Two Sponsors Send Destroyers Down Way
In a historic ceremony at Fore River, the destroyer Gillis was launched with two sponsors, Miss Helen Irving Murray and Mrs. Josephine T. Smith, following the naming honors for two naval heroes. A host of high ranking officers and dignitaries witnessed the maiden plunge as guests including Admiral McElroy, Commodore Buchanan, and Governor Calvin Coolidge attended.
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United States Navy
Fore River
Helen Irving Murray
James H. Gillis
Josephine T. Smith
John P. Gillis
Gillis
G. W. McElroy
W. W. Buchanan
HC. Dinger
H. B. Hilliard
T. A. Kittenger
J. M. Jordan
W. N. Rush
H. L. Dunn
Andrew J. Peters
Calvin Coolidge
Joseph L. Whitton
Quincy
Clarence R. Edwards
A. E. Watson
Ruckman
Josephine Smith
John ‘P. Gillis
Bethlehem Shipping Corporation
War Office meddling and a Massachusetts soldiers bonus bill
The House of Representatives reversed course on the soldiers and sailors' bonus bill, restoring a flat $100 bonus for every Massachusetts veteran and moving it to a engrossed roll-call vote. The article also recounts wartime telegrams and strategic tense exchanges involving Lord Kitchener, General Joffre, and British and French commands during late 1914.
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House of Representatives
Massachusetts
Newton
Boston Post
New York Herald Company
Cpr
United Kingdom
Dominions
Constable & Co., Ltd
London
Oughton
France
Excelsior
Mifflin Company
Lord Kitchener
French
Joffre
Huguet
Antwerp
State House Briefs Reflect Bills On Aviation and Weavers
Senate passed to engrossment a bill regulating aircraft under Highway Commission direction with a $5000 bond to indemnify injuries. It clarifies gender in law. Senate refused to concur on Uniforms for State Guard discharge, two year service required. Governor Coolidge signed weavers' specification bill after years in Legislature. A Rutland Sanatorium food strikers committee communicated thanks for prompt action addressing the dispute.
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Senate
Highway Commission
Beck
Chelsea
House
Coolidge
Rutland
House Debates On Soldiers Bonus Bill Amendments
The House voted down an amendment to include Massachusetts men who served in the Canadian army and the ambulance service, adopted an amendment to include regulars, and directed funds for deceased soldiers to heirs. It refused to exclude short service men, yeomen, and Students Army Training Corps members, cut sliding scale provisions, and kept a head tax plan. An amendment abated poll taxes for eligible, and a $10 monthly bonus proposal was rejected. The taxation committee was ordered to review fund-raising questions.
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Massachusetts
Students’ Army Training Corps
Committee On Taxation
Denies Friction Between Americans and British
London May 29. Government spokesman Andrew Bonar Law says relations between American and British authorities in Europe have always been cordial. He spoke after Sir Frederick Hall questioned Congressman's Julius Kahn report of dissensions among army authorities and allied staff.
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London
Frederick Hall
House of Commons
Julius Kahn
Europe
Andrew Bonar Law
Railroad Employees to Consider Scale at Portland Meeting
Portland May 29 A proposed wage scale and working conditions will be discussed at a Monday meeting of the Brotherhood of Railroad Stationmen and Railroad Employees Alliance. The group includes Grand Trunk rail workers between Island Pond Vermont and Portland under USRA supervision.
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Portland
Brotherhood of Railroad Stationmen and Railroad Employees’ Alliance
Grand Trunk Railway
Island
Pond
United States Railroad Administration
Need Sailors for Merchant Marine Amid Fleet Expansion
With many new ships joining the United States Shipping Board fleet, headquarters at the Custom House issue a call for able seamen. The board plans 260 ships this season on the lakes, sent to salt water at 10 weekly via the Welland canal, ending routes at Boston after transfer in Montreal. Masters are abundant, but first mates and chief engineers are scarce. 1000 apprentices can be taken next month.
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United States Shipping Board
Custom House
Welland Canal
The
Shipping Board
Great Lakes
Montreal
Lakes
Boston
Othine Freckle Remedy Advertised with Money-Back Guarantee
A newspaper advertisement promotes Othine as a freckle remover promising a clear complexion. It claims noticeable improvement after early applications and guarantees refunds if the product fails, advising shoppers to request the double strength formula from their druggist.
Vincent Club Admits Fifteen New Members
At the Vincent Club closing meeting held at the retiring president Miss Elizabeth Bennett's home, fifteen new members were elected for the coming club year. New president is Mrs. William E. Russell, formerly Miss Josephine Dorr, with Miss Mary Hunnewell and Harriet Fessenden as vice presidents, Miss Margaret Allen as secretary, and Mrs. Richard Lawrence as treasurer.
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Vincent Club
Elizabeth Bennett
William Grosvenor
Priscilla Gale
Richard Peabody
Samuel Eliot
Lynde Cochrane
Sara
F. Apthorp
Richard M. Russell
Priscilla Crane
Otis Russell
Elizabeth Houghton
Rose Thorndike
Christine Sedgwick
Katherine Richardson
James White
Katherine Lapham
William E. Russell
Josephine Dorr
Mary Hunnewell
Harriet Fessenden
Margaret Allen
Richard Lawrence
Block water power bill faces stiff opposition in Mass. House
Western Massachusetts industry representatives told the House committee on ways and means that the draft bill to promote water power development on local streams should be torn apart. After their testimony the prospects for passage this year appeared very remote.
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Massachusetts
House Committee On Ways and Means
Paragon Park Opens Palm Garden with Grand Night Show
Palm Garden at Paragon Park opened last night with a first night crowd and a new Broadway Revue of 1919 directed by Art Spaulding. The program featured saxophone jazz, a large concert orchestra, Mermaida and her diving girls, and new open-air acts including Mermaida high diving De Cane high wire diving horses King and Queen and Oscar C. Babcock loop the loop. The park launches today with its wide array of attractions from fireworks to merry go rounds and the foolish house.
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Palm Garden
Art Spaulding
Mermaida
de Cane
Diving
King and Queen
Oscar C. Babcock
Rhee Elected Prime Minister by Korean Congress
Dr Syne man Rhee head of the Korean mission to the United States received a cablegram from the president of the Korean provisional congress in Shanghai informing him of his election as prime minister by the congress.
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Washington
Syneman Rhee
United States
Korean Provisional Congress
Shanghai
Wilson & Company Northeastern Pensylvanians Promote Certified Confidence
A week in Scranton and meeting of forty seven Iron Division managers and salesmen of Wilson & Company renews pride in the organization. They discuss boosting Wilson Certified foods including smoked meats boiled hams sausage and canned goods while 강조 reinforcing confidence in Thomas E Wilson and the company. The group vows to expand dealer networks and uphold the motto The Wilson Label Protects Your Table.
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Scrane
Pennsylvania
Wilson & Company
Chicago
New York
Pennyslvania
Wilson
Thomas E. Wilson
Iron Division
Ison & Company
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