Massachusetts approves Boston Landing Field for air travel
Governor Cox signed Senate Bill No. 462 authorizing a landing field on state land near Jeffries Point Boston to be leased to the Federal government for up to ten years. The War Department will erect hangars and facilities for military naval and mail planes and allow civilian use under regulations. Massachusetts expects the field to grow into a Boston Airdrome boosting air transportation and regional commerce.
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No Blame on Lieutenant Hilbert in 1922 Naval Collision
Lieutenant William E. Hilbert of the U S N was exonerated by a trial board aboard the U S S Delaware in the North Dakota T K Bentley collision off Chatham Light on January 3 1922. The court found no culpable inefficiency and noted observers saw no lights on the schooner except a brief flare before impact.
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U. S. 8S
North Dakota
T. K. Bentley
Chatham Light
U. S. S. Delaware
Hilbert
Delaware
Immigrants Smuggled In Near New Bedford
May 12. The schooner William H. Draper from Brava Cape Verde Islands anchored at New Bedford harbor with 30 passengers aboard and one crewman missing after a voyage of four days. Captain John Martin reports fatigue and says a boat and about 30 passengers disappeared before dawn. Customs officials will question him tomorrow.
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Westport
Cape
Seakoner Point
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Westport Harbor
Martin
New Copley Theatre to Rise on Stuart Street Boston
The new Copley Theatre will sit on Stuart street between Huntington and Dartmouth with an entrance on Huntington through Oxford place. It will cover about 18 000 square feet with 147 feet of Stuart street frontage and seat 1060 in total. The mercantile building will house six Stuart street stores, one Oxford place store, offices, and a large hall, making it one of Boston's largest theatres for music and drama. Ready for occupancy October 1.
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Playhouse
Stuart Street
Huntington Avenue
Dartmouth Street
Oxford Place
Mercantile
Boston
Mothers Debate Flappers Influence On Daughters
A Lawrence discussion led by Mrs. Granville Allen and Christine Alexander critiques modern flappers, urging frank talk and tough guidance. Mothers and teachers alike fault superficial glamour and push for honest education to shape daughters and, in turn, today’s young men.
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Christine. Alexander
Lawrence Y. W
Mrs. Allen
Miss Alexander
Charlies H. Choate
Hood School
Parent-Teacher Association
Edward (. Mason
Winchester
Edward V. French
Andover
Frederick Sidney
Wakefield
Parent
Mire
Lewis R. Hovey
Bradford
Bradasset
Cleanup Campaign Committee Meets in City Hall
Boston's cleanup campaign committee held a largely attended meeting in the Council Chamber at City Hall yesterday. Reports from various sections of the city indicate excellent work thus far during the campaign and continued progress during the next few days. H. B. Upham presided at the meeting.
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Boston
City Hall
H. 8. Upham
Foulards to Become Popular This Summer
Foulards will be a hot summer trend with thin cool silks in large all over patterns or modish stripes. Mile. Lisette Guerry models Poiret designs as the striking striped foulard garners attention, paired with red georgette cape and red hat in a bold color contrast.
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Paul Poiret
Mile
Lisette Guerry
Poiret
Tufts Professor to Shift to New Jersey
Professor Edward H. Rockwell of Tufts College is elected professor of Civil Engineering and Dean of Engineering at Rutgers University New Brunswick. Rockwell has led Tufts civil engineering for 26 years.
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New Jersey
Edward H. Rockwell
Tufts College
Rutgers
State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick
Rockwell
Malden Electric and Suburban Gas and Electric Affiliate Rates Approved
The Massachusetts public utilities department authorized a service charge of about 35 cents monthly for average gas and electric customers of Malden Electric Company and Suburban Gas and Electric Company operating in Revere and Winthrop. The order also lowers electricity rates to nine cents per kilowatt hour from 12 cents and gas from 15 to 12 cents per hundred cubic feet, aiming to balance revenue while reducing the number of customers harmed by the prior system.
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Malden Electric Company
Suburban Gas and Electric Company
Revere
Winthrop
Public Utilities Department
Malden
Commission
Quest Ends In Morristown Stabbing Reunion
A yearlong search by Robert Walshed-Brot for his missing wife Susanne ended in Morristown when he found her on a street and stabbed her five times before attempting suicide. Both were hospitalized. he claimed she vanished after their 1940 marriage and this aided his pursuit through France and the United States.
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N. J
France
America
Robert Walshed- Brot
Susanne
Memorial Hospital
Walshed-Brot
United States
Hoboken
President and Party Start Off
In Washington today May 12 the White House empty except for Laddy Boy and the dog who stay behind as the President did not take him to Atlantic City.
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White House
Laddy Boy
Pup
Atlantic City
President off for holiday with golf and politics in play
The president plays golf with Speaker Gillett and Frelinghuysen while others tease and speculate on bonuses and Senate fights. Capitions note military affairs committee defense briefs and possible promotion, with a tense Senate row on confirmation. Daylight saving clocks stir Capitol chatter as Congress resumes normal business.
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Frelinghuysen
E. B. McLean
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Phipps of
Colorado
Millionaire
The
Senate
Hell-and-Maria" Dawes
Dillion
Harry Daugherty
Sawyer
Weeks
Edge
Dorchester Trolley Line Extension Heads To Committee
A bill to extend rapid transit trolley service from Andrew Square Dorchester tunnel to Fields Corner will be reported by the railroads and street railways committees next week. Proposed by Charles A. Ufford, the plan shifts passengers at Fields Corner to service lines, continuing on New Haven tracks to Wells Avenue and then to Milton and Mattapan.
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Charles A. Ufford
Andrew Square
Dorchester Tunnel
New Haven Railroad
Fields Corner
New Haven
Wells Avenue
Milton
Mattapan
Annulling Bailey Marriage Ends in Desperate Move
After Albert J Bailey served annulment papers and seized furniture with a sheriff at Dorchester home, Mrs Ethel Bailey attempted suicide She later stayed with her mother at Wollaston and told of family estrangement linked to money issues and a separate biological mother in Sweden.
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Albert J. Bailey
Bailey
Raymond Galvin
Whitten Street
Dorchester
Farrington Street
Wollaston
Ethel Bailey
Boston Couple Seeks Annulment After Hidden Past
Bailey a clerk at New England Telephone in Boston files for annulment on a technicality. Mrs Bailey linked to alias Ethel M Davis and previous divorce from Edward L Davis. 1919 marriage followed by separation and rumored child care by Marion Dill. Neighborhood reports say Mrs Bailey left with a supposed daughter, later an auto truck removed belongings from Edge Hill Road home.
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New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
State Street
City Hospital
Baileys
Marion Dill
Norfolk County Court House
Dedham
Ethel M. Davis
Ethel M. Lucas
Quincy
Boston
Senate orders probe into steel merger effects
An order from the Senate to the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission directs investigations into the Bethlehem Steel purchase of Lackawanna Steel and reports of a six-firm merger. It asks what steps are planned to assess impact and protect public interests, and whether Sherman Act actions should be considered. DOJ said an investigation would follow.
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Steel Trust
Federal Trade Commission
Capitol
House
Congress
Washington
Senate
Department of Justice
New York
Lackawanna Steel Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
LaFollette
Wisconsin
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