Landlords Curb Rent Demands After State Probe
The Commission on the Necessaries of Life reports progress in halving rent increases sought by landlords. Dozens reduced requests, some postponed raises to April 1, and a few will face state police summonses for noncompliance. The effort has saved tenants thousands of dollars.
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Commission On
State House
Commission
General Sherburne
Blanchard
Dana
Winchester
Dana Abates Increased Rent on Goodale Road
A communication to headquarters from Myer Dana via attorney John H Blanchard states he has abated the increased rent on apartments on Goodale road in Dorchester and seeks to settle the matter.
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Myer Dana
John H. Blanchard
Dana
Goodale Road
Dorches
Pardon Hearing Claims Innocence for Hourihan
The pardon committee of the Governor's Council heard claims that James J. Hourihan of South Boston is innocent of an assault with intent to rob and that Homer McDonough was the guilty party. Stephen J. King of South Boston, also a prisoner at Deer Island for the same crime, testified that McDonough committed the offense.
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James J. Hourihan
South Boston
Homer McDonough
Governor’s Council
Hourihan
Stephen J. King
McDonough
King
Deer Island
End District Ship Board Shifts to New York Consolidation
The New England district of the United States Shipping Board will be abolished and merged with the North Atlantic district in New York. Construction and financial departments will move under unfamiliar supervision, sparking concern among shipbuilding circles and New England shippers due to past yard control and large contractor settlements. Over 100 staffers faced relocation and possible resignations as inquiries linger about the drastic change amid ongoing ship order disputes with contractors.
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New England
United States Shipping Board
North Atlantic
New York City
District Board
New London
Conn
North
New York
H. D. Abbot
H. E. Kelin
Motorcycle Guards in Volunteer Police Strikes
Volunteer motorcycle policemen figure on streets during the police strike. Their duty is to prevent crowd gathering and to disperse gangs of crap.
Volunteers Join Boston Police Auxiliary Force Amid Strike Fears
Joseph Mitchelson of Connecticut and Mathews M Billovick of Back Bay volunteered for the city police auxiliary. Mitchelson equipped with a pistol and club rode from Connecticut to Boston on a motorcycle to be sworn in by Superintendent Crowley. Their unit serves near Franklin Park attached to Station 13, and unrest has eased since their arrival.
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Boston
Joseph Mitchelson
Connecticut
Amherst College
Crowley
Mitchelson
Mathews Billovick
Franklin Park
Mathews M. Billovick
Haviland Street
Back Bay
Hitchcock's Labor Views Stir Massachusetts Politics
Assistant Attorney General Hitchcock, a Republican candidate for attorney general, issues a statement on the police strike and organized labor. He defends lawful private-sector strikes while condemning sympathetic strikes and strikes against public services as illegal, urging proper public officer conduct amid the current emergency.
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Hitchcock
Hoston
Massachusetts
Brandeis Sues City for Strip of Land
Supreme Court Justice Louis D Brandeis filed a Suffolk Superior Court petition against Boston seeking 6000 damages for a Centre street West Roxbury land taking. He alleges no notice before the November 1 removal and that his house, originally 30 feet from the street on a slope, now sits five feet from the curb needing raising. The parcel measures 209 feet by 25 feet.
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Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court of the United States
Suffolk Superior Court
Boston
Centre Street
West Roxbury
Striking Tailors Win All Demands Settlement Reached
A settlement was reached with the master tailors yesterday. The striking Ladies' Tailors Union Local 36 workers will return to work this morning after six days of controversy. They secured union recognition shorter hours and higher wages.
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Ladies’ Tailors Union
Local 36
Lady Foster Dies in Ottawa at Age of Wifely Honor
Lady Foster wife of Sir George Foster minister of trade and commerce died in Ottawa on September 17. The obituary notes her social and national duties and her role as a spouse of a cabinet minister.
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Ottawa
Lady Foster
George Foster
Trade and Commerce
Dr Burch Elected Bishop of New York on Third Ballot
The Right Rev Charles Sumner Burch suffragan bishop of the New York diocese was elected bishop of New York on the third ballot at a special diocesan convention. He succeeds the late Bishop David H Greer.
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New York
Charles Sumner Burch
Protestant Episcopal Church
David H. Greer
Bishop Burch Wins Episcopal Convention Ballot Majority
Bishop Burch led six nominees on three ballots in the Episcopal convention. He finally secured a majority of clerical and lay votes, defeating Rev. Dr. Ernest Stires, with Rev. Dr. Manning third and others trailing. Confirmation by the Detroit general convention is expected. Bishop Burch, 64, formerly connected with Chicago publishing and ordained at age 40.
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Burch
Bishop Burch
Ernest Milmore Stires
St. Thomas’ Church
William T. Manning
Trinity Parish
Charles II. Slattery
Grace Church
Nathaniel S. Thomas
Wyoming
H. P. Nicholas
House of Bishops
House of
Episcopal Church
Detroit
Stires
Manning
Chicago
Editor and manager of Grand Rapids Evening Press years to 1995
He served as editor and manager of the Grand Rapids Evening Press from 1597 until 1995 when he became rector of St Andrews Church on Staten Island. He remained there until chosen to aid Bishop Greer in directing the largest and wealthiest diocese in the country.
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Grand Rapids Evening Press
St. Andréw’'s Church
Staten Island
Greer
Colgate Company Head Dies in New Jersey
Richard F. Colgate, president of Colgate & Co. of Jersey City founded by his grandfather in 1806, died at his West Orange home. He was 6 and a Yale graduate of 1877.
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Orange
N. J
Richard F. Colgate
Colgate & Co
Jersey City
West Orange
Yale
Newport man held for manslaughter in Dorchester crash
John J. Donohue 27 of Greenstreet Newport R I was arraigned in South Boston District Court on manslaughter charges. He was held on $2600 bail and case continued for a week. Police say he drove the car that struck Daniel O Brien of 11 Mt Vernon Street Dorchester early Tuesday on Dorchester Avenue. O Brien died at City Hospital shortly after.
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John J. Donohue
Greenstreet
Newport
R. I
Edward J. Logan
South Boston District Court
Donohue
Daniel O’brien
Mt. Vernon Street
Dorchester
Dorchester Avenue
South Boston
O’brien
City Hospital
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