Novelty at the Plymouth sparks Boston debut by Rock and White
William Rock and Frances White opened their first Boston engagement at the Plymouth in a vaudeville revue fresh from the Ziegfeld Midnight Frolics. A 20 piece jazz orchestra backed song, dance, pantomime and dialogue with Miss White making her Boston debut to strong applause.
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William Rock
Frances White
Boston
Plymouth
New Amsterdam Theatre
New York
Mr. Rock
Miss White
Misa White
West
Mississippi
East Side
Borneo
Browning
China
Jack Gardner
The Masters Power Proves Gripping Play
Park Square Theatre filled last night for The Masters Power a religious drama by Rev. John J. McMahon of St. John's Troxbury presented for Knights of Columbus war camp fund. The performance will be repeated tonight with Mrs. Eleanor B. Cass directing and a Boston cast. Music directed by J. W. Crowley with BKY W Co U dances and a Boston Festival Orchestra.
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Catherine Griffin Donovan
Boston Festival Orchestra
J. W. Crowley
Move to Seize All Cable and Wire Lines
The President would be empowered to take possession of all cable, telephone and telegraph lines under an amendment to the army appropriation bill introduced by Senator Sheppard of Texas. The move aims to assure secrecy of military information and prevent spy communication.
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Washington
Senator Sheppard
Texas
Graduation at Boston College High School Honors War Lessons
The Rev M J Scanlan spoke at Boston College High School commencement in Boston College Hall awarding 186 diplomas. He urged sincerity honor and teamwork as lessons from the war while four students discussed the Catholic gentleman role. Magennis read the valedictory and the ceremony closed with the Star Spangled Banner.
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M. J. Scanlan
Catholic Bureau of Charity
Boston College High School
Boston College Hall
James Street
Father Scanlan
Europe
Charles W. Lyons
Boston College
Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
William John Duffy
Charles Augustine Tucker
Thomas Butler Feeney
Francis Edward Magennis
Magennis
Jones proposes wartime prohibition amendment in Senate
Senator Jones of Washington unveiled a plan to ban sale and transport of distilled spirits during the war and to halt beer and wine production 30 days after passage. The amendment targets whiskey in storage and seeks to override President Wilson’s objections to the Randall amendment in the $11,000,000 emergency agricultural appropriation bill.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Jones
Wilson
Randall
Jones
Shipping Board foresees 25 million deadweight ship tons
In South Bend Indiana on June 10 1920 Hurley chairman of the shipping board told Notre Dame graduates that America will have a merchant marine of 25 million deadweight tons. He presented the most complete public statement of the nation shipbuilding program to date.
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South Bend
Ind
America
Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Notre Dame University
Great fleet plan links United States to Americas and Asia
Mr. Hurley announced the largest fleet ever assembled, costing over 5 billion dollars, to connect the United States with Latin America by weekly steamers and bridge the Pacific for Japan, Russia, China, Australia, and the Orient. He said American ships will promote liberty and justice and prevent oppression. The forecasted output this year exceeds 38 million deadweight tons, with next year’s capacity surpassing Britain’s five-year total.
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Hurley
United States
South
Central America
Pacific
Japan
Russia
China
Australia
Orient
America
Europe
Republic
Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Great Britain
Merchant Marine gets $1.76 billion in sundry bill
The sundry civil bill reported to the House includes an appropriation of 1 761 701 000 dollars for the American merchant marine. The measure totals 2 862 752 287 dollars in direct appropriations with the House expected to add over 50 900 000 dollars more.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Lafayette Escadrille and Its Early Air War Tales
An American pilot recounts joining the Lafayette Escadrille in 1914, training on Bleriots and Nieuports, and flying reconnaissance and bombardment missions over France. He notes key figures like Norman Prince and Elliott Cowden, describes French officers, aircraft, and the dangers of early aviation, including a jail rescue episode involving Glenn Curtiss.
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Bill Thaw
Norman Prince
Sharpe
Thaw
L Luneville
Bill
Elliott Cowden
Curtiss
Bach
Myself
Flying Corps
Lafayette
Prince
Cowden
Pau
Avor
Paris
France
Champagne
Chalons
Marne
Prince and Cowden
To Be Continued Each Day in the Daily and Sunday Post
A notice notes that content will continue in the Daily and Sunday Post. It emphasizes ongoing serialization across editions and invites readers to follow the next installments for updates and chapters.
