Two Youths Face Perjury Charges in Central Court
In Central Court two youths were charged with perjury after altering testimonies about stolen cloth and spark ing payments. Nicholas DeMarco and Wolf Krovitch shift ed details to exculpate suspects, with their trials slated for next week and Thursday respectively.
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Central Court
Sullivan
Icholas DeMarco
Manning, Bresnahan
Larry Welch
Charles Elkins
Elkins
DeMarco
Wolf Krovitch
Butler
Donovan
Welch
James V. Carr
Carr
Krovitch
Denton Square Dedication Ceremony Today in Dorchester
City and state officials join American Legion officers at 2 30 this afternoon to dedicate Denton Square at Magnolia and Wayland in Dorchester. The memorial honors Corporal Gordon E Denton an early Dorchester recruit who served in Death Valley and Verdun near the war's end.
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Denton Square
American Legion
Magnolia
Wayland Streets
Dorchester
Gordon E. Denton
Death Valley
Verdun
James J. Sheehan Dies After Operation
James J. Sheehan 45 a prominent Knights of Columbus member and former Peabody town counsel died yesterday after surgery at Carney Hospital. He spent most of his life in Peabody and was active in local affairs.
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James J. Sheehan
The
Knights of Columbus
Peabody
Carney Hospital
Fall and Winter Shoe Styles Preview at National Exposition
The National Shoe and Leather Exposition opens at Mechanics Hall with a focus on fall and winter styles. Lower heels and shorter vamps lead milady’s footwear. boots reach ten inches with Cuban or straight French heels. street shoes in tan leathers trend lighter. Evening slippers showcase varied strap designs and finishes. More than 300 manufacturers will display, with living-model shows directed by George R Walmsley. The event includes retail directors, dealer associations meetings, and a Thursday evening conference headlined by Congressman A S Kreider on children’s shoes.
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Milady
Colinas
Mechanics’ Hall
Boston
George R. Walmsley
Cople Plaza
National Shoe Retailers
New England Retail Shoe Dealers’ Association
Paul Revere Hall
Allied Shoe and Leather Trades
A. S. Kreider
Pennsylvania
Shoe Dealers Gather for Annual Outing at Beverly
The Boston Shoe Dealers Association holds its annual outing at Beverly on Friday with visiting buyers to be entertained at a clam bake.
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Boston Shoe Dealers’ Association
Beverly
Carnation Day Volunteers Promote Aid for Mothers and Babies
Hundreds of Volunteers of America workers will sell carnations in Boston to raise funds for vacations for mothers and babies from crowded city districts. The organization recently acquired a Bridgewater estate to host mothers and children for country weeks, and plans a rest camp open next week. General Ballington Booth will dedicate the camp with city state and federal officials in attendance.
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Hub
Boston
Volunteers of
America
Terrement
Bridgewater
Ballington Booth
Patrolman Sullivan Narrowly Escapes as Truck Strikes Trolley
A furniture truck hit a Middlesex and Boston street railway trolley on Massachusetts Avenue near Pleasant Street in East Lexington yesterday afternoon. Patrolman James J. Sullivan of the Lexington police department escaped serious injury, while about twenty to thirty passengers were frightened by the collision.
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James J. Sullivan
Lexington Police Department
Middlesex and
Boston Street Railway
Massachusetts Avenue
Pleasant Street
Lexington
Brookline Fire Letters Suggest Insane Firebug Identity
Brookline authorities believe a serial arsonist calling herself the Queen of Fire and a member of the Loge of Guerres is responsible for a series of incendiary fires. Police and fire chiefs received letters linking the suspected firebug to the incidents.
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Brookline
Loge of Guerres
Queen of Fire Claims Fires in Grim Robbery Notes
Police link letters from a self styled queen of fire to multiple arsons across Brookline and nearby towns. The July 11 messages praise the god Guebres and claim hundreds of fires with no thefts beyond ransacked homes. Several fires cite Clinton road addresses and other local residences.
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Queen of Fire
Guebres
Jamaica Plain
Johnson
United States
New York
Brookline
God of Fire
Longwood
God Guebres
Clinton Road
Braise
Lege
Gertrude Smith
Clinton Read
Perrin Road
Betram G. Waters
Frank E. Wingate
Stearns Road
Funeral today for Frederick F. Cutler publisher
Funeral services for Frederick F. Cutler veteran Shoe Trade Journal publisher who died at his Newton Centre home will be conducted this afternoon by Rev. Oscar B. Hawes of the Newton Centre Unitarian Church. Burial is in Newton Cemetery. He leaves his widow two daughters Mrs Ralph C. Piper and Mrs Edwin Ginn both of Cambridge and two granddaughters.
