Publicity plans for transatlantic flight and air combat circus
Acting Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt says press access will be arranged for the transatlantic flight with the Melville serving as a fuel ship and possible aviation-editor presence. A beacon system evolves for automatic position signals as Victory Liberty Loan air battles begin in Boston with circuses traveling by train to New York, New Orleans, and Los Angeles.
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Navy
Roosevelt
Melville
Navy Department
Atlantic
Army Signal Corps
Langley Field
Langley
Liberty Loan
Boston
New York
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Providence woman seeks six foot tall husband in 1919 plea
A Providence woman calling herself Helen writes to the Boston Post seeking a husband. She specifies must be six feet tall, good looking and of good habits, with a preference for a 26th Division man. She asks the paper to publish responses addressed to the editor.
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Providence
Helen
R. I
Boston Post
Olive Tablets advertisement claim better breath and bowel action
An advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle substitute for calomel easing bad breath and aiding bowels and liver. It touts a vegetable formula with olive oil, an olive color, and a 25 cent per box price, urging nightly use for a week.
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Wards
F. M. Edwards
Minstrels to Give Concert for Patients in Dorchester
The Catholic Club of Dorchester plans a minstrel show at the Free Home for Consumptives in Mattapan tonight. Performers include Ralph J. Newman Miss Florence Curry Miss Margaret Conlon Gerard Lydon with Daniel McDeavitt Frank Murphy and Owen Mahiffin. Harold Ryan leads the event.
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Dorchester
Free Home For Consumptives
New England Men Killed in Action
War Department lists 40 names as killed in action including Private Antonio Schiavone of Worcester Massachusetts and Private Urbain Leger of New Bedford Massachusetts. Next of kin listed as Nicholas Schiavone 127 Shrewsbury Street Worcester and Mrs Amies Leger 1 Davis Street New Bedford.
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Washington
War Department
Antonio Schiavone
Nicholas Schiavone
Shrewsbury Street
Worcester
Mass
New England
Urbain Leger
Amies Leger
Davis Street
New Bedford
German Austrian Volunteers Join Hungarian Army
London April 9 Twelve hundred German Austrian volunteers for the Hungarian Communist army have arrived in Budapest from Vienna under command of Austrian Communist leaders Roth and Ziege. More are expected. General enlistment for the Hungarian Red army will commence Sunday.
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London
Budapest
Vienna
Roth
Ziege
Red Army
Sidney Drew Dies at 64 in New York
New York April 9 Sidney Drew actor on stage and screen died today at his home aged 64 from uremia due to nephritis. He appeared in Keep Her Smiling with Mrs Drew in Detroit last week and earlier made vaudeville and motion picture successes. He was adopted brother of John Drew and had a son Sidney Rankin Drew killed in France. He remarried Lucille McVey and they had reunited in stage and film comedy of married life.
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New York
Sidney Drew
Mr. Drew
John Drew
Astor
University of Pennsylvania
Sidney Rankin’ Drew
Gladys Rankin
France
Lucille McVey
WANTS FLOUR PRICES CUT
A congressional telegram urges Secretary Houston to remove food price controls by experts and place responsibility with someone who understands the grave cost of living. The letter cites wheat stock, exports, and rising flour prices, arguing the government must act to cut flour costs to protect average families.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
John F. Fitzgerald
Chicago Trade Bulletin
Wilson Said Send Sims On Naval Mission
Rear Admiral Sims met Navy Department officers in Secretary Daniels office as Acting Secretary Roosevelt described the choice for his England mission. A urgent Page request led to recommending Sims to Wilson who authorized sending him to Europe under an assumed name for talks with the British Admiralty.
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Washington
Sims
Navy Department
Daniels
Roosevelt
England
United States
Ambassador Page
Admiralty
Wilson
Department
Malden Centre Sunday School Pledges $2900 Annual Missions
Malden Centre Sunday school board votes to pledge 2900 annually for home and foreign missions, raising its centenary quota from 1970 to 2000. The gift supports the nationwide 140 million dollar centenary drive for world reconstruction set for May 18 to 25, with Sunday schools nationwide aiming to raise one eighth of the total.
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New England Methodist
Malden Centre
Maiden Centre
Sullivan Sister Seeks Boston Contact For Lost Brother
Mrs Minnie Costello of 45 H Street Northeast Washington asks Boston police to locate her brother Timothy J Sullivan formerly a sea captain believed to reside in the city. She seeks to reach him regarding the death of their brother James R Sullivan.
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Minnie Costello
H Street
Washington
Boston
Timothy J. Sullivan
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