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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 12, 1922

Page

5

Major Shakeup in Boston Police Promotions and Transfers

Police Commissioner Wilson announced a large reshuffle with four sergeants promoted to lieutenants and 19 patrolmen elevated to sergeant ranks. Additional lieutenants and sergeants were moved across divisions to balance staffing, with all changes effective at roll call tonight.

Wilson John F. Lyons Athens Street Back Bay City Point Joseph McKinnon Hanover Street Charlestown John McGrath East Boston Dana W. Fisher Roxbury Crossing West Roxbury John J. Gale Fields Corner Hurley Morton Street Freeman Edward Q. Butters la Grange Street Jason W. Butters Boston Police

Probing Mrs. Hotchkiss’s Death Stirred by Family and Officials

Rosalind O'Neill, 14, swore she heard a young man she could not identify curse Mrs. Hotchkiss on Fairfield Beach. The bride’s body was found minutes later, with authorities treating the death as accidental drowning after conflicting statements and no autopsy. The Hotchkiss family and local officials seek to downplay the incident, while new testimony from driver John Hart links the timing to a taxi ride from Bridgeport station to Collins Pavilion.

Rosalind Fairfield Beach Donaldson John Hart Blackman Place West End

Plucked Eyebrows Spoil Maine Girls Chances for Movies

The Goldwyn scout toured Maine coastal towns seeking new faces for future Goldwyn attractions. Many summer visitors arrived, but the judge of taste lamented overdressing and awkward poise. She praised some features yet condemned flashy outfits and clumsy walks as hindrances to screening prospects.

Maine Boston Post Goldwyn Biddeford Laco Twin Cities York Miss Fernandez New England Beddeford Post Goldwyn Productions

Where Movie Scout Will Be on Watch Today

Old Orchard Beach in the morning and Portland in the afternoon. The Goldwyn scout will arrive in Portland about 1 o clock and will spend all afternoon in the centre of the city and its shops. Thursday he will be in the various towns en route from Portland to Centre Harbor New Hampshire.

Goldwyn Kittery York Harbor Western Union Old Orchard Beach Portland Centre Harbor N. H Saco Biddeford Miss Fernandez Farmington Yarmouth New England

Goldwyn scout notes fashions and eyes for movie prospects

Miss Fernandez tours New England beaches and towns seeking potential film faces. She critiques eyebrows and squint lines, praises driving and athletic skills, and meets hopeful girls in York Wells Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Portland and towns in Maine New Hampshire including Cornish Kezar Falls Porter Effingham Freedom Ossipee Holderness Centre Harbor.

Paris America Goldwyn York and Wells Miss Fernandez York Wells Piazza New Hampshire Maine Pepperell Manufacturing Company Biddeford Saco Post Old Orchard Casino Pier Portland Miss

Coast guards seize Lorena and arrest five on liquor run

The Lorena, a small motor schooner, was seized off Newburyport with a loaded hold of liquor after a planned transfer at sea. Captain George D. Rich and four crewmembers were jailed, await Boston arraignment as investigators pursue the smuggling gang and its routes along the New England coast.

Alert Coast Guards Plum Island Lorena George D. Rich King’s Island Captain Rich Michael J. Sullivan Salem B. B. Johnson Boston Charles F. Dow Salisbury Eliot Adams Purchase Street Newburyport United States Daring Gang Canada Nova Scotia New Brunswick New England Harry F. Burnham Coast Guards Burnham Special Treasury Owen P. McKenna Thomas F. Finnegan John L. McLean Daniel J. Lynch Eugene A. O'Brien James F. Murphy Central Wharf Newburyport Police McKenna Finnegan

Woman Federal Agent Threatened in Letter

Miss Mae Cookson, a federal investigator, says she will be away for a few days though not from fear after receiving death threats. The notes, written on opium stained paper, threaten her life and name a mysterious Alice. Agents are checking fingerprints on the letters and tracing who knows where she lives.

Alice Miss Mae Cookson Alice Asp Miss Cookson

Fail to Find Robber Who Ransacked House

Malden police have no leads on the daylight robbery at James F. Coyne’s home 299 Fellsway East. The break in occurred around five in the afternoon, marking a second such incident in two years as the thief showed familiarity with the neighborhood and the family’s routine.

