Stolen Bonds Hidden in Dorchester Home
In Dorchester on Nightingale Street a wall and an old hot air register concealed $13,000 in railroad and refining company bonds. A youth with false credentials stole them while working as a bank messenger and fled with the first package. Harold Arbart was arrested. another youth remains at large.
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Nightingale Street
Dorchester
Railroad and Refining Company
Wall Street
New York
Gotham
Harold Arbart
McGarr
Dorchester Court
Boston
Venus An Artist With Ambitions Busy Store Girls
Central Court weighs case of George Ward of Huntington Avenue who roamed stores telling about Venus types for pictures he planned to make. Police say Ward has no studio and is not a real artist though eager to pursue art, telling about 100 store girls that they are perfect Venus types and calling them darling on his cards.
Bargain Clothing Sale Ad Lists Women’s Dresses and More
An old classified ad lists women’s serge dresses at $20 each and a $1.25 army tam. It also mentions five blankets, 25 cent boys’ stockings and a $5 girls’ coat.
Prospects of Lower Prices in Markets This Week
Buyers see small market encouragement with eggs expected to fall by week’s start as wholesale prices ease. Native eggs arrive in greater supply while fish conditions improve and haddock nears shore, signaling a likely price drop. Government action on cold storage may limit supply in 20 days.
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Provincetown
Market Prices Move on Fruits, Meats, and Fresh Fish Declines
Housewives face warnings on bargain oranges and grapefruits as prices vary with supply. Beef holds steady while lamb and mutton rise. poultry and eggs increase. Fresh fish including halibut, salmon, and cod appear with varied per pound or per quart prices across Western markets.
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Boston
Metal Trades Seek Higher Pay Across Atlantic Shipyards
More than 150000 union metal trades workers from navy yards and private shipyards along the Atlantic coast push for higher wages and better conditions matching Pacific coast gains. Spinney, Charlestown Metal Trades Council leader, says he expects the Naval Shipping Board to travel from Philadelphia to New England to consider the demands.
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Atlantic
Pacific
M. R. Spinney
Charlestown Metal Trades Council
Pattern Makers’ Association
Naval Shipping Board
Philadelphia and
Delaware River District
Pacific Coast
New England
Gasolene Prices Reported Higher Than Refining Cost
The Federal Trade Commission released figures showing that retail gasolene prices run seven to ten cents above refining costs. The findings come from an FTC investigation directed by Peter Murdock and presented in Washington.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Petor Murdock
Billy Sunday Pastor Coming to Boston Church
The Rev Isaac Ward assistant to Billy Sunday has accepted the call to be pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Boston He will begin after Mr Sundays Washington campaign Ward a Rutgers Theological Seminary graduate and former pastor of the Fourth Dutch Reformed Church in Philadelphia comes with his wife and a 10 year old daughter The church expects his arrival in March after Washington meetings conclude.
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Isaac Ward
Billy” Sunday
First Presbyterian Church
Boston
Sunday
Washington
Ward
Rutgers Theological Seminary
Dutch Reformed Church
Philadelphia
Butter Smearing and Cruelty Claim End in Divorce
Mrs. Freida H. Halmsted testified of years of abuse by Henry including choking beating and threats with a knife. She described butter smearing as a recurring cruelty and said she fled to a neighbor for protection before a court granted a decree for cruelty.
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Freida H. Halmsted
Henry
Middlesex School Ice Hockey Sevens Meet Boston English
The Middlesex School ice hockey seven from Concord, carrying two losses and three postponements, faces Boston English High School this afternoon on the Middlesex rink in Concord.
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Middlesex School
Concord
Boston
Middlesex
Housing Bills Urged to Boost Shipyard Labor
Former Rear Admiral Bowles and other Emergency Fleet Corporation officers urged passage of a Senate bill authorizing 50 million dollars for housing facilities for shipyard workers and to create military zones around yards. They note shipyards are under capacity and demand for workers will rise in months.
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Washington
Bowles
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
House
Senate
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Wolf’s¢T
Mackinaws
Hanover and
Portland Streets
BOC
Ceylon Tea
Munmune P
Our East Coffee
Cecetana Food Administration
Billy
Hubby
Waoilf
Hanover
Portland
Meltons
Oneita
Mnet Oah Rere
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