Army and Navy Pay Increase Set by Conferees
The army and navy pay bill reached full agreement with increases for officers ranging from 420 to 840 dollars annually. Second lieutenants and ensigns gain 420, first lieutenants and junior grades up to 600, and majors and lieutenant commanders get 840. The raise is retroactive to January 1 and runs through June 30, 1922, with continued wartime quarters allowances for commissioned officers.
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Washington
House
Senate
Navy
Army
Hearing to Open on Deportation of Martens
Hearings on the deportation of Ludwig C. A. Martens, an unrecognized Soviet envoy, are set to begin May 4 on Ellis Island with Augustus P. Schell presiding. A garment description about a net cape and evening gown appears as stray text.
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Martens
New York
Ludwig C. A. Martens
United States
Ellis Island
Augustus P. Schell
Ellis Island Station
Jazzland Follies staged by South Boston Knights of Columbus
South Boston Council Knights of Columbus will stage Jazzland Follies a musical produced at Gate of Heaven Hall Fourth and I streets South Boston on Wednesday and Thursday with a cast featuring Velma Nagle Mae Fall and Charlotte McGowan Miss South Boston and Ralph Newman and Adelaide Manning in the Sweetheart sketch Grand Knight John P Banks will be interlocutor George Decker Thornton directs the show in a bid to deliver the councils best production yet.
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South Boston Council
Knights of Columbus
Gate of Heaven Hall
Fourth
I Streets
South Boston
Council
Ralph Newman
Adelaide Manning
Velma Nagle
Mae Fall
Charlotte McGowan
Post Letter Box Values of Old Coins Revisited
Readers ask about valuing ancient coins and the role of age in determining worth. The letter discusses genuine coins from Alexander the Great’s era versus sought after modern issues and emphasizes accuracy of names and addresses in correspondence.
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Sir
Alexander the Great
Bitro-Phosphate Ad Reveals Health Warning and Promise
An advertisement from New York promotes Bitro-Phosphate as a remedy for run down, weak, and anemic conditions. It touts phosphorous deficiency as a cause of fatigue and recommends Bitro-Phosphate, not a patent medicine, with health rules and a $300 guarantee included with each box.
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New York
Letters and science questions in a 19th century paper
Readers ask about salt preservation in humid weather and why sunset colors the sky. A classroom diagram explains how the atmosphere and dust affect sunlight and why red hues dominate at sunset. A query about the source of a proverb cites Pope and the idea that education shapes the mind.
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Sir
New England Milk Producers Meet Over New Price
Members of the New England Milk Producers Association open a conference at headquarters 51 Cornhill to set a new milk price. They expect to announce results this evening after days of deliberation.
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New England Milk Producers’ Association
Cornhill
Connecticut savings banks show increase in assets and deposits
Hartford Conn April 26 A comparative tabulation by Bank Commissioner Sturges shows savings banks in Connecticut had assets rise by nearly 27 million and deposits increase by 24 621 008 for the year ending March 31 1920.
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Connecticut
Hartford
Suit over Mrs Wears Diamonds
Mrs Efferine Wears of Allston sues over two diamonds valued at 750 alleging they were stolen from her home on Huntington avenue and pawned with a Collateral Loan Company by Charles Namethy known as Elmer von Fuzesy, a Hungarian roomer, who pawed them in February 1915 under the name Wears though spelled Weirs.
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Efferine Wears of
Allston
Charles Namethy
Elmer von Fuzesy
Huntington Avenue
von Fuzesy
Furesy
Wears
Weirs
Diamonds and loan dispute over sale of diamonds
The testimony covers a demand for return of diamonds from a loan company, alleged refusal, and their sale. Mrs Wears and Furesy give conflicting accounts of meeting, advertising for a roomer, pawn tickets, and letters exchanged during a visit, with letters later destroyed.
Not a Prince: Furesy pleads guilty in larceny case
In Virginia Furesy says he was a plant superintendant earning 3600 a year. He was brought back by Inspector Cowboy. He pleaded guilty to larceny including two diamonds but claims they were given to pawn for Mrs. Wears who planned to meet him in Baltimore. His prison term is 2 1 2 to five years ending May 1.
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Virginia
Furesy
Cowboy
Noted Stranger Introduces Self To Mrs Wears In Unfinished Case
A man born in France introduced himself to Mrs Wears but denied being a Hungarian prince. The case remained unfinished yesterday.
Bazaar Opens at Symphony Hall by Catholic Women League
At 9 a m the Bazaar of the League of Catholic Women opens at Symphony Hall and runs all day and into the evening. Other events include the Massachusetts Suffrage Association meeting at 10 a m, Kiwanis Club luncheon at 12 30 p m with E Fred Cullen speaking on Hoover the Man, Pilgrim Publicity Association dinner with Professor Daniel Starch, Middlesex Club Grant Night at 6 30 p m with Governor Morrow of Kentucky.
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League of Catholic Women
Symphony Hall
Massachusetts Suffrage Association
New England
Boylston Street
Kiwanis’ Club
E. Fred Cullen
Hoover
Pilgrim Publicity Association
Engineers’ Club
Daniel Starch
Middlesex Club
Somerset
Governor Morrow
Kentucky
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Charles E. Bailey
Worcester
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Helen Biggert
Berlin
Wis
Elizabeth Thom
London
Ont
Elizabeth Gillespie
Detroit
India
Rose Brothers & CO
Lancaster
Freed
Tremont St
Park St
Gilchrist CO
K. of C
Boston
Gold Street
Silver Street
C Street
West Fourth Street
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
John G. Carlisle
Charles F. Chrisp
Georgia
John J. Sherman
Ohio
Isham G. Harris
Tennessee
Scollay Square
Scollays
William Scollay
Scollay
Palmer
Warren
Tidewater
Providence
New London
West Rock
Benedict Arnold
Fast Rock
Edward Whalley
William Goffe
Charles 1
Jazzland Follies
Alexander Pope
N. E
Thayer McNeil Co
New Oxfords
Black
Russia
Thayer McNeil Company
Temple Place
West Street
Mrs
Baltimore
Superior Criminal Court
Willard
Stein-Bloch
Ege
Filene’s
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