Malden James F. Coyne Fellsway East Mr. Coyne

Miss Agnes McPhail Returns Salary to Government

Miss Agnes McPhail the sole woman in Canadian Parliament returns 1500 dollars of her 4000 dollar salary to the government.

Agnes McPhail

Nahant Residents Allegedly Get Free Water Audit Confirms Policy Flaw

Theodore N. Waddell states Nahant water department used a faulty bookkeeping system and will separate registrar and collector duties. An audit covering 1917 to present examined receipted bills but exact amounts and names await further investigation by officials. No shortage is confirmed at this time.

Nahant Theodore N. Waddell Nahant Water Department Water Department Waddell

Lowell Council Reinstates Two Public Service Board Members

By a 12 to 2 vote the Lowell city council reinstated Attorney Dennis J. Murphy and Fred G. Leary to the public service board. They had been removed June 29 by Mayor George H. Brown amid controversy. The men resume office tomorrow following the mayor and city solicitor's backing of the mayor's action and Murphy's denouncement of political motive.

Lowell Dennis J. Murphy Fred G. Leary Public Service Board George H. Brown Edward J. Tierney Murphy Leary Brown

Five in Hall Family Under Rabies Pasteur Treatment

Dr Stanley E Hall of Wellsley Hills and five relatives are receiving Pasteur treatment after exposure to a collie puppy that showed rabies symptoms. The dog was leashed and did not bite anyone, but the family handled it and sought medical precaution.

Stanley E. Hall Forest Street Wellesley Hills Hall Halls Daniel Coleman Harvard Laboratory

Baptists Open Nine Daily Bible Schools Citywide

The Baptist City Mission launches nine daily Bible schools in the city and suburbs as part of its educational program. Children 13 and under attend morning sessions at Baptist churches on Stratford Roxbury Plympton Dorchester Ruggles and Dudley streets Clarendon Norwegian Broadway Cambridge Camden South End and West End Community House with activities in Bible study physical culture and handicrafts.

Baptists Baptist City Mission City Stratford Street Roxbury Plympton Street Dorchester Ruggles Dudley Streets Clarendon Street

Hotel Men Plan Training for Future Managers

The Hotel Men of America at their annual convention approved training aims to raise at least 500000 dollars to fund a manager training school at Cornell University Ithaca New York and to create a research bureau in Chicago for improving hotel accounting and vocational training for cooks housekeepers valets stewards and other hotel staff.

Frank A. Dudley E. M. Statler E. M. Tierney J. McE. Bowman F. A. Muschenheim C. H. Consolvo T. C. Drake J. S. Hill Otto Seelbach W. N. Robinson Rome Miller Spencer Penrose W. C. Jurgens J. J. White T. B. Baker George Wright L. M. Boomer George W. Sweeney John McF. Howle Henry J. Bohn EB. C. Eppley Frank Hall Tracy C. Drake Walter I. Hamilton Research Bureau L. S. Hawkins Cornell University Dean Mann Herman Mack Committee On Publicity Committee On Education Cornell BE. M. Tierney Ansonia New York American Hotel Association Hotel Men of America Somerset Hotel Ithaca N. Y Chicago

Cape and sleeves joined by short cape on motor coat

A short cape of plaid fabric drapes the motor coat from the shoulder to elbow, with the cape attached to the sleeves from elbow to cuff, creating a seamless dramatic line.

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HUB Police Thomas F. Connolly City Hall Avenue Thomas S. J. Kavanagh Dudley Street Kavanagh France Eugene G. Wallingford Brighton Bartholomew D. Winn Dedham Street Patrick J. McAuliffe Gack Bay Thomas N. Trainor Patrick F. Flaherty Trainor Flaherty Andrew J. Hurley John J. Manning Max B. F. Thormer East Dedham Street George E. Keyes Hyde Park Andrew W. Ryan Charles B James F. Wright Peter A. McNeil Charles J. Wallace Joy Street John T. O'Dea Jamaica Plain Cornelius H. Donovan Harry R. Butler John C. E. Clark William C. M. Tilton South Boston Mrs. Hotchkiss Henry Blodget William L. Nichols Hotchkiss Main Street Aida Bijou Fernandez Goldwyn Pictures Mss Kennebunkport Old Fort John McE. Bowman United Hotels Co Niagara Falls Bowman Biltmore Commodore Belmont San Francisco South DIREX Positype Corporation of America Boylston Street Tegaty London Xione Training Wilson Bros Watchmakers Court St Scollay Sq
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