Housing crisis blamed on costs and migration in Boston
City Planning Board officials at City Hall cited private home construction costs and ongoing migration of laboring classes from tenement districts to better areas as key factors in Boston's congested housing problem. In Hartford a young woman, Eva Sykes of Fairhaven Mass, attempted suicide at the railroad station by swallowing carbolic acid and remains critically ill.
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City Hall
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Eva Sykes
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City Council Discusses Creating Corporation to Relieve Housing Congestion
A conference of business leaders architects engineers and social workers urged forming a citizen corporation to finance extensive building to ease housing congestion. Deputy Health Commissioner Thomas Jordan cited 3300 empty tenements in South Boston Charlestown and Roxbury with poor facilities and landlord neglect. General John H. Sherburne proposed renovating these properties to attract residents back and relieve crowded districts.
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Boston
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Roxbury
John H. Sherburne
State Commission On
Sherburne
Jordan
Hoover Seeks Early Ratification of Peace Treaty
Herbert Hoover issued a statement from New York urging early ratification of the peace treaty with reservations to preserve freedom of action and allow constructive peace development. He argued reservations won't block creating a potent organization to curb dangers, warning against a continuation of war or a separate peace, and urged acceptance of terms by all despite President Wilson.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Washington Star
Hoover
Wilton
League
Jury Still Out In Death Case At Local Court
The jury deliberating in the Joseph de laurentis homicide trial, a West End barber and proprieter, asked the judge for the meaning of manslaughter as the Armistice Day police strike case remained unresolved at 2 am.
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Joseph de Laurentis
West End
Woman At Fairhaven Seeks Death In Depot Acid Attempt
At St Francis Hospital authorities learn the woman lives at 24 Windsor Street Fairhaven with her mother and brother. Her husband is in service and grief over his absence is blamed for the suicide attempt. Inside the depot after 7 pm she drank acid after asking for Boston papers. She fell to the floor, received first aid, and was rushed to hospital where she regained consciousness after midnight.
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St. Francis’ Hospital
Windsor Street
Fairhaven
Boston
Militarists Out-Prussianize The Prussians Of Germany
Dr Edward H Hume told a City Club audience last night that militarists are surpassing the traditional Prussian model in Germany he described as the wela w.
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Apan
DR. Hume
Japan
Germany
Edward H. Hume
Freight Cars In Use Again
Boston and Maine railroad officials said yard congestion is clearing but normal freight movement will take about two weeks. The system normally has 32 000 cars, now 40 000, yet car shortages persist due to storm disruption and only 30 percent of cars working. Manufacturers and merchants faced near total business, while offloaded cars remain tied up.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & Maine
Maryland House approves 3 12 percent beer bill in Maryland
The Maryland House of Delegates adopted the Jones 3 12 per cent beer bill after an open- house amendment process. Governor Ritchie approved changes that require the act to take effect only if the U S Supreme Court rules the legislation within state power or upholds the Volstead Act.
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Maryland House of Delegates
Gambrill
Ritchie
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Medford City Laborers Vote to Accept 26 Cent Day Raise
After listening to Mayor Benjamin F. Haines, Medford city laborers voted at a union meeting to accept a 26 cent per day raise and not push the 50 cent increase approved by the aldermen. The Mayor promised another raise of 10 cents within a few months, bringing wages to 4.25 dollars from 4.00.
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Medford
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