Arctic Explorer Storkerson Safe After Arctic Drift
Storker Storkerson and four companions reached the north coast of Alaska on November 7 after starting from the Alaska coast in March 1918 to drift westward on an ice cake. The party found only a large eddy rather than a westward current and conducted important deep sea soundings during the voyage. The expedition was planned by Vilhjalmur Stefansson who was ill and unable to command.
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Ottawa
Alaska
Storker Storkerson
Arctic Explorer
Fort Yukon
Canadian
Department of Naval Service
Volar
Siberia
Storkerson
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Daniel Frank Dies. Burial Set for Boston Confectioner
Funeral services for Daniel Frank, a noted Boston confectioner, will be held at 2 30 PM at 27 Commonwealth Avenue, with private burial at Wakefield. Rabbi Harry Levy will officiate. Separately, more than 50 witnesses summoned in the 10th district hearing tied to the Tague contest may face federal prosecution for refusing to testify as Congressmen and lawyers press action.
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Daniel Frank
Boston
B. M. Wolf
Commonwealth Avenue
Wakefield
Harry Levy
Temple Israel
Tague
10Th Congressional District
Joseph I. O’connell
Arthur Harrington
United States
Boynton
Immunity to Diphtheria Seen in Some Individuals
New York health officials report certain people possess natural immunity to diphtheria. Free tests and artificial protection will be provided where needed as cases rise this month to 1139 with 1150 deaths, compared with 618 and 9 last year.
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New York
New York City Health Department
Allied blockade lifted in eastern Mediterranean Sea
Paris dispatch reports the allied blockade in the eastern Mediterranean has been removed. No further details provided on parties involved or date of restoration.
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Mediterranean
Paris
Havas
Mediterranean Sea
Notable Boston Jewish leader Frank Dies After Illness
Mr Frank a prominent Boston Jewish figure dies after a few hours illness. He served as president of Congregation Adath Israel and helped lay temple stones on Commonwealth avenue. He led Federated Jewish Charities and was a director of Elysium Club and Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. He was born in Baltimore and moved to Boston in 1877. He leaves his wife and daughter Mrs Fannie Greenbaum of Cincinnati.
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Mr. Frank
Mrs. Frank
The
Kenmore
Cincinnati
Krank
Boston
Congregation Adath Israel
Temple Israel
Commonwealth Avenue
Federated Jewish Charities of Boston
Elysium Club
Ancient and Tlonorabie Artillery Company
Baltimore
Frank, Rosenberg & Co
Milk Street
Washington Street
State Street
Federated
Jewish Charities of
Middlesex Club
Lincoln
Somerset
Fannie Greenbaum
Frank
Many Troops Coming Home From France
The War Department announced the largest homeward movement since World War I began with 18 troopships sailing from French ports carrying nearly 320 000 officers and men. Most divisions in France except regular army units will return as shipping allows, including much of the 92d Negro division and components of the 87th Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama divisions.
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Washington
War Department
France
Great Northern
Pessoa Assured as Brazil's Presidential Candidate
The national convention voted 139 to 42 to nominate Senhor Pessoa for the presidency. Pessoa, currently in Paris, is assured of election by the convention's decision.
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Rio Janeiro
Senhor Pessoa
Pessoa
Paris
Sensational election day assault testified in Wardroom case
The federal prosecutor noted the court would determine the sentence. Witness Henry Halpern testified on Blossom Street near Tague's stronghold describing an assault after being urged to vote Fitzgerald. He said a nearby man warned him to leave, then a crowd chased and struck him. Halpern identified the assailant and recounted police and judge reactions, noting officials tried to block outside observers.
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Henry Halpern
Marion Street
Boston
Blossom Street
Lomassey
Fitzgerald
Halpern
Tugue
Tague
Station 2
Twitzgerald
Citizens Take Saxon Town From Soldiers
Berlin reports armed sailors and unemployed civilians disarmed the military guard at Plauen Saxony seized the town hall banks post office and other public buildings They demanded the surrender of the barracks and it was turned over after negotiations
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Plauen
Saxony
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