Parade Route Planned for Yankee Division Return
Gen Edwards selects Boston parade route from Charles to Park streets and through Beacon Tremont Boylston Arlington Commonwealth Avenue Fenway to Park Square. Officials test width with troops and plan three bands per regiment and banners. Automobiles carry wounded. service flag to honor fallen. strict discipline loosened for crowd appeal.
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Tremont Street
Boylston
Park ‘Streets
Charles Street
Beacon Street
Edwards
France
New Dress for 26th Yankees Prep for Boston Parade
The 26th Yankee Division will undergo a uniform recheck at Camp Devens before the Boston parade. 26 000 men will receive new clothing and undergarments, with worn outfits discarded and inspections ensuring a spick and span appearance. The 19st Trench Mortar Battery demobilized, its members discharged and shipped to Maine or Boston. They saluted Captain James A. Walsh of Lewiston, Maine, as they departed.
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Edwrds
New England
Williams
Washington
Camp Devens
Boston
Sanitary Process Plant
George H. Schumacher
Y. D
19St Trench Mortar
Maine
James A. Walsh
Lewiston, Me
Mayfair Street
Roxbury
M E Churchmen Meet At Taunton
The New England Southern Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church opened its annual session in Taunton with anniversary observances and several addresses. Bishop Frederick D. Leete of Atlanta presided and led a daytime cabinet meeting with the three district superintendents J H Newland of New Bedford J Francis Cooper of Providence and George G Scrivener of Norwich.
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Taunton
New England Southern Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church
Frederick D. Leete
Atlanta
J. H. Newland
New Bedford
J. Francis Cooper
Providence
George G. Scrivener
Norwich
Greek honors for two American Red Cross nurses
Dr. Regina Flood Keyes of Buffalo and Dr. Mabel Flood of Elmira were decorated by the Greek government for service in Greek and Serbian military hospitals. They aided Serbian refugees at Go dena in Greece for over a year and led an institution in Monastir after Serbia’s liberation.
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Greece
New York
Regina Flood Keyes
Buffalo
Mabel Flood
Elmira
WN. Y
American Woman's Hospital
the Red Cross
Serbia
Godena
Monastir
Troop Transport Schedule Prompts Large Wartime Movements
War Department released detailed sailings for April convoys to New York. Units include the Ulia with Field Artillery and medical detachments, La Lorraine with South Carolina and Nebraska casuals, and the Aquitania ferrying major divisions and infantry detachments. Maritime movements also list 69 brides with troops and six with a naval contingent along with several hospital and ambulance units.
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Ulia
New York
328Th Field Artillery
la Lorraine
South Carolina
Nebraska
85Th Division
134Th Field Artillery
112Th Engineers
85Th Field Artillery
145Th Infantry
146Th Infantry
337Th Infantry
Bass
Army Ambulance Service
Frederick
Brest
el Oriante
Bordeaux
Virigo
la Pallice
Rochelle
Western Spirit
Newport News
Chincha
Baltimore
British Mission Imprisoned in Moscow
In the House of Commons today Under Secretary Harmsworth said the Bolshevik government arrested the British mission to the Caucasus last October and the men were imprisoned in Moscow. He noted they receive limited exercise and Red Cross supplied comforts with British government aid. Negotiations for exchange of all British and allied prisoners were under way.
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London
House of Commons
Harmsworth
Caucasus
Moscow
Red Cross
Burleson Must Meet Union Men
The New England Joint Council of Telephone Workers demands settlement of grievances via conferences between Postmaster General Burleson and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The union reps are labeled professional agitators by Burleson, but any deal must go through them.
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United States
Burleson
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Quincy House
New England Joint Council of Telephone Workers
Union Officials Meet to Address Burleson Clash in Boston
Boston telephone operators' union adjustment board, led by Mary E. June Mary E. Mahoney and Bridie Powers, returned from Washington after a long talk with Burleson. The group plans to report and discuss at the upcoming local meeting with Miss Julia S. O Connor arriving to outline possible actions.
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Burleson
Wilson
Buffalo
N. Y
Julia S. O'Connor
Washington
Boston
Inferno the Canadian Racehorse Euthanized at Ontario College
Inferno one of Canada's best race horses was put to death at the Ontario Veterinary College. Beginning in 1905 Inferno won many open events including the King Edward Hotel cup for three years in a row the Toronto cup the Queen's Hotel cup the Stanley Produce Stakes the Dominion Autumn handicap and the Durham cup twice. Skeleton sections will be preserved.
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Toronto
Inferno
Canada
Ontario Veterinary College
Zone plan sparks debate at Cambridge Board of Trade
Rep. Martin Hays of Brighton argued against the zone fare system, calling it economically unsound though he supports a flat fare. He spoke at Cambridge Board of Trade about his bill to bar the Boston Elevated Railway Company's zone fares.
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Martin Hays
Brighton
Cambridge Board of Trade
Hays Opposes Zone Fare Plan Amid Transit Debate
In a long address Mr Hays warned a zone system would depress real estate values as outer zones raise fares and inner zones densify. He noted Elevated trustees favor an inner two mile radius and argued only 20 percent would gain five cent fares. The meeting also discussed trackless buses for suburbs and election of Board of Trade officers.
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Hays
Boston City Hall
Gilbert A. A. Pevey
Transportation Committee
Elevated
Inx
Henry J. Mahoney
Janitor Receives Medal for Freeing Pigeon in Roxbury
Horace Tanner a colored janitor of 64 Williams Street Roxbury was awarded the Awarded for Humanity medal by the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals after he freed a pigeon entangled in string from a tree in Blackstone Square on March 17. He climbed the tree risking personal danger in front of bystanders.
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Horace Tanner
Williams Street
Roxbury
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Blackstone Square
Tanner
Rowley
May Prefer War Heroes
The House advanced two veteran preference bills to a third reading. Governor Coolidge's measure awards indefinite veteran priority in civil service exams, placing veterans at the head of the list. McKnight's bill would allow veterans to be hired without exams until July 1, 1920, after which an amendment for competitive exams was rejected 70 to 128.
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House of Representatives
Coolidge
McKnight
Senate
House
Waldek Zbyszko defeats Padlubnov in lengthy bout
Waldek Zbyszko beat Padlubnov of Russia when the opponent could not continue. Zbyszko scored the lone fall in 48 minutes 62 seconds after several toe holds failed. Péter Goulette of Providence and A. K. Birch of Norway wrestled 30 minutes with no fall.
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Lewiston
Waldek Zbyszko
Padlubnov
Zbyszko
Péter Goulette
Providence
A. K. Birch
Norway
Committee on British Unrest Completes Report
The committee appointed by the industrial conference and summoned by Premier Lloyd George has completed its report on labor unrest and the question of hours and wages. The document will be submitted shortly for consideration.
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London
Industrial Conference
Lloyd George
Conference committee backs far reaching workers reform report
A meeting of the conference on April 4 saw a committee with 60 employer representatives and 90 from trade unions endorse a report proposing broad reforms to worker conditions and labor relations. The unanimous adoption signals strong prospects for industrial peace ahead.
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French Republic
S. Pierce
CASCO
CLYDE
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Cluett, Peabody & Co, Inc
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M. E
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