Fire Chief Suc cession Expected After Curley Tague Talk
Mayor Curley and Congressman Tague conferred on a new fire commissioner to replace Acting Commissioner William J. Casey. Brigadier General John H. Dunn is favored by many as head of the department after Lt. Col. Fred I. Bogan declined the job. The Mayor reportedly favors a prominent local business man with long standing support.
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William J. Casey
Curley
Tague
John H. Dunn
Street Commission
Fred I. Bogan
Radcliffe Expands Radio and Science Courses for Fall
Radcliffe will add radio telegraphy and vacuum tube courses next fall to meet rising interest for radio among students. Harvard professors will teach the 405 new courses now offered to about 650 students, including biological physics, economic thought, electro chemistry, social reconstruction, botany, social ethics, and anthropology. New staff include C. H. Haring of Yale, Borin and Dr. Pratt of Clarke University, and Dr. Poole, botanical scientist.
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Radcliffe
Harvard
Bovie
A. E. Munroe
Lamb
N. E. Hall
Thomas Nixon Carver
C. H. Haring
Yale University
Borin
Pratt
Clarke University
Poole
Insurance Co Erects 50 Apartment Houses on Long Island
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company signs contracts to build 8 apartment houses on Long Island in four blocks totaling 39 apartments each. The project will house about 1950 families in 8250 rooms with rents at nine dollars per room. Total cost estimated between 6.9 and 7 million dollars, with a long term aim of 100 million. Each apartment includes a bath steam heat electric lighting and good ventilation with no room under 70 square feet.
Canoe Club Patrols Charles River to Prevent Accidents
The Dedham Canoe Club organizes a life saving crew to patrol the Charles River between Spring Street and the Oaks on Sundays and holidays through summer. The effort, supported by the Humane Society of Massachusetts, is led by Carl A. Petersen of Dedham with at least a dozen volunteers.
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Charles River
Dedham
Dedham Canoe Club
Spring Street
Huston Ray to Play Noon Concert at Keith’s Theatre
Huston Ray, a youthful pianist, performs at Keith's Theatre in Boston at noon tomorrow. Admission is free for music lovers. the program features Duo-Art reproducing piano accompaniment and several artists including Velma Balcom soprano Nan Synott, tenor Raymond Simonds, and pieces by Massenet Chopin Verdi Liszt and Grainger.
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Huston Ray
Boston
Behrend Velma Balcom
Nan Synott
Spross Velma Balcom
Charles Gilbert Spross
Massenet
Ray
Chopin
la Forge
Waters of
Minnetonka
Lieurance Raymond Simonds
Mr. Ray
David Giliam
Percy Grainger
Women probation officers convene at Suffolk County Courthouse
Practically all the women probation officers in the state gathered for their first general conference held yesterday afternoon in the Suffolk County Courthouse on Pemberton square. Miss Mary E. Driscoll of the State Probation Commission presided. topics included handling domestic relations cases and probation for expectant mothers of illegitimate children who are hated before the court.
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Suffolk County
Pemberton Square
Mary E. Driscoll
State Probation Commission
Lord Northcliffe Suffered Breakdown Amid Health Rest
London June 15 United News reports Lord Northcliffe is indisposed and advised to take complete rest due to overwork. Two to three months of rest are hoped to restore his health. At a convention in this city, rail union chiefs pledged not to interfere with a strike, miners endorsed the action, and William Green urged solidarity while plans to organize unorganized workers were laid. The gathering, cut short for a barbecue on a river island, also rejected the one big union plan and discussed criticism of Chief Justice Taft in the Coronado decision.
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London
United News
Lord Northcliffe
Times
Northcliffe
B. NM. Jewell
Railway Employees’ Department
Federation
William Green
Miners’ Union
William L. Foster
Foster
A F L endorses coal strike and railroad walkout
Cincinnati June 15 by the Associated Press the American Federation of Labor convention voted to endorse the nationwide coal strike of miners idle since April 1 and signaled support for the threatened walkout of more than one million railroad workers through a demonstration.
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Cincinnati
Associated Press
American Federation of Labor Convention
Council Rules Undermine Core Union Principles
A ruling described as imaginary case undermines essential union principles, with the council asserting these tenets form the foundation of organized labor. The debate centers on how these principles should guide collective action and representation.
Iron Works Seek Stay of Mortgage Foreclosure
Hartford June 15 A notice filed in federal court seeks an injunction to prevent foreclosure of a mortgage held by the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation on Groton Iron Works. The move is tied to a $13 000 000 action in the United States District Court.
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Hartford
Conn
United States District Court
United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Groton Iron Works
New Man for Ricci's Post
Reports from the Russian conference indicate Marquis Della Torretta former Italian foreign minister will likely be named ambassador to Washington, replacing Vittorio Rolandi Ricci.
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Associated Press
Marquis Della Torretta
Italy
Washington
Vittorio Rolandi Ricci
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