Boston Legal Aid Society and its widening reach
The Boston Legal Aid Society provides free or low cost legal help to thousands in Greater Boston, aiding both natives and immigrants. It handles civil matters from contracts to landlord disputes, supports veterans and disabled clients, cooperates with Red Cross and other charities, and helped shape laws like small claims and summary eviction stays.
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American Legion
Bishop Lawrence Touts Seminary Appeal for Funds
In St Pauls Cathedral Bishop Lawrence announced a $1,000,000 appeal to endow the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Cambridge. He said the school trains church leaders, supports needy students, and must be conserved for the church’s future, with the campaign broadcast by radio.
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Court Telephone Operator to Wed Cambridge Couple
Miss Mary Agnes Sheehan, a longtime telephone operator for the Federal Courts and District Attorney's office, will marry John VP Wise, a Congress Street broker, at St. Paul's Church in Cambridge next Sunday afternoon. Sheehan, educated at St. Ann's Convent, Marlboro, has handled government secrets and earned praise from William H. O'Brien. Wise works with Grant & Co., 9 Congress Street, and they will reside at 119 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge.
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Federal Courts
District Attorney's Office
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John VP. Wise
Congress Street
St. Paul's Church
Cambridge
Miss Sheehan
St. Ann’s Convent
Marlboro
John J. Mitchell
William H. O’brien
Public Service Commission
Wise
Grant & Co
Mrs. Wise
Mt. Auburn Street
Public Hearing Planned on School History Books
The Boston school committee announces a public hearing on history books used in public schools. The session is scheduled for Wednesday at [time] in the school committee chamber, Mason Street Building. Britain planted 12,905,000 trees last year to replace war timber losses, including pine fir larch and spruce.
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Boston School Committee
Mason Street
Great Britain
Dorchester Squares Dedicated to Heroes
Dorchester honored two soldiers with dedicated squares near their homes. Lieutenant John A. Ewing is remembered at the Columbia road and Blue Hill avenue intersection with a guard of honor and speeches by local leaders. Henry Glickman square on Morton and Wellington Hill marks a 17 year old Army private wounded in battle, with rabbi, officials, and veteran groups present.
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Herbert J. Wolfe
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Columbia Road
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John A. Ewing
Suffolk Superior Court
14Th Infantry
Wellington Hill
Henry Glickman
Company C
2D Field Signal Corps
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Charles Shulan
Harry Goldberg
Wolfe Post
Alliston
Lynn
Roxbury
American Legion
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Dorchester
Francis Ewing
Beatrice and
Mary Ewing
Dr Mann Faces Bishop Bid From Pittsburgh Diocese
Rev Alexander Mann rector of Trinity Church may be offered the bishopric of the Pittsburgh Episcopal diocese today as a six member committee arrives in Boston aboard Federal Express. Mann will consider the message at his home 233 Clarendon street before a formal notice is extended.
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Clarendon Street
English Woman Speaks for Equal Pay at Forum
Miss Mary Sheepshanks of England urged equal pay for equal work at the Old South Forum yesterday. She argued that paying women less for the same work men would be driven from occupations as employers hire women cheaper, posing a menace to men.
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England
Old South Forum
Boston Clerks Protest Reduced Staff At Post Office
Boston Local 100 of the National Federation of Postoffice Clerks condemned reduced working force at the Boston post office amid the Christmas rush. Speakers linked the move to offset an impending local investigation, and overtime forced on central and station staff was criticized at the meeting.
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Boston Local 100
National Federation of Postoffice Clerks
Washington Street
Union: overtime pay and clerk transfer sparks dispute
The condemnation of overtime work cites that men are paid yearly and average 60 cents an hour for overtime while only 306 days are worked yearly, suggesting about 7 cents per hour. An appeal to Washington concerns transferring a 14 year registry division clerk with 97 efficiency and a strong Al record. Officials allege he was moved after refusing to sign a petition backing Postmaster Baker amid union troubles.
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Baker
Falls Death On Way Home From Church
Horace Barry age 70 of 9 Union Park Street South End collapsed while walking with his wife on Dartmouth Street near Huntington Avenue. Taken to City Hospital he was pronounced dead with heart trouble listed as the cause. Body moved to South mortuary as Medical Examiner Leary notified.
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Greco Turkish Peace Conference Postponed
Paris reports the Greco Turkish peace conference at Lausanne, tentatively moved to not later than November 20, after Britain sought a longer delay. The original opening date was November 18 with further postponement under discussion.
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Associated Press
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Lausanne
Poincare Fains Simplicity in Lausanne Conference Talks
Uncertainty marks the prep for Lausanne with Britain favoring an inter allied premeeting. Poincare proposes simple conversations with Lord Curzon while Curzon travels to Lausanne. Mussolini’s stance remains vague and timing uncertain for Italian participation. French plans for experts and Weygand Lacaze advisers hint at growing Anglo French accord though clashes over approach persist.
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Three Hurt In Automobile Crash In Roxbury
Three men injured in a two-car wreck on Seaver street near Harold street Roxbury. Julius Feldman 30 Dorchester driver of the sedan suffered a nine inch cut and facial injuries. Arthur Burman and Benjamin Ludwig also sustained cuts and bruises.
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Harold Street
Roxbury
Julius Feldman
Stanton Street
Dorchester
Mary Veader
Norfolk Street
Arthur R. Burman
Temple Street
Benjamin Ludwig
Ruthven Street
Cancer Not Incurable Says Harvard Doctor
Professor Simeon Burt Wolbach of Harvard Medical School declared at a public lecture that cancer is not incurable and can be cured if detected early. The remarks opened Boston’s cancer week observance at the medical school yesterday afternoon.
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Harvard Medical School
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Boston
Cancer Week urged as local battle against disease
The piece recalls the first Cancer Week of 1921 and urges increased local effort. Professor Wolbach says cancer is a local disease, not infectious, and warns against cults and fraudulent healers while stressing careful diagnosis and nonhereditary causes.
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Professor Wolbach
Valparaiso's hillside streets linked by inclined elevators
The city of Valparaiso resembles Hongkong with several level streets and a portion reclaimed from the sea. It uses ascensors to connect the lower areas with the residential hills above via inclined planes.
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Valparaiso
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