Foch Invited by Legion for Minneapolis Convention
Worcester dated report says Marshal Foch and allied leaders will be invited to the first American Legion convention in Minneapolis in November. Colonel John F J Herbert announces after returning from a New York national executive committee session. A committee including Colonel Hendry D Lindsley and Lt Col Erle Fisher Wood heads the effort.
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Worcester
Marshal Foch
America
American Legione
Minneapolis
John F. J. Herbert
Massachusetts
National Executive Committee
New York
Hendry D. Lindsley
Erle Fisher Wood
Roosevelt Delegated To Extend Invite For Posts In Massachusetts
Colonel Herbert returned with approved charters for the first 21 posts organized in Massachusetts after Colonel Theodore Roosevelt delegated the invitation.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert
Massachusetts
Fifth Week of Plant Co Strike Grows at Jamaica Plain
More than 2500 workers at the T. G. Plant shoe factory in Jamaica Plain began their fifth week of strike activities. A mass meeting at Tremont Hall Roxbury Crossing was held under the United Shoe Workers Union of Boston with over 1800 members from the Allied Shoe Workers Union of Greater Boston participating.
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T. G. Plant
Jamaica Plain
Tremont Hall
Roxbury Crossing
United Shoe Workers’ Union of Boston
Allied Shoe Workers’ Union of
Greater Boston
Fire destroys Peter II docks and hospital in Rio
A Monday blaze in Rio de Janeiro wiped out the old Peter II docks and an adjacent hospital, inflicting about 2 million dollars in losses. Most of the damage was to foodstuffs awaiting shipment to Europe.
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Rio Janeiro
Europe
Huge New Drydock Flooded At South Boston
The immense Commonwealth dry dock at South Boston, under two and a half years of construction and costing over 3 million dollars, began filling with more than 55 million gallons of harbor water. Governor Coolidge signaled the sluice gate to start the flood at noon, a ceremony witnessed by the governor and the executive council members.
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Commonwealth Dry Dock
South Boston
Monster Basin
Great Basin
Executive Council
America
Mayor Peters Tours Dry Dock Progress in Boston Harbor
The Massachusetts Waterways Commission said the dry dock should be finished by mid August and ready for the largest vessels. About 9 percent of work is complete with masonry done and the pumping plant installed. The caisson will be floated soon and the entrance dredged for world business.
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Peters
Massachusetts Waterways Commission
Navy Department
Hull residents seek delayed Medal for WWI veterans Pitts Ross
Prominent Hull residents appeal to Congressman Walsh to resolve why Private William H. Pitts and Sergeant Douglas Ross have not received their medals. Pitts was recommended for bravery during the May 30 1917 raid in the Toul sector, with orders dated June 8 1917. Ross earned a D S C for bravery at the July 14 1918 battle of Vaux, with further cross recommendations sent in by officers in 1918 and 1919.
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Hull
Walsh
Washington
Ross
D.S. C
Battle of
Vaux
Chateau Thierry
Edward J. Price
Verdun
Thomas P. Riley
General Headquarters
Ivy Day Exercises at Somerville High School
Pleasant weather favored the ivy day exercises of the senior class of Somerville High School held yesterday. A large crowd witnessed the out-of-door event with William Baldwin, class president, presiding. The affair had a military bearing as 18 companies of the school regiment paraded under Colonel Edwin Powell.
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Somerville High School
William Baldwin
Edwin Powell
Convict Saves Wilsons Farm in Riverside County
George A. Fox, convicted of obtaining money by false pretenses, paid delinquent taxes to stop the sale of President Wilsons river side county farm. Fox, in the county jail, sent a telegram of thanks from J. P. Tumulty, secretary to Wilson. Tax bill was 7.21 dollars for 61 acres.
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Los Angeles
George A. Tox
President Wilson
Riverside County
Fox
J. P. Tumulty
Wilson
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