Moonshine raid nets Salem suspect and still
Salem May 5 United States revenue officers arrested Samuel Forsyth of 43 Franklin street for operating a home made whiskey still found at his residence along with a quantity of whiskey Forsyth is 5 years old and an engineer by trade employed at the United Shoe Machinery Company plant at Beverly
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Salem
United States Revenue
Samuel Forsyth
Franklin Street
Forsyth
United Shoe Machinery Company
Beverly
Strikers Flee From Riot Gun
In Lawrence on May 5 thousands of textile workers fled as veterans of the Yankee Division used a machine gun mounted on a fast truck during a sortie. The expected violence of the 14th week of the strike did not occur.
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Lawrence
Cosgrove
O’brien
Veterans with machine gun quell strike riot at Gyrian corner
Early morning police faced a mob of hundreds at White and Oak in Gyrian when former F Company 101st Infantry veterans led by Sergeant Joe Casey deployed a mounted machine gun on a rear truck. The crowd dispersed in minutes under Inspector Lanen as officers swore in the veterans as special police.
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White
Oak Streets
Gyrian
F Company
101St Infantry
Joe'' Casey
Chateau Thierry
Belleau Wood
Lanen
Joe
Joseph Scanlon
Patrick McKenna
James Madden
Daniel Lorden
Battery c
O’brien
Leo Robbins
Metal Trades Meet in Hub Opens First Atlantic Federation
Nearly 200 delegates from Maine to Texas and the Great Lakes to the Gulf attend the first annual convention of the Atlantic Coast Gulf and Great Lakes Metal Trades Federation at Tremont Temple. Harry L. Murray of Philadelphia presides as two to three days of talks aim to protect workers’ yard interests. City Councillor Daniel J. McDonald welcomes delegates for Mayor Peters and invites them to a banquet at Hotel Brewster tomorrow night.
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Navy Yards
Maine
Texas
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf and Great Lakes
Daniel J. McDonald
Allied Printing Trades’ Council
Peters
Brewster
Post Blank Sets Path to New Job for Soldier
The Boston Post’s employment forms for returning soldiers expose the bureau’s reach as Private Albert A. Hamill of Cambridge sent a cutout form from France seeking a long desired position. Over 200 men, many from the 75th Division, applied for work yesterday, with many already placed.
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Boston Post
Bureau of Employment
W. S. Field
Labor Bureau
France
Albert A. Hamill
A. BE. F
Columbia Street
Cambridge
Hamill
Employment Bureau
Delegates Leave Today for Ameri can Legion Convention
Massachusetts delegates to the American Legion convention at St Louis will elect today their chairman for the three day event and caucus on May 8 9 and 10. The Bay State sends 36 fighters officers and men with representatives from all Yankee States. Colonel William H Dolan and Brigadier General E Leroy Sweetser are named as leading candidates for delegation chair.
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Massachusetts
American Legion
St. Louis
Missouri City
South Station
Bay State
William H. Dolan
Fitchburg
E. Leroy Sweetser
Everett
Barbers Across City Win Pay Increases
Boston barbers union reports widespread acceptance of a new wage scale effective yesterday. Master barbers expect higher prices but say few workers lost jobs as the union’s demand for 20 dollars per week was largely met, with earnings tied to chair receipts and a shortened working week withdrawn.
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James Donovan
Boston Barbers
Union 8
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