New England Mills Shut Down Amid Currency Stringency
Manufacturing firms in New England close plants for varying periods to ease payrolls amid scarce small currency. The American Woolen Company plants and Marlboro and Middleboro shoe factories halted operations, with Crompton Knowles Loom Works on half time. An estimated 5000 to 10000 workers affected as crews cope with tightened money and payroll premiums.
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New England
American Woolen Company
Marlboro
Middleboro
Crompton & Knowles
Worcester
Assabet Mills Work Stoppage Affects 2000 Workers
The Assabet Mills closing its spinning carving and weaving departments leaves about 2000 workers affected. Orlando Sanders cites surplus cloth in finishing as seasonal repetition. A posted notice promises reopening Monday amid partial payroll and overnight shifts, with a weekly payroll around $50,000.
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Maynard
Assabet Mills
American Woolen Company
Dow
Post
Orlando Sanders
Boston
Assabet
Maynard Mills Pause Reflects Finishing Dept Backlog
President Wood of the American Woolen Mills Corporation says the Assabet Mills at Maynard shut down a few departments for a week because the finishing unit is behind. He notes such pauses are common and other mills may follow. Operations will restart next Monday morning.
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Wood
American Woolen Mills Corporation
Assabet
Maynard
Maynard Mills
Marlboro shoe employees enter half time schedule
The 2200 workers at Rice & Hutchins Inc three Marlboro factories were told at closing time that starting tomorrow a five hour workday will be used on an indefinite basis. The company operates plants in Rockland and South Braintree.
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Marlboro
Rice & Hutchins (Inc
Rockland
South Braintree
Crompton & Knowles Loom Works Lays Off 100 Workers
Worcester reports Crompton and Knowles Loom Works laid off 100 workers indefinitely amid a drop in orders. Company cites falling demand and reduced production as the cause.
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Worcester
Crompton & Knowles
Westboro factories trim hours in slow demand
Westboro Nov 11. Hunt Leather Goods Company and Hassall Veace Curtain Company have laid off workers and moved to short time operations as demand slows.
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Westboro
Hunt Leather Goods Company
Hf. E. Bingham
Hassall Vaece Curtain Company
Middleboro Plant Schedules Reduce Hours Across Firms
Begin today the George E Keith Company factory will run seven hours daily until further notice. Leonard and Barrows reduce to five hours. Keith and Pratt planned to start making spring styles today.
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Middleboro
George E. Keith Company
Leonard & Barrows
Keith & Pratt
College girl from Lusitania trip faces vagrancy charge
Elyvian Dorothy Clark a Wellesley graduate and Lusitania passenger will defend herself in Police Court tomorrow on a vagrancy charge. She was arrested at the Laclede Hotel on a hotel bill complaint and detained overnight. The case hinges on a Missouri repeal of hotel nonpayment statutes and includes notes about a Harvard student named Ned and a Chicago arrest involving a Dorothy Clark. Clark, born in England to German parents, claims travel theater work and world tours before arriving in St Louis aboard the Lusitania.
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ST. Louis
Elyvian Dorothy Clark
Wellesley College
Tetire
Laclede
Planters
Missouri
Ned
Harvard
Miss Clark
Marian Hurley
Chicago
Hurley
Dorothy Clark
Dorothy
Chiccago
Miss Hurley
England
Genoa
Italy
London
America
Etta Mc Lean Released On Own Recognizance
Miss Etta Mc Lean a Boston bound stenographer in the U S District Attorney office was freed on her own recognizance after arrest on charges of stealing papers related to the Walsh prosecution Her return to Boston was announced and Walsh’s trial is set to begin tomorrow in Chicago
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Chicago
Etta Mc Lean
United States
Sims
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Boston
Walsh
Maiden Man Tries Suicide With Razor at Home
Joseph Card, 50, of 3 Nevada Avenue, attempted suicide this morning by slashing his throat and wrists. Mrs Card saw blood seeping through the ceiling and found him in a bed pool. Dr Stevens ordered his removal to hospital. doctors report he will recover.
