Wireless Station Planned for Board of Trade Building
The Tropical Radio Company will install a commercial wireless station atop the Board of Trade building at State and Broad streets. It will be in commission next week with powerful modern apparatus and skilled operators. The station will handle messages for ships at sea and will have a range greater than the Charlestown naval plant, with superior capability for ship-to-shore work on the coast.
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The
Tropical Radio Company
Board of Trade
State and Broad Streets
Naval Radio Plant
Charlestown
Two Fires Break Out Aboard Iver Heath En Route
While traveling from Buenos Ayres and Montevideo to Boston the British steamer Iver Heath faced two serious onboard fires endangering 50 crew and cargo worth over $1,000,000. The first blaze in reserve bunkers burned for a week before being extinguished on March 13. A second fire in permanent bunkers followed but was quickly controlled by the crew.
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Buenos Ayres
Montevideo
Boston
Iver Heath
German Battleships Nassau Ostfriesland Reach Firth of Forth
April 8 reports Nassau and Ostfriesland arriving at the Firth of Forth marking the start of surrender of German warships under the Versailles terms. Ostfriesland to be turned over to the United States, with the Admiralty awaiting Washington instructions on departure date.
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London
Nassau
Firth of Forth
Admiralty
Washington
America
German Battleships Ostfriesland and Nassau Delivered to Allies
The Ostfriesland and Nassau, first delivered German dreadnoughts, towed into the Firth of Forth and handed to their new owners as crews are provided. Baden remains in British hands after diverging from Scapa Flow. British admiralty expects slower surrender of remaining German warships under peace terms.
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Nassau
Japan
Firth of Forth
Baden
Great Britain
Ostfriesland
Scapa Flow
Germany Tan
Treaty ship transfers set to Britain and Brazil
The text notes six battleships and several cruisers plus about 40 torpedo boat destroyers and submarines to be delivered. Fourteen German submarines will be sold for allied benefit. Brazil is to receive six destroyers, submarines and a cruiser. Transfers target the Firth of Forth within a month amid unresolved obligations to destroy battleships within five years.
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Brazil
Firth of Forth
Ex-Service Man and Bride on Honeymoon
Mr and Mrs Thomas J McCarthy of Jamaica Plain are on an extended wedding trip through New York State. The bride Miss Mary Sephton of 64 Hyde Park Avenue Forest Hills wed Tuesday at St Andrews Church Forest Hills in a ceremony performed by the bride’s brother Reverend John.
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Thomas J. McCarthy
Jamaican Plain
New York State
Mary Sephton
Hyde Park Avenue
Forest Hills
St. Andrew's Church
John
Ex-service Man McCarthy of Mattapan
Sephton C SS R reports Mr. McCarthy an ex service man from Mattapan as a local resident profile for community notes.
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Sephton
C. SS. R
Mr. McCarthy
Mattapan
Pension Fund Concert by Boston Symphony and Harvard Glee Club
Pierre Monteux conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Dr. A T Davison directing the Harvard Glee Club for the 34th pension fund concert on Sunday April 18 at 3 30 in Symphony Hall. The program features Saint Saens organ Symphony No 8 in C minor and works by Palestrina Gluck Rubenstein Rimsky Korsakoff and Spanish themed pieces.
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Pierre Monteux
Boston Symphony Orchestra
A. T. Davison
Harvard Glee Club
Symphony Hall
The
Asturias
Boy Sentenced for Auto Theft by Roxbury Youth
Judge Fessenden of the Superior Court lamented sentencing 18 year old Leo M. Meldon of Roxbury to a five to ten year State prison term for the larceny of an automobile. He said he would inform the Governor and the Council of the case.
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Fessenden
Superior Court
Leo M. Meldon
Roxbury
Judge Refuses Sentencing Leniency in Boy's Case
A court noted that the defendant would not receive a long term without the statute. The remark framed how the law shaped the punishment, implying the statute constrained the judge's options.
Sunlight Removes Scorch Marks from Fabric and Grass Stains
Sunlight helps fade scorch marks on fabric. A mixture of ammonia and water lifts grass stains effectively, with testing on an inconspicuous area recommended first.
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