Army Men Play Ball At Braves Field For 15000 Fans
Boston Base Section Headquarters beat U S Marine Corps 4 1 and Camp Devens defeated Fort Andrews 15 4 in a service double header at Braves Field on a hot Sunday. George Gaw pitched well for the winners and Ike Rikard held the Fort Andrews lineup in check as 15000 fans watched two games of military league baseball.
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Braves Field
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U. S. Marine Corps
Camp Devens
Fort Andrews
United States Marine Corps
George
Chip” Gaw
Ike” Aikard
Aikard
Gaw
Samuel
Slammie
McKay
Libby
Lee
Perry
Murry
Bailey
Conway
Walsh
Tyler
Fahey
O'Connell
Arthur
Grieve
Briggs
McMahon
Cross
Martin
Yeaton
Camp Devenm
Litchenfels
Bails
Hallahan
Giants Take Two From St Louis In Twin Bill
New York beat St Louis 5 2 in the opener and 6 2 in 11 innings. Young Doyle Zimmerman Holke and others drove runs as Meadows and Sherdel battled. Burns Young Doyle Holke McCar ty Steele Gonzales and Brock plated the games for St Louis.
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Hornsby
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Fletcher
Causey
Mattick
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McCarty
Brock
Wallace
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Thor
Horns
Zimman
Wilhoit Iain
Louis Burns
A Young
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Z'm'm'n
Rariden
Brooklyn Beats Cubs to Close Chicago Season
Brooklyn defeats Chicago 8 to 6 in Chicago, sealing a clean sweep of the series as the National League season ends. A Monday doubleheader Chicago versus Cincinnati was cancelled.
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Cubs
Chicago
Victo
Cincinnati
Fruit boat warned by wireless near New England port
Officers of a tropics steamer delivering fruit reported receiving a wireless warning of a U boat’s presence in New England waters as they neared port after a tug and barges had been attacked. The message prompted caution during final approach to the harbor.
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Tropics
New England
Injured Crew From Lansford Arrive in Boston After Shelling
Two injured crew members, John Vitz and John Rogovitch of New York, arrived in Boston with four barges from the Lansford raid off Orleans. They were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital where Dr. Francis Callanan, visiting Orleans, described the German submarine raid to a Post reporter during the train journey.
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New York
Francis Callanan
Post
U boat shelling tug near shore sparks daring escape
Eyewitness account describes a U boat attack on a tug and its barges offshore. German gunners miss frequently as shells rain on the tow vessel, causing a blaze that engulfs the tug. Survivors reach shore aboard lifeboats, led by Captain Ainsleigh himself despite wounds. Medical aid follows in New Bedford and the city.
Girls narrowly escape submarine shelling near Orleans
A submarine shelled tug boat and barges off Meeting House Pond as a group of young women led by Evelyn Ham bathed nearby. A nearby life saving station reported calm but tense moments, with an army guard company summoned and a naval aeroplane seen overhead while depth charges reportedly failed to explode.
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Guy A. Ham
Boston
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Herbert L. Harris
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Weston Taylor
Perth Amboy
Tapley
Provinetown
Reuben Hopkins
Post
Tug Perth Amboy Worth 100000 and Barges 90000
New York reports the tug Perth Amboy owned by the Lehigh Valley railroad is valued at about 100000, with barges estimated near 90000. Marine men estimate the vessel values, reflecting a sizable maritime asset assessment.
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New York
Perth Amboy
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Boston couple witness sinking near Orleans tug attack
Mr and Mrs Harold Crosby of Boston watched from the Orleans beach as a submarine shelled and sank a tug and its barges offshore. They saw the waterborne loading of crew and others before a explosion set the tug ablaze. The Crosbys returned to Boston last night. The visible stern marked the only portion above water.
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Harold Crosby
Boston
Orleans
Crosby
Cape Harbor Outrage: German U-Boat Fires on Barge
Eyewitnesses near Orleans and Cape Cod recount a German submarine firing on the Lansford barge offshore. A shell buried in sand near shore, with observers naming a 300 to 400 foot long sub and sighted periscope and moving object. Airplanes circled as shots fired.
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Giuseppi Massetti
Cape Cod
Lansford
Huxton
Boston
Provincetown
Louie Cardinalli
Jeremiah Kneeland
Orleans
Boston Boat Rosie Fights Off U Boat Near Orleans
Captain Marsi Schuill and seven crewmen on the Boston fishing boat Rosie ducked gunfire from a German submarine off Orleans. The U boat fired at the tug Perth Amboy and four barges, two barges sinking, one barge torpedoed, and shots missed by about 10 feet before the Rosie sped to Provincetown.
