Melba Delights Boston College Benefit Audience
Nellie Melba gave a concert in Symphony Hall last night for Boston College. Assisted by Arthur Hackett Josef Malkin and Frank St Leger the diva impressed with a voice still golden in middle registers. The performance praised by students and critics alike earned loud sustained applause and encores from all involved.
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Nellie Melba
Symphony Hall
Boston College
Arthur Hackett
Josef Malkin
Frank St. Leger
Mme. Melba
Hackett
America
Malkin
Stops Dance for Soldiers
Brigadier General Dyer halted a soldiers and sailors dance at the Twelfth Regiment Armory in New York as part of a statewide ban on dancing in armories. Nearly 1200 guests had attended Thanksgiving dinner before the order read and the troops marched out in formation. J Varnum Nott, service commission official, warned the move aimed to keep troops from certain activities.
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New York
Dyer
State Militia
National Service Commission
Twelfth Regiment
J. Varnum Nott
Service Commission
Hotels Do Their Bit Toward Thanksgiving
Boston hotels contributed to the Thanksgiving effort by coordinating feasting and entertainment as many local servicemen returned home in uniform, marking a big day for New England families and communities.
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Boston
New England
Boston Hosts Large Thanksgiving Celebrations in War Year
Festive crowds fill hotels and theatres as Boston marks a wartime Thanksgiving. Camp Devens troops dine at the Hotel Lenox while the Gallaher family reunion at the Thorndike draws 40 members across four generations. Copley Plaza hosts Army Navy and Marine recruiting staffs as the city proclaims a brighter holiday.
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New England
Boston
Camp Devens
Lenox
L. C. Prior
Thorndike
Gallagher Family
Gether
William Gallher
Atree
Thayer Academy
Copley Plaza
E. C. Fogg
United States Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Zionists Seek Relief Commission for Palestine
Zionist leaders in London seek British authorization to send a Jewish relief and administrative commission to Palestine. If granted, funds raised in England Russia and America will be sent within about six weeks under the commission's care.
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Palestine
New York
London
Zionist Committee
England
Russia
America
400 Reservists Guests at the Harvard Club
The Harvard Club hosted 400 reserves from the Harvard Radio School yesterday at noon with President Roberts Major Higginson and ex Congressmen Thacher greeting guests. In the evening, many guests were entertained at Harvard alumni homes.
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Harvard Club
Harvard Radio School
Roberts
Higginson
Thacher
Harvard
Cloak Models Abducted From Portland Store
Two cloak models were stolen from the J. E. Palmer store on Congress Street Portland early this morning. Burglars broke a window and took the models and fur garments valued at $600, plus other furs worth $1000 or more.
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Portland
J. E. Palmer
Congress Street
Miss Gill Weds John W Athridge in Roxbury Church
Edith Mildred Gill a supervisor at New England Telephone married John W Athridge last evening. The ceremony by Father M J Splaine occurred at St Joseph's Church Roxbury with a reception for 50 friends at 80 Bower Street, Roxbury hosted by the Gill family.
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Edith Mildred Gill
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
John W. Athridge
Mer. M. J. Splaine
St. Joseph's Church
Roxbury
Athridge
John Gill
Bower Street
John William Athridge
American Army Shortens Overcoats in France
The US Army adopts shorter overcoats replacing ankle length with knee length to cope with mud and hindrance. Troops exchange coats for the new design while many men have cut the old ones. Ambulances in Paris were dispatched by the National League for Womens Service to move Red Cross supplies.
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France
Associated Press
United States
National League For Women’s Service
Red Cross
Liberty Loan Leaders to Meet in Washington
Secretary McAdoo calls a national conference in Washington on December 10 to perfect Liberty Loan committees across 12 federal reserve districts and the Women's Liberty Loan organization for wartime financing.
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Washington
McAdoo
Liberty Loan
Federal Reserve
Woman's Liberty Loan Organization
Engine Wrecks Hydrant On Broadway Corner
An engine from the Somerville Fire Department skidded on Broadway opposite Lincoln Street while answering an alarm and struck a hydrant, demolishing it. The fire apparatus sustained only slight damage.
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Somerville
Broadway
Lincoln Street
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