Attack on Insurance Bill Grows in Senate Debate
The Senate saw rising fury over a bill to allow half a billion dollars of non life insurance funds to be invested in savings banks national banks and trust company savings departments. Senator Reed of Taunton argued the measure would breach a century old policy protecting insurance funds and warned it could turn savings into gambling funds. Reed’s call to postpone reconsideration was adopted and the debate continues next Tuesday.
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Reed
Taunton
Life
Curtin
Boston
Old South Company
McKnight
Taunton Senator Presses Bank Debate As McKnight Defends Thorn dike
Senator Reed attacks Bank Commissioner Thorndike over a $100 000 trust company shortfall drawing President McKnight into the floor for the first time since his election. McKnight defends Thorndike as faithful and capable while noting past refusals and cautioning about overreaction to bank stress. He clarifies he has no personal grievance and says Reed lacks facts.
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Taunton
McKnight
Senate
Reed
Thorndike
President McKnight
Mayflower Tercentenary Plans Unveiled Across Nation
The American Mayflower Council announced nationwide observances for the Mayflower landing tercentenary. Mass meetings will be held in 70 cities during Mayflower Week from November 20 to Thanksgiving week, ending with a national mass meeting at Madison Square Garden on November 28. The program aims to recount the Pilgrims story and its democratic ideals, with honorary chairmen President Wilson and former President Taft, honorary secretary Dr Henry Van Dyke, and chairman Henry Churchill King of Oberlin College.
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Mayflower Council
Madison Square Garden
New York
Provincetown
Plymouth
Wilson
Taft
Henry van Dyke
Henry Churchill King
Oberlin College
Blizzard Sweeps Coast as Storm Centers Move North
A large blizzard spreads from the Western States toward the coast with two centers in the Midwest and along the coast. Temperatures plunge from the 50s to the 20s as snow replaces rain in places like Albany and Philadelphia, with strong winds reported in Washington Nantucket and Block Island.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Albany
Middle West
Florida
New England
Weather Bureau
Nantucket
Block Island
Appeal to Hub Business Men in Irish Bond Drive
Boston merchants and industrial leaders are canvassed today for subscriptions to the Irish bond certificate drive. Thousands of letters go to leading bankers and manufacturers from the State headquarters of the American Commission on Irish Independence, signed by John F. Harrigan and the state committee.
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American Commission On Irish Independence
John F. Harrigan
United States
Palestine
Armenia
Albania
Malden
D. Nicholson
Scotch Presbyterian Church of
Dorchester
Thomas P. Riley
Alvin KB. Bliss
Dudley Hall
Washington Street
Craig Players
Arlington Theatre
Massachusetts
Wired
Walsh
de Valera
Boston Bond Drive Boosts Irish Independence Appeal
A local Irish independence bond drive in Boston draws official support from Acting Mayor James T. Moriarty and statewide leaders. Subscriptions reach multiple wards and communities including Ward 13, Winter Hill, West Newton, and Dedham, with notable gifts from the Gaelic School and several aid societies. Prominent individuals and clergy express encouragement as bond sales proceed.
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New England
Bowen
Ward 13
Boston Gaelic School
Winter Hill
Somerville
West Newton
Dedham
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Marlboro
Ancient Order of Hibernians
County Leitrim Club
Boston
Ladies' Auxiliary
Foresters
Hibernians of
Arrest of Detroit Student for Carrying Revolver
James G. Aldrich, 16, of Detroit and a private school pupil in Back Bay, was arrested at a Back Bay moving picture house after an usher alerted police. A loaded revolver was found at the Back Bay station, and he was booked. Aldrich reportedly comes from a wealthy Detroit family.
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James G. Aldrich
Detroit
Back Bay
Newbury Street
Denmark considers restriction on U S imports
A bill proposed in the Folkething by the minister of commerce would ban all American imports into Denmark unless approved by the financial council. He said the move is needed to curb further exchange decline.
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Kossuth
United States
Ireland
England
Ainte
U. S
Denmark
Copenhagen
Financial Council
Folkething
Commerce
Hisses for Fradkin at Boston Symphony Concert
The Boston Symphony faced a tense concert after a dispute with concertmaster Frederic Fradkin. Hisses from part of the audience greeted Fradkin while others applauded conductor Pierre Monteux. Monteux returned to the stage amid further applause as Fradkin was dismissed by the trustees for not following conductor instructions. Fradkin denounced the action as unlawful and pledged to seek remedies.
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Mr. Monteux
Préstra
Fradkin
Sanders Theatre
Cambridge
Back Bay
Monteux
Boston
America
Beethoven
Vradkin
Ma Monteux
Boston Symphony
Georges Longy
Clement Lenoin
Fenway
Frederic Fradkin
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Nec
Symphony Hall
Frederick P. Cabot
Monteaux
Concert Demonstration Alleged to Signal Support or Strike
Players claim a preconcert plan aimed to test audience sympathy for the conductor and a union movement verse. An orchestra attache allegedly warned the crowd would show by applause whether the public supported or criticized the unionized musicians. They say the setup sought to deter union activity among the orchestra.
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