Happy Go Lucky to Open at Selwyn Theatre in Boston
A. H. Woods brings Happy Go Lucky direct from New York to the Selwyn Theatre in Boston for a May opening with a Christmas matinee. Leading actor QC. Peggie stars in Stillbottle with J. Heggie’s company including Albert Andrews and Charlotte Granville. The play, long staged in New York and Chicago as Happy Go Lucky, was known in London as Tilly of Bloomsbury and boosted Ian Hay’s reputation.
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A. H. Woods
Happy Goucky
Boston
Newark
Selwyn Theatre
Peggie
F “Stillbottle
J. Heggie
Albert Andrews
Charlotte Granville
Tempar Saxe
Dennis King
Alice Belmorecliffe
Harry MacNaughton
Vera Melish
Percy Carr
Catherine Daleen
New York
Chicago
London
Tilly
Bloomsbury
Ian Hay
Attempted holdup at Chelsea clothing store
Harry Ostroff proprietor of a clothing store at 28 Second Street Chelsea reports a man attempted to hold him up last night and fled after he shouted for help. A green cap dropped by the suspect was found on the sidewalk outside the store and a description leads police to expect his capture in Everett.
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Harry Ostroff
Second Street
Chelsea
Everett
Hyde Park Man Ends Life With Razor Slash
John H. McCoy aged years of 23 Chestnut Street Hyde Park killed himself using a razor due to an incurable illness. He was found by his wife still living, died after Dr Charles F Stack arrival. He leaves a widow and four young children.
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John H. McCoy
Chestnut Street
Hyde Park
Charles F. Stack
McCoy
Autoist Runs Down Woman on Washington Street
Police seek relatives of Elizabeth Soule age unknown listed at City Hospital after being struck by a car driven by Stephen Humphrey of York Street Lexington. He says he struck her as she crossed Washington Street at Massachusetts Avenue.
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Dedham Street
Elizabeth Soule
City Hospital
Stephen Humphrey
York Street
Lexington
Washington Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Small Fire Blocks Street Car Service in Roxbury
A small blaze on the top floor of a two story brick dwelling at 4982 Washington Street Roxbury between Thordike Street and Garfield Place halted Washington street surface lines of the elevated for about 13 minutes around 9 PM last night. Occupant identified as Grace Smith. Cause of the fire unknown. Draperies remained hanging longer than the rest of the skirt.
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Washington Street
Roxbury
Thorndike Street
Garfield Place
Grace Smith
Smith Girls to Debate With Dartmouth Men
Smith College teams will debate Dartmouth in a home and home clash in Northampton on December 9. The subject: Resolved That the United States government should recognize the present Soviet government in Russia. Dorothy Drew and Mary Dickson are alternates. one Smith team will travel to Dartmouth while the other debates New Hampshire College at Northampton.
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Northampton
Annals of
New England
Smith College
Dartmouth
Smith
Hanover Logicians
New Hampshire College
Dorothy Drew
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mary Dickson
Dayton
United States
Russia
WITS
Page Williams
Brookline
Barbara Barnes
Rockford, Ill
Jane K. Massie
Montgomery
Ala
Frances Upham
Portsmouth
N. H
Esther L. Moss
Lockport
Alice Parker
Julesburg
Col
M. Gottschaldt
Hempstead
Ll. J
Wellesley Company Sold In Bankruptcy Court
The Henry Woods and Sons Company of Wellesley was sold in the U S bankruptcy court before Referee Olmstead for 45000. General Edward L Logan acting for his brother Captain Francis V Logan bid in the assets at public auction. The firm, maker of high grade paints, was petitioned into bankruptcy last February and has appeared in several federal and state court actions.
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Henry Woods’ Sons Company
Wellesley
United States
Olmstead
Edward L. Logan
Francis V. Logan
Records Presented On Executions Of 11 AEF Members
Washington December 8 War Department detailed records on the legal execution of 11 American Expeditionary Forces members were presented to a Senate investigation committee to deny charges that soldiers were hanged without trial. The 11 names were withheld from the record out of respect for the families.
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Washington
War Department
Senate
Military executions questioned by Senate inquiry
Colonel Walter E Bethel testified that records showed eight negroes two whites and one Indian among those executed by military authorities. Senator Watson of Georgia pressed charges presenting affidavits clippings and letters while Bethel rejected the claims. Watson vowed to produce witnesses including former servicemen and a Fort Leavenworth prisoner to support wholesale execution allegations as the committee began hearings.
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Walter E. Bethel
Pershing
France
Watson
Georgia
Senate
Bethel
Fort Leavenworth
Brandegee
Court records show limited executions in wartime cases
General Pershing as commander approved the court findings in eleven death cases and refused in eleven others. In all, sixty two men were sentenced to death, but Colonel Bethel states only eleven were executed. Most crimes were against women and children.
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General Pershing
Eixty
Bethel
Feast of the Immaculate Conception Observed in Boston
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception was observed yesterday in all archdiocese churches with thousands attending morning masses in Greater Boston. Cathedral services included high masses at 5 30, 6, 7, 8 9, and a solemn high mass at 10 o'clock with evening services at 8.
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Mary
Boston
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Deaths Rise as Famine Strikes Moscow Districts
Moscow reports 3000 new hospital beds for typhus patients amid growing famine deaths. Article notes food shortages driving mortality in famine districts and describes small fur hats trimmed with gold or silver rosettes and tassels.
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Moscow
Associated Press
Gifts for U S Troops Abroad
The Steamer George Washington, carrying Christmas cheer for Americans overseas, failed today. In its hold were 15,000 sacks of mail including many presents for U S soldiers in Central Europe and for American government representatives and their families. Many passengers were visiting European relatives for the first time since before the war.
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New York
Dec
Army of Occupation
Europe
Spanish Naval Ports to Have Sub Stations
Madrid December 8 The marine appropriation bill passed the Spanish Senate providing 30 000 000 pesetas for next year for submarines and depots for fuel oil and coal Submarine stations will be formed at all Spanish naval ports
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Madrid
Associated Press
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