Man Who Stayed at Home at Copley Nabs Modern War Comedy
The Copley Theatre presents The Man Who Stayed at Home, a wartime drama with intrigue and comedy. Cast includes E. E. Clive as Christopher Brent, Cameron Matthews as Carl Sanderson, Wingfield as John Preston, and Viola Roach, Jassamine Newcombe, Elma Royton in supporting roles, praised for strong performances and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copley Theatre
Copley
Mr. Jewett
E. E. Clive
Christopher Brent
Secret Service
Mr. Clive
Cameron Matthews
Carl Sanderson
Mr. Wingfield
John Preston
Viola Roach
Miriam Lee
Jassamine Newcombe
Mrs. Sanderson
Elma Royton
Molly Preston
Nicholas Joy
Ada Wingard
Blanche le Roy
May Ediss
Leonard Craske
Passing the Buck at Wal dron's Casino features The Oh Girl company
Ted Burns wrote Passing the Buck to amuse audiences at Wal dron's Casino all week. The Oh Girl company led by Peter B Clark brings a vaudeville program with four acts daily plus news pictorial, new comedy, and a photoplay. Cast includes Danny Murphy as a brewer, Burns as a retired burglar, Morgan as doctor and elevator man, Paine as promoter, De Angelo as a spaghetti hound, Mack as a widow, Younge as a seductive vampire, Frankie Burns as a prohibition addict, Lang as a young temptress, with The Lost Battalion film noted for New Englanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Burns
Waldron
Peter
Clark
Oh! Girl
Danny Murphy
Gene ‘Rags’ Morgan
Raymond Paine
Carol de Angelo
Drena Mack
Josephine Younge
Frankie Burns
Esther Lang
Orpheum Theatre Vaudeville Bill Features Noted Acts
Patrons at Loew's Orpheum Theater enjoyed a varied program led by composer L Wolfe Hilbert with Harold Donnelly and Fritz Leyton performing songs such as Sunny Southern Smiles and Waiting for the Robert E Lee. Stan and May Laurel play No Mother to Guide Him, Redmond and Wells present a comedy sketch, and the Romas troupe along with Thomas and the Frederick sisters and others perform. George Walsh appears in The Dead Line, while Mack Sennett's Down on the Farm joins the vaudeville lineup for the latter half of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loew
Orpheum Theatre
L. Wolfe Hilbert
Harold Donnelly
Fritzi Leyton
Robert E. Lee
Stan
May Laurel
Globe Theatre Week at Loew's Globe and Wilbur
The Globe Theatre plans feature George Walsh in The Dead Line and A Scream in the Night with Mack Sennett comedy Down on the Farm. Buck Jones stars in Forbidden Trails. Morris Schwartz brings a Yiddish play to Boston Opera House next Sunday with Tobias the Millman. At Wilbur Theatre Lew Fields presents A Poor Little Ritz Girl starting May 28 as Out Madame closes its Wilbur run this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loew's Globe Theatre
George Walsh
Morris Schwartz
Irving Place Theatre
New York
Boston Opera House
Tovge der Milelager
Tobias the Millman
Wilbur Theatre
Lew Field
Madame
Roxbury Woman Guilty of Misusing Boston Elevated Transfers
Sadie Brattin of 28 Alaska Street Roxbury was found guilty by Judge Wentworth in Central Court of misusing two Boston Elevated Railway transfers on March 29 and 30. She claimed validity but transfers were not issued by the company and a station starter testified she gave the name Mrs Goepel to explain the transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Brattin
