Systematic Move to Aid Deaf and Hearing Impaired
At the annual American Otological Society meeting a systematic plan to address deafness was outlined. The goal is not cure but to lift affected individuals from helplessness through five actions: compulsory notification, standardized schools for the deaf, classification of deaf children, day schools for the deaf, and medical professional cooperation. The effort aims to make impaired hearing reportable by state legislation and to push improvements in community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Otological Society
Ty Ailic
Bonus for Yeomen F is Killed in House
The bill to pay a $100 bonus to yeomen female personnel was killed in the House after a brief debate. Supporters believed Navy women who served in the war would receive the benefits previously denied when the bonus act passed last year.
Supreme Court declares tax on Presidents salaries unconstitutional
Washington June 1 The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that the war revenue act requiring the President and federal judges to pay income tax on salaries is unconstitutional. The decision voids the tax on the Presidents 75000 annual salary and orders refunds of taxes already collected. Justice Vandevanter wrote the majority opinion Justice Holmes dissented with Justice Brandeis concurring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Treasury
Justice Vandevanter
Justice Holmes
Justice Brandeis
U S Marines to Map French Battlefields
Relief maps molded in clay will detail ground fought over by the Second Division in World War. A Marine mapping party will depart New York for France next Saturday visiting Blanc Mont the Meuse Argonne St Mihiel and Soissons battlefields before returning in October.
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Washington
United States
New York City
France
Blanc Mont
Champagne
Meuse-Argonne
St. Mihiel
Soissons
Hoover Sugar Policy Cable Shown in Congress
A Paris cablegram from July 23, 1919, by Herbert Hoover to Julius H. Barnes, chief of the U S Grain Corp, urging immediate sugar policy decisions, was read in the House today by Rep. Tinkham of Massachusetts.
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Washington
Paris
Herbert Hoover
Julius H. Barnes
United States Grain Corporation
Wilson
Representative Tinkham
Massachusetts
Hoover urges sugar control actions and Cuban purchases
The cablegram read by Mr. Tinkham cites President Wilson as bearing responsibility for high sugar prices. Mr. Hoover urges Congress to decide on continued measures for 1920 including purchases of Cuban crops, control of production and distribution, and potential embargo or cessation of control depending on market conditions.
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Tinkham
Wilson
Massachusetts
Hoover
Barnes
Cuba
Congress
Sugar Equalization Board
United States
Hoover warns on sugar crisis and calls for expert recommendations
The article reports Hoover urging immediate action on the sugar shortage of 1920 amid speculation and profiteering. He notes limited home knowledge after eight months abroad and suggests sugar board members present their recommendations independently. Tinkham cites the sugar board request for executive approval to purchase the Cuban crop, reinforcing Hoover's warning.
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Hoover
Barnes
Professor Taussig
Mr. Zabriskie
Sugar Equalization Board
Tinkha
Fire Destroys Part of Falls Bridge
In Lawrence on the Merrimack River the southerly end of the west walk of the Falls Bridge was burned, risking the entire structure. Firefighters confined the blaze, saving the roadbed and street car tracks, though water main coverings were destroyed. Cause suspected to be a cigar or cigarette stub.
Eagles Name State Officers for Year
Joseph Coye of Pittsfield was elected State president at the Eagles convention closing in New Bedford. Officers named include David J. Hackett Lowell as vice president and Edward Delaney New Bedford as chaplain after a tight vote. Next convention planned for North Adams.
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New Bedford
Joseph Coye
Pittsfield
Eagles
David J. Hackett
Lowell
Edward Delaney
Edward Grant
Cambridge
William B. Murphy
Fall River
William J. Monahan
South Framingham
William J. Mackie
William L. Gleason
Brockton
Thomas McQuillan
Lynn
M. Delaney
Coat Frank Bonin
Worcester
North Adams
Lawn Festival Aids Italian Children Home Held
A lawn festival on Main street Winthrop was directed by Miss Philomena Piscopo and Miss Freelia Piscopo. Prominent Italian residents of Greater Boston attended and thousands of dollars were said to be raised for the Home for Italian Children.
