Refuses to Dismiss Suit Against Rockefeller Affected
Judge Hough denied a motion to dismiss a suit by New York Haven & Hartford minority stockholders seeking 165 million dollars said to have been dissipated by William Rockefeller and others. Plaintiffs reside in Massachusetts. judge ruled the railroad is a Connecticut citizen for diversity purposes, so federal court jurisdiction stands.
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New York
Hough
United States District Court Today
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
William Rockefeller
Railroad
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Liggett Elected Director of Hancock Mutual Life
Louis K. Liggett president of United Drug Company was yesterday elected a director of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Colonel A A Rand.
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Louis K. Liggett
United Drug Company
John Hancock Mutual Jaife Insurance Company
Mr. Liggett
A. A. Rand
Climb on the band wagon buy a bond then blow your horn
A fragment urges joining a bond drive with a catchy call to action to buy a bond and trumpet the effort. The wording mimics a civic appeal or promotional line aimed at rallying support and participation.
Price Shift Rumors Hit Beer and Ale Prices
The piece reports on brewing prices rising from five to ten cents and possible changes in serving sizes. It notes traders behind counters discussed the issue, with some favoring an eight ounce glass and others keeping ten ounces, but all agreeing the five cent beers are doomed.
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Bill Shakspere
Bonds Call to Action in War Bond Drive Language
A wartime appeal stresses U S bonds as essential to aiding allies and winning the bond age urging immediate purchase to finance efforts and free partners from hardship.
Protestant Churches Conference and Easter Plans
The Rev. George H Spencer of Greenwood Memorial Methodist in Dorchester preaches The Life Immortal and Easter music will be repeated at the morning service. Rev. Dillon Bronson, returning from a war work campaign in Southern California, will aid the Church of All Nations tied to Morgan Memorial. The Rev. S Frank Harlow of the American Board of Foreign Missions speaks at the YWCA on Buried Talent with future dates. The spring drive of the Young People’s Religious Union continues at First Parish Church, Cambridge. Rev. Louis C Cornish of the American Unitarian Association is noted. The Suffolk West Congregational Ministers Association holds its 79th annual meeting at Wellesley Hills Church with multiple speakers on religious education and evangelism.
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George Hazelton Spencer
Greenwood Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Dorchester
Dillon Bronson
California
Church of All Nations
Morgan Memorial Church
Young People’s Religious Union
South Church
Newbury
Exeter Streets
Cambridge
Louis C. Cornish
American Unitarian Association
Suffolk West Congregational Ministers’ Association
Wellesley Hills
Edward M. Noyes
Miles B. Fisher
S. Ralph Harlow
A.Z. Conrad
Jason Noble Vieree
Stand with the boys by buying a bond today
A call to action urges readers to support servicemen by purchasing war bonds. The message frames bond buying as solidarity with soldiers stationed overseas and a civic duty to finance the war effort.
Catholic Church Notes recount novenas and parish events
Novenas in honor of St Joseph begun at Jesuit and other churches with beads sermons and benediction. Large crowds at St Marys North End and Immaculate Conception South End. Parochial school planned from the old Deacon Kendall mansion. Holy hours for the dead every Sunday at Cavalry Cemetery mortuary chapel. Father Cummins to celebrate silver jubilee. Cambridge K of C retreat at Blessed Gabriel Monastery in May. Monastery retreats listed for April 12-15 19-22 and 26-28. The Victim nine act drama to be shown at Boston College Hall April 17-18 under Catholic Art Association. Forty Hours devotion to begin at St Stephen's North End and Sacred Heart East Boston on Friday. Feast days: St Leo the Great tomorrow and St Hermenegild Saturday. Cathedral Holy Hour of Adoration Sundays 4 to 5 noted with Cardinal OConnell pleased.
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St. Joseph
St. Mary's Church
North End
Church of the Immaculate Conception
South End
Old Cavalry Cemetery
John F. Cummins
Father Cummins
Cambridge Council
K. of C
Blessed Gabriel
Brighton
Father George
CC. P
Boston College Hall
Catholic Art Association
St. Stephen's Church
Church of the Sacred Heart
East Boston
American Submarines Join Global War Effort at Sea
In a report from Washington dated April 9, American submarines built for coastal duties have crossed the Atlantic to join allied forces against German U-boats. They and American destroyers and naval airmen have been in the war zone for months, operating solo at times, with many reaching stations under their own power despite storms.
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Washington
Atlantic
Submarine Fleet Sails Through Severe Midwinter Atlantic
Secretary Daniels at Cleveland Liberty Loan gathering revealed little about the submarines use but confirms their midwinter voyage across the Atlantic in brutal seas. Crews faced cramped quarters and storms yet pressed on with confidence, delivering an unpublicized but crucial front line deployment.
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Daniels
Cleveland
Germany
Pease charged after running car injures boy in Nashua
Nashua New Hampshire April 9 Robert A Pease a Cornell University aviation school reserve officer trainee was arrested after driving an automobile with a 1917 number plate and without a license He ran over 12 year old William Zodlis causing a fractured skull and other injuries Doctors said the boy’s chances for recovery were slight
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Nashua
N. H
Robert A. Pease
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Cornell University
William Zodlis
Zodlis
East Arlington Pastor Joins Canadian Army
The Rev. Garfield Morgan, pastor of Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church in East Arlington, resigned to enlist in the Canadian overseas regiment as a private. He left Arlington yesterday for Toronto with Mrs. Morgan to enter the training camp.
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Garfield Morgan
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church of
East Arlington
Canadian Overseas Regiment
Arlington
Toronto
Can
Garden conference invites Lexington home gardeners
Women farmers of Lexington and all town gardeners are invited to Cary Hall Lexington this afternoon at 3 o clock for the second annual big drive on home gardens. The event is organized under the women’s department of the sub committee of the Lexington Public Safety Committee on food production and conservation.
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Lexington
Cary Hall
Women’s Department
Lexington Public Safety Committee
Mrs Estey Files Divorce Suit in Brattleboro
Mrs J Gray Estey wife of the Estey Organ Company president and former First Vermont Infantry colonel filed for divorce in Brattleboro alleging desertion and intolerable severity. A temporary alimony order of 250 dollars per month was issued and the petition expected before Judge Frank L Fish at Windham County Court. The couple married in Peabody Massachusetts on October 29 1892. Mrs Estey was Mattie Howland Poor of Peabody.
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Brattleboro
J. Gray Estey
Te Estey Organ Company
First Vermont Infantry
Estey
Frank L. Fish
Windham County
Peabody
Mass
Mattie Howland Poor
That Place
Leverett Poor
Alleged embezzler caught in new auto
John A. Whelan, sought by Massachusetts authorities for embezzling 3100 from Adams Express at Franklin on March 9, was arrested in Dover New Hampshire while riding in a newly purchased car. Nine hundred dollars was found on him during search.
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Dover
N. H
John A. Whelan
Maseachusetts
Adams Express Company
Franklin
Mass
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News Tees Protestant Churches
Gilchrist
Ive and
Redeem Merchants Legal Stamps
Gilchrist Co
Uncle Sam
GKOR
Jogooorscoone
John B. Crowe
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Deacon Kendall
Magazine and
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Leo the First
Hermenegild
William B. Finigan
Cardinal O'Connell
Philippines
Hawaii
Tanama
National Fire Protection Association
Globe Automatic Sprinkler CO
Milk St
Boston
Ft. Hill
LEA
Perrins
Worcestershire
Mrs. Estey
Organ Company
NEW Auto
America
Connor
Washington Street
Brookside
Bo Henfield
Brookside Creamery
Warner
Baker
John T. Conorco
Food Administration
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