Wilson signs water power bill amid closing Congress action
President Wilson signed the water power development bill after ten years of effort. He also announced he had not signed a joint resolution repealing most wartime laws and the Underwood reso lution on Canada wood pulp embargo. He approved seven other post session measures including enlistment of non English speaking citizens and aliens and funding for dentures for Michael MacGarvey.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Canada
United States
War Department
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Michael MacGarvey
Catholic Church Notes Recite Confirmations and Feasts
Bishop Anderson will administer confirmation at three churches today St Margaret s Beverly Farms 9 30 am St Ann s Gloucester 11 am and Our Lady of Good Voyage Gloucester 2 30 pm Monday honors St Aloysius Gonzaga with next week s feasts. St Peter s Dorchester Holy Name Society mass tomorrow 7 30 am. Rev Neil Harkins known as Father Basil to be ordained next Tuesday in Paterson N J. He will celebrate first high mass at old St Mary s North End on July 4 and a Mass for the Third Order of St Francis at St Leonard s North End on July 11.
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Anderson
St. Margaret's
Beverly Farms
St. Ann’s
Gloucester
Our Lady of Good Voyage
St. Peter's
Dorchester
Holy Name Society
Edward Kenney
Boston
Neil Harkins
Father Basil
Paterson
N. J
Old St. Mary’s Church
North End
Third Order of St. Francis
St. Leonard’s Church
Prince Street
Laborers Strike Central New England Trains at Poughkeepsie
In Poughkeepsie on June 13 eighty five laborers on Central New England work trains based here walked out seeking higher pay. They currently earn 49 cents an hour and have not yet settled on a demanded rate. The dispute was sent to the wage board in Washington for decision.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
New England
Washington
Father Meads Seeks Defense for Dartmouth Student
Henry Meads arrives from Chicago with attorney Fred Wright to stand by his son Robert Meads, held in a Vermont county jail on murder charges. They confer for hours about the case as authorities report liquor smuggling links to the Dartmouth incident and a wider underground traffic.
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Meads
Fred 8
Wright
Grafton County
Hanover
Wells River Junction
Chicago
Young Meads
Dartmouth
Robert
Henry Harriam
West Medford
Mass
Henry E. Maroney
St. Raphael's Church
Red Lane
Canadian
United States
Canada
United States Secret Service
Dartcouth
Orile N. Wise
W. S. 8S. Wise
Akron
Fred 8. Wright
The
Meads Counsel
Frank Shields
Warren
New Hampshire
Mr. Meads
Hale's
Wells River
Connecticut
Officials Seek Missing Items From Jail Arrival
Meads arrived at the jail without the items, and officials urge locating them. The search continues as authorities request help to locate the missing belongings.
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Meads
Dartmouth President Denies Liquor Smuggling Link in Tragedy
President Ernest Martin Hopkins of Dartmouth College speaks on the fatal shooting of Henry Maroney, denies a campus liquor smuggling system, and emphasizes the undergraduates’ character. Robert T. Meads faces murder charges as his father arrives for a morning meeting with college officials and Judge Burton.
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Nquor
Hanover
Law
A. H. Meads
Chicago
Robert T. Meads
Dartmouth College
Burton
Gloucester Street Car Service To End Tomorrow
Gloucester will discontinue street car service tomorrow despite efforts by Mayor Charles D. Browne City Solicitor Buckley and Board of Trade President McInnis. They sought aid from Governor Coolidge Public Utilities Commission and the Supreme Court but were unable to stop the move. If no change occurs cars will stop running Sunday morning.
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Gloucester
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company
Charles D. Brown
Buckley
McInnis
Board of Trade
Commission
Supreme Court
Browne
Ellis Auctions Off His Milk Farm Stock
Former Senator George H. Ellis retires from the milk business as Wauwinet Farm in West Newton sells part of its stock at auction. An industry setback affects 1700 people in Newtons Brookline and Back Bay amid labor troubles and a strike among milkers.
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Wauwinet Farm
West Newton
George H. Ellis
New England
Newtons
Brookline
Back Bay
Ellis
Effort to Bar Women Fails in State Movement
Efforts to form a statewide group to bar women from municipal offices failed. Addison P. Burnham, Gloucester Board of Registrars chair, blamed indifference outside Gloucester and ridicule by women voters for the defeat of the movement started last April.
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Addison P. Burnham
Gloucester
Women Vote Right to Hold City Offices Advocated
Mrs Susan FitzGerald chairman of the Democratic State convention women division argues full suffrage will allow women to qualify for offices such as city registrar auditor assessor city clerk and tax collector She warns against efforts to bar women and notes a Gloucester meeting on June 5 to discuss registrar issues and possible legislation.
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Susan FitzGerald
San Francisco
Boards of Registrars
League of Women Voters
Gloucester
Addison P. Burnham
Board of Registrars of
Sky High Show Aids Yankee Division Clubhouse Renovation
Major-General Edwards urges Yankee Division members and friends to back Sky High at the Shubert Theatre during the week of June 21. Proceeds fund furniture for the new Yankee Division clubhouse at 200 Huntington Avenue, currently being rebuilt into a top New England facility. The three act musical comedy features 150 division members and their partners with leads by Aurelia Butterman, Jack Emerson, and others.
