State and City Officials Attend Army and Navy Memorial Services
Nearly 2000 persons including navy marine corps veterans and women auxiliaries attended the annual memorial field service at Charlestown navy yard yesterday afternoon. Rev Herbert S Johnson urged against reducing army and navy forces and said we must get ready for self defense.
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Army and Navy
Navy
Marine Corps
Army
Veterans’ Organizations
Charlestown Navy Yard
Herbert S. Johnson
Navy Yard
Charlestown
Rior
Army and Navy Union
Memorial services and parade honor Army Navy dead in Charlestown
A May ceremony under Army and Navy Union and Greater Boston churches groups drew Mayor Curley and state dignitaries. A 5000-strong parade led by Lt Col Walter C. Sweeney passed Charles town streets before services. Rev W W Deckard presided with hymns led by Rev Earl E Harper. sermon by Dr Johnson urged preparedness and warned against German threat. Taps and Star Spangled Banner closed the event.
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Army and Navy Union of the United States
Greater Boston
American Legion
Boy Scouts
W. W. Deckard
First Free Baptist Church of
Roxbury
Federation
Ernest H. Tippett
Johnson
Germany
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Atlantic
G. A. Barrow
St. Luke’s Church
Chelsea
Tugboat Crew Held on Smuggling Charges in New York
Captain George Forsyth and seven crew members of the tug William C. Bickle were detained on conspiracy to smuggle contraband into the United States. The vessel had been seized off New London, Connecticut, and the crew arrived in New York under customs escort.
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New York
George Forsyth
William C. Bickle
United States
New London
Conn
Terms Offered to End Textile Strike by One Big Union
Lawrence May 2 Officials of the One Big Union state settlement terms for the 15 000 mill hands strike. Restorations of 22 1 2 percent from December 1920, wage cuts barred, no discrimination, OBUs recognition, union consultation, and time and a half for overtime. Terms adopted by strikers and endorsed at a mass meeting.
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Lawrence
One Big Union
Ben Legere
Madden Arrest Ends Three Year Larceny Case
William F. Madden once of Charlestown, who fled after a 1918 larceny arrest, was captured in the South End by Inspectors Mulry and Mitchell and will appear before a Superior Criminal Court judge today.
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William F. Madden
Charlestown
Haif
South End
Mulry and
Mitchell
Superior Criminal Court
Woman's Party Builds National Headquarters Opp Capitol
The National Woman's party dedicated its new building opposite the Capitol with a cornerstone laying. Mrs. O H P Belmont of New York raised the banner and proclaimed the aim to propel women into politics. President Harding planned to attend but canceled last minute, sending regrets to Mrs. Battelle.
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Washington
National Woman's Party
Capitol
United States
O. H. P. Belmont
New York
Harding
John Gordon Battelle
Parochial School Pupils Parade in May Procession
Several hundred students from St. Raphael's and St. Catherine's parochial schools joined a May procession. Girls wore white and bright sashes while boys carried banners. Four girls bore a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and others formed tableaux of Faith Hope and Charity. The march started in Hyde Park and ended at the Church of the Most Precious Blood with a wreath placed on the Mary statue.
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St. Raphael’s
St. Catherine's
Hyde Park
Church of the Most Precious Blood
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