John C Kennedy Dies After 32 Years as Newton Judge
Funeral services for John C. Kennedy former Newton District Court judge and Newton Exemption Board chair were held at the First Unitarian Church West Newton attended by bench and bar Middlesex Club Newton City Council including Mayor Childs and Newton citizens. Rev Julian C James officiated with body bearers including Charles H Ramsay Joseph O Hayden John R Fairbairn Volney Skinner Chester B Williams and Roland F Gammons. Interment followed in Newton Cemetery.
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John C. Kennedy
Newton
Middlesex Club
Childs
Julian C. James
First Unitarian Church
West Newton
Charles H. Ramsay
Merchants National Bark
Joseph O. Hayden
Middlesex County
John R. Fairbairn
Volney Skinner
Chester B. Williams
Roland F. Gammons
Fishing Schooner Distress Report Near Cape Cod
New Bedford reports captain of Magnolia sighted the Gloucester fishing vessel Alice Stetson off Cape Cod during Friday's gale. The Stetson was listing badly and the crew were in the rigging, according to the Magnolia's captain.
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New Bedford
Magnolia
Alice Stetson
Cape Cod
Stetson
Cambridge war fund to aid three companies
A Cambridge war fund of 500 is to be allocated equally among A B and C Eighth Regiment and the Cambridge companies A C and BE. Debts totaling about 100 for the three companies will be paid from the fund. Mayor Wendell D Rockwood announced the plan, with the balance reserved for emergencies. Cambridge Day will be at the Lynnfield camp Saturday. Autos and trolleys depart Central square near noon. Councillor William M Hogan chairs the arrangements.
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Cambridge
Wendell D. Rockwood
Lynnfield
Central Square
Willam M. Hogan
Rockefeller grant funds women near camps protection
A $100,000 gift from the Rockefeller Foundation to the War Work Council of the YWCA funds care and protection for women and girls near military camps. It will also support hostess houses near camps as meeting places for soldiers and their female relatives and friends.
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New York
Rockefeller Foundation
War Work Council
Young Women’s Christian Association
Americans in German Army Denationalized Citizens Drafted
A German born American says German authorities are drafting long resident Americans for military service, claiming they forfeited American citizenship. Native born Americans with German lineage are drafted, naturalized or not. The issue, raised in Reichstag questions, sees authorities unmoved and some Americans appealing to the Spanish embassy.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Reichstag
Framingham Camp Presents Notable Auto Shoe Outfit
Massachusetts troops yesterday became owners of the only automobile shoe repairing outfit in the warring nations after Brigadier General Sweetser accepted the gift in a brief speech. General Manager E P Brown of United Shoe Machinery Company presented the outfit at the Framingham camp.
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Bay State
General Sweetser
Massachusetts
Manager Brown
United Shoe Machinery Company
Sweetser
E. P. Brown
Framingham Camp
Massachusetts Troops Get Four Ton Shoe Repair Outfit
A four ton truck and trailer delivered to the Bay State troops showcases a complete shoe repair outfit. It includes motor pumps for moistening leather, an auto nailer that can attach a half sole in 15 seconds, five repair machines, electric lighting, heated vents, and ample supply lockers with space for 1500 pairs.
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Massachusetts
Bay State
Crowd Tears Up All Kaiser Wilson Banners Across Square
Party offices across Lafayette square witnessed a two hour banner tearing in which Kaiser Wilson banners were ripped and parade participants continued to reappear. Police watched with indifference until two arrests were made near the end.
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Kaiser Wilson
Lafayette Square
Washington suffrage rally banners torn by youths
Jack Gotlieb a Washington youth torn an American flag from a suffragist headquarters balcony and faced $300 bonds for desecration. Louis Lawych, a government clerk, was jailed for disorderly conduct after tearing down a Kaiser Wilson banner. Police and Naval Reservists clashed as onlookers dispersed, with 20 Kaiser Wilson banners and 15 colored standards destroyed. None were injured though some stones flew and a bullet hole appeared in the hall window.
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Jack Gotlieb
Washington
Louis Lawych
White House
Lawych
Naval Reserve
Lafayette Square
Pennsylvania Avenue
Kaiser Wilson
German-born man seeks exemption to fight for U S
Herman Stenzel of Jamaica Plain appeared before Division 22 to be examined claiming he is German but willing to fight for the United States. He said he served in the German navy but would prove his loyalty on the firing line. Judge Murray expressed regret at not yet granting him a chance to fight for democracy.
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Herman Stenzel
Tower Street
Jamaica Plain
Division 22
Stenzel
Germany
Sam
Murray
U S Troops Training Camp in France Finds Uniforms Shrinking
From Aug 14 dispatch the Associated Press reports that American expeditionary force units in France are undergoing strict outdoor physical training and have begun to outgrow their uniforms. A company commander writes that many men are developing so fast that four inches too small measures now apply at the chest.
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France
Associated Press
Red Cross Urgently Calls for Winter Clothing
New York August 14 Major Grayson Murphy head of the Red Cross Commission urged the organization to ship large quantities of winter clothing. He cited fuel shortages and discomfort among European war zone refugees and warned American and allied soldiers will suffer in frozen trenches without prompt aid.
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New York
Red Cross
Grayson Murphy
Red Cross Commission
Fin Com rap unfair says Murphy defends contract
Edward F. Murphy, commissioner of public works, rebutted Finance Commission criticism of a $4230 rental for engine, derrick and equipment owned by Peter W. Hill. He argued the report is unfair and that praise is due for prudence, noting the $1410 per year average from 1914 to 1917 versus $10,383 yearly in earlier years. He blamed Guy C. Emerson for the prior higher averages.
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Edward F. Murphy
Public Works
Finance Commission
Peter W. Hill
Murphy
Guy C. Emerson
Consult
Public works leadership names in city report
The report notes the engineer of the Finance Commission and Louis K. Rourke, who previously served as public works commissioner, as part of the leadership succession details.
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Ing
Finance Commission
Louis K. Rourke
Mr. Murphy
Everett Sells Land for Unpaid Taxes
The city of Everett collected 2706.06 dollars from selling 23 parcels for unpaid taxes under city direction. The largest item was 941.06 dollars and the smallest 14.70 dollars. Advertised 125 parcels. 97 owners visited City Hall and paid before the scheduled sale.
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Everett
Fringe on Silk Flags Should Be Yellow
Readers challenge a Post claim that silk flag fringe should be gold, citing regulations that require yellow knotted fringe two and a half inches wide per United States Army rules. Bent & Bush Company of Boston asks for a correction to prevent dealers from selling incorrect flags.
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United States
United States Army
Bent & Bush Company
Boston
Girl Freight Agent Killed in East Braintree
Greater Boston reports the first female war worker fatality of the era. Marion Griffin, 23, of 70 Prospect Street East Braintree, was a freight agent at the East Braintree New Haven station. While rushing to her post she stepped onto the tracks to avoid a freight and was struck by the Plymouth Express. A warning from the station tender came too late. Harold Crandall left his job to the draft.
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Greater Boston
Marion Griffin
Braintree
East Braintree
New Haven
Miss Griffin
Harold Crandall
Prospect Street
Plymouth
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