Believe Baker Confession Aims to Shield His Wife
Baker, 28, a former institution attendant, confesses to killing Chapman with a hammer in Westboro, claiming it was to avenge an insult to his wife. He says the wife knew nothing and may face conspiracy charges. the couple are jailed as prosecutors weigh first degree murder charges and possible adjustments.
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Baker
Westboro
Commonwealth
Chapman
Eleanor Nelson Baker
York
Penn
D. F O'Connell
Worcester
Coun
Robert J. Holt
William Johnson
Gaker
Esty
Jamesburg
N. J
Chappie
Detective Molt
Police Anson Powers
Bangor
North Station
Post
Bakers
South Station
Labor Urges Reconstruction Programme and Court Reform
A labor convention endorses a comprehensive reconstruction program urging full employment wages shorter hours and worker control of politics while seeking limits on immigration and stronger public ownership. It also denounces court usurpation of legislative power and calls for impeaching judges who exceed constitutional bounds. The body backs labor cooperation with Canadian unions.
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Europe
Lawmakers Press Welfare Above Finance In Puerto Rico Labor Probe
The appropriation debate cites Congress placing financial interests over human welfare. A request calls for removing Governor Yeager of Porto Rico and authorizes a committee to investigate labor conditions, described as terrible on the island.
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Congress
Yeager
Porto Rico
Coolidge Declines Action on Receiver Bonus Dispute
Governor Coolidge says the state cannot act on the $50,000 bonus granted to Receiver Wallace B Donham by Judge Morton. He cites court authority and notes the matter lies with the judiciary, not the state. Boston banker William F. Fitzgerald criticized the bonus as improper. Denham and attorney Samuel A. Pillsbury declined to discuss.
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Coolidge
William F. Fitzgerald
Boston
Morton
United States District Court
Wallace B Donham
Commonwealth
Fitzgerald
State House
Denham
Samuel A. Pillsbury
State Street
Air service cheaper than trains says Aero Club head
President Alan R Hawley of the Aero Club of America predicts lighter than air travel will soon outpace trains in cost in an interview for the Boston Sunday Post.
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Alan R Hawley
The
Aero Club of America
Next Boston Sunday Post
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Frank J. Golden
Eleanor Baker
Mass
Executive Council
America
United States
Canada
Department of Labor
Departments of Commerce and Agriculture
Gilchrist CO
Women’s Dept
Wright & Ditson
Washington Street
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Panama
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