Alaska Street
Roxbury
Boston Elevated Railway Co
Wentworth
Central Court
Dover Street
Boston Elevated
Goepel
Elevated
England Seeks Great Oil Monopoly Across World
A State Department special report to a Senate Gore resolution describes Britain's policy to restrict oil to British nationals, with government financing of large firms like Anglo Persian. It notes assurances against American discrimination in occupied Turkey regions and warns the United States would resist confiscation of American oil holdings in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Senate
Great Britain
Gore
Oklahoma
United States
Turkey
Mexico
Department
England
British Isles
Persia
Waterfront fish market report with May events
Ocean trade shows fresh mackerel from the Orion landing 2,000 pounds at 15 cents a pound. Haddock and cod prices fall as 16 groundfishermen ship 824,600 pounds, with totals from boats like Col. Whitecap and Ocean. The Subulaiag vessel arrives with 5,000 pounds of groundfish. The Landsman notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Orion
No Man's Land
Nantucket
Haddock
Col
Whitecap
Mary P. Goulart
Ethe B
Penny
Ren, Wallace
Genesta
Shipping News Roundup of Vessels and Tow Barges
Shipping notices list numerous steamers schooners and tugs arriving at multiple ports including Gloucester New York and Philadelphia with barges towed to Biddeford Portland Hallowell Bangor and Salem. Several named vessels include Juniata Pratt Nor folk Northern King and Mary W Potter among others with destinations and tow assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juniata
Pratt
Baltimore
Norfolk
Northern King
Hayes
Philadelphia
Cowan
Fullerton
Meteor
Campbell
Newport News
Calvin Austin
Iolines
New York
Cedar Spring
Galiano
Portland
City of Gloucester
Larsen
Gloucester
Mayflower
Desmond
Bass River
Orozimbo
Antle
Five Islands
M. M. Hamilton
Lynam
Seal Harbor
Mary Langdon
Arey
Rockport
Germantown
Camp
Pennington
Indian Ridge
Molino
Tamaqua
Isaksen
Kimberton
Bear Ridge
Tiowa
Swatara
Magwall
Thomaston
Biddeford
Merriam
Mapleitt
Valley Forge
Lablich
Enterprise
Bangor
Pocopsen
Hallowell
Tohickon
Plymouth
Quinn
Port Jonson
N. J
Salem
Mary W. Potter
Nickerson
Pequest
Rockland
Strafford
Newburyport
Hopatcong
Clara H. Doane
Perkins
Dto
Nacoochee
Savannah
Cochra
Malden
Jake Washburn
Seneca
Camden
Proctor
Stockton Springs
Loxer
Macungle
George RK
Stetson
F. Pritchard
Octoraro
Ontelaumee
Saucon
Fequest
Valley, Forge
Pocopson
Banner
Port Johnson
Barkhamstead
Aransas
Sherwood
Nruld Hill
Saturn
Irene
Lynn
Edward ‘Trevoy
Ium Island
Irish Barracks Targeted as Police Buildings Damaged
May 17 reports say two barracks in Limerick and one in Devonshire were destroyed with another in Meath damaged. No injuries reported and authorities investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Limerick
Devonshire
Meath
Marriage intentions list shows couples across Boston area
A long OCR style entry lists numerous couples planning marriage, pairing ages and addresses across Batavia Washington DC Roxbury East Boston Charlestown Dorchester Jamaica Plain Somerville and nearby cities. Names include Morin Pendleton Kelley Gueyo and many others with occupations and street addresses.
