Chilean Navy to Move Seven Submarines from Fore River
Seven of nine submarines built for Britain at Fore River and interned at Charlestown will be sent to South America after training by a Chilean detachment. The subs were exchanged for a battle cruiser, the Chilean officers arrived aboard the Sumergibles, and ten officers will lead the transit. Including Sumergibles crew, 108 Chilean naval personnel are in Boston.
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Fore River
Charlestown Navy Yard
South America
Chili
Boston Harbor
Sumersibles
Boston
Father OBrien Speaks on The Ideal Catholic Citizen
At the regular monthly meeting of the Bishop Cheverus General Assembly at the Columbus Club Dorchester, Rev. Father Andrew J. OBrien of St Johns Ecclesiastical Seminary Brighton addressed members on The Ideal Catholic Citizen.
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Bishop
Wellesley College Students Lead in Church and Charity Giving
The average Wellesley girl gives six to seven dollars per semester to church and charity. A senior set a college record by donating seventy five dollars to church and charity in the first four months of this year, while she also topped magazine and book expenses with eighty and one hundred twenty five dollars respectively.
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Wellesley College
Wellesley
Social Insurance Tune Wipes Out Pauperism
Wendell Phillips Thore of the Commission on Social Insurance spoke yesterday to the West End Young Men's Hebrew Association at 47 Mt Vernon Street. He argued that non-contributory old age pensions, as urged by Governor McCall, will eventually end pauperism and abolish charity.
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Wendell Phillips Thore
The
Commission On Social Insurance
West End
Young Men’ S Hebrew Association
Mt.Vernon Street
McCall
Miss Foley to Lead Food Fight in Massachusetts
Margaret Foley of the Massachusetts woman suffrage party united the Greater Boston Mothers' Leagues in demanding two hours weekly for legislators at the State House to discuss food and public health issues with women.
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Greater Boston
Mothers’ Leagues
Margaret Foley
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Party
State House
Boston Mothers League to petition for short workweek talks
The executive committee voted to organize campaigns in nine Boston districts to petition State Representatives and Senators for two hours weekly discussions with women on the high cost of living. Petitions will circulate by Mothers' League committees in districts including the West End South End Malden Chelsea Revere Roxbury Dorchester East Boston to urge action to curb rising staple prices. A boycott on chickens potatoes onions and beans will continue. More leagues will form and street corner protests persist citywide.
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Greater Boston
Mothers’ League
West End
South End
Malden
Chelsea
Revere
Roxbury
Dorchester
East Boston
Greater
Boston
Workers Sought at Arsenal Plants Across Nation
National defense prep drives large labor demand at arsenals and armories nationwide. Watertown Arsenal seeks about 200 workers in skilled and unskilled trades, Springfield Armory hires 10 draftsmen and a supervising draftsman, Frankford Arsenal in Philadelphia needs nearly 700 workers, Picatinny Arsenal Dover 200 plus, Watervliet Arsenal machinists, with navy yards in New York Philadelphia Norfolk and Washington also seeking help.
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Watertown Arsenal
Springfield Armory
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
Picatinny Arsenal
Dover
N. J
Watervliet Arsenal
Watervliet
N. Y
Navy Yards
New York
Norfolk
Washington, D.C
Churches Unite to Oppose Two Saloons in Savin Hill
Dorchester churches coordinated a campaign in the Savin Hill district to sign protest postcards against granting two saloon licenses. Parishioners were urged to flood the licensing board with cards, echoing Governor McCall’s pledge of no licenses if not desired by residents.
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Savin Hill
Dorchester
Licensing Board
McCall
Sunday Meeting Opens Red Cross Campaign
Dr. E A Crockett spoke on Red Cross relief work at Trinity Church as the Boston Metropolitan Chapter opens a district wide campaign with volunteers and supplies for relief services. The gathering of young women marked the formal start of the organized effort.
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Red Cross
E. A. Crockett
The
Trinity Church
Boston
American Red Cross
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