U S envoy to Vatican hints at new ambassador post
In a March 5 move, a bill to appoint an American ambassador to the Vatican will be presented to Congress. William Harman van Allen claims the information is true though his source is undisclosed, urging listeners to await the time. He criticizes Puritans while praising Laud and King Charles.
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Congress
Vatican
William Harman van Allen
Dr. van Allen
Charles
Canterbury
Land of the Star Chamber
Laud
van Allen
Agreement Reached on German Indemnity Terms
Premier Briand announced after the conference that a definite decision would be reached. The meeting produced instructions for Brussels experts and fixed penalties for German defaults. The supreme council aims to conclude the matter without breaking up.
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Brussels
Germany
Briand
Conference of the Supreme Council
Reparations Plan for Germany Weighs 42 Year Annuities
A proposed scheme would pay fixed annuities plus an ad valorem export tax on German goods to creditors, with payments spread over 42 years. The plan aims to ease the dispute among Allied powers and align compensation with Germany’s future prosperity while an expert committee weighs shortening the term.
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Germany
Supreme Council
Committee of
Briand
Lloyd George
France
Quick Relief From Constipation Olive Tablets Ad
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets offer a calomel free laxative for chronic constipation and torpid liver. The tablets relieve griping and encourage normal bowel and liver action with nightly use. Available 15c and 30c.
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Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Langdon Note Sent by Japan to Rio
The Japanese reply to the U S government note on Lieutenant Langdon of Boston killed in Vladivostok has been sent to Washington. It does not address Siberia occupation, repeats regret, cites measures to prevent recurrence, and promises an impartial investigation followed by appropriate reparations.
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Rio
Associated Press
United States
Langdon
Boston
Vladivostok
Washington
Siberia
Minister Leads the Whistling of Hymns at Sabbath Meetings
The minister guides 800 or more attendees in participatory hymn singing during Sabbath evening services. In a brief run, the hymn whistling has familiarized hundreds with religious pieces they had forgotten or only heard briefly before.
Judge Speer attacks closed shop tactics at union dinner
Judge William Speer of the United States Circuit Court condemned union misleaders and their methods while praising labor unions in general. He warned that the push for class rule could transform democracy into oligarchy and urged Americans to unite to oppose such moves, recalling 1916 railway brotherhood pressure in Congress.
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William Jr. Speer
United States Circuit Court
Hudson County
New Jersey
Employers' Association of
Massachusetts
Hotel Somesset
Judge Speer
Railway Brotherhoods
Congress
Today’s Union Events List at Several Venues
At 10 am the Americanism Congress meets in the auditorium of the State house. At 2 pm the Mount Holyoke Alumni Association gathers at Hotel Vendome and a City Club motion picture exhibit opens. Evening brings reunions and dinners for Amherst College Alumni at City Club, Suffolk tan School Alumni at City Club, Massachusetts National Guard at American House, and the Trory Cross Club at Young's Hotel.
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American Legion
State House
Peston-Mount Holyoke Alumnae Association
Hotel Vendome
City Club
Retunion
Boston Normal School Association
Normal School
Amherst College
Suffolktan School Alumni Association
Massachusette National Guard
American House
Young's Hotel
Two Defendants Found Guilty in Sacco Vanzetti Case
Court opens at 9 30 a m Monday as the district attorney moves for sentence. Each defendant faces up to five years in state prison or two years in jail or a 500 dollar fine. Testimony details alleged payoffs to secure Sacco and Vanzetti’s freedom, with witnesses describing a planned bargain involving Mrs De Falco and figures Squires Katzman and others in the county ring.
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McClenner
Lyons
Mr. Manning
Fessenden
Messrs. Weston
Holmes
Robert D. Weston
Hector M. Holmes
Edward F. McClennen
Supreme Judicial Court
Rottenberg
Squires
Percy Katzman
Dedham
Vanzetti
O. K
Sacco
Boston Printing Plant Strike Demands City Wage Standard
City printers and binders refuse to return until the plant adopts the prevailing city wage rate. The unions challenge Mayor Peters’s statements about July budget changes and insist the city follow the community wage agreed for 24 years, noting the plant’s $50,009 net earnings and price increases tied to labor costs. They criticize retroactive pay and demand adherence to the Boston Typothetae contract.
