Paul’s Church
Dorchester
John J. Farrell
Blessed Gabriel Monastery
Brighton
Army Recruiting Campaign Starts At Scollay Square
Army recruiting officers at the Scollay Square office opened their barrage in Lynn yesterday aiming for 2145 new soldiers by March 3. Twenty recruits were secured and Major Shaw with his staff expect over 500 more before week’s end as welfare groups and fraternal societies assist the effort to build up Uncle Sam’s army.
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Scollay Square
Lynn
Shaw
Uncle Sam
Fires Burn Dance Hall and Club Buildings in Connecticut
A dance hall at Lighthouse Point east shore of the harbor burned with a loss of 20000 dollars. The adjacent laundry and caddy buildings at New Haven Country Club in Hamden also burned, costing 5000 dollars. Fire blamed on heating apparatus in both incidents. Continuous ad for Adamson's Balsam for coughs colds or grippe.
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New Haven
Lighthouse Point
New Haven Country Club
Hamden
Deportations Not Brutal Defense by Wilson on Buford Exiles
Secretary Wilson responded to Hector Holmes of Boston who called Buford deportations brutal. He said some suffering is inevitable in mass expulsions and found no specific brutality in the Buford cases while noting laws allow judicial over administrative deportations and pledging minimal hardship within the Department of Labor’s duty.
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Washington
Hector M. Holmes
Boston
Wilson
Holmes
Buford
Department of Labor
Quincy Council Finds Public Utility Contract Exonerated
The City Council voted six to two on a report exonerating contractor Dennis F. Crowley in a $160 000 public utility contract. The majority praised financing up to federal approval and said the work was substantially in accordance with the contract and will provide satisfactory service. The minority issued a dissenting report. The council recommends the mayor accept the work and arrange payment.
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Quincy
Dennis F. Crowley
Thomas J. McGrath
John F. Scott
Firemen Get No Ballots In Russell Referendum Vote
Firemen at the Russell Fire Club say ballots for a referendum on surrendering the charter to the International Association of Fire Fighters were not distributed to engine houses by midnight. They cite last month’s club meeting giving directors full power to act, and believe the charter will be surrendered, though directors' meetings are kept secret.
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Russell Fire Club
International Association of Fire Fighters
American Federation of Labor
Star Chamber
Boston man on lost steamerMacona crew perishes
Stockholm dispatch reports 49 crew members perished when the American steamer Macona struck a rock off Nidingen light and foundered. Only the second mate survived, A A Morasso of Brooklyn. The list names Captain Williamson, F C Mutch, Charles Roswell, D Lindstrom, and others as feared lost.
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Nidingen Light
New York
Macona
A. A. Morasso
Brooklyn
Andrew Williamson
F. Cc. Mutch
Winfield
N. Y
Charles Roswell
Dorchester
Mass
Lindstrom
Jersey City
EE. Berg
O. P. Johansen
Vincent Knovatch
Boston Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Bovina Case
Charles Bovin formerly of Boston, arrested last spring in Bennox for breaking and entering and larceny from several summer villas, was sentenced to 18 months in jail today in Superior Court.
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Pittsfield
Charles Bovin
Boston
Enox
Protest naming Brennan sparks Boston controversy
A flood of informal protests against the appointment of James H. Brennan, former Representative from Charles Town, as executive secretary of the Mayor's Boston Committee for Americanism, were voiced at the Mayor's office yesterday. American Legion headquarters called the appointment “the greatest joke the city has ever seen.”
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James H. Brennan
Charlestown
Boston Committee For Americanism
American Legion
City appoints Brennan and others amid Legion protest
John Howard of H Company 101st Infantry denounces Brennan as a cheap political appointment and the Legion vows action. Boston city offices approve William P. J. Delaney as special investigator at 1500 dollars yearly and Joseph F. Glancey as publicity director at 2000 dollars, drawing sharp discontent from American Legion headquarters alleging slackers and favoritism. A petition will be filed with the mayor.
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John ¥. Howard
H Company
101St Infantry
Legion
Brennan
Wiliam P. J. Delaney
Back Bay
Joseph F. Glancey
American Legion
State House
Legion divisive protest over executive secretary appointments in Washington
The Legion headquarters told Michael J. Downey chairman of the committee yesterday that he passed the buck to Mayor Peters who is in Washington. Candidates for executive secretary include Major James F. Winston and Lieutenant Hale Powers, both honorably discharged. James H. Brennan had not filed an official application and appeared as a candidate Saturday night. Brennan ran for the Governor's Council last election and was defeated by Lewis R. Sullivan who labeled him a slacker over non war service.
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James H. Brennan
Committee On
Delaney
Boston
James F. Winston
Hale Powers
Legion
Brennan
Governor’s Council
Lewis R. Sullivan
Denikine Still Holds Off Bolsheviki in Persia Front
Official dispatches from Persia report Bolsheviks outside Mrasnovodsk under fire from the Caspian Sea volunteer fleet commanded by General Denikin. The Reds face a difficult advance. Denikin’s position is stabilizing, holding the Don and the Sal. Reds report 35,000 Denikin troops captured, with a considerable distance to Odessa remaining.
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Persia
Mkrasnovodsk
Caspian Sea
Denikine
Russia
Don
Sal
Odesse
Chelsea Teachers Win $300 Salary Increase
The Chelsea school committee, in session with Mayor Breath at City Hall, voted flat $300 yearly raises for teachers dating back to January 1. Elementary staff rise from 1000 to 1300 with 1400 in 1921, junior high from 1000 to 1350 with 1500 next year, and senior high from 1200 to 1500 with 100 more in 1921. Principals of larger grammar schools go from 2700 to 3000, and the superintendent gains 200 to 8600, plus a 100 yearly raise to a 3800 ceiling.
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Chelsea
Breath
City Hall
Board of Aldermen
Newspaper Pressmen Elect Their Officers
J. J. O'Hare was elected president of the Newspaper Web Pressmen's Local No. 3 at last night's meeting. Other officers named include Vice-president J. P. Shea, financial secretary C. J. Harvey, treasurer F. L. Fowler, and secretary P. J. McColgan.
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J. J. O’hare
Web
Pressmen’s Local
No. 3
J. P. Shea
C. J. Harvey
F. L. Fowler
P. J. McColgan
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