Two Burglars Sent to Prison in Dorchester Case
Thomas M. Burns and Freeman Munroe were convicted for multiple daytime breaks in Dorchester Jamaica Plain Roxbury and the Back Bay district. Burns will serve six to eight years while Munroe receives five to eight. Burns's wife Maud Burns was indicted but her case was placed on file after her exoneration.
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Thomas M. Burns
Freeman Monroe
Dorchester
Jamaica Plain
Roxbury
Back Bay
Maud Burns
Burns
Munroe
Fielding
State Guard Company to Drill in Church
Trustees offer Saratoga Street Methodist Church in East Boston for M Company 11th Regiment State Guard. The church building, unused since the merger with Bethany Methodist, will house the unit headquarters from now on.
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Saratoga Street Methodist Church
Boston
Massachusetts State Guard
Saratoga Street
Bethany Methodist Church
M Company
11Th Regiment
State Guard
Tax Help Cottage Opens for Public on Common
Victory cottage on the Common run by IRS deputies at 185 Devonshire Street offers guidance on federal income tax. Open opposite Temple Place until March 1, the income tax filing deadline.
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Victory Cottage
Internal Revenue Service
Devonshire Street
Temple Place
Free tax help offered at Boston Victory Cottage
Taxpayers may obtain free advice and assistance in preparing federal income tax returns at the Victory cottage in Boston. Officials will provide blank forms, evening hours, and deputies at post offices to reach rural areas, with hundreds of newsstand blanks and continued weekly service.
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John F. Malley
Boston
Elsie Janis Sells Smileage Book On State Steps
Actress Elsie Janis visits Governor McCall with her mother Josephine Janis at the State House. The governor endorses the Military Entertainment Council and buys a Smileage book, amid a flash of cameras as she pays for it.
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Elsie Janis
McCall
State House
Miss Janis
Josephine Janis
Military Entertainment Council
Janis
Comedienne
Dorchester Fudge Queen Wins Army Candy Prize
Miss Alys Aronson of Roseclaire street in Dorchester was praised by the SCist Infantry at Camp Devens for making the best fudge submitted for soldiers. She received a gold wrist watch after confessing she made the candy after leaving a dentist’s chair, prompting soldiers to joke about the dental visit.
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Dorchester
United States
Scist
Camp Devens
Ayer
Alys Aronson
Roseclaire Street
Miss Aronson
Americanization Week at War Service Shop Set Next Week
War Service Shop on Boylston Street plans Americanization week with daily 2 30 pm talks on Immigration Industries and Education. Wool prices listed heavy gray 60 cents skein light gray 7 cents white 70 cents skein. Mrs Evelyn Peverley Coe becomes chair and Mrs Lila Woodbury Lane named business manager after reorganization.
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War Service Shop
Boylston Street
War Service Committee
Evelyn Peverley Coe
War Service
Lila Woodbury Lane
A Tighter Fit On Overcoats
Delegates of the International Customs Tailors Association of America elected officers headed by President Charles Levy of Toronto and Gus Brew of Kansas City as first vice president. The fashion committee urged longer sack coats with high shoulders and no padding, frock coats with similar shoulder fit, and closer overcoats for the season, trimming patch pockets belts and turned-up trousers.
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Cleveland
International Customs Tailors’ Association of America
Charles Levy
Toronto
Ont
Gus Brew
Kansas City
Chris E. Krieger
Cincinnati
L. A. Danner
Springfield
Ill
C. S. McKee
Columbus
Four Cambridge Captains Seek Chief of Police Post
Four Cambridge police captains have filed papers to take the civil service exam for Cambridge police chief. Captains James M. Keaney Patrick J. Hurley John J. McBride and Herbert Gordon are among those pursuing the top position.
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Cambridge Police
Cambridge
James M. Keaney
Patrick J. Hurley
John J. McBride
Herbert Gordon
Fear of another Lynn shoe strike after Endicott ruling
The Lynn shoe workers fear renewed disruption after Henry B. Endicott ruled against wage demands, noting Lynn workers already earn the highest wages. Three percent layoffers at Watson Shoe on Broad Street refused to return, with fears of wider action. Endicott only granted a 10 percent increase for packing room girls and urged both sides to cooperate.
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Lynn
Henry B. Endicott
Watson Shoe Company
Broad Street
Policeman Resigns to Return as Fireman at Charlestown
Reserve Policeman William R. Hayhurst of Charlestown station formerly drove Engine 6 has resigned from the police department to return to fire service. His resignation was accepted and to take effect last night as announced in a general police order.
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William R. Hayhurst
Charlestown
Sam Levine Defaults In Court On Theft Charge
Sam Levine failed to appear in Central Court when called to answer for stealing shoe laces and about $1.22 in other small items from a local five cent counter. He fainted or grew tired when tapped by an officer and was found at home sick. The case was continued for a week, with default to be raised if he appears.
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Sam Levine
Commonwealth
Central Court
Sam
Levine
Imbimbo Wife Acquitted in Worcester Manslaughter Case
Lucia Imbimbo was acquitted of manslaughter in the fatal December shooting of her husband Dominic Imbimbo. The sealed verdict to Judge Webster Thayer concluded the Superior Criminal Court proceeding with the defense arguing she acted during a struggle over a revolver.
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Worcester
Lucia Imbimbo
Dominic Imbimbo
Webster Thayer
Superior Criminal Court
War risk insurance for service members expires Feb 12
The Boston Red Cross home service section alerts relatives of soldiers in active service on Oct 15 of last year that the automatic war risk insurance against death or total disability will expire on Tuesday Feb 12. It urges immediate application if not yet made.
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Home Service Section
Boston
The
American Red Cross
United States
Reise fund notices and contributions report
Frank J. Omrens treasurer reports current copies to date for the Reise fund. Contributions may be mailed or delivered to the treasurer care Old South Trust 606 Washington Street Boston for processing and acknowledgment.
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Frank J. Omrens
The
Reise Fund
Care Old South Trust
Washington Street
Boston
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