Representative Fuller resigns from Interior Department expenditures panel
Washington February 25 Representative Alvan T Fuller Independent of Massachusetts quits his seat on the House committee on Interior Department expenditures calling the panel inefficient and expensive and saying most committees have no excuse for existing.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Alvan T. Fuller
Massachusetts
Interior Department
House
Congressman's Resignation Cites Waste in House Committees
The letter from Congressman Fuller to Speaker Clark resigns from the interior department expenditures committee and criticizes the 60 standing committees as useless. He urges efficiency and economy, proposing repurposing unused committees for shipyard labor and camp inspections while decrying needless expense. He remarks on national crisis and his wish to be truly busy serving the government.
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Fuller
Clark
Interior Department
House
Reiser Fund Contributions Reported to Date
Frank J. Carens, treasurer, releases a list of donations totaling $1,141.12 to the Reiser fund. Contributions are directed to the Old South Trust Company or Captain Thomas I. Goode at Station 16 Boston Mass.
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CSR Rae
Frank J. Carens
Reiser Fund
Old South Trust Company
Thomas I. Goode
Boston
Mass
Jews Seek $100000 to Finish Boston War Relief Drive
More than $100,000 is needed to raise the Boston Jewish War Relief campaign toward its $500,000 goal. The drive closes at 5 p.m. with final reports at Ford Hall, presented to captains and team members.
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Boston
Ford Hall
Record of $10000 drive contributions from many firms and individuals
A large fundraising drive opened with 40 teams, aiming at a $100,000 total. Contributions of 100 or more came from numerous companies and people, with Julius Eisemann as treasurer listing donors including Potter Drug & Chemical Corp, Taunton Jewish Relief Committee, Procter Eligon, and many others. The effort saw widespread appeals through sermons and telegrams.
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Europe
Julius Eisemann
Clee Esprng
Eid Olae Eiders
Potter Drug & Chemical Corp Estes Ta
Truowiony
Taunton Jewish Relief Committee
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Dewery
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Cap Trade
Boston
Standard Hat
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Pfister
Commonwealth Shoe Co
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Cushman-Hollis Co
Testimony in Di Cola will contest in Dedham court
Antoinette Re, once Mrs. Gaspare Di Cola, testifies in Dedham Superior Court over the will of the Boston lemon king. A sister in Italy seeks part of the 255000 estate. She describes quarrels over a hat and denies being beaten or dragged by hair.
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Gaspare di Cola
Boston
Antoinette Re
di Cola
Superior Court
Dedham
Hammond
Italy
Father John’s Medicine Called Safe Cold Remedy
An old fashioned remedy claims to build the body without alcohol or dangerous drugs. Marketed as a physician’s prescription and 60 years in use, it asserts cure for coughs colds and throat issues. A $25 000 guarantee promises payment to any charitable institution if the claim is proven false.
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Father John
Father John O’brien
Lowell
Mass
John
42 Men Listed as Deserters in Stoneham and Saugus
Forty-two men from Stoneham and Saugus in Division No. 27 exemption district are listed as deserters. They failed to answer summons. some may have enlisted, others have not. Names were sent to the adjutant general at the State House for action. The US marshal will pursue them and place them at the nearest military post.
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Stoneham and
Saugus
Exemption Board
Adjutant-General’s Office
State House
Draft Board
Adjutant-General's Office
United States Marshal’s Office
From Greece to Stop Bigamy
Rumors that a husband in the United States for three years planned a second marriage reached his wife in Greece. She traveled to surprise him at his wedding and was detained until he could be found. He works in a West Virginia tin can factory, previously lived in New Orleans. The wife told a board of inquiry she learned of the plans from an indirect source. The husband arrived at Long Wharf, blamed an enemy for the spread, and left with his wife on the first southbound train.
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Mosca Calafata
Greece
West Virginia
New Orleans
Long Wharf
Allied missions to give war tactics lectures at Harvard
British and French officers training American troops at Camp Devens will lecture at Harvard for four months. Four members of the allied missions will open the series, arranged by Lt Col Edward Craft and Harvard authorities.
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Camp Devens
Harvard
Edward Craft
Abramson Guilty of Having Stolen Goods
Louis Abramson received a 10 month sentence in the House of Correction after being found guilty of receiving stolen property belonging to the American Fund for French Wounded Relief. The trial, led by Assistant District Attorney Sheenan, lasted several days before the verdict.