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Philomena Piscopo
Freelia Piscopo
Main Street
Winthrop
Greater Boston
Palmer accuses Post of defying law over deportations
Attorney General Palmer told the House rules committee that Assistant Secretary Louis F. Post acted above Congress and the law in deportation matters. He cited a Detroit advisory committee as lacking legal authority and recounted a telegram directing release on bail and parole by the committee.
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Washington
Palmer
House Rules Committee
Louis F. Post
Labor
Post
Congress
Department of Justice
Detroit
P. Prentiss
U. S. Control of Cape Cod Canal
The House Interstate Commerce Committee reported a resolution directing the government to take over and operate the Cape Cod Canal. The cost of operation would be paid by the canal owners until the President orders otherwise.
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Washington
Cape Cod Canal
House Interstate Commerce Committe
Charitable Bequests From Daniel F. Chase
Public and charitable institutions share in the late Daniel F. Chase of Quincy will filed in Norfolk Registry Probate Court at Dedham. The Tuskegee Institute gets 10000 dollars, with 5000 dollars to the Y M C A and Bethany Congregational Church of Quincy each. Additional gifts include 3000 to Pond Home, 2000 to Harvard College and many other organizations in Massachusetts and beyond.
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Daniel F. Chase
Quincy
Norfolk Registry
Dedham
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
Bethany Congregational Church
Pond
Harvard College
New England Watch and Ward Society
Boston Floating Hospital
Sharon Sanatorium
New England
Little Wanderers
Piedmont College
Demarsett
Lord’s Day League of
Y. M. C. A. Training School
Springfield
Manchester Bible Society
National Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Robert Hungerford Normal and Industrial School
Quincy City Hospital
Salvation Army of
Boston
State Committee For
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society of Boston
Boston Lake Shore Home
Associated Charities of
Quincy Day Nurseries
Massachusetts Home Missionary Society
Sutton
St. John’s Episcopal Church of
Not Concerned in Vice Crusade Methods
Lester W. Cooch asks the editor to correct a misstatement that he was added to the defendants list by a naval court of inquiry into vice conditions in Newport Rhode Island. He notes he was an interested party and later served as judge advocate in a general court martial and urges publication to prevent false conclusions.
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Naval Court of Inquiry
Court of Inquiry
Newport
R. I
Brown Williams wedding in Dover
Miss Dorothy Locke Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Bartlett Williams married LeRoy Hussey Brown today at the Williams home in Dover N H. The ceremony drew only the couple and their immediate families.
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Dover
N.H
Dorothy Locke Williams
Frank Bartlett Williams
LeRoy Hussey Brown
Teacher shoots self accidentally in classroom home
Miss Cathrine Ruth MacDonald, a Fishtown district teacher, accidentally shot herself Monday evening while cleaning a revolver in her stepfather Captain John A. Fish's home. The bullet passed close to her heart and she was listed in critical condition.
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Noane, Conn
Catherine Ruth MacDonald
Fishtown
John A. Fish
Delicate fashions described with modern fabrics and trims
The article details white organdie garments and vivid colors like maize pink cobalt and orchid. It highlights skirts with deep tucks gabardine morning wear gathered backs wide belts two-tier pockets bone buttons and hand crafted batiste pieces featuring hemstitching and drawn work for tailored looks and sport wear.
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U. S
Kelvinator Electric
A.P. Merchant Co
Avery St
Boylston St
Electrical Dept
Lawrence
Cape Canal
Quincy Church
Chase
Lester W. Cooch
Raine
Paine
Arlington Street
Paine Furniture Company
Boylston Street
Self
E. T. Slattery CO
Batiste
Voile
Wallace
E.T. Slattery CO
Tremont Street
Mass
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