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Frederick F. Cutler
Newton Centre
Oscar B. Hawes
Move Toward End Chicago Street Car Strike
Chicago officials moved to end the street car strike that crippled service for two days. William H. Reed acting for Mayor Thompson arranged a conference with Michael Boyle of the Electrical Workers' Union and surface line officers for tomorrow. About 700 machinists and 1500 layer men plus a few others are on strike, with Boyle saying management opposition to unionization sparked the walkout rather than wages.
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Chicago
William H. Reed
Public Service
Thompson
Michael Boyle
Electrical Workers’ Union
Oyle
Boyle
Gompers To Arrive In Boston For Social Visit
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor is due in Boston this morning from New York. His secretary, Guy Oyster, secured reservations for both at the Quincy House. The trip is described as social, linked to the silver wedding of Charles H. Baine, secretary of the Boot and Shoe Workers AFL, a close friend of Gompers.
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Gompers
Boston
American Federation of Labor
New York
Guy Oyster
Quincy House
Oyster
Charles H. Baine
Boot and Shoe Workers
A. F. of L
Carlson Beats Gibbs in Newport Boxing Showdown
Harry Carlson defeated Sailor Joe Gibbs in a 12 round bout at Newport. Carlson dominated after the eighth round when Gibbs was knocked down but the bell saved him. Carlson led the fight from the eighth onward.
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Harry Carlson
Joe ‘Gibbs
Newport
Carlson
Gibbs
Pye
Ouija boards captivate Boston Marines with bold predictions
Marine Corps sailors and marines in Boston embrace a home built two by six foot Ouija board predicting events from pay raises to war returns. Questions center on pay arrival Vera Cruz trips and Versailles era hopes as the board proclaims never for prohibition and stirs recreation aboard ships and yards.
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Cox
Babe Ruth
Marine Corps
Boston
Ouija
Vera Cruz
Chateau Thierry
Bite of Fish Proves Fatal in Vermont
Otisgilint of South Royalton died from blood poisoning two weeks after being bitten by a bass while fishing at Ferrisb on vacation. The infection started with a finger and spread despite various treatments and eventual finger amputation.
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Randolph
South Royalton
Flint
Ferrisb
Pistol Duel Wounds Two Soldiers Near Camp Custer
In Battle Creek Michigan on July 16 Private Joseph Doyer of Milton Massachusetts and Sergeant Otto Pugh of Rockford Illinois dueled after a misidentification near Camp Custer. Both men were dangerously wounded in the pistol duel.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Joseph Doyer
Milton
Mass
Doyer
Otto Pugh
Rockford, Jr
Camp Custer
Dorsey Named for Elections Post in Boston
James A. Dorsey, a Democrat, was sent to the Civil Service Commission as the nominee for the Board of City Election Commissioners, a $3500 yearly post. Mayor Peters also reappointed Malcolm E. Nichols as head of the Boston Transit Department at $5000 annually and made eight other reappointments plus two new appointments.
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James A. Dorsey
Civil Service Commission
Board of City Election Commissioners
Peters
Malcolm E. Nichols
Boston Transit Department
City appointments and reappointments updated for Roxbury
A series of political appointments and reappointments are recorded. Dorsey replaces Edward Murphy as a plaintiff counsel with ties to the Charitable Irish Society, and Malcolm K E Nichols is reappointed chair of the transit department for one year from July 1. Additional trustees, overseers, and officials across cemetery, hospital, sinking fund, and workingmen’s associations are named with terms ranging from one to five years and varying compensation terms.
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Mr. Dorsey
Ames
Crawford Street
Roxbury
Edward P. Murphy
Charitable
Irish Society
Malcolm KE. Nichols
Transit Department
Westland Avenue
John J. Madden
Lambert Avenue
Ward
Charles F. Hale
Waldeck Street
Frederick W. Rugg
Abbotsford Street
Statistics
Thomas W. Murray
Mackin Street
Susan C. Ly
Hyd Park Avenué
Board of Examiners
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J. H. O’brien
C. W. Byers
W. J. Trumble
M. H. Hall
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Bela Kun
Vienna
Russia
Associated Press
Hungary
Germany
Hitchcock Wil
Golden Hills
Melrose Highlands
Converse
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Everett Station
Griswold Rd
L. D
Capper
Topeka
New York Tribune
Harding
Roosevelt
Chicago Tribune
Turkey
Britain
Japan
Bulgaria
California
Jugo-Slavia
U. S
Geo. W.perkins
Literary Digest
Funk & Wagnalls Company
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