Boy Killed on Freight Car Near Andover
Five Lowell youths riding on a moving freight car from Lawrence to Andover struck an overhead bridge on the outskirts of Andover. John Butler, 17, of Davidson street, was killed. Four others were seriously injured and two escaped. Butler’s body lay at Lundgren undertaking parlors in Andover.
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Lowell
Lawrence
Andover
John Butler
Kelley’s Block
Davidson Street
Lundgren
Lawrence General Hospital Boys Involved In Incident
At Lawrence General Hospital Kire Peter Witchewicz 14 Howard Avenue Stephen Chandler 24 Hall Street and Warren Marshall Conlincourt are noted. Those who escaped injury are William Roach 79 Davidson Street and Charles Bodner 96 Andover Street. All boys are about 17 years old.
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Lawrence General Hospital
Kire Peter Witchewicz
Howard Avenue
Stephen Chandler
Hall Street
Warren Marshall
Conlincourt
William Roach
Davidson Street
Charles Bodner
Andover Street
Vermont Man Shot by Child in West Haven
In West Haven Vermont on April 1 Levi van Guilder 89 was killed by a shotgun fired by his five year old nephew George Rooker while the uncle watched the three Rooker children during their absence at Fairhaven. The tragedy occurred during dinner and ends a grim family incident.
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West Haven
Levi van Guilder
George Rooker
Guilder
Lurbey Rooker
Fairhaven
van Guilder
Germans Build Tank Army and Cross Oise Bridgehead
German forces attempt a cross of the Oise to establish a bridgehead near Chauny, nearly annihilating a storm battalion. French defend strong southern river positions while bridges are destroyed and traffic is tightly coordinated by officers and directors.
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France
Associated Press
Oise
Chauny
German Assaults Falter Near Moreuil and Lassigny
In the Moreuil region German local actions failed against stiff French resistance. Violent clashes around Marceleave, the Somme right bank, and the Lassigny sector left hundreds of German casualties and 700 prisoners at Plemont after a French counterattack. Allied aviators harried the retreat, while German tanks and armored cars performed limited roles amid rugged terrain and gas defenses.
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Moreuil
Marceleave
Somme
Lassigny
Plemont
Hold Man as Slayer of Gambler in New York
April 1. A man identified as the slayer of gambler Harry Cohen was brought to the detective bureau. Identified by elevator operator Joseph Edney as Morris Tothenberg, he denied culpability and was jailed on homicide charges. Cohen, nicknamed Harry the Yet and a key gambling ring informant, was killed hours before delivering names of four alleged higher ups to the district attorney. Sam Schepps, a key witness in Becker and Rosenthal cases, aided investigators and promised more details. Cohen and the shooter reportedly met in a gambling game and then went to Cohen’s West 92d Street apartment early this morning.
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New York
Harry Cohen
Joseph Edney
Morris Tothenberg
Cohen
Harry
District Attorney's Office
Smith
Sam Schepps
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Schepps
Swann
West 92d Street
Unidentified companion given money before shots heard
Edney testifies that Cohen handed money to an unnamed partner before retreating to a small reception room and making a phone call. He recalls hearing three gunshots during that call, establishing a timeline of the events surrounding the incident.
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Cohen
Edney
Ways and Means backs Boston waterfront improvement bill
The committee on ways and means reported yesterday in favor of a bill providing more than a million and a half dollars for the improvement of the Boston waterfront.
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Committee On Ways and Means of the
House
Boston
Boston Men's Club Holds Ladies Night at Hotel Oxford
The Men's Club of Boston hosted a ladies night at the Hotel Oxford with an attendance of more than members and friends. Frederic ER Cox of New England Telephone spoke on the telephone business in wartime, illustrated by 159 lantern slides. Boston theatre talent provided entertainment. President Joseph Spencer presided.
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Men's Club of
Boston
Iotel Oxford
Frederic Erox
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Cox
Boston Theatre
Joseph Spencer
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