Protestant Churches News Items Summary
On Saturday a presentation service for Episcopal church schools in the Massachusetts diocese will be at the Cathedral Church of St Paul. George Egbert Wright will speak on Christianity the Community. Trinity Church Parents Association holds its annual meeting and exhibition tomorrow from 4 to 7 pm with the church school exhibit. Rev. John B. Moses speaks. Park Street Congregational Church pastor Rev A Z Conrad will discuss Bolshevism next Sunday night. Epworth Methodist Church Cambridge hosts a musical service of worship featuring works by Verdi Offenbach Titl Grieg Massanet Oberthur Saint Saens and Le Paloma by Yradier. Dudley Street Baptist Church Sunday School marks its centennial May 11 with a pageant and exercises. St Mark’s Lutheran Roxbury hosts a social tomorrow at p m organized by women of parish inviting members, friends, soldiers, and sailors. Rev Dr George A Gordon was installed as Old South Church pastor 35 years ago. Boston Sunday School Superintendents Union meets at Kingsley Hall next Monday night for a religious education convocation.
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Episcopal Church Schools
Massachusetts Diocese
Cathedral Church of
St. Paul
George Egbert Wright
Parents’ Association of
Trinity Church Parish
Church School
John
Moses
Epworth Methodist Church
Cambridge
Verdi
Offenbach
Titl
Grieg
Massanet
Oberthur
Saint- Saens
Yradier
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church of
Roxbury
Boston Sunday School Superintendents’ Union
Kingsley Hall
Y M C A. in France Under Criticism and Defense
New York May 6 George W Perkins chairman of the Y M C A finance committee released his official report as investigator into the overseas unit. He said the Y M C A undoubtedly made mistakes but it sought to answer every army call and did not sidestep any task it was asked to perform.
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Europe
France
New York
George W. Perkins
Young Men's Christian Association
Y M C A Overseas Workers Selection and Losses
Mr Perkins cites strict screening of 16 000 candidates with 40 000 sifted out and 1209 sent to Europe. last month in Europe 5693 men and 2657 women served. He notes 14 secretaries killed and 126 wounded, refutes profiteering claims, and lists vast canteen supplies handled in France including 2 000 000 cigarette packs and 60 000 000 jam cans.
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Perkins
New York
Europe
Y. M. Coynes
France
Greek Flag Under Fire by Italians at Athos
Reports from the Scarpanto Islands in the Aegean, via Crete, say Italian occupation troops tried to remove the Greek flag raised on Easter Day after Greece united with the Dodecanese. The village of Athos saw heroic resistance from women and elderly residents.
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Saloniki
Scarpanto Islands
Aegean Sea
Crete
Dodecanese Islands
Greece
Athos
Greek civilians and church figures harmed amid Italian actions
An elderly woman Panayimtakis and several women protecting the Greek flag were killed, a priest shot, and in Menetes three old men plus 60 women were starved out and forced to surrender. The archbishop of Scar panto reportedly wounded by Italian carabiners. A Greek sailing vessel near the Gas sos Islands reports fire on Arvanito hori and Harina, blocked by gunfire from approaching the scene.
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Panayimtakis
Menetes
Scarpanto
Gassos Islands
Arvanitohori
Harina
Refugee Greeks Seek Allied Protection in Saloniki
May 6 report from Saloniki notes Greeks from Strumnitza who have taken refuge here seek allied protection. The evacuees arrived amid ongoing turmoil as authorities assess safety, with refugees awaiting guidance on status and assistance.
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Saloniki
Strumnitza
Dear Miss Champagne Dances and a Distant Promise
A 28 year old woman and a man five years older kept company four years with monthly outings and Sundays calls. He refused to take her to a dance, suggested she find another partner, and blamed her for wanting to go. The adviser doubts his commitment, notes he may be trying to quit, and urges that she should not blame herself for seeking entertainment.
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Miss Champagne
Oliver B Quinby of Brockton Dead
Oliver B Quinby treasurer of Stacy Adams Company for 43 years dies of pneumonia in Brockton at home in his 78th year. He served as treasurer since the firm’s 1876 founding and was a well known figure in New England shoe trade.
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Brockton
Oliver B. Quinby
Stacy, Adams Company
New England
Quinby
20 Years for Killing Baby Who Disturbed Sleep
Edward Lawton of Albany was sentenced to 25 years for first degree manslaughter after confessing he shook a 6 month old baby who cried, disturbing his sleep, causing the infant's neck to break.
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Albany
Edward Lawton
Lawton
Note to leaders over Strumnitza cruelties request
A note to President Wilson Premier Lloyd George and Greek PM Venizelos urges them to stop Italy from repeating Bulgarian cruelties in Strumnitza. It notes many Greek youths from Strumnitza joined the Greek army and shed blood for civilization and the union of Strumnitza with Greece.
