National Gift Statue Drive Seeks Small Donations
The Marne memorial statue America’s Gift to France faces overlarge subscriptions. Committee leaders aim for a nationwide gift reflecting all classes and will discourage heavy individual contributions. Chairman N Penrose Hallowell of the Massachusetts committee favors small donations of a few cents each.
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Marne Memorial
America
France
Europe
N. Penrose Hallowell
Massachusetts
South Boston Man Sentenced to 15 Months for Assault on Officers
Frank Ryan, 31 years old of Second Street South Boston was found guilty of drunkenness and assaulting two patrolmen. He was arrested after a disturbance in a South Boston dance hall and sentenced yesterday by Judge Day in the South Boston District Court to 15 months in the House of Correction. Ryan appealed.
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Frank Ryan
Second Street
South Boston
Judge Day
House of Correction
Ryan
Crane to sail for China on April 29 from San Francisco
Ambassador Charles R. Crane announced he would depart San Francisco on April 29 for his post as ambassador to China. The announcement clarified the timing of the transfer to Beijing and underscored Crane's forthcoming diplomatic role.
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Washington
Charles R. Crane
China
San Francisco
Hearings on railroad value methods conclude at ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission wrapped three days of hearings on railroad valuation for rate setting under the transportation act. Carriers and most shippers support using investment accounts as a minimum value basis, opposing State railroad commissioners. Final arguments stressed book accounts as closer to value, with calls to keep existing classifications unless regional needs demand change.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
S. T. Bledsoe
Chicago
F. H. Wood
New York
Association of Railway Executives
Southwest
Western Freight Classification Group
Southwestern Group
West
Penn Metal Consolidation Forms Major New Firm
The Penn Metal Company merges Penn Metal Boston Penn Metal Ceiling & Roofing Philadelphia and New York Iron Roofing & Corrugating Jersey City forming a large sheet metal firm. Extra plants in Boston Philadelphia Jersey City plus a near completion Cambridge building will serve New England and create a model worker town with 200 homes and community gardens.
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Penn Metal Company
Boston
Penn Metal Ceiling & Roofing Company
Philadelphia
New York
Pittsburg
Cambridge
Mantle of Sandy flavor inspires Torchy and Shorty tale
Sewell Ford pens a humorous story with golf course flavor in the style of The Mantle of Sandy the Great, set to appear in the forthcoming Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
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Sewell Ford
Sandy the Great
Torchy
Shorty
Boston Sunday Post
Dessert saves luncheon with Puddine mystery
Mrs Gordon and her maid Mary improvise a perfect dessert using Puddine a milk and ringe mix. The rich chocolate blanc mange impresses Mrs Gordon who learns the product comes in several flavors costs 15 cents and serves 15. Puddine touted for cakes pies and ice cream also.
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Mary
Mrs. Gordon
Mrs.Gordon
Army tests prove correct at Mount Holyoke results
Three Massachusetts freshman women excel in Army psychological tests conducted at Mount Holyoke College last fall. Ednah G. Shepard of Brookline won first honors, Marjorie Cook of Fall River second, Viola J. Don of Haverhill third. Of 142 test takers, 102 earned A ratings, a level usually achieved by 4 to 5 percent of a draft quota.
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U.S. Army
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley
Massachusetts
Ednah G. Shepard
Harvard Avenue
Brookline
Marjorie Cook
Hood Street
Fall River
Viola J. Don
Country Bridge Road
Haverhill
Hayes Miss Shepard
Miss Don
Miss Cook
Mt. Holyoke College
Rotel Man Fractures Foot at South Boston Pier
Kenneth Bancroft of the Hotel Had wards West End is hospitalized with a fractured left foot after a fish barrel rolled off a ship Massasoit at the South Boston pier yesterday. He was rolling the barrel down a gangplank when it escaped and crushed his foot. His condition is not serious.
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Kenneth Bancroft
Hadwards
West End
City Hospital
Fish Pier
Boston
Bancroft
Massasoit
Dieffenbach to Address Forum at Faneuil Hall
Dr Albert Dieffenbach editor of the Christian Register will speak on Forgotten Factors in the Fight for Freedom at the American forum meeting at Faneuil Hall Sunday evening. He is the grandson of Ferdinand Dieffenbach the 1848 German revolutionary who fled to America and became a noted educator.
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Faneuil Hall
Albert CO. Dieffenbach
Christian Register
Dieffenbach
Ferdinand Dieffenbach
America
Arrest Egg Dealer for Unfit Product
Israel Robert former manager of the Boston Egg Company on Fulton street waived examination and was held for the federal grand jury on shipping eggs unfit for use to Berman and Dresler of Providence. Deputy Commissioner Mullowney of the Boston Board of Health swore out the complaint. Bail set at five hundred dollars. Offense claimed occurred several months ago.
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Israel Robert
Boston Egg Company
Fulton Street
Berman & Dresler
Providence
Patrick J. Mullowney
Boston Board of Health
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