Mastercraft Film Show At Medford Theatre May 10
Medford welcomed its heroes as Mastercraft filmed the celebratory event at the Medford Theatre on Saturday evening. Despite adverse weather, the pictures were clear and sharp proving Mastercraft workmanship. The big film production work begins at Filmland City with Mastercraft shares set to rise to 20 dollars. An institute for dramatic motion picture acting will open in a few weeks at Filmland City.
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Medford
Mastercraft
Medford Theatre
Big Lynn
Waldorf Theatre
Lynn
Filmland City
Bazaar Ball for Floating Hospital at Copley Plaza
The Southern Club of Boston will host a dance and bazaar at the Copley Plaza on Saturday night May 17 to benefit the Boston Floating Hospital. Cabaret includes Al Jolson and Miss Priscilla Van Dyne Sweetser with other stage favorites. a phonograph raffle and candy booths from local manufacturers.
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Boston Floating Hospital
Southern Club of
Boston
Copley Plaza
al Jolson
Sinbad’’ Company
Priscilla
van Dyne Sweetser
Maude Adams
Cinderella
Priscilla van Dyne Sweetser
Floating Hospital
War reminiscences from New England division story series
A World War veteran recounts experiences from a New England division, detailing a tireless march to Chateau Thierry, a shell that killed Sergeant John Meehan, fighting in Vaux, and the seven days of bombardment. He recalls St Mihiel, prisoner-taking frays with Austrians, and the odd humor amid danger before returning to New York on February 15.
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Post
New England
Daily
Sunday Post
Chateau Thierry
John Meehan
Vaux
St. Mihiel
Frank Mahoney
Lane
Tom Lane
Tom
Mahoney
Tom Gartland
H Company
Mike O’p Donoghue
Mike
Hannonville
Sam Kingston
Wadeville
God’s Own Country
New York
Convicted Mural Murderers Named In Liebknecht Luxemburg Case
In Berlin on May 14 three men were court-martialed for the deaths of Dr Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. Runge the Hussar received two years in prison and four years of civil rights deprivation. Lieut Kurt Vogel got two years in prison and four months under arrest and dismissed. Lieut Rittmann was sentenced to six weeks under arrest. Others tried were acquitted.
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Berlin
Karl Liebknecht
Rosa Luxemburg
Hussar
Runge
Kurt Vogel
Itdeutenant Rittmann
Kolchak Said to Have Captured Samara
Berne May 15 Kolchak forces claimed to have captured Samara on the Volga River according to the Ukrainian Press Bureau.
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Kolchak
Samara
Berne
American War Casualties Revised by War Department
Revised figures released by the War Department show total American expeditionary force casualties at 286,044. Battle deaths are 48,909 and wounded total 237,135, with about 7,000 double counted due to repeated injuries.
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Washington
War Department
Batt
Renee
Casualties by divisions announced with prisoner losses returned
Casualties by divisions and the losses of each division in prisoners were announced, noting they are no longer counted as casualties because those prisoners have returned to their commands. The statement clarifies the retroactive adjustment of casualty figures.
Textile workers seek 15 percent wage rise nation wide
May 15 Mass meeting in Fall River hears John Golden of New York, president of United Textile Workers of America, demand a 15 percent wage increase for all textile manufacturers nationwide to take effect May 26 and run to April 1920. Notices sent to all locals and the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers already informed.
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Fall River
John Golden
New York
United Textile Workers of America
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
Railroad Y M C A Seeks 150000 Members
The Boston and Maine railroad department of the Y M C A plans a continental membership drive beginning Monday. The goal is 150,000 members across the United States and Canada, with Boston quota set at 1000. Campaign runs one week. officers include J. H. Hustis as New England chairman, F. M. Manning as district campaign director, Wehne De Woodman as secretary, and Carl B. Smith as district treasurer.
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Boston & Maine Railroad Department
Bates Hall
United States
Canada
Boston
J. H. Hustis
Federal District
New England Railroads
New England
Tristrict
F. M. Manning
Wehne de Woodman
Carl B. Smith
Mastercraft to distribute The One Woman in Canada profit share
Yesterday in New York Mastercraft president and Select Pictures chief arranged favorable Canada distribution for The One Woman. Foreign rights to the film are highly valuable and will be sold after peace documents are signed. The picture, produced in the West during Filmland Studios construction, marks the first profit sharing Mastercraft release funded by popular subscription. Visitors are welcome to see this sample of Mastercraft workmanship and to note the next profit sharing film planned for June at Filmland City in Mastercraft Studios.
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New York
Mastercraft
Lewis J. Selznick
Select Pictures Corporation
Canada
West
Filmland Studios
Filmland City
Birth of a Nation and The One Woman tied by Dixon mastermind
The Birth of a Nation earned great returns with every $100 invested yielding $3000. Both Birth of a Nation and The One Woman were filmed from super stories by Thomas Dixon, the same driving force behind the project.
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Thomas Dixon
Scheidemann appeals to British over peace terms
Berlin May 15 Philipp Scheidemann German chancellor issues appeal via Daily Herald labor newspaper to British people. He says the peace conditions place Germany in an appalling position and urges England not to force Germany to sign away its birth right and Europe’s peace in its hour of weakness.
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Philipp Scheidemann
Berlin
Daily Herald
Germany
Europe
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