Hearing on Auto Insurance and Licenses by Proxy
The hearing before Attorney General Wyman and Insurance Commissioner Hobbs on public protection in auto accidents closed after more witnesses testified. Massachusetts Auto Association urged against compulsory insurance and warned of class legislation. Proposals included a $100 bond and tightened license exams, while proxies to obtain licenses were questioned. Walter Bucklin cited a Kansas Supreme Court decision on state power to regulate insurance rates and financial responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyman
Hobbs
James Fortesque
Massachusetts Automobile Association
Philip G. Carlton
Highway Commission
Walter S. Bucklin
Kansas
Sloan's Liniment Ad Promises Fast Pain Relief
An old advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as a universal remedy for rheumatic pains stiff joints sore muscles lumbago and neuralgia. It claims deep penetration without staining skin and urges readers to keep a bottle on hand with three size options 35c 70c and 140.
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Sloan
Roosevelt Courage Inspires Massachusetts Roosevelt Memorial Plans
Massachusetts Roosevelt Memorial Association officials gathered at Young's Hotel to outline a campaign for funding Roosevelt memorials. Leaders including Judge Murray Mayor Peters and Major General Edwards praised Roosevelt's courage amid the Boston police crisis and urged school involvement with certificates for donors. The plan covers a Washington monument a Oyster Bay park and an endowment with a $5 million national goal.
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Massachusetts
Roosevelt Memorial Association
Young’s Hotel
Michael J. Murray
Roosevelt
J. W. Farley
John Saltonstall
Robert Potter
Charles B. Wiggins
Guy Murchie
J. R. Smith
W. H. Foster
Arthur Johnson
J. Mitchell Galvin
L. A. Frothingham
F. W. Stearns
Philip Dalton
George W. L. Meyer
Frank Leveroni
Henry T. Chmielinski
Michael H. Sullivan
Robert O. Harris
W. Lewis
Boston
Murray
Peters
Sullivan
Severoni
W. H. Lewis
Memorial Fund
Rough Riders
Michael O. Day
Washington
Oyster Bay
Sagamore Hill
George S. Galgety
New England
Cork Examiner Suppressed in Dublin Action
Dublin authorities moved to suppress all republican activity by shutting Cork Examiner, a leading paper that printed a Republican loan prospectus. Censorship had lapsed but raids removed part of the plant as Dublin papers refused the ad.
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Dublin
Associated Press
Cork Examiner
Ireland
Sinn Fein
Examiner
Lundy Questions Why No Action Was Taken at Chelsea Rally
Joseph Lundy, the Republican candidate for district attorney, pressed District Attorney Pelletier at a Chelsea Square rally yesterday. He questioned why no action was taken in the M. P. Scullin case, despite the Finance Commission report on oil sales to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Lundy
Chelsea Square
Chelsea
Pelletier
M. P. Scullin
Finance Commission
James M. Curley
Palmer vows evidence to indict big five packers
Albany Sept 17 Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer says a grand jury will hear evidence this week to sustain an indictment of the big five packers. He calls the price rise campaign a success of sorts and blames retailers wholesalers jobbers and manufacturers who quote higher prices. He urges public opinion backing fair price boards and two proposed federal measures to tag food prices in storage and selling prices at manufacture.
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Albany
N. Y
A. Mitchell Palmer
Smith
Palmer
America
Mr. Palmer
Big Five
Congress
Wetmore Named Stenographer for Governor’s Council
Percy L. Wetmore of Cambridge was named stenographer of the Governor's council by Governor Coolidge, succeeding Charles A. Southworth who was promoted to secretary. Ed ward F. Hamlin resigned after years of service. changes take effect Oct. 1. Also named were Joseph P. Draper of Canton as special justice of South Norfolk District Court and Watson F. Baker of Dennis as commissioner to issue warrants and take bail.
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Percy L.wetmore
Cambridge
Coolidge
Charles A. Southworth
Edward F. Hamlin
Joseph P. Draper
Canton
South Norfolk
Watson F. Baker
Dennis
Governor Coolidge Seeks Massachusetts Aid for Corpus Christi
After an urgent telegram from Corpus Christi Texas requesting help for homeowners left homeless by the hurricane and tidal wave Governor Coolidge urged a Massachusetts relief response. He urged Red Cross coordination as the best channel for aid.
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Coolidge
Corpus Christi
Tex
Massachusetts
Red Cross
United States Steel explains stance on unions
A Carnegie Steel Company letter from E H Gary to subsidiary presidents says the U S Steel Corporation declines to deal with labor unions to avoid closing shops to non union labor. It insists wages and conditions will meet top standards of propriety and justice.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Steel Company
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Movie Managers Form Association in Greater Boston
The Greater Boston Exhibitors Association, including owners and managers of over 160 theaters, was formed yesterday at the Hotel Brunswick. Officers elected were George A. Giles as president, Jacob Laurie as vice president, Victor J. Morris as treasurer, and Ralph L. Ripley as secretary with directors George A. Giles Jacob Laurie Charles S. Harris M. J. Coyle and C. A. Warren.
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Greater Boston
Hotel Brunswick
George A. Giles
St. James Theatre
Jacob Laurie
Beacon and Park Theatres
Victor J. Morris
Orpheum Theatre
Ralph L. Ripley
Scollay Square Olympia
Charles S. Harris
Boston Theatre
Elysia Arrives in Boston on First Visit From Glasgow
The Anchor Line steamship Elysia under Captain D W Bone arrived yesterday afternoon at Cunard terminal East Boston from Glasgow. The ship, recently in service between Liverpool and Bombay, will next sail on that route. She was torpedoed twice during the war.
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Grand Banks
Anchor Line
Elysia
D. W. Bone
Glasgow
Cunard Terminal
Boston
Liverpool
Bombay
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Market St
Richmond
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Theodore Roosevelt
Curtis
Cork
Irish Republic
Lundy
Adamson
Wetmore
Open Shop
AIM OF Steel Head
Gary
Movie Managers Form Association
Gilchrist
Packard Engineering
Packard
Packard Motor Car Company
Detroit
Packard Motor Car Co
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