Lengthen School Day Next Year
Boston school committee approves lengthening the high school day by 20 minutes to 85 periods per week to save costs. Plan maintains staff and shifts to seven periods, with 24 teaching periods for men and 22 for women. Stern overcrowding fixes include double sessions and intermediate high schools.
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Boston
Frank W. Ballou
William R. Snow
Myron W. Richardson
George W. Evans
Charlestown
Ballou
East Boston
English High
South Boston
West Roxbury
Hyde Park
Dorchester
German warships escort traders into Baltic ports
A Malmö dispatch to Politiken reports German traffic in the Baltic restored. Five German merchantmen arrived in Swedish harbors today escorted by a large squadron of German warships.
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London
Baltic
Malmo
Politike
Elevated asks for money aid from Boston Elevated Railway
The Boston Elevated Railway requests state aid and a commission to study actions to raise net revenue. Directors say current fares and transfers limit capital for tunnels and rapid transit, impossible to sell stock at par, and urge charter changes or fare increases to fund expansion and public duties.
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
McCall
Elevated
General Court
Public Service Commission of
Boston
Elevated line standoff leads to committee referral
General William A. Bancroft, president of the Elevated, refused to discuss the road's action last night. Members of the public service and transit commissions also declined to comment on the matter.
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Joint Committee On Rules
William A. Bancroft
Elevated
Public Service
Transit Commissions
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Store OF Progress
Public Service Commission
Transit Commission
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New York
Barry
Richard
Broadway
Harriman
Canney
Rearden
Paris
Kayser
Paris Point
Broidery
America
Germany
Fownes
Amsterdam
N. Y
Merrill
Niagara Maid
Oxford
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