Auto overturns kill and injure Quincy students
A runabout carrying eight Quincy High School and Woodward Institute students overturned at Rice Hill. One girl, Miss Alice Knight, 15, died from a dislocated neck and fractured skull. Six others, including Agnes Ferriter Catherine Flaherty William Bennett Joseph Dillon and Lester Hughes, were injured with varying severity. Operator Clarence Trask and his daughter escaped injury besides a nervous shock. Joseph Flaherty 6-year-old, confined with a skull fracture, sent a note to his employer from Quincy City Hospital.
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Joseph Flaherty
Quincy
Quincy City
Joseph
Flaherty
Grove Street
West
Quincy High School
Woodward Institute
Rice’s Hill
Clarence H. Trask
Willard Street
Alice Knight
James Knight
Quarry Street
West Quincy
William Bennett
Joseph Dillon
Quincy City Hospital
Agnes Ferriter
Catherine Flaherty
Lester Hughes
Furnace Street
Senate probes bribery claim over Niagara senator
Albany April 10 The Senate judiciary committee will begin tomorrow hearings in its investigation of Senator George F. Thompson of Niagara who alleges he was offered a 500000 bribe to vote for the Carson Martin bill allowing a street railway fare increase.
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Albany
N. J
Senate Judiciary Committee
George F. Thompson
Niagara
Prohibition Leaders Denied Passports for Europe Trip
Washington April 10 State Department officials announced that prohibition leaders will not be issued passports to Great Britain or France to campaign abroad. The ban follows Britain’s refusal to visa Americans with unimportant business abroad. The department said requests from many individuals with minor aims show a likely policy of broad refusals.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
State Department
Europe
Department
England
Americans abroad urged to limit travel due to shortages
The passage notes representations that transportation facilities could not handle more Americans, risking interference with normal postwar conditions. Food and living accommodations were scarce, cited as a reason to reduce American travel in Europe.
Japs Join In Big Steamship Deal
Seattle April 10 J FP Morgan and other financiers plan to join Japanese capitalists in forming a new steamship company led by economist Kotaro Mochizuki. He says about 200 million dollars from American and Japanese funds will be invested to buy build and operate vessels on major world routes including a Seattle to Orient line.
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Seattle
J. FP. Morgan
Kotaro Mochizuki
New York
Mochizuki
Women of Old Company B Host Homecoming Reception
An afternoon reception at Hotel Vendome honored men of the Yankee Division by the Women of Old Company B 101st Engineers. Mrs. Charles W. Frye of Scituate led as hostess. mothers and sons attended along with officers Major John F. Osborne Captain Horace E. Landon and Captain George C. Capelle who spoke of the soldiers' service in France.
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Hotel Vendome
101St Engineers
Charles W. Frye
Scituate
France
John F. Osborne
Horace E. Landon
George C. Capelle
First Corps
Newell Keith
Smallpox case and transit news in Boston area
A travelling salesman aged 87 contracts smallpox, with three cases under treatment at the detention hospital housing returning troops. The White Star steamship Vedic departed Brest for Boston and will dock at Commonwealth pier around April 20. Miss Alice R. Shannehan married Captain S Ridley Striblin in Roslindale Church.
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Board of Health
New England
White Star Line
Vedic
Brest
France
Boston
Camonwealth Pier
Liverpool
Alice R. Shannehan
Temple Street
West Roxbury
S. Ridley Striblin
Fort Crockett
Galveston
Texas
Church of Our Saviour
Roslindale
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