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Louis Abramson
House of Correction
American Fund For
Sheenan
Spy with Boston harbor map caught as spy student
Philadelphia report details a Greek divinity student James Ainity aged 23 who rented a Snyder avenue room two weeks ago. The landlady found cipher cablegrams and a blueprint of Boston harbor in his effects, prompting police to arrest him for espionage.
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Philadelphia
Department of Justice
James Ainity
Ainity
Snyder Avenue
11Th Street
Boston Harbor
Harold W. Jackson Faces Larceny Trial Over Worthless Land Sale
Harold W. Jackson, a witness in the Harriet Varney murder case, appeared in Suffolk Superior Court for trial on an indictment accusing him of larceny by false pretenses involving a $2850 land sale. Gilbert A. Clarke and Clifford I. Toppin were named in the indictment. seven men were said to be involved, with three arrested.
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Harold W. Jackson
Harriet Varney
Suffolk Superior Court
Gilbert A. Clarke
Clifford I. Toppin
Watertown Arsenal Machinists Seek Wage Rise
Machinists at the Watertown Arsenal pressed for a 60 percent wage increase and the end of the Taylor system with a noon deadline. Colonel C M Wesson said a strike is improbable after a conference with worker representatives. He urged evidence of nonconformity with nearby Greater Boston shop wages and promised review if found.
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Watertown Arsenal
C. M. Wesson
Arsenal
Wesson
Watertown
Boston
Woman Speaker Urges Corn Meal Use to Save Wheat
Mrs. Burnett-Smith representing the British government urged American women to substitute cornmeal for wheat flour to conserve scarce wheat for European armies. She spoke at the Somerset yesterday afternoon, invited by the Boston Women's Committee on Food Conservation in the event titled Women’s Work in Winning the War.
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Europe
Record 131 Descendants Of Late Patrick Ambro
Gloucester paper reports Patrick C Ambro died at 92 leaving 15 children 11 living plus 80 grandchildren and 40 great grandchildren. The obituary notes the large family as a notable record in the community.
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Gloucester
Patrick C. Ambro
New Fighton Railroad Bill Faces House Debate
Washington Feb 25 The House advanced work on the administration bill for federal control of railroads with no clear path to final passage by tomorrow night The session focused on amendments to the return standard while a major dispute arose over a $500 million revolving fund for railroad operations Dillon of South Carolina urged cutting the fund to $200 million with a further $300 million to require explicit congressional approval
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Washington
House
Dillon
South Carolina
Congress
Needle Experts in Army Mending Squad
Daughters of the American Revolution mending squad, led by Mrs. Elmer H. Allen of Shirley, comprises 70 volunteers who repair torn clothing and ventilated socks at Camp Devens every week. The effort saves Uncle Sam money and keeps soldiers comfortable. similar work is planned for the Watertown arsenal and a statewide tour.
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National Army
Camp Devens
Daughters of the American Revolution
Elmer H. Allen
Shirley
Uncle Sam
Debutante Dancer Shocks New York Crowd With Nude Performance
Helen Moller directs a Madison Avenue dance school and performed a fully nude dance at the Metropolitan Opera House. The act drew a stunned audience of women and young girls, followed by hisses and boos, amid a program by her pupils with the Orchestral Society of New York conducted by Max Jacobs.
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New York
Helen Moller
Madison Avenue
Metropolitan Opera House
America
Debate on female superiority and a controversial dance
The article argues for female superiority across many traits citing Dr. Chamberlain and Dr. Sargent, then describes a provocative ballet performance by Miss Moller and her pupils that drew hisses and boos from the audience, ending with a muted finale to The Star Spangled Banner.
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Sibelius
Mother Eve
Tschaikowsky
Cheney's Assets Far Above Liabilities in Bankruptcy Schedule
Benjamin P. Cheney, husband of actress Julia Arthur, filed a bankruptcy schedule showing liabilities of 1,245,884 and assets of 1,760,310. Receivers were appointed earlier. creditors will meet to elect a trustee on March 23 at the Tremont building. Unsecured liabilities total 296,968 and secured 948,184, with assets including an 18,000 Topeka private car, the 20,000 steam yacht Jule, and 150,000 in insurance policies.
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Benjamin P. Cheney
Julia Arthur
United States District Court
Cheney
Tremont
Topeka
Kan
Jule
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