Edwards Receives French War Crosses for Gallantry
Major General Clarence Edwards is awarded the Legion of Honor cross and the Croix de Guerre by France for gallantry while commanding the 26th Division in France. Captain Jean B. Le Mellour announced the honor, noting Edwards had not been decorated previously and that Pershing had disapproved the earlier recommendations.
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Legion of Honor
Apoleon
Rament
Clarence Edwards
France
Jean B. le Mellour
Charles H. Cole
Edwards
Verdun
Western Front
Man Hems Self Then Jumps From Pier in Desperate Act
Edward Marshall of Tenafly New Jersey slashed his left forearm with a knife at 450 Hanover Street then fled to the waterfront. He jumped into North End playgrounds and was rescued by Lifeguard John Scannell after which he was taken to Relief Hospital where doctors stopped the bleeding.
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Edward Marshall
Grove Street
Tenafly
N. J
Commercial Street
North End
John Scannell
Marshall
Hanover Street
Diego Messina
Jewels Smuggling Conviction in Newark Court
Montefiore Kahn was fined $2500 in federal district court for smuggling jewels valued at $40 000 into the United States. He claimed the jewels belonged to Lieutenant Norman C Stines of the American ministry in Sweden who bought them for his wife in Petrograd and gave them to a Russian baroness to wear into the country. The baroness later declined to wear them and returned them to him.
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Newark
N. J
Montefiore Kahn
Federal District Court
Norman C. Stines
Sweden
Petrograd
Kahn
Georgette Fine Material for Midsummer Frocks
Georgette is a cool durable easily laundered fabric praised as dainty and rich. It is favored for hats with a girlish brown chapeau adorned by rose purple and green grapes to complement a ruffled nett frock worn by Miss Summertime.
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Georgette
Government files $3 million tax fraud suits against two individuals
Lewis Goldberg, assistant United States attorney, filed suits in Federal Court for $3,000,000 against Willam A. English and John H. O'Brien. Judge Anderson ordered 18 months in jail and a $10,000 fine on each after guilty pleas to conspiracy to defraud the United States on income taxes. The actions target the two men personally, not the Congress Street Wool Firm, with $2,548,320 claimed as tax due plus a 100 percent penalty for noncompliance.
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Lewis Goldberg
United States
Willam A. English
John H. O'Brien
Anderson
English
O’brien
Congress Street
Four French Sailors Guilty of Assault in Scollay Square
Four French sailors were found guilty in Central Court by Judge Burke for assaulting police officers and causing disturbances in downtown Boston areas including Scollay Square. They were turned over to French naval authorities after verdicts.
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Scollay Square
Central Court
Burke
King and Hayes
Ryder
Aviator Pleads Guilty to Disturbing Park Grass
New York June 30 Philip A Hjarklund a licensed aviator was arraigned for landing in Van Cortlandt Park without a permit. He pleaded guilty but said engine trouble forced the descent on a trip from Sheepshead Bay to Albany. Sentence suspended.
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New York
van Cordlandt Park
Philip A. Hjarklund
Sheepshead Bay
Albany
Worcester Doctor Goes to Armenia
Worcester June 30 Dr John W O Meara a staff member at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Boston leaves New York tomorrow for Armenia where he will head a large reconstruction hospital to care for over 100000 natives slated to receive treatment there
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Worcester
John W. O'Meara
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Boston
New York
Armenia
Pupil Maintains Perfect Attendance Record
Dorothy Mahoney of 84 Marine Road South Boston graduates from Gaston Grammar School after eight years with a flawless attendance record. Daughter of Ivon P Mahoney of Boston Fire Department Ladder 4, she attended Tuckerman School and Gaston School.
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Dorothy Mahoney
Marine Road
South Boston
Gaston Grammar School
Tuckerman School
Gaston School
Ivon P. Mahoney
Boston
Hollander Company Incorporates In Massachusetts
L P Hollander and Company, founded in 1848 as a co partnership, has incorporated under Massachusetts law with a capital of 5 000 900 dollars. Officers elected include Theodore C Hollander as president and treasurer Benjamin Pitman as vice president and Alva L Hollander as vice president. The firm has long built a substantial national business with a New York Fifth Avenue establishment matching Boston in importance and several resort shops nationwide.
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L. P. Hollander & Company
Massachusetts
Theodore C. Hollander
Benjamin Pitman
Alva L. Hollander
New York
Fifth Avenue
45Th
46Th Streets
Boston
French lieutenant's flight ends in crash near Port Etienne
Lieutenant Lemaitre, who left Mogador yesterday aiming for Dakar, fell today at Port Etienne in Mauretania about 450 miles north of Dakar. His machine was smashed but he escaped injury.
