Boston School Board Takes Action Over Protests
Owing to protests by colored residents of Boston the superintendent announced excluding from schools Community Civics by R O Hughes and The Kipling Reader for Upper Classes. The Veterans of Foreign Wars asked investigation into anti American propaganda in schools and possible discontinuation. The matter was referred to the board of superintendents for investigation and report.
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Boston
Burke
R. O. Hughes
Pittsburg High School
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
Thomas J. Fitzgerald
Board of Superintendents
Everett grocer dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound
Henry Dearborn a longtime grocer of 181 Chelsea Street Everett died yesterday at Whidden Memorial Hospital from a self inflicted gunshot wound suffered in his store. He was 76 or 77 and reportedly troubled by business cares. He leaves a daughter Mrs C P Barron of 31 Winthrop Avenue Lawrence.
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Henry Dearborn
Chelsea Street
Everett
Whidden Memorial Hospital
Screen Star Born in New York Educated in London
The stage and screen actress born in New York City grew up in London and debuted on stage in stock. She soon co starred with Thomas A Wise and William Courtenay in General Post and later appeared in The Silent Master The Unforeseen and The Girl and the Judge on screen. Her latest cellulora role is The Wrong Woman with Montague Love. Her sister Alma is in Main Street at the Wilbur Theatre.
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New York City
London
Miss Tell
Thomas A. Wise
William Courtenay
General Post
Montague Love
Alma
Wilbur Theatre
Nan of the North serial set in Yellowstone Park
Ann Little stars in Nan of the North a serial set against Yellowstone National Park with producer Ben Wilson and Arrows Corporation. Neva Gerber also features in dangerous paths produced by Ben Wilson.
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Ann Little
Nan of the North
Yellowstone National Park
Ben Wilson
The
Arrows Corporati
Neva Gerber
Dance fund drive funds LA Legion clubhouse
The American Legion Post in Los Angeles raised a large sum by hosting dances with two young screen stars, Helen Ferguson and Patty Ruth Miller. Dances, priced at one dollar each, did not permit encores.
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American Legion Post
Los Angeles
Helen Ferguson
Patty Ruth Miller
Chaplin Sues Western Features in L A Court
Charlie Chaplin files suit in Los Angeles against Western Features Corporation alleging exploitation of Charles Amador who appears as Charles Aplin on screen. Chaplin also stirs film colony with renewed courting of Paramount star Lila Lee, after prior attention to May Collins and Claire Windsor.
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Charile Chaplin
Los Angeles
Western Features Corporation
Charles Amador
Charles Aplin
Harry Carey Signs with Robertson-Cole for Stellar Productions
Former Universal star Harry Carey signs with Robertson-Cole Company to produce a series of notable films. The move aligns Carey with a new slate of project releases and star power for the studio roster.
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Harry Carey
Universal
Robertson-Cole Company
Stellar
Sunshine Harbor to Debut With Beecher Family Ties
Sunshine Harbor featuring Margar et Beecher, granddaughter of Henry Ward Beecher and grandniece of Harriet Beecher Stowe, prepares for release as a Playgoers Pictures attraction.
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Sunshine Harbor
Margaret Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Playgoers Pictures
Film notes from Boston stars and studios
Frank reports few opportunities for a 15-year-old in pictures with no nearby studios. Marion Mae Murray films Broadway Bubbles in New York. Monte Blue not currently in front of the camera. Wanda Hawley of Roxbury married to J Burton Hawley, starlet in Bobbed Hair. major studios show interest in amateur scenarios. Boston film stars’ images to be shown at Loew’s State Theatre. questions to Prunella Hall of The Boston Post.
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Goldwyn Co
Culver City
Calif
Universal Company
Universal City
Metro Co
Hollywood
Chelsea
Boston
Loew's State Theatre
Prunella Hall
The
Boston Post
Former Malden Fire Chief 50 Years Wed
Former Malden Fire Chief Frank Turner and his wife observed their golden wedding anniversary at their Maplewood home. They married March 2, 1872 in Saco Maine. he was born December 23, 1847 in Charlestown. They have two children, Mrs. Balen W. Morgan of Malden and Mrs. Frank P. Turner of Jacksonville Florida.
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Frank Turner
Malden
Turner
Granite Street
Maplewood
Saco
George T. Nicholls
Unitarian Church
Charlestown
Baline W. Morgan
Frank P. Turner
Jacksonville
Fla
City Council backs municipal docks to boost Boston port
City Councilor John A. Donoghue urges city ownership of all Boston Harbor docks to lure shippers from New York and Baltimore. The order asks Mayor James M. Curley to study a plan that could cost about 70 million dollars, arguing private rates are high and city control would lower them. The measure passed unanimously after Councilman Hagan withdrew opposition to rapid action.
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Boston Harbor
Boston
John A. Donoghue
James M. Curley
Donoghue
Port of
New York
Baltimore
Hagan
Council Debate Clarifies Motion Not Binding
Councilman Watson explained the action did not commit the council but sought the mayoral consideration. The remark framed the measure as advisory rather than binding to official council action.
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Watson
Two Ships Arrive to Be Broken Up
The wooden Ferris-type steamers Kenosha and Wakanna reach here from Norfolk to be broken up their careers lasted less than four years. Each carried 800 tons of coal and ballast on final voyage after arriving yesterday from Norfolk.
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Kenosha
Wakanna
Pacific Coast
Shipping Board
Norfolk
Women Voters League in Dorchester Elects Officers
Reports on Dorchester League of Women Voters progress were read at the annual meeting in Franklin Hall Cadman Square. Mrs R J McNulty was re elected president with new officers including Mrs Royal Whiton Mrs R D Foster Mrs Howard J Fitsgibbon and Mrs William Solomon as vice presidents and Mrs B H Newcomb as secretary and Mrs A J Norwood as treasurer. Committees were appointed to carry on the work for the coming year.
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Dorchester League of Women Voters
Franklin Hall
Cadman Square
R. J. McNulty
League
Royal Whiton
R. D. Foster
Howard J. Fitsgibbon
William Solomon
BH. ¥. Newcomb
A. J. Norwood
Leacock Story to Run in Boston Post Magazine
Stephen Leacock the noted educator and humorist will present Soaked in Seaweed in the Boston Post Magazine. The humorous tale promises wide reader appeal as it debuts soon in Boston.
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Stephen Leacock
Boston
Bostenday Post
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