Man Killed in Subway Collision Between Park Street and Scollay Square
A man believed to be George W. Fuller, a Boston Elevated Railway employee, died after a car struck him in the subway between Park Street and Scollay Square. Motorman Ross Wenzell, of 18 Glenmore Road, was arrested for manslaughter after the crash involving a Harvard Square car driven by Wenzell and conductor Morris Corkery. The injured man died at Relief Hospital.
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George W. Fuller
Boston Elevated Railway
Park Street
Scollay Square
Ross Wenzell
Glenmore Road
Fuller
Bunker Hill
Harvard Square
Wenzell
Morris Corkery
New Turn in N Y Grafting Investigation
Former Governor Whitman shifts focus from police graft to higher level municipal corruption as city contracts come under scrutiny. Assistants say the graft probe on stolen cars shows police stealing from each other and using stolen vehicles for months. A cop allegedly swapped a stolen car for a new one and another altered a stolen car to sell for seven thousand dollars.
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New York
Whitman
Arthur M. King
House Approves 150000 Army Maintenance Funding
Washington Feb 3 the House passed an appropriation covering only the maintenance of a 150000 man army for the coming fiscal year starting July 1 after failed attempts to amend the bill to 175000 men.
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Washington
House
Lawmakers Clash Over Army Pay Bill and Youth Service
The house debated funding for enlisted pay for the next fiscal year with amendments largely defeated. The bill sets 72.68 million dollars for 150000 soldiers, while one Johnson amendment allowed discharge of under 18 youths with parental consent. Mondell urged sticking to 150000 and Congress returning to normal conditions.
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Appropriations Committee
Johnson
South Dakota
Anthony Kansas
Kahn
Military Committee
Representative Mondell
Edward Mellen Had Long News Trade In Greater Boston
Edward J. Mellen aged 46 of Somerville died suddenly of heart disease at his Everett distributing store 409 Broadway. A longtime wholesale newspaper agent for 28 years with Hotel and Railroad News, he was born in Charlestown and lived in Somerville with his mother for 11 years. He is survived by his mother and two sisters Nellie Mellen and Mrs Stephen O'Brien. Funeral is Monday at St Benedict's Church Somerville with burial at Holy Cross Cemetery Malden.
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Edward J. Mellen
Ensworth Street
Somerville
Hotel & Railroad News
Broadway
Everett
Greater Boston
St. Benedict’s Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Malden
Mr. Mellen
Charlestown
The
Annie B. Mellen
Nellie M. Mellen
Stephen O’brien
Mrs Helen Gardener Named Civil Service Commissioner
Mrs Helen H Gardener becomes the first woman to hold the civil service post. She now runs the largest employment agency in the nation supplying the 700000 civilian government workers for Uncle Sam.
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Helen H. Gardener
Sedango cart debuts in Roxbury streets by Sil verman
Louis Sil verman a Roxbury carpenter introduced the sedango cart yesterday. Built from spare boards and wire wheels with rubber tires it resembles a miniature sedan. A chauffeur pushes from the rear and windshields plus doors shield the occupant. The cart was made in a week and presented to Maxwell H. Silverman, son of the builder.
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Roxbury
Louis Silverman
Devon Street
Maxwell H. Silverman
Noted Actress Lillian Lorraine Hurt In Fall
NEW YORK Feb 3 Miss Lillian Lorraine actress and singer formerly of the Ziegfeld Follies is in critical condition at Sterns Sanitarium suffering a fractured spine believed to have been caused by a fall on a slippery sidewalk as she alighted from an automobile early Monday evening.
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New York
Lillian Lorraine
Ziegfeld Follies
Stern
West End Avenue
79Th Street
Misa Lorraine
The Bull Called Emily by Irvin S Cobb in Boston Sunday Post
A note praising Irvin S Cobb as a witty writer introduces his humorous story The Bull Called Emily in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
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Irvin S. Cobb
Emily
Boston Sunday Post
Stoughton Firemen's Ball Planned at Town Hall
The annual Stoughton firemen ball will be held tomorrow evening in the Town Hall. Chief James J. Pye serves as floor marshal, with First Assistant Chief Henry M. Bird as director. Arrangement committee includes Chief Pye Assistant Chief Bird and ladderman James A. Buck.
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Stoughton
James J. Pye
Henry M. Bird
Pye
Bird
James A. Buck
Casey's Homafair Opens in Chelsea
A three day bazaar named Casey's Homafair was opened by Chelsea Council Knights of Columbus at the Chelsea State Armory. Proceeds go to fund a new building for the council to expand social civic and educational activities.
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Chelsea Council Knights of Columbus
Chelsea State Armory
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