Millions for Wider Streets Campaign Aims to Ease Downtown Traffic
Mayor Curley announced to seek $13,950,000 borrowing beyond the statutory debt limit to widen and extend Exchange, Province, Portland, Tremont, Summer, Cambridge, and Court streets. The move coincides with a push by the Boston Board of Fire Underwriters urging members to curb unnecessary downtown car traffic.
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Demands Raids Trigger Police Raid on Kotarski Store
Salem reports that after Kotarski demanded an investigation into Ward 1 conditions, police raided his store and garage. Officers found moonshine and whiskey containers totaling several pints and gallons, and Kotarski faces charges for illegally keeping liquor.
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Marine guards secret life sentence with lips sealed motive
A report outlines a case where a group of marines or guards are linked to a homicide over a romance dispute. One suspect, thought to be leader, begins serving a life sentence while remaining silent about his motive. Wiesenfeld is reported as refusing to discuss details.
Tell Why He Shot to Kill
Marine Private Richard Wiesenfeld 21 of Roxbury was en route to the federal pen at Atlanta to serve life for murder of bunkmate Private Quincy Rouden at Charlestown Marine Barracks. Lips sealed on motive. Continued on page 12 seventh column.
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Charlestown Marine Barracks
Calls On Mayor To Quit Job Over 5 Cent Fare Issue
Voters and activists press the mayor to resign amid a controversy over a 5 cent fare in the year. The campaign accuses officials of mismanagement while citing rising public transport costs and hidden subsidies.
Former Mayor Fitzgerald Presses Charter Reform Asked
Former Boston mayor John F. Fitzgerald urged Mayor Curley to honor a campaign pledge to resign within a year if the five cent fare on the Boston Elevated Railway was not secured. He spoke before the special commission on municipal expenditures and taxation about reform measures including a two year mayoral term and district representation in the City Council.
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Sunspots Seen By Naked Eye In Western Pennsylvania
Hundreds of observers in western Pennsylvania reported a small round black dot in the sun center. Allegheny Observatory linked it to a new sunspot group visible due to dense fog acting like smoked glass. Harvard officials said the spot likely marks the start of a new 11 year sunspot cycle.
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Doonan Cleared In Roxbury Gas Poisoning Case
After a three hour grilling, Patrick H. Doonan was released by police authorities in Roxbury following the death by gas poisoning of Mrs. Sepha Wilfret at 19 Southwood Street. Captain Fitzgerald and Inspector Dennessy led the inquiry and absolved Doonan of all blame.
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Sepha Wilfret
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Roxbury
Richard Fitzgerald
Dudley Street
James Dennessy
Caveman Stuff Kills Romance Leads to Divorce Plea
Frank H. McKeen of North Abington is accused by his 19 year old wife Elsie Crossley McKeen of West Roxbury in a divorce petition. She cites extreme cruelty and a confessed rugged courtship as the cause of their marital breakdown.
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North Abington
Elsie Crossley McKeen
West Roxbury
Suitor's brutal courtship prompts wife to arm self defense
Mrs McKeen recounts a violent pattern by her husband described as roughhouse and assault. She says she bought a baseball bat for protection and has kept him locked out since August. She claims he used guns and poison gas in the post marriage attacks and twice forced entry via windows or ladders to reach her boudoir.
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Wilson to Celebrate 66th Birthday Quietly at Home
Washington notes Woodrow Wilson will spend most of his 66th birthday at his S street residence tomorrow with a possible delegation visit in the afternoon. The Woodrow Wilson Foundation plans to send a group at 3 o clock to greet him and announce progress toward a $1000 fund to promote ideas he advanced as president.
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President Opposes Borah Plan In Economic Conference Debate
Washington December 27 The Borah resolution for an economic and disarmament conference with Europe opens with administration and Senate opposition. The President sent word to Republican Senators that the proposition meets with his unqualified disapproval especially the renewal of the disarmament conference.
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Parent Teachers Leader Joins Arbuckle Protesters
Worcester report says Mrs. Milton P. Higgins national president of the Congress of Mothers and Parent Teachers Association joined the protest against Roscoe Arbuckle's return to the screen. She telegraphed Will Hays and urged state group presidents to have members write protest letters to the motion picture chief.
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Glory of the Seas to Become Boston Floating Museum
Eastport to Hatteras mariners hailed plans to bring the real ship Glory of the Seas to Boston as a floating nautical museum second to none. They recalled yarns of the famed clipper now a hulk on the Pacific coast and hoped she would sail back to her launching port for years of display.
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Poincare May Seek Forestation Takeover as Reparations Step
Paris Dec 7 The reparations commission found Germany defaulting on wood deliveries and Premier Poincare plans to propose at the allied premiers meeting a scheme to seize German state forests as guarantee If no agreement is reached France may act alone British leaders fear renewed divergence from France over reparations discussions Sir John Bradbury travels to London to consult Bonar Law on the commission action and broader policy
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Hart Fails to See His Family in Real Life
Santa Monica reports Mrs. Winifred Westover Hart denying rumors that her husband, the movie star, was moved by Christmas spirit to reconcile family differences. Bill Hart did not visit, though he sent toys for Baby Bill Hart Jr, many of which suited an older child.
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Warning note highlights Quebec fire threat in blast on Dec
A letter warning of a plan to set the Quebec ba silica on fire was received by Cardinal Begin's secretary before the institution burned on Dec 22. Fire Marshal Eugene Leclerc displayed the envelope postmarked Montreal Dec 6. The initials KVK read Be careful after Montreal and St Boniface Quebec.
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Engagement Breakage Rights Proposed in Massachusetts
A bill to prohibit breach of promise suits will be filed in the upcoming Legislature by Representative Martin Hays of Brighton. He argues engagements can resemble hold-ups and that either party should be free to end an engagement without damages after deciding marriage would be unsuitable. Continued on page 12 third column.
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At Cleveland Western Defeats Middlebury In A Nonconference Bout
Western beat Middlebury 41 to 7 in a basketball game. The brief notes page directs readers to sports pages 14 and 15 for full reports.
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Weather Outlook Mixes Rain Snow and Cold Across Regions
Forecasts show Boston area expecting rain or snow with frigid conditions, and colder relief by Thursday night. Northern New England to see snow and colder Thursday, while New England south and coastal areas face rain and sleet then fair, with east winds and gales offshore.
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