Boston Suffered Quiet Sunday as City Reports Odd Incidents
A lively Boston Sunday mixed small mishaps and oddities. Police at Joy Street logged misadventures from a piano prodigy to a Lynn man with a fractured skull, while a phantom door-knocking mystery puzzled the Hanover Street station crew. A South End fire caused minor damage at 18 Genesee Street and several hospitals noted unrelated injuries.
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Jumping a Brooklyn Bridge stunt sparks mystery escape
A man in dark trousers and a sleeveless shirt stepped from a street car onto Brooklyn Bridge and leaped into the East River. He survived the splash and was later found to have boarded a Manhattan tug and limousine, possibly a movie stunt.
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Summer tourist rates on Rock Island Lines to western parks
Attractive season fares in effect June 1 to October 1 to Mountain and Lake regions and National Parks with liberal stopovers and return by October 31. Tickets sold at Rock Island Lines offices nationwide. Route includes Rocky Mountain Limited to Colorado and Golden State Limited to California with dining car service and modern equipment. Contact FE. R. Hines, General Agent, Boston office for planning.
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A. P. Staff Dines the M'Kernons at Boston Hotel
Edward McKernon, longtime New England correspondent for the Associated Press, was feted by Boston bureau staff as he prepares to become superintendent of the Eastern division. Mrs McKernon attended, and a mahogany humidor was presented. Speakers praised his work and the AP's uncensored journalism.
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Edward McKernon
Boston
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Emery H. Talbot
New York
A Social Somersault by George Randolph Chester
A George Randolph Chester story titled A Social Somersault will be printed in full in the upcoming Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The notice announces the serial publication and ties to the Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
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George Randolph Chester
Boston Sunday Post
Plan to restore Liberty bonds to par value outlined
Colonel M W Thompson, governor of the War Credits Board, drafts a bill to issue consolidated bonds to absorb 20 million dollars of Liberty bonds and Victory notes at par. The bonds would carry a sliding semiannual interest rate set by the Treasury to match market earning power and aim to stabilize government securities.
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Smoot pushes general sales tax plan in Senate
Senator Smoot of Utah, a Republican on the Senate finance committee, announces a bill to impose a flat 1 percent sales tax on gross sales above 6000 annually. The proposal, if enacted, would revenue about 1500 million dollars and exempts only a few items, keeping most goods taxed.
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