Obituaries and Funeral Notices from East Boston and Nearby
A list of May 16 to May 19 death notices from Boston area towns. Entries name the deceased, their ages and survivors, and give funeral details including residences, church services, and automobile cortege information. Names include Albert W Brown Ruth A Clarry Almeda W Cohen Mary E Crowley William Cummings George William Davis Julia F Deasy Timothy H Donahue Catherine Fleming Caroline A Gleason Mary Harrington Ernest W Harvie Edward H Hynes James Inglis Henrietta Littlefield Jennie P Longo Katherine Hooley and others with service times and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentecost Court
O. F
Cummings
Boston
William
Mary Cummings
Gustin St
St. Augustine's Church
Davis
Everett
George William Davis
Clarence P. Davis
Beacon St
Deasy
Chelsea
Julia F. Deasy
Poplar St
Donahue
Timothy H
Catherine L. Donahue
Early
Jackson Ave
Church of Our Lady of Grace
Holy Cross Cemetery
Malden
Fleming
Providence
R. T
Catherine Fleming
Michael Fleming
Dunreath St
Roxbury
St. Joseph's Church
Gleason
Caroline A
Arnold
Albert Gleason
Grace Episcopal Church
Norwood St
Harrington
Mary
Nea Hennessey
Frank A. Harrington
Dudley St
St. Patrick's Church
North End
Harvie
South Framingham
Ernest W
Fred B
Bertha M. Harvie
Heath St
Somerville
Hynes
Edward H. Hynes
Harvard St
George A. Raftery
J. Warry Reailey
Wm. J. Cassidy
Harrison Ave
St. James’ Church
Inglis
Massachusetts General Hospital
James Inglis
Dana Ave
Hyde Park
Littlefield
Reading
Henrietta
Warren R. Littlefield
George H
Middlesex Ave
Longo
Jennie P
Palisi
Joseph Longo
Liver Ave
Immaculate Conception
Mackey
Medford
Katherine Hooley
Patrick J. Mackey
Amaranth Ave
Sam
Immaculate Conception Church
Holy Cross
Cambridge Residents Named in Draft Registration List
The excerpt lists Cambridge individuals including Helen M. Kelfogle 18 factory operative 4 Douglass Street Cambridge Grant H. Code 24 instructor 69 Brattle Street Cambridge Marion C. Grover 24 instructor same address Labato An Depingio 23 pressman 39 Gore Street Cambridge Mary Bueno 18 factory operator 70 Gore Street Cambridge Terrell M Ragan student 50 Kirkland Street Cambridge and Margaret C Black 25 at
Community Residents Named in Local Census Card List
The item lists multiple Brookline Boston Malden Dorchester and Charlestown residents with ages and home addresses including Harold L Carter 34 Brookline Helen ee 25 John J Ohare 25 Boston Catherine A Walsh 23 Beacon Street Brookline John B Russell 40 Brookline Agnes Fox 35 Chicago Leon Aronovitz 28 Malden Eleanor Dane 18 Brookline Irving Burrows 33 Brookline Beth Garfinkle 27 Dorchester Benjamin DeCoste 55 Charlestown Elizabeth DeCoste 35 Brookline.
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Batavia
Yvonne Morin
Washington, D. C
Clarence H. Pendleton
Bradbury St
Allston
Helen I. Kelley
Copeland St
Roxbury
Leo Gauno
Barber
Leverett St
Lillian ©. Reynolds
Dearborn St
Joaquim Ferreira
Tremont St
Luiz A. Gueyo
Liverpool Ave
Belmira P. Gueyo
Maverick St
Boston
Albino de J. Afecto
Dimiria A. Ceno
Thomas Ford
Steamfitter
Bowdoin St
Adeline A. Norman
H. Paul Kelleher
Holborn St
Alice J. Murphy
Blanvon Rd
Jamaica Plain
James Reynolds
Carpenter
Alpine St
Elizabeth Logan
Frederick J. Stewart
Quincey
Elizabeth V. McGonagle
South Russell St
Herbert G. Ohrenberger
Torbey St
Dorchester
Flora A. Stiegler
Lawrence
Charles Geddes
Pembroke St
Christina Hutchinson
Baker's
Baker's Helper
City Hospital
Jack Cunningham
Warren Ave
Jeanette Valla
Calvin R. Hemeon
Santutt St
Helena
Dortt
Draper St
Henry Titorchook
Willard St
May Swizdinsky
Green St
Jacenty Wojciechowski
Cotting St
Annie Tenpilowska
Saratoga St
Gerald Coughlan
Revere
Christine F. Morrison
Newbury St
Christopher
D. J. O'Neill
Bennet St
Mary C. Crowell
Puritan Ave
Robert KE. Kringle
St. Germain St
Parker St
Catherine
Coffey
Roxbury St
Kenneth G. Shaw
Marine Rd
South Boston
Theresa (. Fraser
Somerville
Thomas McGrath
Jennie McHugh
Magnolia
George EH. Roberts
Joy
Catherine E. Donga
Anderson St
