Curtis in tilt with firemen
Police Commissioner Edwin A. Curtis appeared in East Boston Court opposing Civil Service petitions by John C. Duffy and Nathaniel Nevins seeking a review of Curtis action discharging them as firemen. Curtis urged filling all positions with police, asked Fire Commissioner Murphy as witness but testimony was ruled out. Judge Barnes took the matter under advisement awaiting findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin A. Curtis
East Boston
Civil Service
John C. Duffy
Wordsworth Street
Nathaniel Nevins
Saratoga Street
Curtis
Barnes
Bis
John R. Murphy
James H. Devlin
Daniiel J. Sullivan
Duffy and
Nevins
O'Meara
Disbandment Ordered for Chemical Company 2 Fire Unit
A government order dissolves Chemical Company 2 on Church Street. Seven transfers are announced, with the third set facing a suit by Fire Commissioner John R. Murphy. The disbandment was read at roll call across all fire stations in the district this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Murphy
Chemical Company 2
Church Street
Fire department reassigns crews as Engine 26 house rebuild begins
Lieutenant George H. Darragh and several Chemical crew members transfer to new engines and ladders including Edward J. Whalen to Engine 37 Brookline and Longwood avenues James F. Sheehan to Engine 23 Northampton street James J. Quinn to Engine 138 Cabot street and Patrick F Mullane to Ladder 27 Walnut street The remodelling of Engine quarters on Mason street will start with extensive repairs and new concrete floors Engine 26 will move to Chemical 2 house Church street Engine 35 will be held in reserve at Mason street with a motor driven pumping engine and hose car ready during reconstruction
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George H. Darragh
Mason Street
Chemical
Edward J. Whalen
Brookline
Longwood Avenues
James F. Sheehan
Northampton Street
James J. Quinn
Cabot Street
Patrick F. Mullane
Walnut Street
John Dacey
William J. O’connell
Egleston Square
Columbia Road
Upham’s Corner
Fire Head
Bristol Street
Murphy
Chemical 2 House
Church Street
School Committee
Mason Street House
Textile Workers' Meeting Date Changed to October 4
Manchester N H July 19 The United Textile Workers of America convention date moved from September to October 4 to allow American delegates time to return from the British Trades Council session and report at the convention.
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Manchester
N. H
United Textile Workers of America
British Trades Council
Turkish ministers resign as peace treaty row grows
Constantinople July 18 by the Associated Press Djemal Pasha and Fahreddine Bey resign from the cabinet amid a Turkish peace delegation dispute. The cabinet faces probable mass resignations as Damad Ferid Pasha hesitates to sign the treaty without changes. Tewfik Pasha also opposes signing. Rechid Bey in Paris has sent the Spa conference reply home undeciphered. Damad Ferid has not accepted the two resignations.
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Constantinople
Associated Press
Djemal Pasha
Fahreddine Bey
Damad Ferid Pasha
Tewfik Pasha
Turks Fleeing Smyrna District Amid Turkish Exodus
British commissioners seek to calm unrest in Smyrna and other Turkish areas occupied by Greek forces. Exoduses grow as Turks flee eastward and southward toward Italian zones, and from Thrace toward Bulgaria, while Istanbul crowds with better class Turkish families. The movement alarm locals as Turks labor in the occupied zones.
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Smyrna
Asia Minor
Associated Press
Turkey
Supreme Council
Thrace
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Democratic delegates spark governor race chatter
Following the party convention the state’s political temperature rises. Senator John Jackson Walsh has filed papers for governor while Colonel William A. Gaston and William F. Fitzgerald of Brookline are being groomed as potential contenders with discussions among their supporters.
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John Jackson Walsh
Willam A. Gaston
William F. Fitzgerald
Brookline
City Council approves sidewalk take for Boston Common parking
The City Council passed an order to take a section of the sidewalk on the Charles Street side of Boston Common for auto parking. Councilman Henry A. Hagan introduced the measure, which passed without opposition.
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Charles Street
Boston Common
Henry A. Hagan
Child Players League Birthplace Of Noted Actresses
Cambridge hosts the Child Players League, founded by Ruth Fielding at age 13. The league trains young children for stage careers, producing a touring company each summer through Maine New Hampshire Rhode Island and New York. It operates a bungalow theatre in Cambridge for ongoing coaching.
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Cambridge
Child Players League
Ruth Fielding
Miss Fielding
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
New York
League
Soda Water Tank Burst Injures Dorchester Worker
John Cotter aged 21 of 38 Dix Street Dorchester was injured when a soda water tank burst in his arms during unloading from an auto truck owned by 8 G Parker of 87 Albany Street. He suffered facial head and hand cuts and two broken teeth. An accompanying explosion shattered the tank as onlookers watched, with some thinking it exploded from shock against paving blocks.
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John Cotter
Dix Street
Dorchester
Relief Hospital
Brattle Street
G. Parker
Albany Street
Cotter
Standers
City Council Rejects $9000 Pension Probe
City council votes by five to zero to nix a $9000 appropriation proposed by the mayor for a Finance Commission investigation into the city pension system. Councilman Ford shifted support to Brickley Donoghue Moriarty and Watson as the bloc blocked the measure.
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Gity
Ford
Brickley
Donoghue
Moriarty
Watson
Finance Commission
Saves His Girl Wife From Cell
A marriage license shown to Judge Barnes in East Boston court yesterday freed Mrs. Mary A Rutledge a bride of less than a week from a charge of being a stubborn child. John A Rutledge a Kentucky native and machinist aboard the U S Cutter Macinac, who married the young woman after a two months courtship, watched the proceedings and embraced his wife as they left the courtroom.
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Barnes
Boston
Mary A. Rutledge
John A. Rutledge
Kentucky
Macinac
Seventeen-Year-Old Miss Reagan Marries in Framingham
Miss Mary Reagan aged 18 from East Boston married Rutledge last Tuesday in Framingham, after a probation issue and parental concerns over late nights and abusive language. The couple returned to Boston seeking her parents' blessing.
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Mary Reagan
Everett Street
Boston
Reagan
Dennis J. Kelleher
Rutledge
Framingham
Sanford Acorn
Man on Nantasket Bail Bond Lesson in Quick Action
A couple fled to Nantasket to secure bail for a wife held on a probation warrant. Rutledge located Judge Barnes at his summer home, obtained a release note, and bailed the woman at 2:30 AM. The judge returned the next day and promptly disposed of the case after reviewing the license.
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Rutledge
Nantasket
Judge Barnes
Cambridge Mayor Quinn heads to Columbus for NDC meeting
Mayor Edward W. Quinn of Cambridge, newly appointed to the Democratic National Committee, left yesterday for Columbus, Ohio to attend the committee's organizational meeting. He is expected to return to Cambridge on Thursday.
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Quinn
Columbus
Edward W. Quinn
Cambridge
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Ohio
Cambridge Thursay
Cameron Square Named for Boston Boy in West Roxbury War Service
City councilman Brickley passed an order to name the square at Anawan Avenue Beech Street and Metropolitan Park Way West Roxbury Donald A Cameron square in honor of a Boston boy who died serving his country in the war.
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David J. Brickley
Anawan Avenue
Beech Street
Metropolitan Park Way
West Roxbury
Donald A. Cameron
Boston
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