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Orleans
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Perth Amboy
Uncle Sam
Navy
Tony
GE Lynn strike may trigger draft calls and union push
Striking workers at General Electric's Lynn plant face deferment as draft age employees on strike prompt inquiries from Washington. Local boards will report. General Manager Walter C. Fish plans no immediate reply to striker demands. A government decision and a Wilson/Baker reply are awaited. Labor leaders back the strikers as Lynn unionizing efforts gain momentum.
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Mystery of Taunton River Car Murder Probe
Fall River report notes that ten days before a body was found along the Somerset shore a small automobile with a strange load in the tonneau stopped at the wagon road head near the river at 11:10 p m. The two young men in the car left the vehicle for about twenty minutes.
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Taunton River
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Somerset Shore
Woman’s sighting ties murder to missing Woonsocket woman
A Somerset woman describes two young men in gray caps near a bridge with a light covered bundle in a parked car. Special Officer Messenger seeks further tips as the account reinforces the theory that Rose Reil of Woonsocket, missing since late June, may be the murder victim. The vehicle was seen on June 30 near Slades Ferry Bridge.
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Samuel C. Messenger
Somerset Police Force
Boston
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Somerset
Tonneau
Rose Reil
Woonsocket
Tiverton
Secret vote hoped to end Brockton boot strike
Brockton and surrounding towns face a broad strike with 2500 plus workers. The 1700 Brockton shoe cutters plan to vote by Australian ballot tomorrow on returning to work while negotiating higher pay from 25.50 to 37.50 weekly. Four mass meetings are set tomorrow as displaced workers attend. Stitches vampers lasters and cutters will vote and discuss leaving the union.
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Brockton
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Shelling at Nauset Beach Reported by Orleans Man
George Ellis of Orleans arrived in Boston and described a German submarine about two and a half miles offshore firing shells diagonally across Nauset Beach. He said hazy weather hid the sub, shots came at three minute intervals, and bathers panicked as a tugboat and barges were shelled near Nauset Heights.
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Coastguard
Chatham
George Ellis
Orleans
South Station
Boston
Ellis
Nauset Heights
Submarine’s Bold Surfacing Wows American Witness
William F. Ireland of Los Angeles, visiting Orleans Centre, watched a German submarine surface multiple times to observe Coast Guard aviators during a battle. He reported gun reports, noted one barge sunk, another barely afloat, a third perhaps intact, and a tugboat on fire. Ireland works with the Federal Food Board bakery department and is on a speaking tour in the East.
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Los Angeles
Harold Scott
Orleans Centre
Ireland
Bakery Department
Federal Food Board
Miss Mary McCarthy of Lowell Dies After Brief Illness
Miss Mary McCarthy of 38 Laurel Street Oaklands District died last night after a brief illness. She belonged to Immaculate Conception Church and several charitable societies. Survived by mother, five brothers including Professor Thomas Newark New Jersey and William R Boston Post staff, John Andrew, Frederick L, and Lieutenant Arthur McCarthy in France, and one sister Mrs John T Masterson of Lowell. She was well known in Boston.
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Boston Post
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Arthur McCarthy
France
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McCarthy
Boston
Airman recounts U boat encounter off Orleans July 21
Virginia born captain describes shrapnel wounds and his resolve to sail again. He recalls a German U boat surfaced near barges, two deck guns, and a nearby American plane that circled and fired. He notes German gunners missed, while Allied planes roared in and the skunk gunner pounded the airship.
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Virginia
T Marine
Five Foot Men Now Eligible for Draft Under New Rules
Uncle Sam lowers minimum height to 63 inches and allows five foot men to serve with a reduced weight limit to 110 pounds. Washington issues new draft regulations reflecting these adjustments for draftees.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Tug Afloat Six Hours After Shelling Witness Account
R P Gibson of Bearce Avenue Dorchester recalls witnessing the shelling from Orleans. He says he saw a tug pulling barges at about 10:20 Sunday morning as the first shot struck. By 11 o'clock the submarine fired seven shots in total and then halted. The tug was hit but did not sink immediately, with parts still visible at 4 o'clock.
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Deaths Abbott Mackenzie White in local notices
Death notices from Charlestown Roxbury and Medford list Madeline Abbott infant child of Thomas J. Abbott and Elizabeth King funeral July 23 Roxbury Charles F Mackenzie council member and unionist funeral July 24 with high mass at Mission Church Auto mobile cortege William Kaney White child of Robert S. White and May Ballard funeral July 28 private procession references to public notices and sister papers for copy
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