Killed in Ditch Auto Near Aroostook Junction
Arthur Orton of Fort Fairfield Maine died instantly when his car veered off a culvert near the Aroostook River and dropped six feet into a ditch. His companions Ralph Dorsey Frank Langley and Miss Mary Pelkey were rescued with minor injuries as snow hid the road and headlights failed. Orton, an automobile repairman and former soldier born in England about 30, was unmarried.
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Fort Fairfield
Arthur Orton
Aroostook Junction
N. B
Aroostook River
Ralph Dorsey
Frank Langley
Mary Pelkey
Orton
England
Boston Shoe Store Proprietor George Tarbox Dies at 70
George H. Tarbox aged 70, proprietor of the William H. Leonara Shoe Store at 10 Marshall Street Boston, died yesterday at his home 22 Appleton Street Malden from apoplexy. He had been ill for two years.
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George H. Tarbox
William H. Leonara
Marshall Street
Boston
Appleton Street
Malden
Mr. Tarbox
Confirmation administered at St. Peter's by Bishop Anderson
Bishop Anderson, rector of St. Peter's Church Dorchester held confirmation in his church yesterday. About 2500 girls and more than 200 boys received the sacrament with Rev. Michael J. Derby and Rev. Edward Kenney assisting.
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Anderson
St. Peter's Church
Meeting House Hill
Dorchester
Michael J. Derby
Edward Kenney
Bishop Anderson
St. Peter’s
Major Froumond Not Killed in Silesia
Paris reports Major Froumond in command of a French detachment in Silesia was only slightly wounded at Jetz during clashes with workers. Advices from Teschen today say the fight stemmed from a regional strike and left one person dead and six wounded.
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Paris
Froumond
Silesia
Jetz
Teschen
Germany to Stop Exports of Shoes
Berlin April 2 AP The German ministry of economics to curb rising boot and shoe prices will embargo exports while allowing unlimited import of shoe leather to align home costs with lower foreign prices.
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Germany
Berlin
Associated Press
Ministry of Economics
Farmers Urged to Work Farms as Labor Shortage Mounts
Washington reports a 25 percent shortage of farm labor in Massachusetts with similar national shortages. Secretary Meredith appeals to business and college students to spend vacations on farms this summer. Massachusetts production could drop 2 percent due to lack of help and prices may rise. Write to state extension directors to be matched with farm labor needs.
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Messrs. Bowen and
Powers
Washington
Meredith
Massachusetts
Bay State
Commissioner of Agriculture
Worcester County Farm Bureau
Federal Department
Chicago
Lincoln
Boston University BroadHurst Comedy Draws Big Audience
George Broadhurst's What Happened to Jones was staged Saturday night in Jordan Hall by BU College of Business Administration Dramatic Club. The cast included Samuel Epstein Dorchester as Alvina Starlight, Lena Brown of Virginia as Cissy, and Lee C. Davis, Earl Heap, Harold Young, Noel Laird, Donald Tracy, Ernest Shepard, Mary McKensie, Rena Bernstein, Susan Arnold, and Fanny Richardson in supporting roles.
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George Broadharst
Jones
Jordan Hall
Dramatic Club
College of Business Administration
Boston University
Samuel Epstein Dorchester
Alvina Starlight
Julian Eltinge
Lena Brown
Virginia
Cissy
Lee C. Davis
Pasadena
Cal
Earl Heap
Harold Young
Noel Laird
Donald Tracy
Ernest Shepard
Mary and Helen McKensie
Rena Bernstein
Susan Arnold
Fanny Richardson
Cavanaugh Heads Worcester County American Legion
Major Frank W. Cavanaugh of Worcester was elected commander of the Worcester County Council American Legion at the State Armory. Seth Heywood of Gardner was named vice commander and Ralph I. Higgins of Uxbridge as treasurer. Maurice Risley of West Brookfield became secretary. Colonel Foley declined the commander post. The council backed Congress fourfold compensation plan. Colonel Edward L. Logan urged support and met disabled soldiers at Rutland Sanitarium.
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Worcester
Frank W. Cavanaugh
Worcester County Council
American Legion
State Armory
Seth Heywood
Gardner
Ralph I. Higgins
Uxbridge
Maurice Risley
West Brookfield
Thomas F. Foley
1011st’Regiment
Congress
Edward L. Logan
Massachusetts Department
Logan
Rutland
Bureau of War Risk Insurance and Vocational Training Board
Bolsheviki Seek Peace Talks With Czechs
Bolshevik foreign minister M. Tohitcherin has sent a note to Czechoslovakia proposing the opening of negotiations toward peace. The move signals a potential thaw in relations between Soviet Russia and the Czech state amid ongoing European tension.
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M. Tohitcherin
Ae Eee
Osecholovakia
Boaen Wweet
Inventory of musical instruments and shipboard supplies
Catalog lists vast quantities of instruments and gear including 145 cellos 312 drums 398 violins and 300 saxophones along with rainwear hotel kitchenware and ship fittings. It itemizes tools brass rivets tubing pipe Monel metal and various lengths and sizes with quantities in pounds feet fathoms and nos.
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N. S
Boehm
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Massachusetts Ave
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United States Senate
Washington, D. C
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Fitchburg
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Framingham
Joseph C. Pelletier
Daniel F. Doherty
Westfield
Patrick Bowen
James F. Powers
Daniel J. Gallagher
William J. Manning
South Boston
B. U
Samuel Epstein
Alvina @tarii
Yurdy
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nahant
Frederick H. Gillett
Springfield
W. Murray Crane
Dalton
Edward A. Thurston
Fall River
John L. Bates
Beacon St
Brookline
Frank W. Stearns
Arthur H. Chapin
Everett C. Benton
George H. Ellis
Godfrey de Tonnacour
Charlies G. Washburn
Clinediust Lodge
Harris & Ewing
Gillett
Thurston
Cavanaugh
Worcester County
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