What Boosted Price of Fish In War Time
Arthur L. Parker, president of two Boston firms, testified in a wartime price-fixing trial that supply and demand set fish prices and government propaganda raised demand. He noted the exchange rule applied to all fish producers, with 75 to 8 bidders at Bay State and 12 bidders at Boston Fish Pier, linking vigorous bidding to higher wholesale prices.
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Arthur L. Parker
Boston Fish Pier Company
Boston Trawler Company
Parker
Hurlburt
Bay State Fishing
Bay State Company
Disbarment Petition Filed Against Boston Lawyer Patterson
A petition for the disbarment of Winfield Scott Patterson of the Massachusetts bar was filed in Suffolk Superior Court by the Boston Bar Association. It alleges Patterson by false representations caused Margaret Brennan of Boston to lose 2500 dollars.
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Winfield Scott Patterson
Massachusetts Bar
Suffolk Superior Court
Bar Association of
City of
Boston
Patterson
Margaret Brennan
Young Forger Given Indefinite Term In Connecticut Case
In New Wave Connecticut on April 1 Maxwell A Rancow aged 2 was sentenced to an indefinite term at Cheshire reformatory after pleading guilty to forgery. He had been selling check protecting machines and obtained $8 from a bank using a $2 deposit check from a customer.
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New Wave
Conn
Maxwell A. Rancow
Cheshire Reformatory
Greene
Superior Court
Rancow
Meat Injurious to the Kidneys Warns for Kidney Health
A well known authority warns that excessive meat intake raises uric acid, overworks kidneys, and causes back pain, cloudy urine, and night-time urges. Jad Salts, a grape lemon lithia blend, is sold as a preventative drink to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys and maintain urinary health.
Four New Englanders cited for bravery in action
War Department listings honor Sergeant William T. McKernan and Lieutenant Ralph W. Harwood of the 102d and K Company, 10d Infantry, for actions near Verdun. Colonel Halstead Dorey of the 4th Infantry and Corporal John J. Foyle of the 28a Infantry are also cited for leadership and heroism near Montfaucon and St Vienne aux Arnes.
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War Department
Verdun
St. Stienne-aux-Arnes
Montfaucon
William T. McKernan
K Company
Eagleville
Conn
McKernan
Ralph W. Harwood
State House
Boston
Halstead Dorey
South Manchester
John J. Foyle
St. Vienne-aux-Arnes
Lyon Street
Peabody
Keeler Rites Held for Colonel at Cambridge Home
Funeral services for Colonel George A. Keeler who died Saturday were conducted yesterday at the home of his daughter Mrs. Samuel Usher at 11 Hillside avenue Cambridge. The Rev Daniel Evans officiated and the body was sent to Bradford New Hampshire for burial.
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George A. Keeler
Samuel Usher
Hillside Avenue
Cambridge
Daniel Evans
Bradford
N. H
War Memoirs Series From New England Division
The Daily and Sunday Post begins a serialized set of personal World War narratives by members of New England's division. Stories recount actual experiences and will continue daily.
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the Post
New England
Daily
Sunday Post
Milk Battalion Deploys To Toul Sector Front
On April 1 the Milk Battalion of the 3d Battalion 101st Infantry moved from Trampo to Neufchateau and Bouck to join Brigadier General Cole in Jules sur la Court. Companies M K took Gerard Soss Boulecourt, with soup guns supplied by General Cole. A German artillery bombardment hit the town briefly but caused no casualties. The battalion then moved to Bouconville with Night gas alerts and sleeping-place masks. Chaplain Rollins survived a near miss when a shell landed in his bed.
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Toul
101St Infantry
Trampo
Neufchateau
Bouck
Jouie Sur la Court
Boulecourt
McCarty
Bouconville
Xivary
Arms and the Man at Copley Theatre by Henry Jewett Players
The Henry Jewett Players staged Shaw's Arms and the Man at the Copley Theatre. Leonard Craske as Bluntschli delivered strong comedy while Noel Leslie, E F Clive, Cameron Matthews and Fred W. Perma impressed as Sergius Saranoff Major Petkoff and Niccola. The performance was noted as one of the smoothest by the company and highly entertaining.
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George Bernard Shaw
Arms
Henry Jewett Players
Copley Theatre
Bluntschli
Leonard Craske
Noel Leslie
E. FE. Clive
Petkoff
Cameron Matthews
Sergius Saranoff
Fred W. Perma
Farce and romance enliven a wartime play cast
The production blends genuine comedy with a hint of war as Jessamine Newcombe stars as Raina who shelters a fugitive soldier. Viola Roach and Phyllis Relph support as Louka and a flirtatious mother while Captain Myrod rises as the heroic figure in a lively stage work.
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Jessamine Newcombe
Raina
Miss Newcombe
Viola Roach
Louka
Phyllis Relph
Myrod
Tobacco as Baby Killer Says Brighton Dentist
Dr Herbert F Dennett of Brighton calls tobacco the great offense against humanity next to birth control and asserts its harm to infants and mothers.
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Brighton
Dentist links infant deaths to paternal tobacco habit
Dr. Herbert E. Dennett of Brighton cites a link between heart disease in newborns and fathers who smoke or chew tobacco. He argues that birth control, tobacco use, and alcohol follow in this order, with tobacco having the strongest effect on infant health and dental development.
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Herbert E. Dennett
Commonwealth Avenue
Brighton
Post
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