Cloak Makers Win Demands In Boston Strike
Three thousand cloakmakers in Boston walked out at 10 a m to push for their demands. President Abrahamson of the manufacturers association announced they would accede to all strike demands after a meeting at the Hotel Avery. A union and manufacturers meeting is set for this afternoon at 2 o clock at the same hotel. A general striker meeting is planned this morning at the union headquarters 72 Washington street.
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Boston
Manufacturers Association
Abrahamson
Manufacturers’ Association
Hotel Avery
Union
Washington Street
Loss of Fat Means Health and Summer Diet Tips
Dr W R P Emerson, Boston nutrition expert and director of nine clinics, advises overweight individuals to reduce fat now while heat and long days aid exercise. He notes clinics restore malnourished children and urges simple diet and exercise changes for a better life this summer, adding hot milk as a remedy for chronic indigestion from alcohol.
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W. R. P. Emerson
Boston
Emerson
Greater
Tufts College Medical School
527 Diploma Ceremony Marks Lawrence Grammar Grads
Lawrence schools awarded 527 diplomas the largest class in city history. A double ceremony was held due to crowd size at the Oliver Grammar School. A pageant titled A Victory Festival featured 500 pupils and Magrina Diandamo as Columbia was honored by classmates. Dr A E Winship gave the main address.
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Columbia
Oliver Grammar School
Lawrence
Oliver School of the Common
Magrina Diandamo
A. E. Winship
Journal of Education
Bowen Wins Schoolhouse Contract for Dearborn Elementary
Mayor Peters approved a $156,296 contract from the Schoolhouse Department to John Bowen Company for the Dearborn elementary school. The firm was the lowest bidder as part of the commission’s initial round of major awards.
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Peters
Schoolhouse Department
New
Dearborn
John Bowen Company
Schoolhouse Commission
Wilson to Get Victory Medal
The War Department announced that the first Victory medal will be issued to President Wilson as commander in chief of the army and the second to Secretary Baker.
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Washington
Wilson
Army
War Department
Baker
Massachusetts Bonus Bill For WWI Served Citizens Passed
The Legislature passed a bill granting a $100 bonus to every Massachusetts man and woman who served in World War I. The measure would cost about $20,000,000 and is awaiting Governor Coolidge's signature to become immediate law. The governor was expected to sign today.
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Massachusetts
United States
Germany
Coolidge
Massachusetts Poll Tax Bill to Fund War Service Vets
A bill proposes funding the war service gratitude through a shared cost from general taxes and a poll tax on every male resident. For 1920–1923 the poll tax would be five dollars, then two dollars thereafter, totaling an extra three dollars for four years. The measure aims to aid about 200000 veterans and nurses and passed through extensive legislative amendments before final enactment.
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Commonwealth
Massachusetts
House Committee On
Ways and Means
House
Senate Committee On Ways and Means
Students’ Army Training Corps
Senate
Mayor Peters vows action over union wage pledge
Mayor Peters states he will take prompt action if P. H. Jennings of the Central Labor Union presents evidence that contractors on city jobs are not paying the prevailing union wages. He argues the current administration has reached farther than any before in securing union wage rates for contract workers.
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P. H. Jennings
Central Labor Union
Peters
Jennings
Transport Finland Due About July 3
The transport Finland sailing from Brest June 21 is reported to be due in Boston about July 3 with 154 officers and 3501 men. Telegrams to Colonel Oren B. Meyer, representative in debarkation affairs, confirm the crew and size though no unit designation has been provided. Relatives of sailors wait for passes at the army base dock while Washington has not issued official docking notice.
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Finland
Brest
Boston
Oren B. Meyer
Edwards
Debarkation
France
Mongolia
Army Base
Meyer
Washington
Wilson to Use Personal Seal in Signing Treaty
Paris reports President Wilson will use his own seal instead of the presidential seal to sign the peace treaty. The seal is crafted from gold nugget gift from California four years ago, part of a ring made for the President’s wedding. The ring bears “Woodrow Wilson” in stenographic characters resembling Arabic script.
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Paris
Wilson
California
Woodrow Wilson
Probe Opens Into Franklin Field Crash That Killed Two Children
A board of army officers appointed by General Edwards opens formal sessions to investigate the fatal Franklin Field crash of last Monday. Lieut Col H B Claggett piloted the plane Black Jack. Colonel Alfred Brandt joins the inquiry. Wreckage removed and to be shipped to Mineola air station.
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Edwards
Franklin Field
H. B. Claggett
Army
Alfred Brandt
Eastern Department
New York
Mineola
L. I
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