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Organized Labor
Peters
S. J. McBride
Boston Typographical Union
Congress Street
Boston
Boston Typothetae
Allied Printing Trades
Counceil
Charles 5. Lawler
De Falco Case Involves $50,000 Interest Scheme
The report states a $50,000 figure linked to the De Falco case involving interest from both he and Mrs. De Falco. Funds were said to be paid to either Francis J. Squires the court clerk or Percy Katzman brother of the district attorney.
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de Falco
Francis J. Squires
Percy Katzman
Trial reveals alleged bid to free prisoners in Norfolk case
The case centers on an alleged attempt to bargain with justice in Norfolk county tied to Mrs. De Falco. Witnesses include Benjamin Cicchetti and Aldino Fellcani, with Sacco and Vanzetti cited in related charges. The affair triggers a broader inquiry into judicial conduct and legal maneuvering.
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Norfolk County
de Falco
Samuel L. Bailen
Aldino Fellcani
Block Plan For U S Minister In Ireland
Remarks by Mr Mason on U S policy toward Ireland and Cuba sparked debate in Congress. Representative Connelly questioned assurances of recognition while Towner ruled out the Mason amendment due to lack of authorized appropriation.
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Mason
Cuba
Tom Connelly
Texas
Republic of Ireland
Horace M. Towner
Iowa
John Jacob Rogers
Massachusetts
Subcommittee On Appropriations
Towner
Rowan Arrested in Dallas on Fed Indictment
Albert I. Rowan, identified as head of a post office robber band, was arrested in Dallas Texas as he exited an elevator en route to his attorney's office, on the day of the federal indictment.
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Dallas
Tex
Albert I. Rowan
Marriage Intentions List for Boston Area Couples
A compiled notice lists numerous proposed marriages, pairing individuals with ages, occupations, and home addresses across Boston and surrounding towns. Names include James Lloyd and Frances Donahoe, Zangvill Greenberg and Yeah Shapiro, Joseph Wisniewski and Leona Kowal, Stamatios Booras and Anna Papadopoulou, Gustave Jandgrist and Norma Ke, among many others, with ages spanning from 18 to 88 and residences in Roslindale Dorchester East Boston Cambridge West Roxbury and more.
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James Lloyd
Porter
Albion St
Frances Donahoe
Doverst
Zangvill Greenberg
N. Russellet
Yeah Shapiro
Charles St. Joseph Wisniewski
Vinson
Leona Kowal
Huttonwood St
Dorchester
Stamatios P. Booras
North At
N E Roads Turn Down 12 Million Gift Offer
Washington January 28 Wabash president W H Williams testified at ICC hearings on joint freight rate redivision. He said New Zealand railroads were offered a $12 million gift from trunk line executives to protect farmers' credit but refused the proposal.
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Washington
Trunk Line
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. H. Williams
Wabash Railroad
Hudson River
Transport chiefs seek immediate settlement of carrier differences
Mr Williams said New England carriers rejected the offer as not meeting their needs. Mr Willms reported that he and presidents Rea of the Pennsylvania and Maher of the Norfolk & Western, representing lines west of the Hudson, met with Pearson of the New York New Haven & Hartford and Hustis of the Boston & Maine to pursue an immediate settlement.
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Williams
New England
Willms
Rea
Pennsylvania
Maher
Norfolk & Western
Hudson River
Pearson
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Hustis
Boston & Maine
Milk Price Cuts Prompt Dealer Price Talks in Boston
Milk producers plan a February price reduction. Hood & Sons says the new Hood price will be 1612 cents per quart starting Feb 1, matching producer cuts. Dealers weigh impact, with Alden Bros noting uncertainty and Hancock’s association delaying discussion. Boston taxicab rates set under new schedule, with fares, waiting time, and distance charges defined.
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Thomas G. Hancock
Boston and Suburban Milk Dealers’ Association
Boston
H.P. Hood & Sons
N. C. Davis
H. P. Hood & Sons
Relatives Sought for Edward Bowen Died in City Hospital
Boston police seek relatives of Edward Bowen 37 who died at City Hospital. He resided at 7 Water Street Cambridge but is not known there. The inquiry aims to locate next of kin and inform them of the death.
