Torture cell used by army alleged at Alcatraz
National Civil Liberties Bureau alleges Colonel R D Johnson introduced iron torture chambers at Alcatraz Island to punish conscientious objectors. Albert De Silver heads to Washington to bring the claim to Secretary Baker. Prisoner Robert Simmons, serving ten years, is reported placed in a six by twenty eight by one foot iron cage with no light and only top air, fitting inside his cell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. D. Johnson
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco
National Civil Liberties Bureau
Albert de Silver
Bureau
Washington
Baker
Robert Simmons
Health Department Reports Flu Wave Not Yet Dangerous
The health department reiterates that the current wave of influenza and pneumonia is not yet dangerous. Data show an average lobar and bronchial pneumonia and influenza death rate of 7.89 percent for Jan 92 in 1915 1917 and 1918, with seven new pneumonia deaths but 26 influenza cases and no influenza deaths in the latest period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Private Control Sought for American Merchant Marine
A. F. Haines, VP and GM of Pacific Steamship, urged private operation of the American merchant marine under Shipping Board supervision at a Senate Commerce Commission hearing on permanent shipping legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American
Shipping Board
A. F. Haines
Pacific Steamship Company
Senate Commerce Commission
Marriage Intentions List Pairs Names and Addresses
A compiled notice lists numerous marriage intentions with pairings of grooms and brides, including occupations and home addresses in Reading, Dorchester, Roxbury, Belmont, Brookline, East Boston, Jamaica Plain, and Charlestown, with ages ranging from 19 to 54. The list includes widowed and single individuals and records both parties’ occupations and street addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip R. Eaton
Reading
Emma Dumas
Warren Ave
James H. King
Milford St
Mary E. Barnes
Clarkson St
Dorchester
Joseph S. Brandwain
Poplar St
Freda G. Horowitz
Charles F. C. Dubelle
Brighton Ave
Allston
Honora Devine
Armature Winder
Cambridge St
Alliston
Timothy J. Buckley
Mill St
Eunice F. Stockemer
Bernard St
Philip Abeley
Teamster
Parnell St
Catherine McLaney
Sanford Pl
Roxbury
Walter A. Kaffenburgh
Naples Rd
Brookline
Roth M. Carlton
Commonwealth Ave
Charles A. Mazzo
Howard St
Julia M. Hallinan
Bowdoin St
Thomas R. Powers
W. Canton St
Margaret AH. Shipley
Waverley St
Belmont
Joseph A. Nibbs
West Lenox St
Carrie Ried
Henry QO. St. Jacques
Museum Rd
Lillian F. Connolly
Watertown
John J. Foran
Brookside Ave
Jamaica Plain
Maryen
Pond Ave
Brookne
John Bossi
East Cottage St
Felicita Ponti
Norfolk Ave
Roy F. Clough
Marblehead
Evelyn E. Joyce
Harre St
East Boston
Alfred B. Wyatt
Katter
Fleet St
Nellie Guardino
Tailoress
Cambridge residents listed in paired occupations
A Cambridge census style listing shows pairs of residents including Arthur Forbes a machinist and Frances Umbebend a stenographer both of Cambridge along with multiple similar couples across the city. Other entries include Richard Rowland a clerk with Margaret Maclagen and Donald Reardon a structural engineer with Mary Tisdale all Cambridge residents. Additional pairs feature Penny Wincepps a grocer with Mary Waichun and Ladislaw Ryameis a machinist with Annie Markiewicz. Harry Jacobs a stock broker and Florence Blackmar live in Cambridge and Winthrop. Joan Jakobosky a factory operative is paired with Helen Zabszynska, also a Cambridge resident.
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Arthur M. Forbes
River St
Cambridge
Frances Umbebend
Allston St
Richard ©. Rowland
Massachusetts Ave
Margaret Maclagen
Inman
Donald J. Reardon
Erie St
Mary B. Tisdale
Harvey St
Penny Wincepps
Portland St
Mary A. Waichun
Ladislaw Ryameis
Sixth St
Cambridge St
Annie Markiewicz
Bristol St
Harry TL. Jacobs
Channing St
Florence Blackmar
Crystal Cove Ave
Winthrop
Joan Jakobosky
Hampshire St
Helen. Zabszynska
Fortland St
Milford National Bank President Resigns
Augustus Wheeler resigns as president after nearly two years in the role and four years of service. He will remain a director and a successor will be announced in a few days.
