Two Reserve Officers Promoted in Boston Police
Superintendent O Meara promoted two reserve officers Barry of City Hall Avenue station and St Moore of Dudley Street station for notable arrests. Barry recovered a stolen $1000 Liberty Bond from Samson Cordage Company with help from a messenger boy later traced to Maine. Moore’s clues aided a major raid that netted Massachusetts Avenue gangsters tied to multiple holdups including the Irish American Club robbery.
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O'Meara
John J. Barry
City Hall Avenue
Patrick St. Moore
Dudley Street
Barry
Samson Cordage Company
Broad Street
Maine
Boston
Moore
Massachusetts Avenue
Sheffield
Hayward Place
Back Bay
Prison for Picking Cellmate’s Pockets
Samuel Mitchell, jailed for drunkenness, pilfered $4 from a cellmate at Joy Street station. He argued ill wind, but was sentenced to State prison for 2 12 to 3 years after beating the man nearly senseless over the disputed money.
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Samuel Mitchell
Joy Street
Mitchell
Pershing Urges More Army Chaplains for War
General Pershing asked the War Department to raise the army chaplain quota to an average of three per regiment with additional detachments. He emphasized fortitude and spiritual guidance for troops in France and proposed elevating chaplains to a definite, responsible status with expanded duties and closer church cooperation.
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
France
Administration
National Army
Chaplains’ Corps
Hackett Named General Director of War Amusements
James K. Hackett, actor manager, appointed general director of amusements for the Knights of Columbus war activities. He will organize dramatic talent in training camps and naval stations, producing plays in recreation buildings and traveling to camps to form company nuclei of professional actors. He starts at Camp Devens and plans to proceed to France later.
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Washington
James K. Hackett
Knights of Columbus Committee On
Knights of Columbus
Hackett
Camp Devens
Ayer
Mass
United States
France
City Hall Removes 75 Probationary Officials
The Civil Service Commission ends the six month probation for 75 provisional appointees including sewer inspectors, rodmen, and draftsmen, after their terms expired. Mayor Peters discharged them as the Curley administration era closes. Seventeen remain, with four draftsmen and five rodmen set for discharge or examination and five inspectors to await results.
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City Hall
Civil Service Commission
Peters
Curley
Knights of Columbus to Benefit S C War Fund on Valentine Day
United Cigar Stores Company of America to donate a percentage of all Valentine sales on February 14 to the Knights of Columbus war fund. The drive supports soldiers in camps cantonments and overseas, with an expected contribution in the thousands from hundreds of stores nationwide, including 15 in Boston.
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Knights of Columbus
United Cigar Stores Company of America
Boston
Robertson Cleared in Jamaica Plain Break-In
Ernest Robertson was found not guilty yesterday of breaking into the home of Mrs. Sarah Russell at 329 Perkins Street Jamaica Plain in the early morning of February 1. He was not represented by counsel and did not testify.
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Ernest Robertson
Sarah Russell
Perkins Street
Jamaica Plain
Robertson
Desperate intruder accosts Nilson and Mrs Russell
Mrs Russell reports a bumping noise and sees laundress Anna Nilson fall after a man outside her room seizes Nilson and drags her. Nilson testifies a man grabbed her and caused the tumble, then searched a jewel case before pleading not to involve police.
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Mrs. Russell
Anna Nilson
Miss Nilson
Man Found in Church on Newbury Street After Description
A woman summoned her chauffeur to provide a place to sleep while a description from a household member led police to a man matching it. Officers located the suspect in a church on Newbury Street following the description.
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Newbury Street
Brandon Given Three Years For Forgery
Harry Brandon forged the names of two depositors at the Massachusetts Trust Company and was sentenced to state prison for three to five years. His accomplice Nils A. Green received two years at Deer Island.
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Harry Brandon
Massachusetts Trust Company
Nils A. Green
Deer Island
Arrest Follows East Boston Stabbing
Orozzo Lagrasta, 54, of Maverick Street East Boston, was arrested by East Boston police on attempted murder charges within two hours after Sabino Barbarossa, 80, of Chelsea Street East Boston, was released from East Boston Relief Hospital with chest knife wounds. Police say Lagrasta inflicted the injuries in a stabbing affray about a week earlier.
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Orozzo Lagrasta
Maverick Street
East Boston
Sabino Barbarossa
Chelsea Street
East Boston Relief Hospital
Lagrasta
Papes Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief For Grippe
A historic ad describes taking a dose every two hours for three doses to end grippe misery from severe colds. It claims to clear nasal passages, stop discharge, relieve headache fever throat soreness and sneezing, and urges readers to buy the genuine product at drug stores for quick relief.
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Pape
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