Taft Loses Bid for Anti Injunction Legislation
Washington June 2 President Taft agrees to drop anti injunction legislation from the House agenda at the current session. The Moon bill on revision of laws sits in the judiciary committee without action as the session nears its end. Officials cite crowded calendars and time needed for postal savings bank measures as main reasons for the abandonment.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Representative Moon
Pennsylvania
Committee On Revision of
Judiciary Committee
Postal Savings Bank
Messrs. E. A. Filene
James P. Munroe
Organization
Washington
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Rolls makes Channel flight in Wright biplane spectacle
Captain Charles Rolls completes a daring Dover to Calais channel crossing in a Wright aeroplane. The 800 foot altitude flight confirms Wright biplane superiority while Rolls describes engine reliability and navigation challenges overcome against strong winds.
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Mr. Rolls
Wright
Wrights
Rolls
Channel
Rolls' Feat Often Tried Never Done
A historical note recalls attempts to cross the English Channel by air. Louis Bleriot completed the Calais to Dover crossing in 1909 but landed in Dover. In 1910 Count Jacque de Lesseps used the same plane and also landed at Dover after a 25 minute flight.
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Bleriot
Rolls
Wright Brothers
Dover
Orville Wright
Penaud
Langley
Louis Bleriot
Calais
Jacque de Lesseps
Norwood Man Hangs Self at Local Iron Works Stable
James Taylor of Railroad Avenue, 64, hanged himself in the stable at J. E. Plympton Iron Works where he worked. He leaves a married son, two daughters and an invalid wife. Taylor had shown long standing despondency and had repeatedly threatened self harm.
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Norwood
James_ Taylor
Railroad Avenue
J. E. Plympton Iron Works
Taylor
Fire Log Snippets From Boston Neighborhoods
A series of short incidents recorded in Boston area fire logs shows multiple calls and outcomes. Entries include Annie Lane South Boston with no loss, Mary E. Carr Massachusetts Avenue with loss, a rubbish fire on Webber Street Roxbury, a false alarm on West Sixth Street South Boston, and James M. Whitles Dover street Framers noting activity.
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Dorchester Avenue
South
Boston
Annie Lane
Massachusetts Avenue
Mary E. Carr
Webber Street
Roxbury
West Sixth Street
James M. Whitles
Dover
Boston 1915 Movement Seeks International Exposition Support
The Boston 1915 movement asks Congress to invite foreign governments to participate in a planned international exposition in Boston in 1915. The executive committee forwarded a formal request noting Boston will showcase five years of coordinated activity and global developments.
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Angus Macdonald
Boston
Medical School of
Boston University
New Orleans
San Francisco
A Commerce
Berlin
Congress
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London
Army Motor Reserve
England
Wilbur Wright
Lemans
Lord Langattach
Messrs
Ruinart
France
Post
Sangatte
Aereo Club
C. S. Rolls
MacDonald
Daily Fire Record
Ee Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
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Rose Bros
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