Red Cross Head to Confer With Wilson
Henry P. Davison chairman of the War Council of the American Red Cross sails from New York on the Adriatic to confer with President Wilson in Paris. He is accompanied by Ivy Lee, longtime Red Cross publicity supervisor, who will oversee publicity from abroad. Davison will remain head of the War Council directing Red Cross work in the United States and Europe during his absence.
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New York
Henry P. Davison
War Council of the
American Red Cross
Paris
Wilson
Adriatic
Ivy F.lee
Davidson
Red Cross
Lee
War Council
United States
Europe
Allies Invited to Occupy Berlin Reported
Unofficial reports persist that the Tobert-Haase government has entreated the Allies to occupy Berlin, according to the Matin published in TARIS on December 18.
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Berlin
Taris
Matin
tobert-Haase
Navy recruited too many fliers in wartime drive
Washington December 18 The House naval committee was told by Captain Laning of the Bureau of Navigation that overseas forces could not be brought home before January 1 1920 at the earliest He asked for a million dollar appropriation for receiving ships at home and abroad He said the war error was recruiting 1200 too many men for the aviation service
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Washington
America
House Naval Committee
Laning
Bureau of Navigation
Rearrested After Serving Sentence in Springfield
Forest Van Loan Ryder alias Howard Roberts freed from jail here after serving a theft sentence for $17,000 in Liberty bonds from a local bank and immediately rearrested for Hartford authorities in Connecticut. He is said to have confessed to the Brown and Howland office bond theft.
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Springfield
Forest van Loan Ryder
Howard Roberts
Hartford
New Englanders Decorated for Distinguished Service Cross
Thirty-one New England servicemen from lieutenant to private earn DSC citations for Marcheville France operations on Sept 25 26 and 28. Entries highlight Corporal Stephen Jonas Private William Craven Private Ernest Runnels Private John J Kearney Private Abe Johnson and many others from 101st 102d 103d Infantry and related units across battles in Marcheville and Wadonville with acts of heroism including rescuing, signaling, and assaulting machine gun nests.
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New
William J. Craven
New Heath Street
Boston
Wadonville
Ernest R. Runnels
Lynden Street
Concord
N. H
Craven
John J. Kearney
192D Infantry
Riverside Street
Hartford
Conn
Marcheville
Abe Johnson
Dikeman Street
Waterbury
Archiv C. Nash
Orchard Street
Cambridge
Edmund Kimball
Signal Corps
Lowdon Avenue
Somerville
Frederick Ballard
1024
Andover Street
Ludlow
Joseph FF. Wehner
Coast Artillery Corps
8Th Aero Squadron
Lynn Street
Everett
Rouvres
France
Mangiennes
Rieville
Wilbert Ns. Kinsley
Washington
William O. Lord
Charles S. Toy
Menthorne Road
West Roxbury
Harold A. Batten
East Seventh Street
Tf. B. Whedon
Madison
Frank J. Dougenech
102D Infantry
North Main Street
Bristol
Brave servicemen named in World War I casualty honors
A list of officers noncommissioned officers and enlisted men from New Haven Manchester Belmont Boston Nashua Hartford and other places recognized for bravery in France during September 1918. They provided first aid carried messages evacuated wounded and held positions under heavy artillery and machine gun fire while under fire or mortally wounded.
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Charles W. Comfort
Chapel Street
New Haven
Conn
Seicheprey
France
Marcheville
William NM. Jutras
Beech St
Manchester
N. T
Riaville
James Walsh
Hartford
Albert ¢C. Brack
163D Infantry
Harrison
Springfield Seeks Doctors For Grip Epidemic
Springfield authorities report about 70 local physicians in military service. The Board of Health asks the War Department to release some doctors to meet home needs as influenza continues. Daily cases range from 509 to 75, with subsidence possible.
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Springfield
United States
Board of Health Today
War Department
Bond Theft Charge In Waltham Broker Arrested
Ralph L. Ball, 43, of 12 Prentice Street, Waltham, a broker with PF Tl Roberts & Co., was arrested by Special Officers Manning and Welch for larceny of a $509 bond from the Fourth Liberty bond issue. Ball claimed Ernest Smart, a lifelong friend, placed the bond with Fr T Roberts & Co. as an investment in US Steel. Smart received a $14.25 check when the account was closed. Ball was released on $759 bail for court today.
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Ralphl. Ball
Prentice Street
Waltham
PF. Tl. Roberts & Co
State Street
Manning and Welch
Ernest Smart
Ball
Ball Stole A $0 Bond Entrusted To Him By Mr. Smart
Smart
Himhrough
Methuen Receives $50,000 From Castle Will
In Lawrence on December 18 the local Probate Court allowed Edwin E. Castle's will directing that $50,000 be given to the town of Methuen for public lectures concerts and educational interests after the donor's daughter and three sisters die and once the estate reaches $50,000 in principal. The income from the estate will go to the daughter and three sisters during their lifetimes.
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Lawrence
Edwin E. Castle
Methuen
Castle
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