Boston Leaders Move To Ease Housing Shortage
A Boston conference between Mayor Peters and bankers developers and real estate interests formed a sub committee to design a system to combat the housing shortage. Members include Frederick Fay C Ratshesky Mark Dowling George Nutter Malcolm Nichols William Felton and W Eugene McGregor with Ratshesky urging a housing corporation financed by individuals to fund home building and community housing.
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Frederick H. Fay
City Planning Board
4. C. Ratshesky
United States Trust Company
Mark Temple Dowling
Boston Real Estate Exchange
George R. Nutter
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Malcolm B. Nichols
William S. Felton
Massachusetts Neal Estate Exchange
W. Eugene McGregor
Harris, Forbes & Co
Ratshesky
George E. Brock
The
Home Savings Bank
Boston housing debate divides on co op bank plan
At a conference city leaders clash over housing needs with Dowling arguing no shortage and Peters warning of rising prices. Felton urges statewide canvass for funds while Ratshesky calls the plan a business proposition. Attendees include Abbott Storrow Andrews Martin and Hornblower.
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William Ss. Felton
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange
Co-Operative Bank
Mark Temple Dowling
Boston Real Estate Exchange
Peters
Boston
Housing Corporation
Mr. Ratshesky
Gordon Abbott
The
Old Colony Trust
James J. Storrow
Lee, Higginson & Co
Charlies A. Andrews
Associated Industries of Massachusetts
John J. Martin
Demand for New Police Station Site Urges City Action
Boston Police Commissioner Edwin A. Curtis warned Mayor Peters he will act if a new site and building for Police Station No. 2 are not provided promptly. He rejected Council plans to study the old Revere House site and insisted on immediate completion for Division No. 2 traffic police facilities and related spaces.
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Edwin A. Curtis
Boston
Peters
Revere House
Health warning urges inoculation against typhoid fever
Health Commissioner William C. Woodward warns vacationers that preventive inoculation against typhoid is essential for campers relying on untreated country wells or unguarded streams and ponds for water. The statement was issued yesterday to caution travelers about typhoid risks.
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William C. Woodward
Sorority Girls Plan a Summer Camp in Brookline
Brookline sorority members announce a series of early June events led by two popular young women Miss Wilhelmina Albrecht of 1683 Beacon Street and Miss Hilda Smith of 279 Clark Road. A gala garden party caps the season as the sorority prepares a summer camp for the younger set. Also noted is the death of Thompson a 36 year old carpenter’s mate on the S S South Haven found at the South Boston army base.
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Brookline Sorority
Brookline
Wilhelmina
Albrecht
Beacon Street
Hilda Smith
Clark Road
Carpenter
S. S. South Haven
Army Base
South Boston
Thompson
Thomas Killeen
West Broadway
South Boston Pair Held in $1000 Bail
Patrick Shaughnessey of Boston Street and John J. Lydon of West Broadway were held in $1000 bail each after appearing in South Boston District Court. They face further court appearance on Wednesday following a raid by D Street Station police at the National Starch Company premises.
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South Boston
Patrick Shaughnessey
Boston Street
John J. Lydon
West Broadway
South Boston Court
D Street
National Starch Company
Suntaug Inn Waiters Held for Grand Jury
Patrick Dalton Harry Collier and Leroy Thomas Suntaug Inn Lynnfield employees were arrested after a prohibition raid. They were arraigned before United States Commissioner Hayes and held in $500 for the federal grand jury. BODY FOUND IN HARBOR The body of William Thompson.
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Patrick Dalton
Harry Collier
Leroy Thomas
Lynnfield
United States
Hayes
City Children In Best Health
The Boston health department reports country children have higher rates of physical defects than city children. In an official bulletin it states 70 to 90 percent of rural children are defective versus 60 to 75 percent among poor city children and 35 to 50 percent for middle and wealthy city children. It cites sanitation and delayed medical care as reasons for rural health disparities.
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Boston
International Congress of Gregorian Chant Opens
In New York on June 1 the three day international congress began with a pontifical votive mass sung by 3500 children. Archbishop Patrick J Hayes presided as celebrant and highlighted the Gregorian chant as a revered form of sacred music restored to Catholic worship by Pope Pius X.
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New York
Patrick J. Hayes
Pius X
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the Segal
Lock & Hdw. CO
N. Y
TV QV
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Curtis
White Studio
Wilhelmina Albrecht
Suntaug Inn
Harbor
William Thompson
International Congress of Gregorian Chant
Shreve, Crump and Low Company
Tremont Street
Massachusetts
S.C
U.s.army
Munson
Sheinwald
WM. Sheinwald
Summer St
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Oxfords For Women
Rage
Military Oxfords
Othe
Summer Street
Goodyear
Oxfords
Mary Janes
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