French Sergeant Leads Daring Essen Bomb Raid
Sergeant Maxime Gallois recounts a solo bombing mission targeting Krupp munitions in Essen. He flew 750 kilometers, crossed German lines, landed at dawn, and returned fatigued but unscathed. two comrades reached Treves and dropped bombs there.
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France
Associated Press
Essen
Maxime Gallois
Rhenish
Ardisson
Durand
Treves
Gallois
Dragoons
Aviation Corps
Night bombing flight to Essen guided by moon and stars
French aviator Sergeant Gallois recounts a seven hour night mission with Lieutenant Ardisson de Perdiguier and two others. He describes fog, moonlit navigation over Metz Thionville Trier Koblenz Cologne and Essen dropping ten bombs, returning along the same route while under anti aircraft fire and with exhausted eyes after losing goggles.
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Gallois
Ardisson de Perdiguier
Durand
Essen
Metz
Thionville
Moselle
Rhine
Ardisson’s
Treves
Coblenz
Bonn
Dusseldorf
Cologne
Auto Plunges Into Children At Lynn Storefront
Six children and a chauffeur were injured as an automobile lurching forward pinned a crowd gathered around a hand organ and a monkey. Mrs. John F. Hunt and Alfred V. Jules were involved. bystanders stopped the car after it struck the group near Union Street department store.
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Lynn
John F. Hunt
Lakeshore Park
Alfred V. Jules
Mountain Terrace
South Peabody
Union Street
Red Cross Chapter Opens New Boston Headquarters
The Boston Metropolitan Chapter of the American Red Cross opened at 142 Berkeley Street in the old Youth's Companion building. The new headquarters covers 18,000 square feet on one floor with over 20 departments on three floors. Mrs. J Coolidge Jr. chairs the cooperation committee overseeing activities.
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Boston
American Red Cross
Berkeley Street
J. Coolidge, Jr
Navy Yard Explosion Kills Six at Mare Island
Six people were killed and 31 injured when a black powder magazine exploded at Mare Island navy yard in San Francisco Bay. Naval officers and federal agents cooperated to determine responsibility amid unconfirmed rumors of arrests in a possible conspiracy.
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Vallejo
Cal
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco Bay
Fatal explosion at Vallejo magazine claims Mackenzie family
The blast killed Allen F. Mackenzie chief gunner his wife and two daughters Dorothy age 12 and Mildred 8 gardener George Stanton and civilian N C Damstead and wounded several navy personnel and civilians. The explosion wrecked packing and shell houses shattered glass in Vallejo and shattered a bungalow housing the Mackenzie family with McKenna and family buried in the ruins. A black smoke plume rose 300 feet after the 7 54 a m detonation.
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Allen F. Mackenzie
Dorothy
Mildred
George Stanton
Mackenzie
N. C. Damsteadt
Ordnance Department
United States Navy
Vallejo
Mackenzies
James L. McKenna
McKenna
Miss Morey Faces Jail Sparks Suffrage Rally
Miss Katherine Morey, held in a Washington jail, organized a suffrage meeting in her dormitory cell and converted the inmates to equal rights. She plans a Saturday demonstration to mark the Bastille anniversary and push for the suffrage amendment with hopes for Wilson support.
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Katherine Morey
Washington
Post
Buckminster Road
Miss Morey
Wilson
Russia
England
Leaping Officer Captures Suspected Auto Thief
Reserve Officer Felix Talbot of Back Bay police leaped into a speeding car in Copley Square and subdued the alleged thief, Wilfred N. Goodwin, 19, of Dorchester, who had stolen a $2600 car from James E. Guiler outside the Boston Art Club.
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Felix Talbot
Back Bay
Copley Square
Huntington Avenue
Wilfred N. Gooodwin
Spring Garden Street
Dorchester
James E. Guiler
Gibb Street
Newton Centre
Guiler
Boston Art Club
Newbury Street
Goodwin
Dartmouth Street
Talbot
Demonstrates 10 Cent Meal By Miss Wiggin at Simmons
Under the Women's Municipal League Miss Margaret Wiggin of Simmons College described a 10 cent meal yesterday as part of a series of weekly meetings on the third floor of Timothy Smith Company building. She teams with the Boston Public Safety Committee in its food conservation drive and plans to be at the building every forenoon in July at 11 oclock to advise Boston housewives.
