No Promotion for Col Major Washington
The Senate committee on military affairs refused to vindicate Lieutenant Colonel Duncan K. Major on charges by Yankee Division officers. Major faked promotion to colonel along with 23 other lieutenants. the committee said the matter was whether Major should be promoted, not merits. If not retired, Major would be eligible for promotion in about a year and his name would return to the committee.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Duncan K. Major
Committee On
O’Farrell Named Resident Manager for Queenstown Office
Alfred P. O’Farrell, formerly with the Boston IMMI lines, now with the United States lines in New York, is appointed resident manager of the company in Queenstown. He will sail from Boston next Thursday on the President Polk to assume duties, with the ship also bound for Plymouth Cherbourg and London as it makes the line’s second Boston sailing.
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Alfred P. O'Farrell
Boston
International Mercantile Marine Lines
New York
United States Lines
Queenstown
President Polk
Polk
Plymouth
Cherbourg
London
Cider and Beer Parity Under Prohibition Bill
Maryland Republican Representative Hill proposed a bill to set cider and beer on equal footing under the Volstead act. He argued cider is unfairly treated while beer above 0.5 percent alcohol is banned, saying cider was left out to woo farmers toward prohibition.
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Washington
United News
Representative Hill
Maryland
Haynes
Prohibition Office
Congress
Hill
Pay What You Like Play Stirs London Audiences
Sir Alfred Butt’s Lass O’ Laughter experiment let patrons pay what they thought the show was worth. Though many applied for seats, few paid, exposing vanity and conscience. The producer says the play will continue under the usual box office system.
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London
United News
Sir Alfred Butt
Alfred
Stone named delegate to Zionist Convention
Elihu D. Stone assistant United States attorney leaves Boston for Philadelphia to attend as a delegate at the 25th national Zionists convention opening tomorrow in the Quaker City. He will return to Boston on Wednesday.
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Elihu D. Stone
United States
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Boston
Goldfish Heist Report Prompts Restitution in Odd case
Dr Emile E Cyr reports a real larceny tale after goldfish vanish from his Bradford Street pool. Two young boys aged nine and eleven were seen visiting the yard at night as pet kittens hunger for fish. Parents agree to restitution, leaving the kittens unsatisfied.
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Lawrence
Emile E. Cyr
Bradford Street
Dr. Cyr
N E Bankers Hold Ninth New England Banquet
More than 500 bankers from across New England attend the ninth annual banquet at Hotel Wentworth Newcastle. Guests include William P. G. Harding governor of the Federal Reserve Board Gov Albert O Brown of New Hampshire and Dean C Laycock of Dartmouth College. Tomorrow’s session will close the convention with addresses by Clarence W Barron and F N Shepherd.
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N. H
New England
Hotel Wentworth
P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Albert O. Brown
New Hampshire
Dean C. Laycock
Dartmouth College
Clarence W. Barron
Boston
F. N. Shepherd
American Bankers’ Association
New York City
Lord Named Budget Director to Succeed Dawes
Washington June 23 Brigadier General H M Lord chief of finance at the War Department is chosen to take over as director of the Budget Bureau succeeding Charles G Dawes who will retire June 30 Lord a native of Rockland Maine a former newspaper man has served in the army since 1898 and was finance officer after assisting Major General Goethals him.
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Washington
H. M. Lord
War Department
Charles G. Dawes
White House
Lord
Dawes
Harding
Budget Bureau
Rockland
Army
Goethals
Boston Pupils Receive Diplomas In Elementary Schools
Yesterday 7123 boys and girls completed their elementary courses in 65 Boston grammar schools and received diplomas. Girls totaled 3596 to 3527 boys with Wendell Phillips graduating the most boys at 177 and Oliver Wendell Holmes School Dorchester the most girls with 1483.
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Boston
Wendell Phillips
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Dorchester
Franklin
Horace Mann
Habit Power Shown At Local Theatre Incident
A well dressed woman tripped in a moving picture theatre last night drew a titter as she knelt bowed her head and then sought her seat section. She reddened and hurried out leaving bystanders amused. Anna Griffin 141 Eutaw Street East Boston.
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Moving Picture Theatre
Anna Griffin
Eutaw Street
East
Boston
Weird double boy in rain coat sighted in Wellfleet
A puzzling local note reports a boy with four legs and two stacked heads seen in rain yesterday. Two boys shared one rain coat, marching together with evident enjoyment, signed Miss Mary O Sparrow, Wellfleet.
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Mary O. Sparrow
Wellfleet
Peculiar Street Scenes Reported on Tremont and Union
Two readers recount odd moments in the city. An Italian woman jostled near a fruit stand on Union street dropped no blame after a sack struck a Ford, while a taxicab on Tremont street carried a small colt or pony with a rope halter tied to the door. Both anecdotes by MRS. E. M. PRESCOTT of Medford and JOSEPH PAGE of Boston.
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Union Street
Ford
E. M. Prescott
Sumner Street
Medford
Tremont Street
Joseph Page
Boston
Domesticated Cat Disappears After Satisfying Meal
A note from Mrs. V. F. Meyer of South Street Needham states that her domesticated cat, while retaining wild instincts, has vanished after apparently enjoying one of the best meals ever served.
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White
V. F. Meyer
South Street
Needham
Girl wheels doll carriage with chicken aboard
A passerby in Nobscot recalls a child, six years old, pushing a doll carriage on the street. Inside the cushion and coverlet lay a chicken, its head visible, calmly riding as onlookers watched the unusual scene.
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E. E. Acon
Edmands Road
Nobscot
Incident Cast Shadow On Family After Queer Event
A troubling incident yesterday disrupted a family life, details limited by report. Police are investigating the scene described as unsettling, with immediate safety concerns noted for the neighborhood.
Cat steals hen egg then eats yolk on lawn
While passing the dining room window I saw a cat emerge from the hen house with a large egg in its mouth. It carried the egg to the concrete path, dropped it, and ate the contents, licking the yolk from its paws.
Nest of Hens Hatches Eight Chicks After Skunk Stoop
A nest in an orange box held two hens with eggs. A skunk drove off one hen and slept on the eggs until a man shot it. The other hen kept calm and hatched eight chicks that day. Mrs. Roger Lovett, North Hampton, New Hampshire.
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Roger
Lovett
North Hampton
N. H
Cabinet Views on Light Wines and Beers
A cabinet member stated that light wine and beer guidelines did not reflect administration policy. He emphasized there were no restrictions preventing a cabinet member from expressing personal views.
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Weeks
Harding
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