China Building Four Ships for America
Four 10 000 ton merchant steamers are under construction at Shanghai for the United States Shipping Board fleet. Captain Whitney I Eisler Shanghai agent and surveyor of the American Bureau of Shipping says construction will be supervised by him while he consults with marine underwriters and vessel owners in the city.
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Shanghai
China
United States Shipping Board
Whitney I. Eisler
American Bureau of Shipping
Eisler
Defenders of Boston Common to Rally at City Hall
Defenders of the Boston Common plan a strong showing at a public hearing on the proposed slicing of the Common to be held at City Hall this morning. Former Public Works Commissioner Touls K Rourke, who opposed the plan in 1915, intends to attend.
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Boston
Jazz Melodies in Chicago Face Highbrow Renaissance
In Chicago the tin pan alley scene, birthplace of "The Grizzly Bear" and other hits, shifts to a refined "Black and White Stuff" described as classy jazz selling for 30 cents. The jazz muse is portrayed as embattled amid changing tastes.
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Tin Pan Alley
Chicago
Knell of Jazz A Crisis in Song Publishing Emerges
A sweeping critique of modern jazz and popular song publishing notes publishers' shifting fortunes. It details rising costs, fierce competition, and the fleeting life of a hit as traditional methods fade and new houses flood the market.
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Livery Stable
Beale Street Blues
Yesteryear
Kultur
The Jazz Age Hits and the Bid for a Hit Song
A publisher laments the music market demanding massive sales and weekly hits. He lists impossible targets from Passadumkeag to San Antonio and notes jazz fading as listeners crave ballads and sentiment in a changing era.
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Passadumkeag
San Antonio
Tex
United States
Mary
I. W. W. Carries On English Propaganda
London dispatch reports George Hardy of Chicago leading an active campaign to urge English workmen to seek Washington for the release of all I W W prisoners. Propaganda highlights alleged injustices against I W W by American capitalists and aims for similar campaigns across European countries where possible.
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London
England
George Hardy
Chicago
Washington
I.W. W
Concord Elects Chamberlin City Clerk Mayor
Concord New Hampshire voters elected Henry Chamberlin city clerk as mayor defeating Alderman Michael J. Iss by 920 votes in a nonpartisan charter election. The result sets Chamberlin as the city’s top executive for the term.
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Concord
N. H
Chamberlin
Henry Chamberlin
Michael J. Iss
Not worried wartime ban. Aurora man arrested for intoxication
Ben Larson of Aurora was arrested on a drunkenness charge amid wartime prohibition. Police found a stash including lemon extract and alcohol bottles, bay rum, medicated alcohol, peroxide, liniment, and an empty whiskey bottle.
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Aurora
Ill
Ben Larson
Larson
Watertown Woman Injured by Auto on Mt Auburn Street
Mrs. John F. Foresman of 70 Katherine Street Watertown is in Doore Hospital in serious condition after being struck by a car on Mt Auburn Street. The vehicle owned by Reta Barrett of 65 Dudley Road Medford and driven by Carl H. Thomas of Medford, was described by Thomas as he told police as the woman wandered into the street and stepped in front of the auto. Thomas was later released after questioning.
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John F. Foresman
Catherine Street
Watertown
Doore Hospital
Mt. Auburn Street
Reta Barrett
Dudley Road
Medford
Carl H. Thomas
7,600,000 Ship Tons Sent to the A. E. F
Washington reports that 7,600,000 ship tons of supplies were shipped from the United States to American armies in France from June 1917 to December 1918, with 10,192,000 tons purchased in Europe. Charles G. Dawes of Chicago, former brigadier general and purchasing agent, told the Senate military committee that purchasing power for the army should not be centralized in a single official.
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Washington
United States
France
Europe
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Senate Military Committee
Boy Loses Leg After Street Car Accident
Five year old Matthew J. Flaherty was struck by an inbound Boston Elevated car on Union Park street. His left leg was crushed and amputated below the knee at City Hospital. Motorman William Thompson and Conductor Barney J. Weld led the car involved.
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Matthew J. Flaherty
Union Park Street
Boston
City Hospital
William Thompson
Barney J. Weld
Labor Men Threaten to Adjourn Conference
Incensed by Senator Sherman Illinois remarks in the Senate several members of the International Labor Conference warned that unless official assurance was given that yesterday and today addresses were not Senate attitude steps might be taken to adjourn the conference or move it elsewhere in Washington.
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Washington
Sherman
Illinois
Senate
International Labor Conference
Conference Debates 48Hour Week at Global Labor Talks
Delegates clash over a 48 hour week vs straight eight hour day amid tense discussions. George N Barnes supports elasticity of the 48 hour plan while a Canadian labor delegate protests a motion to adopt the draft convention as the basis for discussion and to refer application to undeveloped regions. The conference seeks compromise to avoid a break and advance other agenda items.
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Senate
Washington
George N. Barnes
War Cabinet
Barnes
F. M. Draper
Conference Seeks Study on Labor Issues Excluding Eight Hour Day
Delegates approved commissions to study all conference questions except the eight hour day. French labor leader Leon Jouhaux joined Mr. Draper in opposing the exclusion, calling the 48 hour week merely an incident to the eight hour day principle.
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Barnes
Leon Jouhaux
Draper
Farm leader Robert M. Burnett weds secretary Helen Haynes
Robert M. Burnett, 66, a prominent New England farmer and Deerfoot Farms manager at Southboro, married his secretary of several years, Miss Helen Haynes, who is 26 years younger, yesterday at Chestnut Hill.
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Robert M. Burnett
New England
Southboro
Chestnut Hill
Helen Haynes
Miss Haynes
Armistice Day Greetings Featured by Boston Sunday Post
The article previews the first anniversary Armistice Day greetings to be printed in the Boston Sunday Post. It notes messages from Major General Leonard Wood General Peyton C. March chief of staff and other high ranking military figures praising democracy and those who fought for it.
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Boston Sunday Post
Leonard Wood
Peyton C. March
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