Edward F. Thompson
Laconia St
Priscilla Cunningham
Warren St
Angelo Torriero
Lsborer
Porter
Ollana Mamia
Chelsea St
Gioachino Rizzari
Prince St
Annunziata Costantino
Patrick Connolly
Howe St
Delia McDonough
Maid
Columbia Id
Harry Zaks
Baker
Brighton St
Eva Becket
Springs St
John J. O'Hara
Hancock St
Catherine A. Walsh
Brookline
Max Buyer
Erle St
Rose Yate
Frank Uhrig
Lamartine St
Jamaica
Flain
Louise Mayer
Stanton St
Richard W. Reese
Steward
Columbus Ave
Lilly S. Johnson
Giuseppe di Santo
Thomas
W. Va
Nunzia Gizzi
Albert M. Gersony
Charlestown Navy Yard
Elizabeth R. Delaney
Boylston St
Brackett
George A. Coleman
Milton
Marie L. Ross
Maurice J. Salaman
Fall River
Nellie Zablany
Hudson St
Martin Hl. Gillespie, Sr
Bridgeport
Kensington St
Robert Millar
Trammond St. Newton
Elizabeth Semple
Hubbard St
Harold F. Somes
Eustis St
Ethel G. Young
Shelburne Falls
Joseph Wood
Worcester
Rose Homsey
Gaylord St. Orchester
Joseph F. Dever
Victor St
Mabelle Brooker
Vernon St
Leo Levenson
Shelby St
East Boston
Anna Noaigles
Greenwood St
Joseph FE
Chartier
Washington St
Gladys C. Carlton
Walnut Ave
Arthur V. Lanvan
Tremlett St
Gladys G. Jones
Appleton St
Paolo Campo
Hanover St
Angelina Lo Pilato
Edward A
Samuel Zlef
Park St
Goldie Sturmlauf
East Brookline St
Joseph J. Williams
Wenham St
Forest Hills
Ethel M. Weedon
Newbern St
Joseph Pisello
Roofer
Sumner St
Eligabeth GG. Doherty
Lynn
John Lagrare
Battery St
Rose Sicilia
George E. Thiessen
Beech Sr
West Roxbury
Blanche FE
Hight
Henry C. Derby
Englewood Ave
Brighton
Sarah A. Short
Audiboard
Joseph N. Herbert
Hast Pepperell
Mabelle
B. Beker
Riverview Rd
Charles Ross
Woolson St
Lillian Balkson
George H. Lewin
Talbot Ave
Harold L. Carter
Tappanast
Helen
Strathmore Rd
Brookne
John J. O'Hare
Beacon St
John B. Russell
Aspinwall Ave
Agnes E. Fox
Clarendon Ave
Chicago
Leon Aronovitz
Mt. Vérnon Sr
Malden
Eleanor Dane
Stearns Jd
Irving II
Burrows
Ccivil
Summit Ave
Beth L. Garfinkle
Wolcott St
Benjamin DeCoste
Phipps St
Charlestown
Elizabeth DeCoste
Laundress
Walter Ave
Gallivan and Curley Speak On War Costs And Bonus
Congressman James A. Gallivan told Dorchester Legion posts that Big Business should pay the bills and condemned the sales tax as a revenue device. He credited himself with introducing the bonus bill. May or James M. Curley urged interest in constructive legislation and spoke in favor of the maternity bill noting the G A R waited 47 years for a bonus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Gallivan
Dorchester
American Legion
Dorchester High School
James M. Curley
Legionaries
Local Somerville Residents Named in City Directory Row
A list of residents and occupations appears for Somerville and nearby areas. Names include Max Yavner a dentist and Sara Feinberg a bookkeeper, with others in West Somerville Roxbury Medford and Forest Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Yavner
Linwood St
Somerville
Sara Y. Feinberg
Elm Hill
Roxbury
Harold E. Field
Hawthorne St
West Somerville
Estella M. MacLeod
Orchard St
William M. Fitzgerald
Atherton St
Julia T. McNamara
Summer St
Clarence FB
Bigelow
Prospect
Palma Cataldo
Joseph St
Medford
Cashier
Irving Simmons
Melvin St
Somervile
Lillian IT
Browning
Sewall St
Ess Candler
Joseph W. Mooney
Tal Broadway
Mary V. Conway
Woodland St
Forest Mills
Cambridge Couples Linked in Local Directory Snapshots
A series of Cambridge residents listed with ages, occupations, and home addresses shows pairs such as Marty Waldfogel a storekeeper at 147 Columbia Street and Pauline Bronstein at 71 Elm Street both in Cambridge. Joseph A Donaghue a chauffeur at 28 Prospect Street Cambridge and Florence Broderick at 117 Elm Street Cambridge are also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marty Waldfogel
Columbia St
Cambridge
Pauline Bronstien
Elm St
Joseph A. Donaghue
Florence
Rolling Stock by Fannie Hurst to appear in Boston Post
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine will feature one of Fannie Hurst best stories, Rolling Stock, showcasing her popular narrative talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Hurst
