Red Cross Drive Urges More Help as New England Lags
The Red Cross membership campaign trails, with Boston district under Louis K. Liggett reporting 150 000 in three days vs a hoped 225 000. New England totals for two days reach 285 000 as chairman B W Trafford notes slow reports. Optimism remains as workers vow renewed effort to reach 10 000 000 members nationally.
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Red Cross
New England
Boston
Louis K. Liggett
B. W. Trafford
Trafford
Uncle Sam
America
Liggett
New York
Jennie B. Bent
Frank S. Vickery
Oliver Building
Milk Street
Fake Red Cross Solicitors Warned In Greater Boston
The Red Cross warned of fake solicitors in Greater Boston as drives report strong early gains in Marblehead and Winchendon. Officials urged receipts via verified membership certificates signed by James Jackson and urged canvassers to push to meet quotas.
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Red Cross
Greater
Boston
James Jackson
Truck kills Woburn student near school
Samuel Adams a 15 year old Woburn High School pupil was fatally injured when struck by a Standard Oil Company truck driven by Patrick F Kenney of Stoneham. He died minutes later from internal injuries. Kenney is held on $1000 bail for manslaughter as police investigate the incident.
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Samuel Adams
Woburn High School
Standard Oil Company
Patrick F. Kenney
Dwight Street
Stoneham
Kenney
Adams
Orange Street
Woburn
Peters to Speak at Red Cross Meeting in Jamaica Plain
Mayor-elect Andrew J. Peters will address a Red Cross gathering at Eliot Hall Jamaica Plain at 8 tonight. He had pledged to the Metropolitan Boston committee before election and reiterated his willingness to fulfill the promise yesterday.
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Andrew J. Peters
Red Cross
Eliot Hall
Jamaica Plain
Metropolitan Boston Committee
Old Friends' Meeting House Burns in New Bedford
Fire caused extensive interior damage at the old Friends' Meeting House in New Bedford. Officials say the blaze, started by an overheated furnace, left an estimated $2000 in damage to the landmark building.
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New Bedford
Friends’ Meeting
Drift Three Days Disabled Drift Three Days Disabled
Two Harpswell fishermen John Murphy and John Murphy Jr. were rescued near the Isles of Shoals after drifting three days in a 23 foot powerboat with no food or water. Their engine failed off Harpswell and they covered nearly 100 miles before Charles Baker of Portsmouth sighted them and Coast Guardsmen helped.
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Portsmouth
N. H
John Murphy
Z Jr
Harpswell
Isles of Shoals
Charles Baker
Baker
Coast
Fixed coal prices in Somerville set by commission
The Somerville Coal Commission fixes delivered coal prices: broken egg and chestnut $9.50 per ton, pea $8.75, screenings $4.50, buckwheat $6 with 40 cent basketing, 25 lb yard 11 cents, 60 lb 22 cents, 100 lb 44 cents. Stores 25 lb bag 17 cents, yard 14 cents. Bituminous delivered $9.25. Commission members are Fred M. Carr Alfred J. Toomey Frederick W. Parker.
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Somerville
Somerville Coal Commission
Fred M. Carr
Alfred J. Toomey
Frederick W. Parker
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