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Edwards
Yd” Club
Sky High
Shubert Theatre
Huntington Avenue
New England
Leverett Bentley
Charles L. Robins
Roland T. Fenton
1084
Aurelia Butterman
Jack Emerson
Insurance Rain Plan Foils Bankers Voyage
The local chapter chartered a boat for a bankers convention trip to Plymouth but rain forced cancellation. The group had insured against bad weather and the boat expense will be borne by the insurer. Delegates still gathered at Symphony Hall for a buffet luncheon and the convention closed with departures by train and rail.
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American Institute of Banking
Bankers’ Convention
Plymouth
Symphony Hall
Governor’s Veto Letter on Beer Bill Question
Governor Coolidge responded to Virgil G. Hinshaw by sending a copy of his veto of the 2.75 per cent beer bill from the 1920 Legislature. The note to the prohibition committee chair contained no further statement beyond acknowledging the inquiry. He returns from Amherst with a slight cold but is in good health per his physician.
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Coolidge
Virgil G. Hinshaw
Prohibition National Committee
Hinshaw
Amherst
Yale graduate Parsons found dead in Purchase home
Henry Humphrey Parsons, Yale 1913, former Harvard law student, was discovered shot in the bathroom of Arthur Hogan's Purchase residence. Police deem suicide probable though bruises and a blood-stained handkerchief prompt further inquiry. Parsons worked for a New York law firm and was described as having independent means.
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Port Chester
N. Y
Henry Humphrey Parsons
Yale
Harvard
Arthur Hogan
Purchase
Parsons
New York
Gloucester Letter Halts Push for Woman Power Roles
A Gloucester letter from Mr Burnham to registrars reports the push to place women in top positions is being dropped for now. The letter cites board indifference, a belief that the time is not yet ripe, and limited preparation time due to slow replies as reasons for delaying the effort.
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Gloucester
Burnham
Boston laborer sentenced for manslaughter in Nashua killing
Charles Smith of Boston a laborer was sentenced to two to five years in State prison for killing Samuel Normand of Boston another laborer in Nashua on January 16. Smith pleaded guilty to manslaughter after being indicted for murder.
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Nashua
N. H
Charles Smith
Boston
Samuel Normand
Smith
Jealous New Brunswick man shoots wife then kills himself
Ivan Little of McAdam New Brunswick in a fit of jealousy shot his wife in the hip at Honeydale then shot himself below the heart. He was taken to the hospital with slim chances of recovery while his wife was not seriously hurt. The incident occurred at the home of Mrs. Little’s father Jasper Mc Laughlin 14 miles from Calais as she visited. A letter alleged she was favored by another man.
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Calais
Ivan Little
McAdam
N. B
Honeydale
Little
Protests Church Notices Detail Summer Clergy Moves
The Rev. Simon Blunt will speak at Dorchester High graduation on June 24. Rev. Grieg Taber will serve at All Saints until mid September replacing Rev. Herbert Butler who heads to East Liverpool. Universalist summer services list guest preachers including Eddy Sykes Lowe Hall Lee and McCollester with dates from August 1 to August 11.
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Simon Blunt
D. D
All Saints Episcopal Church
Peabody Square
Ashmont
Dorchester High School
Blunt
Grieg Taber
Faribault
Minn
Herbert W. Butler
East Liverpool
First Universalist Church
Cambridge
Richard Eddy Sykes
St. Lawrence University
New York
John Smith Lowe
Universalist General Convention
Frank Oliver Hall
Church of the Divine Paternity
John Clarence Lee
Church of the Restoration
Philadelphia
Penn
Lee
McCollester
Crane Theological School
Tufts College
Five Dolliver Girls Give Music Recital at Roxbury Home
Five sisters of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph K. Dolliver performed a private recital at 15 Magnolia square Roxbury last night. Carolyn aged 8 played piano and drums while Kath leen 18, Frances 16, Elizabeth 14 and Har riette 11 contributed violin viola cello and dance. The show repeats today at 3 pm and tonight.
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Dolliver
Ralph K. Dolliver
Magnolia Square
Roxbury
Carolyn
Kathleen
Frances
Elizabeth
Harriette
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St. Paulinius
St. John the Baptist
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SS. John and Paul
R. R. Laborers Strike
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Underwood
Brookside Saaphersies
Yuna Fish
Frankforts
Millers, Ib
Bermuda
John T.connor CO
Harry K. Thaw
Son
Wise
Claude Murray
Young Wise
Henry Hatham
Hopkins
BAY State
Stodder
Charles E. Hatfield
Jersey
Newton
Gen. Edwards
Yankee
Bankers Spring New Insurance Scheme
Police
Toyo
Panama
Sailor Fine
Summer Street
Milan
Bellans
Shreve, Crump and Low Company
Tremont Street
Met, S.C. & DL. Co
Massachusetts
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