Dorchester Ace George Clifford Wins Military Cross
Heroic Royal Flying Forces lieutenant from 26 Wales Street Dorchester earned the Military Cross after diving 8000 feet to rescue a comrade from a flaming aircraft during a Karlsbrue raid. He had 27 enemy planes to his credit and became the RAF ace in ten days.
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George Clifford
Wales Street
Dorchester
Royal Flying Forces
Clifford
Royal Air Forces
Karlsbrue
Ashberry
France
Mannheim
Germany
Royal Forces
New York
London
Zeebrugge
Dover
Birds Feast on Grain in Boston Public Garden
Thousands of birds gathered on the Common and Public Garden for a New Year's feast of assorted grains provided by the Boston Post. The feeding followed a recent storm that left tree branches stiff with ice, making the meal especially welcome.
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Boston
New England
The
Post
Apertood
Winthrop Packard
Massachusetts
National Association of Audubon Societies
Tremont Mall
Boston Post
Boston Common
George Huestis
Audubon Society
Poles Head for Berlin Move Sparks European Alarm
A Polish army of 36 000 men advances toward Berlin amid rumors from Geneva and Lausanne that the march aims at a tearing raid. Gustave Noske leads German forces as demobilized troops rearm and railways remain disorganized.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Gustave Noske
Ebert
Geneva
Germany
Lausanne
Kreuzdriesen
Poznau
Srys
Senctis Badin
Bedford Man to Celebrate 84th Birthday in Home of Daughter
Charles F. Hayward born January 8 1835 in Augusta Missouri. He served in the Civil War from Fitchburg Massachusetts as a Fourth Heavy Artillery recruit and was Fitchburg’s first police chief. He retires in 1902 after deputy warden work and now lives with daughter Mrs. W J Macurda on Spring Road. He recently received the Boston Post gold headed cane as the oldest living male resident of Bedford.
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Bedford
Charles
F. Hayward
Boston Post
W. J. Macurda
Spring Road
Mr. Hayward
Augusta
Boston
Fitchburg
Fourth Heavy Artillery
Fitchbore
Former Austrian Ships Now Under Allies Flag
Former Austro-Hungarian merchant ships now sail from Toulon under the interallied blue and white flag. Some ships will fly the flag, and Italy has agreed to forward 4000 tons through Innsbruck and Vienna to German-Austria, following Switzerland's delivery of over 1000 tons of food to Vienna.
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Washington
Toulon
France
Vienna
Switzerland
Italy
Innsbruck
Bolsheviki Drive Germans From Riga Port
A Berlin despatch reports the Bolshevik forces compelled German troops to evacuate Riga, the Livonian port at the head of the Gulf of Riga, as superior Bolshevik forces advance.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Riga
Gulf of Riga
25 Die in Warsaw Paderewski Celebration Collapse
Warsaw crowds greet pianist Ignace Paderewski as a balcony collapse at a celebration kills 25 people and injures others. Rescue units work at the scene as officials confirm the deadly accident during the New Year festivities.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Brother Fatally Shot by 16-Year-Old Brother
Jan 3 report from Hainsom shows Lester Ellison, 16, returning from a hunting trip fatally wounding his younger brother Irving. The widow Florence Hilison, mother of the shooters, witnessed the incident from a window and is in critical condition from the shock.
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Hainson
Lester Ellison
Irving
Florence Hilison
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