Opposed 10 Phone Strike Discussed by New England Council
At the New England Joint Council of Telephone Workers meeting in Boston delegates spoke against tying up the region’s telephones. No official strike notice was received from James P. Noonan, acting president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, so no action was recorded. If local operators and mechanics refuse to obey a strike order, a major labor fight feared in years could erupt, with reports that President Noonan may withdraw charters from about 0 locals.
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New England
Neonan
Brotherhood
Labor Wants Public Library Trustee
After a Boston Central Labor Union conference Mayor Peters agrees to summon all municipal contractors to urge payment of outside prevailing wage rates. Agent Jennings says the mayor will press contractors to meet union wage requirements on city work and seeks to limit non citizen workers where feasible. Jennings and Moriarty plan to press for a labor representative on the library and city hospital boards.
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Boston Central Labor Union
Peters
Agent Jennings
Messrs. Jennings
Moriarty
Public Library
City Hospital
Memorial Day Sermon Reframes Day With World Mission
Rev Dr A Z Conrad at Park Street Church redefines Memorial Day as a global observance. He says his chief hero Theodore Roosevelt has died and the day should honor broader public life beyond local memory.
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A. Z. Conrad
Park Street
Theodore Roosevelt
Conrad
Rain Delays Boston Cone Tax Protest Meeting
Rain disrupted a mass protest on Boston Common against a one cent luxury tax on ice cream cones and sandwiches. Mrs Walter A Buckley, president of the Civics and Political Records Club, postponed the gathering until next Sunday at the same hour.
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Boston Common
Walter A. Buckley
Civics and Political Records Club
Treasury Department
Day and Night Meetings Rally to End Ice Cream Cone Tax
Citizens across New England press for abolition of the ice cream cone tax. Boston Post petitions flood in, with letters from Melrose Mayor Charles H. Adams and others urging Congress to repeal the tax. signatures pour in from Salem and other towns as Boy Scouts and civic groups organize nightly and daytime efforts.
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Boston
Congress
New
Charles H. Adams
Melrose
Boston Post
Trousers for Little Girls
Skirts fall from favor for young girls as smocks and trousers become the summer standard in American children’s wear. The practical outfits pair short smocks with knee-length chambray trousers, sandals, and socks, featuring plaid collar or hems, reflecting a shift toward boylike dress for girls up to age ten.
Retreats at Blessed Gabriel Monastery in June
Three retreats will be held at Blessed Gabriel Monastery Brighton from June 6 to 9, June 13 to 16, and June 20 to 23. The final session targets young men. Arranged by Father George, Co. P., the retreat director.
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Blessed Gabriel Monastery
Passionist Fathers
Brighton
Father George, Co. P
Boston Carpenters Strike Reaches 2100 as Wage Demands Grow
Over 1600 mill carpenters in Boston and surrounding areas will strike for $1 an hour, bringing total carpenters out to about 2100. Other unions meet to discuss higher wages and back pay while firms signed to union scales resume work. Local 441 blacksmiths, City Men's Union 149, Leather Handlers, and Moulders Local 106 hold meetings to press wage gains amid rising living costs. A new Boston union of railway express drivers plans a Thursday meeting to organize 500 to 600 members formerly with a company controlled group.
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Boston
Phete Hyprevety, Union
Elks
Hayward Lace
Dunbar, Peters
Harvard
Suffolk Engraving
Readville
International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and Helpers
Washington Street
City Men's Union 149
Public Works Department
Leather Handlers’ Union
Boot and Shoe Workers, Local 808
Wells Memorial Building
Moulders’ Union
Nick Smith
Boston Union of Railway Express
Tocal 588
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs and Helpers of America
Carpenters Strike Hits Hanover Street Headquarters
Mill carpenters must report to the Hanover Street Carpenters' District Council headquarters for checkups under a new strike card index system. This marks the city’s largest strike wave in years, following 1460 quits ten days ago after the initial order. Mill workers had not been called then, hoping an outside-strike settlement would include them. Over $25,000 was reportedly raised in assessments to fund the strike.
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Hanover Street
Carpenters’ District Council
Election on Wednesday in Boston Typographical Union 18
The annual election of Boston Typographical Union 18 will be held Wednesday at Homestead Hall 724 Washington street with hotly contested races. President candidates are Joseph J. Dallas and Sylvester J. McBride, others seek seats on the board of auditors and executive committees. Polls run 12 noon to 2 pm and 4 30 to 6 30 pm.
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Boston
Typographical Union
Homestead Hall
Washington Street
Joseph J. Dallas
Sylvester J. McBride
Dallas
New England
International Typographical Union
Fred H. Harwood
John C. Battis
James M. Godkin
David A. Ramsay
Board of Auditors
Book and Job Branch
Massachusetts State Branch
A. F. of
Labor union merger forms new Allied Building Trades unit
After four years a merger of the Allied Building Trades and Boston Building Trades, A F of L, was completed yesterday at 30 Hanover street. The new organization operates under a charter of the Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor. A conference will be held with trustees and executives of the Bat on Elevated Street Railway and the Boston Car Men's Union to push for a 6 hour day and a wage of 72 1 2 cents per hour as demands of members. Western Electric employees are also mentioned in the dispatch.
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Allied Building Trades
E Boston Building Trades
A. F. of L
Hanover Street
Gala Trades’ Department
American Eperation of Labor
Baton Elevated Street Railway Company
Boston Car Men’s Union
Western Piectric
Noonan's Hair Petrole Ad Promotes Scalp Health
An advertisement touts Noonan's Hair Petrole to treat dying thinning hair and dandruff. It promises clearer scalp and healthier hair after a few applications, with barbers and female stylists endorsing it. Priced at 15 cents per application or $1.00 per bottle, sold by T Noonan & Sons in Boston and via druggists and stores.
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Noonan
T. Noonan & Sons
Portland St
Boston
Mass
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