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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1919
Page
14
Inspector Alfred N. Douglas who led the detective branch and guarded President Roosevelt, aided in the 1901 Czolgoss murder case, last night completed 21 years of service in the Boston Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
Known as the man with the camera brain Inspector Douglas spent 30 years with the Boston Police Department. He arrested Nick Moran and others including Tessie Evans and Leroy Shear. He served as bodyguard to several Presidents and was involved in major city theft roundups and notable extraditions.
Narrator Ed Harmon recalls a perilous dogfight over the front lines in 1918 as a German aeroplane challenges his squad. Slim White dives to engage, bullets rain, and both pilots endure injuries while a lone gunner keeps steady fire. After a dramatic duel the German plane falls, harmonizing with triumph and a push toward a commission.
The War Department announced that several New England soldiers freed from German prison camps and hospitals have returned to France. Names include Lundmark Gaylordsville Conn Labriola Bristol Conn Burns Waltham Mass Talbot Westfield N B Nazzaro Branchville Conn Lemieux Middletown Conn Jamison West Haven Conn McCarthy Waterville Conn McEnaney Burlington Vt McKenzie North Chasset Mass Magnuszewski Melrose Mass Heon St Johnsbury Vt Litchfield Needham Mass Livingstone Boston McCluskey Lowell Mass McMinigall Holyoke Mass Myers Westport Conn Nolan Waterbury Conn Savage Bangor Me Swanlund Norwood R I Titman West Orange Mass Tucker Providence R I Dressler Bristol Conn Nelson Bristol Conn Riley Boston Sullivan South Boston Williams Winthrop Mass Martin Lawrences Mass McCarthy West Springfield Mass Olsen Attleboro Mass Rawlinson Washington R I Rodrigues Fall River Mass.
New York District Attorney Swann announced that Lord and Lady Aberdeen were removed from a list of names suspected of misusing funds raised for a Child Welfare charity. Investigators found the Aberdeens, now in England, had overseen war work that routed over $100,000 to their fund and paid personal expenses, though expenses were to be financed by the fund.
Allan C. Emery was elected president of the Evangelistic Association of New England at the Tremont Temple annual meeting. New officers include Vice-presidents Colonel Edward H. Haskell and William T. Rich. secretary-treasurer S. M. Say ford. recording secretary Harry C. Sanborn. executive committee members. 22 directors chosen for two years with Colonel John R. Simpson as a new member Serving in France.
Funeral services for Grace E. Gridley daughter of Joseph Gridley Somerville restaurant owner will be held tomorrow afternoon at the West Somerville Baptist Church Rev W F Wilson officiating She was born Charlestown and educated in Somerville and served as a clerk at the State treasurer office.
Ruth Palmer, now 20, testified in Portland that she was forced to marry Harris M. Palmer at 13 after her mother agreed to a trip to the White Mountains. He allegedly took her to a house in Dover where she remained two hours before consent. The couple lived apart and together off and on until Palmer deserted her in 1914. A prior attempt to annul or obtain a divorce failed as desertion did not meet the three year requirement. Judge Sanborn reserved decision.
The Greater Boston Boy Scouts fund drive closed last night with indications of surpassing the $60,000 goal. Officials expect about $80,000, with more funds likely arriving before week’s end. Thomas P. Curtis praised public support and newspaper publicity, noting $50,105 raised over four days plus $22,000 on hand from Allan Forbes.
Washington January 9 General Pey ton C March chief of staff was informed by the French embassy that he had been awarded the grand officer of the Legion of Honor for his distinguished service during the war. Also announced were new Legion of Honor appointments for several generals and officers.
Donat Lalonde from Hull endorses Fruit-a-tives for indigestion and constipation claiming immediate relief after years of illness. Ad promotes 50c a box six for $2.50 and a 25c trial size with purchase through Fruit-A-Tives Limited in Ogdensburg NY.
Shipping Board after talks with Norwegian Shipping Association agrees to pay Norwegian shipowners 11 million dollars the amount they had invested in contracts material and ships when requisitioned by the United States. The full claim remains unsettled and further claims will be taken up in Washington with Mr Stevens to pursue this and other shipping matters.
Daisy E. Moehn of Philadelphia, once a housekeeper in Louis H. Regnier’s Lenox home, sues for 25000 in Berkshire Superior Court in contract claim. Attachments reveal real estate conveyance to George F. Bourne and alleged fraudulent title.
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