Cambridge School Board Demands Explanation from Dr Eliot
Cambridge school board voting to send a letter to Dr Charles W Eliot president emeritus of Harvard University to explain a remark about Irish Catholics. Six of seven board members are Irish Catholics.
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Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Cambridge
Eliot
Edward W. Quinn
Dr. Eliot
Charles F. J. McCue
McCue
Quinn
Nora J. Driscoll
Eliot questioned over remarks on Miss Baldwin memorial vote
A Boston paper quoted Dr. Eliot making an alleged remark about Miss Maria Baldwin at a Twentieth Century Club meeting for a Cambridge grammar school memorial. The City Board debated the remark, resolved to seek proof or an apology, and tabled action pending Eliot’s response.
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Boston
Eliot
Twentieth Century Club
League of Women For
Maria L. Baldwin
Agassiz Grammar School
Cambridge
Miss Baldwin
James 8
Cassedy
Massachusetts
Dr. Eliot
Randolph in Wild Uproar at Two Town Meeting
March 27 Randolph, a shoe town, saw a wildly unruly meeting with graft accusations aimed at town officials. Citizens cheered a call to replace paid officials with an unpaid 380 member committee as a $40 tax rate sparked fury among about half of the 4500 resident population gathered at the town hall. Peter Hart, representing the committee of 59, urged action saying the town is run poorly.
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Randolph
Committee of 59
Peter Hart
Fox hosts reporters on tour of New York film plant
William Fox entertained Boston Providence and Springfield newspaper writers for three days as they toured the Fox Film plant in New York. Vivian Moses and H F Campbell led the visit to the facility on Tenth Avenue between Fifty fifth and Fifty sixth streets. The plant claims to reproduce an entire motion picture production within its walls including the classic film Over the Hill.
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William Fox
Boston
Providence
Springfield
Vivian Moses
H. F. Campbell
Fox Boston
Fox Film Plant
Tenth Avenue
Fifty-fifth
Fifty-sixth Streets
New York
World’s Largest Lab Converts Film to Screens Weekly
On the ground floor stands the world’s largest film lab where camera negatives are processed into finished film. It can produce 8,600,000 feet of footage per week and uses 10 tons of WWypo weekly in the developing rooms. Processes are intricate and not easily described by a layman.
Behind the Lab Five Projection Rooms Hold Films
Near the laboratory, steel vaults store millions of feet of film in labeled cans with safety interlocks. Five large projection rooms let directors view the fruits of their labor and finalize their work.
Fox Studio Tour Reveals Wall Street Set for Shackles of Gold
Guests tour the studio where a Wall Street Stock Exchange replica rises on stage for William Farnum's Shackles of Gold. Director Herbert Brenon energizes actors including Griffith and Farnum while Myrtle Bonillas impresses as leading lady. Charles Richman shares Hollywood anecdotes with Barbara Castleton.
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Wall Street Stock Exchange
William Farnum
Herbert Brenon
Mr. Farnum
Griffith
Brenon
Hollywood
Viaduct Plan Near Back Bay Aimed at Traffic Relief
City Councilor James A. Watson proposed a viaduct over the Boston and Albany freight and passenger yard from Exeter street and Huntington avenue to Boylston street opposite Gloucester street. The project would extend Stuart street and widen Elliot street to create a direct South Station to Boylston street route, pending mayoral cost approval and with planning board backing.
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Boston & Albany R. R
Exeter Street
Huntington Avenue
Boylston Street
Gloucester Street
James A. Watson
Stuart Street
Elliot Street
South Station
City Planning Board
Office and projection room of William Fox described
On the second floor the office of William Fox, founder of Fox Film Company, is paneled in early English oak with Victorian furnishings. A adjacent private projection room lets Fox view every foot of finished film, where shadows on screen symbolize dreams realized in his career.
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Fox Film Company
William Fox
Mr. Fox
Fox News Floor Feature Mirrors Great Paper Rooms
A bi weekly motion picture news reel Fox News sits on this floor. It follows editorial room lines with a managing editor city editor and assistant city editor. Cameramen and reporters cover the globe.
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Fox News
Globe
The Casting Director and the Hopeful Actors
A casting director reviews thousands of photographs and interviews dozens of applicants for upcoming productions. Among them are aging former matinee idols in worn attire, whose lingering ambitions meet a wall of rejection as the clerk declares no roles available.
Behind the Screen at Studio with Vast Production Capacity
The top floor houses dressing rooms for 100 players and two stages for seven simultaneous productions. Electric gear includes eight intensified light arcs with 800,000 candle power capacity.
Mayor Talks to Students at Boston University Law School
Mayor Curley addressed the Democratic Club at Boston University Law School praising ex President Wilson as vision giver. He criticized the Four Power Pact as lacking safeguards and said democracy looks bright with the women vote, calling women the soul of American politics and democracy prioritizing human elements over dollars.
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New England
Curley
Democratic Club
Boston University Law School
Wilson
America
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Garment Dyeing
Buy Diamond Dyes and follow the simple directions for guaranteed success even if you have never dyed before. Worn dresses coats and draperies can become like new, with no streaks spots fades or runs.
Wakefield Rejects Sale of Municipal Lighting Plant
Wakefield voters rejected selling the town lighting plant to Malden and Melrose Gas Light Co after a heated campaign. The referendum failed to reach the needed two-thirds majority with 1489 in favor and 1299 opposed, leaving the town to continue operating its own plant.
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Wakefield
Malden and Melrose Gas Light Company
Jobless War Veterans Placed in Greater Boston Drive
Out of 500 unemployed ex servicemen who applied at the American Legion employment bureau yesterday morning only 50 were placed at work. Reports from cities in Greater Boston indicate some veterans have been given jobs despite the drive’s efforts begun over a week ago.
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American Legion Employment Bureau
Boston
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Charles F. Hurley
Brooks
Jessie W. Brooks
Hurley Sid
Francis J. Roche
Mfor
Bigelow, Kennard & Co. Inc
Washington Street
Monize
Japan
B. A
MR. Fox’s
N. E
Cfirfovey Co
Perrin
Milady
V.perrin
Hovey’s
Big Dromedary
T’s
the Hills Brothers Company
State Street
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