Veterans Claim City Favors Evasion of Preference Act
Grand Army men accuse Police Commissioner O'Meara and Mayor Fitzgerald of sidestepping the veteran preference act in Boston. Four captaincies to be filled, with two eligible veterans, Burke and Driscoll, arguing for their rights while others push for younger officers. Acting captains named as a workaround, veterans urge Governor Guild to intervene. similar claims arise in the ferry department as Christensen is bypassed for Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen O'Meara
John F Fitzgerald
Boston
William Burke
Police
O'Meara
Inspector Burke
James F. Driscoll
Burke
Driscoll
Navy
Daniel A. Ritter
James P. Sullivan
George T. Yeaton
Edward A. Pease
Grand Army Veterans
Guild
Daniel H. Ll. Gleason
Fitzgerald
Hoffman
Deer Island
J. Payson Bradley
Harry Christensen
Engineer Sullivan
Street Department
Tobin to Recover After Forest Hills Runaway Crash
Benjamin H. Tobin of 22 Welles Avenue injured in Forest Hills runaway crash near Jamaica Plain hospital expected to recover. His wife discharged and resting at home. Miss Bessie Greer of 33 Hyde Park Avenue remains in critical condition at her home.
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Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain
Benjamin H. Tobin
Welles Avenue
Forest Hills
Bessie Greer
Hyde Park Avenue
Lincoln to mark Pilgrims with memorial stone
In a special town meeting at Lincoln on June 20 citizens unanimously voted to represent Lincoln with a memorial stone in the great monument to the Pilgrims to be erected in Provincetown. E Irving Smith presented the motion noting the 1620 landing and Paul Revere’s ride reference.
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Lincoln
Paul Revere
Massachusetts
Provincetown
E. Irving Smith
Cape Cod
Pilgrim Memorial to Feature Granite Stones from 125 Towns
Provincetown Clark's Landing and Plymouth Rock noted as landing sites for a new monument. Massachusetts and federal funds totaling about $80,000 support a hollow 250 foot high stone monument with 125 town stones, including Barnstable county. Lincoln and Watertown represented. inscription proposed: Settled in 1630 Here ended the midnight ride of Paul Revere.
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Provincetown
Clark's Landing
Plymouth Rock
United States
Massachusetts
Pilgrim Society
Roosevelt
Plymouth Rock Association
Watertown
Arlington
Barnstable County
Paul Revere
Bunker Hill
Smith
Charles S. Smith
E. Irving Smith
Charles Francis Adams
John F. Farrar
Farrar
Julius E. Eveleth
C. S. Smith
Lincoln
Lexington
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Adams Square
Prudential Supply CO
Washington St
the Home Furnishers Association of Mass
Tremont Street
Grresite
Hollis Street
Tobin
E. I. Smith
Rochester Clothier
Summer Street
Vicinity
Rochester
N. Y
Rochester Clothing CO
Summer St
Legal Stamy’s
New England
Madras
Panamas
Porto Ricos
N. E. House
Beamer
Oxford
Goodyear
Sweetheart
Snow Hill, Md
Bessie Lambertson
John Lambertson
Worcester County
Ladie Davis
Davis
Ladie
Lambertson
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