Boston Sunday Post
Obituary Notices From Boston Area May Service Dates
Deaths listed for Mackie Mahoney McDonnell McGinley M'Shea Meagher Measures Melvin Pitman Sullivan Tomlin Varney Walsh. Funeral times span May 16 to May 19 with church services at Sacred Heart St. Clement's St. John Evangelist and other locations. auto cortege and relatives invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Sixth St
South
Boston
Woodward Park St
M'Shea
Somerville
Maryes Condon
Denni Mesney
Anna Sullivan
Lowell St
St. Catherine's Church
Meagher
Bedford
William H. Meagher
Mary A
Thompson
Hartford St
St. Michael’s Church
Albert TL
Ralph Measures
Hingham St
Rockland
Mass
Melvin
Winthrop
Catherine F
N I.yons
Funera
Tewksbury
St. John the Evangelis Church
Badies
A.O.H
Annie L
John P. Pitnan
Curron
Broadway
St. Clement's Church
Auto Cord
Putnam
Chelsea
Maine Ave
Everett
Varney
Dorchester
Washington St
Elizabeth A
Frank F. Varney
F. Gleason
Walsh
Joseph J
Helen
Card of Thanks for Mrs Hannah Kerrigan Somerville
Mrs Hannah Kerrigan of Somerville thanks friends for sympathy and floral offerings after the death of her husband Patrick Kerrigan with appreciation and heartfelt gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah Kerrigan
Somerville
Patrick
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Actors Fund
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Olympia
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Hallen
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the Beacon
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Larry Seamon
Hastings Siu
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Loew's
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Gee
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Ethel Clayton
Lady
Exeter
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Copley Square
Enid Kennet
Wallace Reid
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Mats
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Dr. Acne and
Mr. Hyde
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Ineg and
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Selwyn’s Park SQ
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TER
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Sams
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Juliette Day
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Eliot
Uae
Heart of
Theal
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Genuis
John McIntyre
Francis Hill
Witsur
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Mae
Wewuss
Victor Herbert
George O'Ramey
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Friar Caruso
Knights of Columbus
Berkeley
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Robert Warwick
ThouArtthe
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Constance Binney
the Copley
Waldron’s Casino
Codman Square Theatre
Molly and I
Whittlesey
Globe Theatre
Ieat Lite
Plestes
Hin Woo
John Golden
A. H. Woods
Ouija Board
Crane Wilbur
Edward Ellis
Howard Lang
George Gaul
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Stewart Wilson
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Rve
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Mars
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Classified Department
Brown
Albert William
Albert
Margaret Brown
Purtell
Paris St
Church of the Sacred Heart
Boston’s
Gallivan
Curley
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Undertaker
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Humboldt Ave
Dodge
Chandler
Ford
Briscoe
Kerr
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Tremont Row
Roston
Schools and Colleges Navigation School
Meaverick & St Boston
Masa
Offich
Clothin and Equipage Div
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Washington
U. 5
Enge
Custombhouse
Maas
Boston Harbor
Postoffice Building
Chelsen
Myotic
Boston Flag Pole CO
Spruce and Son
Pennerelse
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