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Daily
Sunday Post
Car Shop Men's One Day Strike Ends at Fay Hall
A vote at Fay Hall Washington and Dover streets authorized car shop men to resume work for two weeks while awaiting a War Wage and End Adjustment Board decision. Leaders mentioned include General Manager Bardo John J. Kearney Robert Henderson H I Glover and other craft heads.
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Bardo
John J. Kearney
System Federation
Robert Henderson
Federation
H. I. Glover
The
Brotherhood of Carmen
Fay Hall
Washington
Dover Streets
War Wage End Adjustment Board
Rail workers oppose wage order despite vote approval
General Manager Bardo rushed from New Haven to Boston to calm dissent over the federal controlled railroad wage changes. He urged workers to file grievances with the War Wage and Adjustment Board and vowed solidarity with their committees to resolve inequalities. Machinists blacksmiths and boilermakers gain 55 cents per hour while Carmen, Metal Trades, and Electricians see only 1 to 2.12 cents increases.
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Bardo
New Haven
Boston
McAdoo
Brotherhood of Carmen
International Association of Metal Trades and Electricians
Williams Treatment Promises Kidney and Rheumatic Relief
Advertises The Williams Treatment claiming cures for kidney and bladder diseases rheumatism and related pains. Offers a free 75c bottle with 10 cents postage to East Hampton Connecticut in exchange for the notice and address, limit one bottle per family.
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Williams
Dr. D. A. Williams Company
Dept. K
P. O. Block
East Hampton
Conn
Wife seeks aid to locate husband claiming military ties
Elsie I Hagget, formerly of 181 Pennsylvania Avenue and now of Edgecomb Missouri, asks Somerville police to find a man who said he was Sergeant Clarence J Whitney of the 41st United States Infantry whom she married on October 4. Whitney supposedly displayed medals in a Boston restaurant but vanished after eight days. The U S Infantry denies any such man ever served. Chattanooga city records show no family by that name.
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Somerville
Elsie I. Hagget
Pennsylvania Avenue
Edgecomb
Clarence J. Whitney
41St
United States Infantry
Percy Back
Fast Somerville Baptist Church
Whitney
Boston
Chattanooga
Tenn
Dist United States Infantry
Lieut Putnam Decorated for Aerial Victory
Paris report credits Lieut David F. Putnam of Brookline Massachusetts with shooting down two German airplanes a few days earlier.
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Paris
David FE. Putnam
Brookline
Mass
Local hero shifts to American Aerial Corps as lieutenant
Was decorated with the military medal this afternoon. Putnam, formerly a sergeant in the French Flying Corps, was transferred today to the American Aerial Corps as first lieutenant.
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Putnam
Vehicles Lost In Ferry Slip At Boston Harbor Rescue
Two auto trucks and two heavy horses fell into Boston harbor when a truck driver started in gear as Governor Russell entered the dock. Captain Owen Shields ordered full steam astern, saving the drivers Dod Smith and J J Prizhmont from drowning as deck hands and Tollman William Timmins rushed to pull them from the water.
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Boston
Governor Russell
Owen Shields
Shields
Dod Smith
Centre Street
Malden
J. J. Prizhmont
Harvard Street
Cambridge
William Croskerry
John Driscoll
William Timmins
Army appoints William S. Murray next season captain
Cadet William S. Murray of California named captain of the Army baseball team for next season. Murray, a centre fielder, is described as a heavy hitter.
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West Point
N. Y
William S. Murray
California
Murray
FiveYearOld Boy Fatally Shot In South Boston Home
Joseph Brazzo five dies from a 22 caliber bullet to the left temple in his home cellar. Cousin Frank Medico thirteen is jailed on manslaughter charges with bail set under five hundred dollars. The firearm belonged to Joseph’s older brother Serafino fourteen? fifteen. The shooting, ruled accidental by police, occurred after boys played with the rifle briefly and Medico fired as Joseph stood nearby.
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Joseph Brazzo
Anthony Brazzo
Vicksburg Street
Boston
Frank Medico
Brazzo
Serafino
Medico
Joseph
Men of 1418 draft class may enlist in navy and marines
Washington June 10. Pro vost Marshal General Crowder announced a ruling allowing men of the 1418 draft class to enlist in the navy and Marine Corps. No order numbers or serial numbers have been assigned to registrants, but the contingency is waived.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Crowder
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