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Women’s Municipal League
Margaret Wiggin
Simmons College
Timothy Smith Company
Miss Wiggin
Boston Public Safety Committee
Dinner and Diamond to Supt. Haines
George N. Haines, superintendent of the Equitable building, was honored with a farewell dinner at the Tavern before leaving Boston for St. Louis to lead the Equitable building there. toastmaster William Drouett presented a diamond stick pin, with remarks from engineers, inspectors, and local officials.
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George N. Haines
Equitable
Mr. Haines
Boston
St. Louis
Willam Drouett
John McVicar
Fore River Iron Works
Stanley Barnabee
Copley Plaza
Algernon Abercrombie
Braintree
Thomas Sheehan
Owen Goldsmith
Frank Youldman
Archie Hurlburt
John Hardigan
Farmer William J Mahan funeral notice
In Brookline on July 9 William J son of Mary Burke and the late Michael Farmer. Funeral from Michael Joseph Mahan 96 Chestnut St Thursday July 12 at 9 am Solemn Requiem Mass at St Mary of the Assumption Church at 10 o clock Relatives and friends are respectfully invited.
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Farmer
Brookline
William J
Mary
Five Days Left for Second Officers Training Camps
The War Department says five days remain to file applications for the second officers training camps at Fort Myer Virginia running August 27 to November 26. The camps train civilians to become officers with no future civilian programs planned. Applicants should be 25 to 25 with optional prior training. camps are citizen operated and open to non veterans.
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War Department
Army
New England
Military Training Camps Association
Fort Myer
Navy Air Recruits To Train In Canada
Twenty five aviator recruits are now somewhere in Canada for four months of training under the Royal British Plane Board. Fifteen come from the Princeton unit and ten from schools around Boston. Ensign Allen leads the group.
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Canada
Royal British Plane Board
Princeton
Boston
Ensign Allen
Widow Not at Death Inquest
Mrs Cleopatra Freeling Cole wife of Boston auto dealer William H Cole known as Candy Cole died from sulphuric acid burns and could not attend the grand jury probe into his death. He reportedly said she had thrown acid at him before dying at Brooks Hospital. Mrs Cole injured at Scobey Hospital Brookline claims he attacked her as she deflected with her arm. A Back Bay woman is linked to the Coles matrimonial dispute and Mr Cole’s wish to take…
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Cleopatra Freeling Cole
William H. Cole
Back Bay
Coles
Mr. Cole
Woman blamed for leading to the final quarrel in dance
The record notes that at the dance on the night of the trouble a woman has been said by some to have led up to the final quarrel.
Chelsea Ex Mayor Weds Martha Kiernan
The wedding of former Chelsea mayor James N. Malone to Martha E. Kiernan daughter of Patrick B Kiernan of Lynnfield and sister of Louis R Kiernan Chelsea city solicitor was announced by cards yesterday.
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James N. Malone
Chelsea
Martha E. Kiernan
Patrick B. Kiernan
Lynnfield
Louis R. Kiernan
Man Who Likes to Fish Finds Glacier National Park Ideal
An advertisement for Glacier National Park extols abundant trout and dramatic scenery. It promotes comfortable camps and inns, cool mountain air, and easy access, offering planning help and illustrated booklets from Alex Stocks, New England Pass.
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Glacier National Park
Glacier
Alex
Stocks
New England Pass
R. R. Co
Washington St
Boston
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RED Cross
Navy Yard
Mare Island
Auio
Dinner
Diamond
Supt
Haines
New York
Eve WU
Hanover and
Portland Sts
Balbriggan Underwear
Stokeses
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Rose Pastor Stokes
Socialist Party
United States
Morris Hillquit
Victor L. Berger
Stockholm
Europe
Navy Air
the Crowell Publishing Company
Fourth Avenue, New York
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