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Joseph Card
Nevada Avenue
Fire at Adams Street building in Dorchester damages $1900
An alarm from Box 988 at 6:15 last evening reported a fire in the basement of the four and a half story wooden building at 336 340 Adams Street Dorchester occupied by the Eddy Refrigerator Company. The blaze was confined to the basement and damage was estimated at 1900 dollars.
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Adams Street
Dorchester
Eddy Refrigerator Company
Ten Hour Cycling Classic Ends With Dramatic Crashes
The 11 riders finish the first 10 hours amid a chaotic second last lap pileup. Hooper suffers a head wound but continues racing. Root wins the sprint ahead of Sherwood and Moran. Italians lose a lap after multiple crashes while Bizzari and Mahan rally to reclaim a lap amid the bruising day.
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Norman Hopper
Patsy Keegan
James Moran
Hooper
Eddie Root
Bofton
Floyd Krebs
Moran
Falliani
Bizzari
Mahan
Lowell
Italy
Bigzari
Fogler
MacLean
Galvin
Anderson
Boston Mayoral Race Aims at Independence League Nomination
John A. Coulthurst, Independence League candidate for mayor, accuses a scheme to steal the nomination. Mayor Fitzgerald pledges a $250,000 war chest and municipal reform as the campaign theme to secure re election in Boston.
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Independence League
Fitzgerald
Boston
Coulthurst Urged by Independence League in Boston Meeting
John A. Coulthurst receives strong backing from the Independence League as city committee members rally in Room 348 of the Old South Building. Speeches denounce rival candidates, pledge municipal reform, and criticize Boston’s debt growth under Mayor Fitzgerald while outlining a no-fund campaign strategy.
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Independence League City Committee
Old South
John A. Coulthurst
John W. Pease
Ward 21
Witzgerald
Coulthurst
Mr. Coulthurst
Boston
Independence League
Fitzgerald
Epworth Church in Cambridge Celebrates 40th Anniversary
The Epworth M. E. Church Cambridge marked its 40th anniversary with a closing service attended by former members. Speakers included Rev W W Goth, Rev Charles Rice, and Rev James Mudge who recalled the early history and community support from nearby churches, especially First Congregational. A reunion and refreshments followed.
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Epworth M. E
Cambridge
W.W. Goth
Charles Rice
Rice
James Mudge
First Congregational Church
Epworth
Harvard University
Alexander McKenzie
Shepard Memorial Church
First Congregational
Man Struck by Wagon on Tra vers Street
John Gunalsky 75 was struck by a wagon crossing Tra vers street near Friend at 3 30 yesterday afternoon. The wagon wheels passed over his body causing multiple rib fractures.
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John Gunalsky
Travers Street
Friend
Mayor Busse Signs Franchise Extension Ordinance
Chicago Mayor Busse signed the ordinance approved by the City Council granting the Chicago Telephone Company an extension of its franchise until January 1979.
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Chicago
Busse
The
Chicago Telephone Company
Wellesley Seniors Sweep Annual Field Day Wins
Wellesley College held its annual field day with seniors topping every event. Tennis went to seniors 5-3, basketball to the seniors 14 12, hockey saw seniors beat sophomores 3 2, golf went to 1808 and archery to 1906. Running events favored the seniors as well.
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Wellesley
Wellesleys
Sophs
Aeesrasreen Serene “i
Eoreeeren Teane Ltd
Eeeeney Pears
Franklin Union building contract progress
T F Woodbury of Woodbury and Leighton tells a Post reporter the Franklin Union building proceeds without trouble under open shop principles and high wages. He says a force of one men is on the job, mostly union, with preference for local help and occasional out-of-town workers.
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Franklin Union
T. F. Woodbury
Woodbury & Leighton
Post
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