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Boston
Edward Bowen
City Hospital
Water Street
Cambridge
Taxi fares cut back to earlier Boston rates
Commissioner Curtis told a police roll call last night that taxi charges in Boston will revert largely to the rate in use some time ago. The move follows a flap over rate cutting and counter complaints of charges being too high.
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Curtis
Boston
Hing Opposes Recognition of Soviets in Senate Speech
Senator King of Utah argued against any move to recognize the Russian Soviet state. He said proposals to extend American trade with Russia were misleading propaganda and that individuals are free to trade or travel to Russia under existing restrictions.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
King
Utah
Senate
Russiia
Disappearance of Town Treasurer Sparks Town Alarm
Londonderry New Hampshire January 28 Mystery surrounds Elmer F Wheeler town treasurer after he left town with his wife and infant child following a forced opening of the town safe revealing a note claiming a shortage in town accounts. Neighbors report the Wheelers left citing a visit while their cattle in the barn showed signs of neglect.
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Londonderry
N. H
Elmer F. Wheeler
Wheeler
Wheelers
Town official Wheeler found with shortage and note
Edward Kent and two witnesses searched the Wheeler home and found a note claiming accounts are short but not to blame. They recovered $1000 in cash with $600 said to have been given by Ken the day before his departure. Wheeler admitted a shortage and the town has not pursued further action beyond notifying a Boston surety company that bonded him for $5000.
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J. K. Whiting
D. Whiting & Sons
C. Brigham Company
Cambridge
Elm Farm
Dorchester
Col L. Alden, Jr
Alden Bros. Company
Milk Producers’ Association
Edward Kent
Selectmen
Wheeler
Chairman Kent
Ken
Boston Surety
Kent
Thomas Offered Penn State Presidency Amid Resignation
STATE COLLEGE Pennsyl Jan 28 Dr John Martin Thomas whose resignation as president of Middlebury College Vermont was announced today has been tendered the presidency of Pennsylvania State College officials of the institution announced here tonight.
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State College
Penn
John Martin Thomas
Middlebury College
Vermont
Pennsylvania State College
Memorial Notices from Cambridge and Surrounding Towns
Death notices published for Mary Hurley Catherine Murphy Grace O Brien Nora Ruemker Ellen Ryan and Ehum Turner with details of bereaved families funeral times and locations including Sacred Heart St Patrick s Holy Trinity St Joseph s and St Mary s churches and auto cortege information.
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Hurley
Cambridge
Mary
John H. Hurley
Power
Sacred Heart
Murphy
Watertown
Catherin F
Richard H
Msgaret A
Morse Et
St. Patrick’s Church
O’brien
Arlington
Grace Leach
Defiance Leach
O'Brien
John J. O'Brien
Waterman
Holy Trinity Church
Shawn Ave
Ryan
Somerville
Ellen
Nee Meaney
Patrick Rye
Main St
St.seph's
Turner
Melrose
Ehuma
William Turner
Fune
Linwooday
St. Mary’ Church
Walton
N. Y
New Bedford
Mass
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John Harrison Thompson
Post
Thompson
Connecticut
Weston
Franklin G. Fessenden
Greenfield
McClennen
John P. Feeney
Daniel H. Coakley
Pelletier
New York
Hayes
Bourdon
State Street
Boston Bar Association
Hector M. Nolmes
Waban
Michael J. Hayes
Star Horlick
Horlick’s
Japan
Coakley
Feljicani
Professor Guadagni
Dedham Court
Guadagni
Norfolk
Katzman
Norwood
Cuadagni
Marion J. Sproul
Pembroke Street
South End
Workers’ Defence Conference
Washington Street
City Plant
Benjamin Cicchetti
Providence
Marion E. Sproul
Riccardo Orciani
Cicchetti
Penn Street
Flaherty and
Finn
Ireland
Rowan
Percy J. Robb
Western Ave
Mbridge
Katherine I. Galvin
Athena St
Adrian H. Lesperance
Ericsson
Holland System
VAG
Aventa
Atlas Delivery
Clydesdale
Commonwealth Ave
Yintrance
Braves Field
N. E
Trunk Lines
Wabash Official
Sen. Hing
Penn State College
CF Frovey Co
Chambray
the Girls’ Shop
Gingham and
Third Moor
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