Mother of Newsboy Receives Post Fund Donation
The Rev Delbert C Ostroth pastor of the First Evangelical Church Winter Hill Somerville received as trustee from the Boston Post last night a check for 1231.12 the sum subscribed by readers for Mrs W A Buchanan of Somerville whose young son and chief support Clinton R Buchanan was accidentally killed by an automobile while selling papers a few days after Christmas
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Delbert C. Ostroth
First Evangelical Church
Winter Hill
Somerville
Boston Post
W. A. Buchanan
Clinton R. Buchanan
Mrs. Buchanan Fund Trusteeship News
A Somerville widow writes thanks for contributions to the Post fund for her and her two daughters. Mr. Ostroth, longtime friend and pastor, named trustee and will deposit the check to be wisely spent. Over $400 more was given at her home after the appeal. Legal steps delay final fund disposition, including bonding the trustee.
Contributions Unacknowledged From Fund Close
A list of incoming contributions after fund closure shows amounts and donors including I D P Macomber of Thompson Street and Patrick Whiting of Somerville. Irene and Medford girls of the Liberty Club, Arlington names Florence Tucker and others, plus Gs sales by Herbert C Pevis of Boston. Also listed are Gordon and Everett Cloran and the Presbyterian Church group.
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Macomber
Russell St
Thompson
Richard Whitingomerville
Patna
Irene and
Medford
Girls of the Liberty Club
Een Elsene
Aia
Cla
Presbyterian Church
Dorchester
Charles
Walter Smith
Norbert J. Cer
Bates Heide
Jewsboysworth Company
Framingham
W. D. Paine
Larceny Charge Involving Flour Barrels
Augusto Della Torre alias Augustus Dettore, 25, of 62 North Margin Street, was arrested on a warrant by Inspectors Donovan and Finn and Patrolman Foley for larceny of 60 barrels of flour valued at 645 dollars. Police report involve questionable business transactions amounting to thousands and multiple concerns.
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Augusto Della Torre
Augustus Dettore
North Margin Street
Donovan and
Finn
Foley
Joy Street
Torre
Saugus Kidnapping Declared An Elopement
After a day of searching by Chief Charles Thompson and the Saugus police for 19 year old Mary Genica, a telegram from New York stated she had eloped and married, signed Mary, to her mother Mrs. Antonio Genica of East Saugus.
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Charles Thompson
Saugus
Mary Genica
Antonio Genica
Seagirt Street
East Saugus
New York
Mary
Wilson urges buffer employment to curb postwar force philosophy
Washington January 30 Secretary Wilson urged urgent enactment of buffer employment to prevent a force philosophy during reconstruction. He said unemployment is temporary and prices may stabilize after demobilization. He supported Kenyon's bill for a Federal unemployment commission and favored highway and public works to restore employment.
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Washington
Wilson
House
Senate Labor Committees
Department of Commerce
Kenyon
Brockton Honors War Hero Major General Edwards Dinner Speech
In Brockton on January 30 crowds welcomed Major General Edwards, former Yankee Division commander, with an 18 gun salute and a parade to City Hall then a banquet at the armory. Edwards praised Shelton and Logan for their Chateau Thierry courage, and lauded General Cole and Major Theodore Baker for leadership.
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Brockton
Edwards
State Armory
2Th
Chateau Thierry
Shelton
Logan
General Cole
List Brigade
Theodore Baker
101St
Ban Upon Promotion Is Lifted For Officers
Washington officials announce a limited relaxation of the post armistice ban on officer promotions. General Pershing may promote to colonel level as vacancies arise, with homeward return of surplus officers. The move preserves meritorious promotions while demobilizing current ranks in the U S Army and overseas.
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General March
Pershing
United States
General Pershing
Congress
Navy Yard Receives Plan to Refit Rappahannock as Supply Ship
Notice from Washington announced at Charlestown Navy Yard that the Rappahannock will be converted into a fleet supply ship, signaling a major repair project underway.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Washington
Rappahannock
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Newsboy
Buchanan
Gilchrist
Alues
Silk Taffeta Heatherbloom
Bloomers Uty
Bloomer
Goodyear Welt
Crepe de Chine
Silkeline
de Dor
Gilco
Bumkin Island
Liberty
Baker
War Department
Suffolk County Grand Jury
State Board of Health
State Board
Commonwealth Ice and Cold Storage Company
Cassius Hunt Company
William F. McKeon
John Burns Company
Bay State Fishing Company
Navy Yard
Washington, Corner
Bedford Street
Paris
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