Suit Over Breach of Promise to Marry In Brookline
Miss Ruth Patterson of Brookline sues James A Pollack for 10000 alleging a mutual engagement to wed. Filed in Norfolk County Superior Court with attorney W Jennings Patton seeking a jury trial. Patterson claims she was ready to marry but Pollack refused to perform his promise.
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Ruth Patterson
Brookline
James A. Pollack
Norfolk County
W. Jennings Patton
Miss Patterson
Pollack
Wrestling Bouts Tomorrow Night at Grand Opera House
Mike Yokel declares readiness to wrestle at any minute and bets on beating the Greek wrestler tomorrow night. John Wilonis is a fellow challenger. The preliminary features Patsy McCarthy versus Peter Goulet.
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Mike Yokel
John Wilonis
Grand Opera House
Patsy McCarthy
Peter Goulet
Harvard Play for Broadway at Punch and Judy Theatre
A Harvard four act comedy titled April by Hubert Osborne receives a Broadway premiere Saturday at New York's Punch and Judy Theatre. Osborne, a member of Harvard's English 47 class and McDowell drama fellow, has had several works produced by the 47 Workshop. Other Harvard plays to reach Broadway include Common Clay and Believe Me Xantippe.
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Harvard
Hubert Osborne
George P. Baker
Punch and Judy
New York
Osborne
McDowell
47 Workshop
Cambridge
Broadway
Kinsella Elected Mayor of Hartford
In Hartford Conn on April 2 Richard J. Kinsella a Democrat won the mayoral race defeating incumbent Frank A Hagarty a Republican by a small majority. The key contest was for town clerk where John A Gleason a Democrat defeated Henry F Smith a Republican by 38380 votes.
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Hartford
Conn
Frank A. Hagarty
Richard J. Kinsella
John A. Gleason
Henry F. Smith
Will Contest Divorce Suit in Norfolk County
Mrs Harriet C Warren of Brookline contests the divorce suit of Everett A Warren of Brookline filed in the Norfolk County Superior Court. They married Sept 5 1911 at Lyndeboro NH and separated Nov 25 1917. They have a 5 year old son. Custody split five days for father, two for mother. Warren alleges adultery naming one co respondent. Mrs Warren denies adultery and accuses him of cruelty and abuse while she remained faithful.
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Harriet C. Warren
Brooklines
Everett Albert Warren
Brookline
Norfolk County Superior Court
Warrens
Lyndeboro
N. H
Boston
Warren
Teaching Military English to Draftees at Cambridge
Classes in military English began this week at Cambridge evening schools for drafted men not fluent in English. Superintendent Fitz gerald cites Civil War losses from language gaps and aims to teach the manual of arms and other orders to men of foreign birth. John Herlihy leads the effort, with sessions in grammar schools advancing well.
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Cambridge
Fitzgerald
John Herlihy
Germans Sending Troops South of the Somme
Reuters dispatch reports German forces massing south of the Somme toward Montdidier as fresh troops move in. British lines north of the Somme are stabilized for the moment.
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Somme
London
Reuter
Montdidier
Patriotism talk at Fore River shipyard boosts war effort
Major M. S. Boehm of the Canadian army addressed about 4000 workers at the Fore River shipbuilding plant in Quincy urging continuous ship production to speed Allied victory. He stressed labor’s pivotal role, the need for ships, supplies, and American troops to prevent a German victory, and the urgency of ammo and food shipments.
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Boehm
Fore River
Quincy
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
M. S. Boehm
Germany
Pasha Treason Appeal Rejected by Court in Paris
In Paris on April 2 the Court of Cassation rejected the appeal of Bolo Pasha from the death sentence imposed by a court martial for treason. The court also denied Darius Porchere’s appeal, who received three years’ imprisonment. Monsignor Bolo, brother of Bolo Pasha, filed for revision with the justice ministry, to be referred to a special commission before any further action.
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Paris
Court of Cassation
Bolo Pasha
Darius Porchere
Bolo
Ministry of Justice
Three Landon Family Members Dead in Paris Church
New Yorkers Mrs Mary G Landon and daughters Mrs Lucy Landon Speed and Miss Ruth Landon were killed when a shell struck a church in Paris on Good Friday. Edward H Landon, a retired New York attorney and husband of the deceased, was among the victims. The Landon family had been prominent socially in New York and Paris.
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Paris
Landon
New York
Mary G. Landon
Edward H. Landon
Lucy Landon Speed
Ralph Speed
British Army Service Corps
Ruth Landon
Overman Explains His Bill In Senate Debate
The Senate opened formal debate on the Overman bill to grant the President broad wartime power to reorganize departments and agencies. Senator Overman argued the measure merely accelerates existing authority, while opponents urged limits, and supporters cited needs to deploy troops to France. He compared U S power to Britain and France and urged giving the President flexibility to act.
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Washington
Overman
Senate
North Carolina
Judiciary Committee
Wilson
Congress
Cummins
Iowa
Reed
Missouri
Smith
Hardwick
Georgia
Nelson
Minnesota
France
Great Britain
Clemenceau's Car Shelled Near Front in World War I
Paris April 2 Premier Clemenceau endured a near front line patrol as his automobile was shelled vigorously by German artillery. All windows were broken but he escaped injury in the incident during his daily visit to the front.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Father Schleuter's Funeral Tomorrow
Funeral services for the Rev. John M. P. Schleuter S J late assistant pastor at Holy Trinity Church Shaw will be held tomorrow morning. The notice names the Holy Trinity Church and location as the site of the services and identifies Schleuter's role within the church community.
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J. M. P. Schleuter
S. J
the Holy Trinity Church
John M. P. Schleuter
Holy Trinity Church
Shaw
Requiem Mass for Father Schleuter at local church
For the past 80 years mut avenue will host the service tomorrow at 9:20 am with Father Schleuter’s body in state from 10 am to 8 pm for viewing by friends and parishioners. Teutonia Council Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus will guard the remains. A solemn high mass of requiem is set for 9:30 am and burial will follow at Holy Cross College Cemetery Worcester.
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Father Schleuter
Teutonia Council
Fourth Degree
Knights of Columbus
Holy Cross College
Worcester
Germans Make Overtures Through Holy See
Paris reports that Germany has proposed a prisoner swap via the Holy See. Alsace and Lorraine evacuees would return to France in exchange for an equal number of French civilians from occupied areas. Cardinal Gasparri sent the offer to Baron Denys Cochin, who refused to mediate. He argued it would acknowledge Alsatians as German subjects.
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Paris
Holy See
France
Alsace
Lorraine
Gasparri
Denys Cochin
Cardinal Gasparri
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