Parents learn son is aviator after his bravery letter
In Brockton on December 18, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. O'Brien learned their son Lieutenant William F. E. O'Brien, assigned to an aero squadron, had been decorated for bravery after downing three German planes in eight battles. The parents had believed he worked as a clerk and were surprised to hear of his aerial service.
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Brockton
William FE. O’brien
Patrick J. O'Brien
Foster-street
Demand Disbanding of Telephone Society in New England
The adjustment board of Electrical Workers' Union 202 forwarded a petition to Postmaster General Burleson demanding the removal of a local division superintendent of traffic and the disbanding of the Telephone Society. The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company local includes field, engineering, and clerical workers, with hundreds of signatures. A local resolution alleges the union was formed by a company employee to disrupt bona fide unions, mirroring a recent Western Union Telegraph Company effort in the city.
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The
Telephone Society
Burleson
Adjustment Board of
Eletrical Workers’ Union 202
New England Telephone & Tele
James G Davis 82 Honored in City Hall Ceremony
James G Davis veteran of over 39 years in Boston municipal collections was honored on his 82nd birthday by former colleagues. A reception at his Brighton home followed a city hall ceremony where he was praised as a longtime dean of municipal officers. Davis introduced the helmet for policemen and spent his career in the collection department. He was born at 23 Portland Street. his wife Elizabeth McGowan died about 25 years ago. He has two sons George and Hubert and three daughters Mary Louise and Bertha.
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Jim” Davis
City Hall
Dustin Street
Brighton
Hugh O’brien
James G. Davis
Washington Street
Old South Church
Mr. Davis
Portland Street
Elizabeth McGowan
George
Hubert
Mary
Louise
Bertha
Knox urges Senate to hold vote on league of nations
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania urged postponing questions on forming a league of nations and freedom of the seas until after the peace conference. He said opinions are diverse and spoke in the Senate today from Washington.
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Knox
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Europe
Hitchcock
League of Nations
Washington
Pennsylvania
New U S Doctrine Emerges From War Debate
Senator Knox argues a postwar American doctrine linking US action to threats to European liberty. He proposes United States consult with affected powers and act for removal of menace if any power or coalition menaces Europe. He stresses Monroe Doctrine as guiding principle and urges focus on enforcement of war aims and terms of restitution, including evacuation of invaded territories.
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United States
Europe
America
Knox
Senate
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Sailors Marooned When Tide Goes Out
When the tide went out at Winthrop yesterday afternoon it left two boatloads of United States sailors ashore at Mrs. John B. Hanlon’s summer home on Cottage Park Road. Ensign McKnight and 46 sailors were forced to accept hospitality until high water returned and they could launch their boats to return to quarters.
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Winthrop
United States
John B. Hanlon
West Roxbury
Cottage Park Road
Ensign McKnight
Hubman Held for Big Fraud
William P. McKnight of Union Park Bangor was arrested by federal officers on a scheme to defraud by forging deeds to timber lands in Piscataqua County Maine. The case alleges a phantom North Carolina Traction Company forged signatures and deposited fake records to trick registries. McKnight was held on $5000 bond pending Monday arraignment.
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John Cassidy
Bangor
Illiam P. McKnight
Union Park
South End
McKnight
Cassidy
Piscataqua County
Maine
North Carolina Traction Company
President Wilson Denies Endorsing Peace League Plan
Paris December 18 President Wilson denied a Chicago Tribune dispatch claiming he endorsed the League to Enforce Peace plan. He stated the plan was not endorsed by him though he favors a league of nations as essential to peace.
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Peace League
Paris
Wilson
Chicago Tribune
Washington
France
League
League of Nations
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