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Dakar
French Africa
Lemaitre
Mogador
Morocco
Port Etienne
Mauretania
Funds of Eagles Allegedly Misappropriated in Boston Aerie
A bill in equity in the Superior Court alleges $1200 of the Boston Aerie No 45 Fraternal Order of Eagles funds were misapplied intoxicants sold to non members of the aerie frequent brawls at the buffet and officers kept the buffet open after losing the charter.
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Superior Court
Boston Aerie
No. 45
Order of Eagles
Aerie
Equitable action over Boston aerie charter and buffet scandal
A Suffolk County Superior Court equity session will examine a case against the Boston aerie over its revoked charter and alleged misappropriation. The bill cites missing funds, disruptive buffet conduct, and improper leadership, with John J. Harrington asked to receive papers and funds.
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Equity Merit
Suffolk County Superior Court
Aerie
Equity
Grand Aerie
A. B. Duncan
St. Joseph
Hub Aerie
Boston
Nest
Boston Aerie
John J. Harrington
Brooklyn
Keenan
Harrington
George H. Brest
Boston Aerie Buffet
Today’s community events rundown in Boston area
At 9 a m the Hull school for summer residents opens and the Lexington supervised playground program starts. A Dominion Day outing is hosted by the Canadian Club of Boston and partners at Riverside grounds at 2 p m. Evening events include the Canton Post American Legion meeting at 8 p m, the Quincy Machine Gun Company State Guard drive with prizes, a Chelsea World War veteran gold button ceremony at Gordon's Theatre, and an 8:30 a m New England Amateur Rowing Association executive committee meeting at the Union Boat Club.
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Hull
Lexington
Canadian Club of
Boston
American British Federation
Women's Auxiliary
Canadian Club
Lady Associates
Intercolonial Club
Riverside Recreation Grounds
Canton Post
American Legion
Canton Town Hall
Quincy Machine Gun Company
State Guard
Chelsea
Gordon's Theatre
New England Amateur Rowing Association
Union Boat Club
Strike Settled at Trimount Plant in Jamaica Plain
After a lengthy conference, union machinists blacksmiths and metal polishers at Trimount Manufacturing Jamaica Plain reached an agreement. The 352 workers will return to their jobs with a 45 hour week and same weekly wages as the 50 hour period, a minimum rate of 45 cents per hour for men over 21, double time on Sundays and holidays, time and a half for overtime, and a boost in piecework prices.
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Trimount Manufacturing Company
Jamaica Plain
Two Transports Due on the Fourth in Boston
Two transports are due to land in Boston on the Fourth of July bringing soldiers from the American Expeditionary Forces. The Vedic will bring 126 officers and 2176 men, while the Virginia carries 5 officers and 1160 men. No word has been received by the Northeastern Department on the organizations aboard either ship.
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Boston
Vedic
Europe
Virginia
Refuses to Join German Husband in Deportation
Mrs Ferdinand Schultz of 47 Temple Street Worcester says she will not join her husband deported to Germany as an enemy alien. She prefers staying in Worcester to care for her 91 year old father and has relatives in the American army. The couple reunited in 1917 after meeting in Green Bay Wisconsin and Schultz was arrested and interned.
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Worcester
America
Germany
Ferdinand Schultz
Temple Street
New York
Schultz
Greenbay
Wis
Boston Girls Outing Ends at Winning Farm in Lexington
A cheerful group of about twenty four girls from Boston's tenement district completed a 12 day outing arriving at Winning Farm off Lowell street Lexington under the guidance of the South End House of Boston.
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Boston
Winning Farm
Lowell Street
Lexington
South End
Willett Named Cashier at Federal Reserve Bank
Chester C. Bullen resigns as deputy governor and cashier of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston to devote full time to deputy governor duties. William Willett, former assistant cashier, is chosen to fill the vacancy. Russell B. Spear resigns as assistant federal reserve agent to become vice president at the Fourth Atlantic National Bank.
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Chester C. Bullen
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
William Willett
Bullen
Russell B. Spear
Federal Reserve
Fourth Atlantic National Bank
Bonfires for Peace on Peaks of Vosges
Strasbourg reports bonfires were lit on all principal peaks of the Vosges Mountains at 10 o'clock Saturday night to celebrate the signing of the peace treaty.
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Vosges
Strasbourg
Vosges Mountains
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Jordan
Germantown
Jordan Marsh Company
Jersey Man
Jordan Marsh
Hether
Hawkeye
North Pole
South Boston School
Grammar School
L. P. Hollander & Company Incorporate
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Wilmington, Delaware
Nemours Trading Corporation
Allied Industries Corporation
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Exchange
DU Pont American Industries
E. I. DU Pont DE Nemours Export Company
Wilmington
Delaware
Canada
E. J. DU Pont DE Nemours Export Company
Broadway
U.S. A
Del
Kennedy’s
Palm Beach
Kennedy
Hawley Streets
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