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Wilson
Lloyd George
Great Britain
M. Venizelos
Italy
Strumnitza
Greece
Man Arrested After Damaging Victory Loan Poster on Shawmut Ave
Rudolph Laum, described as Teutonic by police, chased by witnesses, crushed a Victory Loan poster on Shawmut Avenue and West Canton Street yesterday afternoon. He was arrested by Dedham Street station officers, released on $200 bail, and to appear in Municipal Court on malicious mischief charges. Daum is a locksmith with a Shawmut Avenue shop.
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Shawmut Avenue
West Canton Street
Rudolph Laum
Dedham Street
Faum
Montgomery Street
Tly
Daum
Davison Elected President of Canadian Club Boston
Freeman J. Davison was elected president of the Canadian Club of Boston at the annual meeting in City Club. Plans were made to recruit 20 resident members and 5000 non-residents. Malcolm Green Wilfred R. Wilson Frederick J. Macleod Robert N. Davy Samuel Usher Jr. were elected officers, with Davison a West Roxbury banker succeeding D C Coleman.
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Canadian Club of
Boston
City Club
Freeman J. Davison
Davison
D. ¢. Coleman
Malcolm Green
Wilfred R. Wilson
Frederick J. Macleod
Robert N. Davy
Samuel Usher, Jr
West Roxbury
Override of Salisbury Beach bill and other measures
The House rejected a Salisbury Beach secession bill 146 to 68 after a Senate tie was broken by President McKnight in favor. A judiciary committee proposal creates a three member commission including Harvard and Boston University law deans to study court practices, with report due January 1920 and $9000 allowed for expenses. Ways and Means opposed a 50 cent per hour minimum wage for scrub women. The Pilgrim Tercentenary Committee land and improvements in Plymouth were amended to reflect Provincetown as the first landing site and then engrossed without opposition.
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House of Representatives
Salisbury Beach
Salisbury
Senate
McKnight
Judiciary Committee
Commonwealth
Harvard Law School
Boston University Law School
Committee On Ways and Means
Plymouth
Provincetown
Smith
Metropolitan affairs shape Cambridge esplanade uptake and rail finance
A favorable committee report backs acquiring the Cambridge esplanade by the Metropolitan Park Commission. It also supports querying the Boston Elevated Railway Company for a financial statement covering control date and January 1919, plus related data. Taxation panel advances a bill to raise broker and bond dealer income tax deductions. Public service panel opposes revaluation and capital reduction for the Boston Elevated Railway. Joint judiciary reports no action on monopolies in fire extinguishers.
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Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Cambridge Esplanade
Metropolitan Park Commission
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Committee On Taxation
Committee On Public Service
Boston Plevated Railway Company
Joint Judiciary Committee
Sea Bird steam trawler joins Boston fleet in commission
The Sea Bird of the East Coast Fisheries Company will be placed in commission with builders' trials off Cape Elizabeth then proceed to the fishing grounds on her first voyage tomorrow. I M Taylor presides over a 200 strong business party from New York Boston Philadelphia Cleveland and Pittsburg. Governor Milliken and Mayor Clark attend with a luncheon after a demonstration of how fish are caught.
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Boston
Sea Bird
East Coast Fisheries Company
Cape Elizabeth
I. M. Taylor
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Milliken
Maine
Clark
Portland
Mra Taylor
Hospital ships bound for Portland headline details
Information from Portland Maine reports that the British hospital ship Essequibo will arrive May 11 with about 0 wounded Canadian soldiers aboard. The White Star Dominion liner Megantic will leave Liverpool for Portland on May 4 with 1000 convalescent Canadians.
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Portland
Essequibo
Megantic
Liverpool
Demand American Ships Be Built by Americans
A unanimous resolution of the Atlantic Coast Gulf and Great Lake Metal Trades Federation adopted at its first annual convention at Tremont Temple urges Congress to enact laws ensuring shipbuilding is done by American craftsmen in the United States. Delegates warn that plans target Japan and other nations with cheaper labor for future contracts. The piece notes a Victory bond as an investment in world peace.
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Atlantic Coast
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A. Z. Conrad
Park Street Congregational Church
Dudley Street Baptist Church
George A. Gordon
Old South Church
Ees
Pho
Welch
Welch Grape Jule Company
Field, New York
Broad St
Grapelade Sundae West
Lowney
Lowney’s Chocolates
Capes Dolmans
Avon
Washington St
Liggett
Mildred Champagne
Hull
Quebec
Louis Forget
Namur
LaBelle County
Ambrose Forget
Little Range
the Pops
Symphony Hall
Saint-Saens
van Westerhout
Ponchielli
Mademoiselle Modiste
Herbert Reve Angelique
Anc Ae
Pha
Esa A
Wheele
R &G
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