Jitney Driver Held After Fatal Collision Amid Old Feud Ended
Henry J. Lamontagne, jitney driver for Michael Ansara, was arrested on manslaughter charges after Ernest Greenwood 42 died from injuries from a collision on Middlesex Street. Greenwood leaves a widow and two children. Separately, state figures Burrill and Baxter reconciled after a long political feud, aided by Representative Simon Swig.
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Lowell
Ernest Greenwood
Garnet Street
St. John’s Hospital
Henry J. Lamontagne
Michael Ansara
Greenwood
Middlesex Street
Lamontagne
Charles L. Burrill
Charles S. Baxter
Medford
McCall
Simon Swig
Roxbury
Advance Church Campaign Boosts Church Pension Funds
Bishop William Lawrence, back from New York where he closed a five million dollar campaign for church pensions, spoke at Trinity Episcopal Church praising the fund drive. He urged careful spending and education in giving, saying many with large incomes are poor due to misallocation.
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William Lawrence
New York
Trinity Spiscopal Church
Lawrence
Pension drive aims to strengthen church organization
Bishop Lawrence says large gifts go to colleges while churches lack proper organization. He notes a $100,000 pledge now may not hold value later and credits the pension campaign with pushing church endowment reforms. He urges education in money management for heirs and promotes wider lay involvement in the church drive.
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Lawrence
Fire damages Maine church in Brunswick
An overheated furnace caused a fire that badly damaged the Methodist Episcopal Church in Brunswick Maine today. The loss exceeds 5000 dollars.
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Maine
Brunswick
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ice Dancing Exhibition Draws 300 At Charles River Esplanade
A daytime crowd of about 300 gathered on Brimmer street bend of the Charles River basin to watch Linnea B. Dahl and Ruben Wakstein perform the ice dance program. The pair entertained for two hours with the ice waltz tango and steps as skaters filled the basin from Harvard bridge to the viaduct.
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Linnea B. Dahl
Ruben Wakstein
Charles River
Brimmer Street
Charles River Basin
Beacon Street
Lamont Street
Roxbury
Miss Dahl
Wakstein
Harvard Bridge
Viaduct
Pro German Plot in Spain Leads to Re Arrest of Man
A Madrid wireless report cites new evidence in a pro German plot probe resulting in the re arrest of a man named Wood who claimed American identity. Paris dispatches say Wood was arrested at Cartagena, protected by the German consul, and police found buoy‑attached waterproof boxes containing dynamite guncotton and gasoline plus submarine parts.
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Paris
Madrid
Wood
Liberty
Cartagena
Soldiers Need Good Teeth In Modern Warfare
Harvard Dental School professor Dr. William H. Potter told a Forsyth Dental Infirmary audience that strong teeth and accessible dentists are essential in modern warfare. He cited English volunteers with poor dentition, French soldiers benefiting from natural factors, and German troops with strong teeth thanks to government schools and organized care.
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William H. Potter
Harvard Dental School
Forsyth Dental Infirmary
Potter
England
Germany
Paris
Boston
Two Men Hurt in Shoe Plant Strike at Newburyport
Two strike-breakers from the N. D. Dodge Shoe Company were attacked by a mob of 10 to 15 men as they walked from Haverhill. Police back a strike sympathizer motive and say the strikers did not commit the assault.
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Newburyport
N. D. Dodge Shoe Company
Haverhill
Two Danvers Boys Disappear
Investigation is under way in Danvers over the disappearance from their homes of Augustine Rigby and Thomas Cleary, both 17, sons of Frank Rigby of 28 School street and William J. Cleary of 39 Putnam street.
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Danvers
Augustine Rigby
Frank Rigby
School Street
Thomas Cleary
William J. Cleary
Putnam Street
SCARED CREW DESERTIONS HALT GREEK SHIP TO PIRAEUS
The Greek steamship Calimeris remains at anchor as crew shortages halt departure for Piraeus. Since a week ago over 20 sailors deserted amid German U-boat warfare. Only three crew slots remain, offered via the Greek consul at $150 for a three week voyage, far above normal wages.
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Calimeris
Piraeus
Greece
Germany
Victim Identified in Tremont Street Gas Case
The gas victim found Saturday in his room at 613 Tremont Street South End has been identified as William F. Riley a shoe cutter who worked nearly twenty years for an Atlantic Avenue firm.
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Tremont Street
South End
William F. Riley
Atlantic Avenue
Publishers to discuss proposed newsprint price fix
Washington February news reports say publishers from across the United States will present views to the Federal Trade Commission on a plan by newsprint manufacturers to fix prices. Publishers seek lower prices and restored free competition, demanding signatures of the executive committee of the Newsprint Manufacturers’ Association.
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Washington
United States
Theederal Commission
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Trade Commission
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Anne’s
Paine
Sheraton Beds
Sheraton Bureaus
Sheraton
Arlington Street
Paine Furniture Company
Boylston ST
Hilling Burrill
Baxter
Spurwood
Advance Church
Pensions Aid Churches
Charles
Spain
Dr. Potter
Forsyth Infirmary
L.p.hollander & Co
Franklin P. Winston Co
Palm Beach
Milk Street
Old South Church
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