Father Kills Son Then Slashes Own Throat in Gloucester
In a farm dispute over feeding a horse in Gloucester Arthur Johnson, 50, killed his son John A. Johnson, 22, by shot and then crushed his skull with a gun butt. He then cut his own throat and was found near the body. Mrs. Johnson notified police. The elder man is in critical condition at Rhode Island Hospital.
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Boston Geis Conventions Promise Record City Event Growth
Boston Convention Bureau of the Boston Chamber of Commerce expects Boston to host more conventions than ever. Forty three organizations nationwide replied favorably to invites over three weeks since establishment.
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I Am Working Every Day Now Father John’s Medicine Ad
Miss Margaret Murphy of Albany writes that two years of Father John’s Medicine restored her health after a lung and throat ailment and a three week cough. The ad promotes the tonic as a safe flesh builder that rebuilds wasted tissue and helps those who are run down or underweight.
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Lights blaze on South Boston Great White Way celebration
About 100000 people attended the West Broadway dedication in South Boston marking 70 new 1000 candle power arc lights from Dorchester avenue to Dorchester street. Mayor Curley pledged vast future improvements including a new subway and enhanced Marine Park and City Point beautification.
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Wall Street Sees Steps to Restore Exchange Rates Abroad
In early trading the dollar shifted under pressure as sterling and francs hit new lows. Bankers weighing remedies favored foreign selling of American securities held abroad to lift exchange rates, with a proposed foreign credit of up to 500 million dollars and a second gold shipment expected to aid the market.
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Australia
Britain May Borrow Short Term High Rate Bonds
Britain plans to issue a large amount of short term high rate bonds to be sold in the American market to ease a shrinking exchange rate. The pound hovered near a record low around 4.6712 to the dollar as traders and officials monitor market activity and negotiations.
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Exchange House
Cornhill
Associated Press
Marshall & Sons
Disguise For Destroyer Tested Off Block Island
The torpedo boat destroyer McDonough wore a submarine silhouette with black paint over gray hull and a periscope shape on the funnel as it left Newport to join Atlantic fleet war games off Block Island. Observers say the illusion worked at short range as tests begin for a week.
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Sudden Death of Sister Agnes Aloysius in Worcester
Sister Agnes Aloysius 55 former New York resident and Brookline Notre Dame Convent leader died suddenly in Worcester after a service at Lake Quinsigamond. She collapsed while resting after devotions. Dr. Mary V. Ocallaghan could not save her. Sister had come for the annual retreat with the order.
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Aloysius
New York
Kate Dalton
Mary V. O'Callaghan
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