Colby Alumni Hold Reunions At Centennial Exercises
Colby College Waterville Maine marked graduates day with senior class events and an alumni luncheon headlined by John Foster Choate. A $3500 annual gift from Charles F T Seaverns funds a permanent physical culture course, and Alumni Field will be renamed Seaverns Athletic Field after trustees approve track and gym improvements. Torchlight procession closed the day with fraternity and sorority reunions.
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Waterville
Colby College
John Foster Choate
Cambridge
Mass
Roberts
Herbert M. Lord
Robert A. Colpitts
Randall J. Condon
Cincinnati
Charles F. Gurney
Philippines
Harry Lyman Koopman
Brown University
Charles F. T. Seaverns
Hartford
Conn
Alumni Field
Seaverns
Government houses on Quincy Point go to sale despite tenant protests
Tenants claim the government built cottages are decaying and refuse 10 per cent down and a rising monthly price. United States Housing Corporation official R. M. Hull says sales to home builders avoid speculation, offering 9 percent mortgage with affordable payments. Tenants worry eviction and higher rents if sold to others.
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Quincy Point
Quincy
R. M. Hull
United States Housing Corporation
Hull
United States
Congress
Housing Corporation
Uincy Point
The
Lawn Avenue
Washington Street
Tenants decry substandard homes in Baker Yacht Basin area
Monthly payments exceed the average worker's means and tenants fear losing homes. Joseph G. Kerans of 19 River Street cites poor construction and looming sale deadlines as plans to move. R C Dieterle notes leaky cellars, cold rooms, sagging plaster, cracked wallpaper, and drafty windows in a building only 18 months old.
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Joseph G. Kerans
River Street
Baker Yacht Basin
R. C. Dieterle
High Winds Cause of Much Damage in City
A powerful gale caused extensive damage across Boston and neighboring towns. Wires and rails were toppled, and trees with branches fell, injuring several people including James McNeil at Beaver Chocolate Company and Antonis Goshgrain on the Common. City forester Andrew Stewart was briefly hurt in Quincy as sand and dust storms disabled trolley lines and damaged landmarks.
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James McNeil
Dover Street
South End
Beaver Chocolate Company
Broadway
Boston
City Hospital
Antonis Goshgrain
Cortes Street
Tremont Street
Haymarket Relief Hospital
Fred E. Thoday
Lithgow Street
Mattapan
Norfolk Street
Dorchester
Andrew Stewart
Quincy
Flynt Street
Savin Hill
City Point
South Boston
Lower Dorchester
Medford Street
Somerville
Cambridge
Fayerweather
Highland Streets
Fayerweather Street
Amory Street
Mt. Pleasant Street
Thorndike Street
Second Street
Carver Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Peach Street
Lexington Battle Field
Malden
Medford
Melrove
Convention of Baptists Ends With Resolutions and Election
The 13th Baptist Northern convention in Buffalo, New York, concluded with officer elections and broad resolutions. Delegates voted 690 to 432 to avoid censuring Rev. J. W. Brougher of Los Angeles over marrying Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, then dropped him as a member.
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Buffalo
N. Y
13Th Baptist Northern Convention
J. W. Brougher
Los Angeles
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Delegates Urge Uniform Divorce Laws and Fair Treatment
The executive committee adopted a resolution urging more uniform divorce laws to end easy divorce states and calling Baptist ministers to uphold scriptural standards. A second resolution protested discriminatory treatment of Oriental peoples and urged fair federal policies. The convention referred back part of the social service report condemning compulsory military training.
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Baptist
Social Service Committee
Train No. 43 Delayed by Broken Truck Frame Near Cohasset
A broken truck frame under the tender of New Haven Train No. 43 from Boston to Cohasset was spotted by trainmen in time to avert a serious wreck. The defect was found as the train moved through the Norfolk Downs yard at a moderate speed yesterday afternoon.
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Cohasset
New Haven
Boston
Norfolk Downs
Train derailment delays Boston line and risks
A train derailment blocked the line for about an hour causing early evening trains into Boston to be behind schedule. Railroad workers noted that at higher speeds the wreck could have turned over, underscoring the danger of the incident.
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Boston
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Andrew J. Lloyd
Park ST
Ray McMillan
Tenants’ Association
Dorothy Dodd
Temple Place
Shepard Service
City Forester
Liberty Hall
Convention OF Baptists
Noonan
T.noonan & Sons Co
Washington ST
International Congregational Council
Paine’s
Paine
John Hancock
American Walnut Bureau
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MIO Actaciory
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Paine Furniture Company
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