Rollins Seeks New Trial After 1918 Conviction
The House passed to be engrossed a bill allowing Charles W. Rollins convicted in 1918 of killing a Roxbury grocery manager to move for a new trial on newly discovered evidence. Debate split the chamber with Meachum Hamburger Reading opposing and Hays Brown Hull supporting the measure.
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Charles W. Rollins
Roxbury
Meachum
Woburn
Hamburger
Boston
Reading
Cambridge
Hays
Brown
Everett
Hull
Leominster
Standardizing the Beds and Memorial Day Tales in Boston
The article lists notable backers of a petition granted at the Federal Court in the Post Office building, noting James A Garfield era names and Boston figures. It mentions Jacchia, a long-time resident since 1914 and touring opera conductor, plus Stacy Aumonier’s Them Others to appear in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine with Memorial Day tie in.
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Jacchia
America
Stacy Aumonier
Stacy Aumomier
Boston Sunday Post
Referendum Petition Filed Against New Liquor Law Act
The Constitutional Liberty League filed an original petition with the Secretary of State seeking a referendum on the new liquor law enforcement act. Fifteen citizens signed the petition. after form approval by the Attorney General, 15000 more signatures are needed to qualify the measure for the next state election. The signers include Charles S. Rackemann, Louis A. Coolidge, Francis R. Bangs, and Irwin McDowell Garfield.
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Secretary of State
Constitutional Liberty League
Charles S. Rackemann
Milton
Louis A. Coolidge
United Shoe Machinery Company
Francis R. Bangs
Republican State Committee
Irwin McDowell Garfield
Jacchia Welcomed as Naturalized Citizen at Concert
Agide Jacchia, conductor of the Pops, led his first concert as an American citizen at Symphony Hall. Concert-master Jac Hoffmann and the orchestra joined the audience in a prolonged standing ovation and the Star Spangled Banner. The crowd learned at noon that he became a U S citizen.
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Agide Jacchia
Pops Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall
Jacques Hoffmann
United
Hannah Chaplin May Stay Amid Immigration Probe
Washington authorities examine the conditions allowing Hannah Chaplin, aged mother of Charles Chaplin and Sidney Chaplin, to remain in the United States amid a shell shock background and questions about her status.
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Washington
Hannah Chaplin
Charles Chaplin
Sidney Chaplin
United States
Actress Mrs Chaplin Granted Stay in United States
An order by Assistant Secretary of Labor E J Henning grants a stay of time to allow actress Mrs Chaplin and her sons counsel to present grounds to permit her to be a semi permanent resident. She is said to be mentally deranged from shocks suffered in a German air raid on London during the war. Her sons wish to take her to California for treatment and environment after the war.
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E. J. Henning
Chaplin Case Moves on Immigrant Mental Health Review
The article reports on Mrs. Chaplin seeking longer residence in the United States amid questions of mental fitness. The Chaplin brothers assure she will not rely on public charity and place her in a Santa Monica cottage under medical care. Physicians cite improvement and wealth exceeding a million dollars to argue for relaxing admission barriers. Immigration officials were expected to rule soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaplin Brothers
United States
Santa Monica
Calif
Two Men Buried as Concrete Form Crashes at Wanaque Dam
In Wanaque New Jersey on May 22 two men were buried under 12 tons of liquid concrete when a wooden form used for pouring collapsed during dam construction. Three others narrowly escaped death as the structure gave way releasing the cement.
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Wanaque
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Desigh
Wid
James A. Garfield
Charles M. Green
Frederick C. Shattuck
M. Tyrode
William W. Conant
Rufus Dodge
Worcester
William B. Gilbert
The
Union Trust Company
Springfield
James J. Phelan
James Ford Rhodes
Henry Abrahams
Martin T. Joyce
Patrick O’hearn
Liberty League
Lou
Melachrino
Alice One Cigarette
Wolf's
My Clothier
Hanovegs
Portland
DE Hot Co. and
Redeem Legal Stamp
Beacon Hill
Ave
Holland Far East
N. B
Uneeda
Graham
Hecker
Oswego
Welch
Pappy
Io Grave
Borden
Wees
Underwood
Olivia
Babbitt’s
N. J
L.p.hollander Co
Knickerbocker Suits
Boylston St
Park Square
Housen Hosiery
Floorington ST
Fountain
Tyer Invincible
Ajax
Tyer Mirror
Miller Standard
Lily
Hodgman Rapid
Omega
Tyer
Star
Invincible
Mirror
Cello
Fems
Kotex
Sterno
Large ’ 'Soc Thermome
Double Legal
Castile
Lake Conti
Mastin
Tiketh
Anne
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