Camel hair padding boosts Amrad studio sound quality
Camel hair and felt padding thickened the Amrad station studio walls in Medford Hillside to reduce echoes. The system, installed at a cost near 000, uses layers of camel hair felt and burlap held by wooden strapping to absorb reflections and clarify tones for broadcasts heard by large crowds at Temple Mishkan Tefila and other venues.
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Amrad
Medord
E Amrad
Medford
Mittee
Wew Street
Elm Hill Avenue
Sbury
Boston
Shepard
Phn Shepard
Cox
Clars
Kenectady
Newark
Pittsburg
Oeset
Evening Pops Concert At Symphony Hall Program
Tonight's programme features Chopin Morning Nocturnes and Blue Danube by Strauss Verdi Scenes Pittoreque Massenet Fete Boheme Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise Doppler Fantaisie Arthur Brooke vonic Dance Dvorak Solennelle 1912 Tchaikovsky Honeymoon Wagner selections by Mrs Gulesian and Mr Lohengrin Signed notes indicate a varied classical lineup.
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Symphony Hall
Strauss
Massenet
Angelus
Doppler
Arthur Brooke Vonic
Dvorak
Tachaikovsky
M. Gulesian
Proper Antenna Protection Against Lightning Hazards
The article warns that poorly installed antennas can attract lightning charges causing fires or damaging radios. It cites the National Board of Fire Underwriters protective rules and recommends grounded gaps or vacuum arresters for receiving stations. It notes five inch clearance of current parts from walls and low risk for interior or roof-adjacent outdoor antennas.
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National Board of Fire Underwriters
Poppies Sold At Fast Rate During Poppy Week Drive
Volunteers for the Veterans of Foreign Wars canvassed Boston selling imitation poppies to fund a disabled veterans service bureau. State Commander John L. MacDonald could not state total collected. About 300 volunteers expected today at the State House auditorium. 200 U S Veterans Bureau girls to work a half holiday selling poppies. 900 poppies sold at Fenway Park to a crowd of 1000.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Boston
John L. MacDonald
State House
U. S. Veterans’ Bureau
New England Conservatory of Music
Fenway Park
Young Unitarians Elect Officers at 26th Annual Meeting
Delegates of the Young People's Religious Union of the Unitarian Church met at First Parish Church Harvard Square for the 26th annual convention. President Chester R. Allen reported the past year as most successful on record. Officers elected include President Albert Pollard Brookline Treasurer Arthur White Boston Secretary Adeline Pfleghaar Boston Vice Presidents Sanford Bates Boston E Percival Wetz el Los Angeles Miss Margaret S Boynton Buffalo Frederick West Evanston Ill Warry Haines New York Homer Kyle Lincoln Neb Directors include Chester R Allen Boston Robert S Daw s Cambridge the Rev H E B Speight Boston Miss Evelyn Monteith Jamaica Plain Arthur L Palmer Boston and Harry Mee Glenen Dorchester.
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Young People’s Religious Union of the
Unitarian Church
First
Harvard Square
Chester R. Allen
Albert Pollard
Brookline
Arthur White
Boston
Adeline Pfleghaar
Sanford Bates
E. Percival Wetzel
Los Angeles
Margaret
Bells of Beaujolais presented by Normal School clubs
Music and Dramatic Clubs of the Normal School staged Bells of Beaujolais a musical comedy at the Girls Latin School Hall to aid the Normal School paper Torch. The first operetta by the school followed May day festivities including a Maypole dance and a school bazaar that raised funds.
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Boston Normal School
College Radio Score Event at Philomathela Lawn Party
The Philomathela Club of Boston College hosts an afternoon and evening lawn party featuring an inning by inning radio score of the University of Vermont–Boston College game. Vermont and BC radio clubs provide sending and receiving stations with broadcasts from Medford Schenectady and Pittsburg. Proceeds fund the BC Philomathela Club scholarship.
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University of Vermont-Boston
Philomatheta Club
Vermont College Radio Club
B. C
Medford
Schenectady
N. Y
Pittsburg
Daniel J. Lynch
Vincent P. Roberts
John F. Witzgerald
Grace Kerivan
Madeline Collins
Dorchester
Philomathela Club
Boston College
Funeral Services for Father O Neil
The Rev. Fr. Thomas J. O Neil, curate at St Monicas Church South Boston who died at Carney Hospital after a brief illness was buried yesterday in Newburyport. Services were held at St Monicas on Dorchester Street with many clergymen from Boston area churches in attendance.
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Thomas J. O’neil
St. Monica's Church
South Boston
Carney Hospital
Newburyport
St. Monica's
Dorchester Street
Boston
Discharge planned for Haverhill fire horses Fred and Buster
Fred and Buster the last two fire horses in Haverhill will receive honorable discharges and join the Reserve Corps after delivery of a new 15 000 dollar motor aerial truck. Fire Chief Gordon and Alderman Bartlett propose pension style posts, while drivers Moody and Twombly praise Fred as the department’s wisest animal.