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Milford
Augustus Wheeler
Milford National Bank
Jump From Windows At Chelsea Fire
A late yesterday fire at a Chelsea factory used to make folding paper boxes destroyed the building and its contents with estimated losses of 100 000 dollars. Two persons were probably fatally burned and eight others were painfully burned or injured as workers leaped from second story windows to escape.
Fire traps factory workers in snow covered escape
A blaze at a two story Chelsea factory forces a deadly rush to windows as fire escapes fail. Victims include Fred Wagner 21 and James Karas 23 with burns and injuries, Miss Minerva Cogan 19 and Miss Anna Gallagher among others treated at Frost Hospital.
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Frost Hospital
Fred W. Wagner
Washington Avenue
Chelsea
James Karas
Chestnut Street
Minerva Cogan
David M. Higgins
Broadway
Fred Yucey
Waverly Avenue
Everett
Myer Osorosky
Hawthorn Street
Harry ©. McLaughlin
Cottage Street
Louis Bernhardt
Frookline Street
Boston
Anna J. Gallagher
Clement Road
Peabody
Sam Gillis
Spencer Avenue
Fred Wagner
Myera Osorosky
Anna of
Gallagher
Miss Cogan
Wagner
Hudson
Revere
Eastern Storage Company
David Wright
Pierce, Butler & Pierce
Fifth Street
Wright
Everett Avenue
Unidentified child held at City Hospital after fall
An unidentified roughly six year old boy found unconscious at Clarendon and Appleton streets is kept for observation at City Hospital. Attendants say dementia symptoms likely stem from a fall. he recovered consciousness but cannot identify himself.
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Clarendon and
Appleton Streets
City Hospital
Senate Urges Immediate Government Spending Cuts
Senator McCumber of North Dakota calls for swift reductions in federal outlays to avoid financial ruin. He condemns government extravagance, urges stopping borrowing and spending, and proposes dissolving the Shipping Board along with deep cuts to fortifications navy public buildings and rivers and harbors programs aiming to save about 2.25 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
McCumber
Republican
North Dakota
Congress
Shipping Board
Trustees Will Remove Cars if Salem Jitney Vote
Salem faces a tense decision as the Supreme Court ruling on the jitney license could trigger a special election next Tuesday. The Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company threatens to suspend streetcar service if jitneys win, while defeat of the jitneys would allow continued streetcar operation at about 6 12 cents fare. The City Council approved $1000 for the election, though court action may block it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Supreme Court
Eastern
Maseachusetts Street Railway Company
Finance Committee
Paper Makers to Get Pay Increase
Holyoke January 29 After talks between paper manufacturers and the unions a wage hike will be granted February 1 The exact amount is to be decided after a Buffalo New York conference on February 2 and will affect several thousand employees in the Connecticut Valley area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holyoke
Connecticut Valley
Buffalo
N. Y
Funeral for Joseph De Milt Held at Graham's Parlors
Funeral services for Joseph De Milt of 15 Norman Street and former E Company 107th Engineers were held this morning at Graham's undertaking parlors. He died at City Hospital on Monday after a short illness.
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Joseph de Milt
Norman Street
E Company
107Th Engineers
Graham's
de Milt
City Hospital
Governor Veto Power Debate Alters Constitutional Path
The legislature approved a measure to give the Governor partial veto power on appropriations while opposing a proposal to let lawmakers themselves propose constitutional changes. In a separate item, Rev. Dr. George Earl Stimpson, racing to see his wife in Manchester, was notified by wire of her death at Notre Dame Hospital.
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George Earl Stimpson
Seattle
Notre Dame Hospital
Stimpson
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Cr. H. White CO
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Cascarab
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College of Business Administration of
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Everett W. Lord
Boylston St
Concord
N. H
Manchester
Washington Corner
Bedford Street
Shades
New Spring
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Chic New
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