Three New England Heroes among Carnegie Medal Winners
At the 17th Carnegie Hero Commission meeting in Pittsburg 26 medals were awarded for acts of heroism. Twenty-five bronze and one silver medal were given. nine heroes died, with pensions totaling 3420 and 3250 dollars yearly for dependents. Educational awards totaling 17600 dollars were also allotted. The three New England cases are detailed.
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New England
Pittsburg
Carnegie Hero Commission
Medal honors for young heroes in drowning rescues
Henry C Bell Jr of Portland Connecticut earned a bronze medal after swimming 20 feet to rescue 12 year old Bernice Tyron who had sunk twice in Willoughby Lake Aug 13 1918. Also honored were Arthur V Rossier and Farris F Branan Jr for lifesaving efforts in separate drownings and rescues in Vermont and Massachusetts.
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Henry C. Bell, Jr
Main Street
Portland
Conn
Bell
N. Bernice Tyron
Wryvon
Henry
Bernice
Behiad
Arthur V. Rossier
Newport
Rossier
Napoleon E. Mailhot
Westmore
Willoughby Lake
Matthet
Rossiter
Mailhot
Farris F. Branan, Jr
Raynor Street
Memphis
Tenn
Branan
Gladys E. Kehew
Winthrop
Mass
Atlantic Ocean
Mise Kehew
Alger elected head of Harvard Lampoon
Joseph Alger of Brockton a Harvard College junior was elected president of the Harvard Lampoon Nathaniel Choate of Framingham Centre was named Ibis Robb Hansell Sagendorph of Chestnut Hill treasurer and Bradley De Lamater Nash of Brookline secretary John Goodyear Allen of Marlboro was chosen circulation manager.
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Joseph Alger
Brockton
Harvard College
Harvard Lampoon
Nathaniel Choate
Framingham Centre
Robb Hansell Sagendorph
Chestnut Trill
Bradley de Lamater Nash
Brookline
John Goodyear Allen
Marlboro
Strike of Builders In Effect Hits Boston Area
The building trades strike affects over 15,000 workers within a 50 mile radius of Boston and ties up large projects. Negotiations with Mayor Peters and the Building Trades Employers Association proceed as both sides seek a reopening of talks.
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Boston
United Building Trades Council
Peters
City Hall
Building Trades Employers' Association
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
MIT Grows as Engineering Oriented Graduate School
A Tech faculty admission committee report shows 50 percent of MIT’s fall new students came from other colleges. This shift places more transfer students into upper classes and marks the first time juniors and seniors form the majority of the student body at the Cambridge institution.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tech
Technology
Cambridge
Rents Cut as Hardware City Aims Rent Relief
The Hardware City Loan Corporation, controlling 39 tenement houses housing over 117 families in New Britain, Conn, announced a $5 per month rent reduction effective February 1 due to the current industrial downturn.
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New Britain, Conn
Hardware City Loan Corporation
Legion Raps Dana Charge Resignation from Civil Service Post
A resolution by Middlesex County Council of the American Legion urges Payson Dana to resign as State Civil Service Commissioner and from Legion membership citing his attack on the Legion and the veterans' preference bill. The measure received unanimous backing from the Legion's State executive committee.
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Middlesex County Council of the
American Legion
Payson Dana
Massachusetts veterans clash over Dana remarks before legion group
Middlesex County Legion proposes to question Dana before the executive committee at the next meeting to explain alleged comments affecting Massachusetts veterans and why the Middlesex Council should not act. Doyle blasts state civil service chief as Brookline Post seeks Dana expulsion.
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Dana
Veterans of
Massachusetts
Middlesex County Council
Legion
Middlesex County Legionnaires
John J. Walsh
Lowell
William H. Doyle
Malden
Doyle
State Civil Service Commissioner
American Legion
Brookline Post
Joseph Palmer
Masons in Stores to Be Entertained by Boston Club
The Boston Masonic Club will entertain members of the Masonic fraternity connected with Boston department stores at their club house on Commonwealth Avenue this Saturday evening January 2 at 8 o'clock. Past Grand Master Melvin M. Johnson will address the club as part of a series of monthly affairs to make the craft known.
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Boston Masonic Club
Boston
Commonwealth Avenue
Melvin M. Johnson
Barge Missing After Gale Off Cape Elizabeth
Coast guard cutter Ossipee and tug Lehigh searched five miles from Cape Elizabeth for the barge Waccamaw which broke away during Monday morning gale. Efforts to locate the vessel had not yet succeeded.
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Osspee
Lehigh
Cape Elizabeth
Armour & Co reports profit from 1920 despite heavy losses
Armour & Co. announces a net earnings of 5.32 million dollars for 1920, aided by draws on reserves from foreign connections. Total sales neared 900 million, but domestic and export losses ran into millions, prompting $13.6 million spent on equipment and expanded facilities to reduce costs.
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Armour & Co
J. Ogden Armour
Yester
Boston Typothetae to survey wage cuts for printers
Francis H. Bird, statistician for the United Typothetae of America, to survey conditions in Boston after a large meeting at 176 Federal Street. The inquiry will determine whether union printers face wage reductions amid the cost of living and industry-wide economic changes.
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Boston
Francis H. Bird
United Typothetae of America
Boston Typothetae
Federal Street
Printing Industry Talks on $4 a Week Wage Increase
As of Sept 10, $4 weekly rise for printing industry workers sparked lengthy discussion. Statistician Bird has been sent for and will begin his investigation immediately on arrival. His report will guide the Typothetae in setting an equitable industry wage.
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Bird
Typothetae
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