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Haverhill
Fred
Buster
Ira Moody
Reserve Corps
Department
Albert L. Bartlett
Public Safety
John B. Gordon
Central Fire Station
Essex Street
Fred Twombly
Moody
Twombly
Commonwealth
Fire Department
Central Fire House
Riverside
Nantasket Season Opens At Paragon Park Today
Nantasket marks the 1922 summer season with Paragon Park opening at 1 PM today. Palm Gardens starts without a cabaret for the first time, replacing it with a small theatre and weekly-changing musical show as Prohibition ends cabaret entertainment. The park will operate daily from today through Labor Day with all amusements open.
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Nantasket
Paragon Park
Palm Gardens
Green Hill
Jagon
Paragon
Yenne Gardens
Caballen
New England
Move to Block Statler Hotel Move to Block Statler Hotel
The Supreme Court is asked in equity to restrain the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad from selling Park Square land to the Tatler Hotel Company Inc of New York. Preferred Underwriters Inc and Bostonia Inc file the bill, asking also to bar State Street Trust Co from delivering a deed held for sale. An order of notice returnable June 2 was issued with a preliminary injunction hearing set for next Friday.
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Supreme Court
Equity
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Park Square
Tatler Hotel Company, Inc
New York
Preferred Underwriters, Inc
Bostonia, Inc
State Street Trust Company
Switzer Pleads Guilty in Hollister Larceny Case
Floyd R. Switzer pleaded guilty to three counts of larceny in a case involving 85 counts tied to the Hollister White Company brokers. He was held on $10,000 bail awaiting disposition.
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Floyd R. Switzer
Hollister, White Company, Brokers
Mrs Viney Recovers After Pink Pills Help Tremors
Mrs Mary Viney of 28 Brattle Street Portland Maine describes two years of nervous trembling dizziness and sour stomach. After trying other medicines she used Dr Williams Pink Pills and within a week felt improvement with tremors gone and digestion restored. Drugstore price 60 cents.
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Mary Viney
Brattle Street
Portland
Dr. Williams
Women Voters Endorse Sheppard-Towner Bill Stand
The Massachusetts League of Women Voters reaffirmed support for the Sheppard-Towner bill at its annual meeting at 585 Boylston Street. If constitutional, they urge Massachusetts to accept it. if unconstitutional, lawmakers should fund maternity and infancy care from the state treasury.
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Massachusetts League of Women Voters
Massachusetts
Boylston Street
Massachusetts League of Women Voters selects leaders and endorses armament reductions
The group backed a resolution to outlaw war and sought alliance with state and national armament reduction bodies. It urged chaperones for dancing halls and protections for licensed venues, while calling for higher music standards. Marion Weston Cottle proposed a voter canvass for primaries and fall elections. New president Mrs. Arthur G. Rotch succeeded Mrs. George R. Fearing Jr.. first and second vice presidents named as Mrs. Herbert J. Guerney and Mrs. Roland G. Hopkins.
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League
State Council
National League of Women Voters
National Council
Marion Weston Cottle
Arthur G. Rotch
Massachusetts League of Women Voters
George R. Fearing, Jr
Herbert J. Guerney
Roland G. Hopkins
Lewis K. Snyder
Joseph A. McCord
Mabel
Massachusetts League of Women‘ Voters
Ladies Headquarters Meeting Closes After Extended Session
Mrs George W Perkins resigned as manager at yesterday's meeting which extended through today. Mrs Augustus Gillespie, Mrs Augustus Hemenway, Mrs Thomas H Logan and Mrs George R Fearing Jr hosted the 7 delegates at her home on Beacon Street for the annual gathering.
Cusack Sues Pharmacist Over Jamaica Ginger Drink
Mrs Annie Cusack seeks 10000 damages from Charles W Lowe pharmacist at 83 Main St Charlestown alleging Jamaica ginger sold by Lowe intoxicated her husband and caused abuse of her and children. Plaintiffs include four minors Elizabeth Alice R John R Frederick residing with parents at 8 Frothingham Ave. Charlestown. Lowe contends the ginger was sold as medicine not drink and any intoxication came from other sources.
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Jamaica
Annie Cusack
Charles W. Lowe
Main Street
Charlestown
Cor
Elizabeth
Alice R
John R
Frederick
Frothingham Avenue
Charlestown. Mr. Lowe
Cusack
Parents seek missing eight year old Patrick
The McKeons of 271 West Fourth Street South Boston enlist police help to find their eight year old son Patrick who vanished from a ward at City Hospital where he was recovering from double arm fractures. They appeal to the public for aid after four days with little information.
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Patrick McKeon
West Fourth Street
South Boston
Paterick
City Hospital
Death Car Driver Freed After Inquest
In Plymouth on May 6 a car crash near Marshfield killed Thomas McEvoy of Brockton. John P. Owens faced manslaughter and reckless driving charges but a judge freed him after the inquest found no criminality.
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Plymouth
Harry B. Davis
3Rd District Court
Thomas McEvoy
Brockton
Marshfield
Third District
John P. Owens
Kane
Owens
Eight Die in Grasselli Chemical Plant Blasts
Eight men were killed and three injured in a sequence of explosions at the Grasselli Chemical Company plant in Sinnamahoning Pennsylvania. The blasts destroyed three loading houses and parts of the main building. Further details on cause are not provided.
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Sinnamahoning
Grasselli Chem Ca
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