Five Stolen Cars Recovered in Bellows Falls Vermont
Five automobiles stolen from Back Bay were recovered in Bellows Falls Vermont by Back Bay police with insurance agents. The cars had Massachusetts plates swapped for Vermont ones and were moved to a farmstead. Police suspect an organized gang planned to resell after altering identifiers. Special Agent Joseph Mattey led the recovery efforts with insurance associates.
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Back Bay
Bellows Falls
Vermont
Massachusetts
Joseph Mattey
Boston
Duffy’s Malt Praised By Longtime User Frederick Weih
Frederick Weih, 89 Forest Ave Ridgewood L I New York, says he has used Duffy’s Malt for about twenty years to stay healthy and cure a heavy cough and colds quickly. He urges friends to try the medicine.
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Duffy
Frederick Weih
Forest Ave
Ridgewood
Patriotism at Dartmouth as Students Enter War Service
President Hopkins told a City Club audience that more than half of Dartmouth College’s students have left to serve. He reported 679 of the 1352 students enrolled on March 28 have departed to aid the nation, mostly with the sword, in the war effort.
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Hopkins
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth
City Club
Dartmouth College shifts to daylight saving as veterans train
Dartmouth College plans a one hour clock change tomorrow night to free more time for military training with 673 students in cadet courses led by Captain Porter Chase. President Hopkins urges continued education for non conscripts and seeks a strong alumni class for fall. Two thousand dollars is raised for the second Dartmouth unit sailing June 2 to serve with the American ambulance corps. Barber recalls Verdun and shrapnel scenes as he values the ambulance work.
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Porter Chase
Hopkins
Germany
Dartmouth
Governor McCall
William Barber
Louis M. Keene
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Barber
France
Verdun
Curley Outlines U Boat Threat Solution at Brighton Meeting
Mayor Curley spoke to the Brighton Council Knights of Columbus about ending the U boat menace by sending sufficient men and ships overseas to destroy submarine bases and seal the Kiel Canal.
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Curley
Brighton
Rousmaniere Class Sends Boys to Whitefield Farm Work
Several high school boys from neighboring towns in the Rousmaniere Bible class of St. Paul’s Cathedral left North Station at 9 30 a m to work 200 acres on the Cham perlain farm in Whitefield New Hampshire. They will sleep in barns and receive government pay while a trained farmer and a cook assist, with class teacher Charles H Humps. Principals promise diplomas if they meet the terms, which require faithful work.
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Rousmaniere
St. Paul's Cathedral
North Station
Whitefield
N. H
Chamberlain
Charles H. Hunpes
BIELD
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Charles Huntley
Malcolm Bestall
Robert Boyd
Harold Kingsbury
James. Graham
Thomas Gates
Earle Farmer
C. H. Huntley
Brownie
Harry McLean
Chester Howell
Ralph Mayo
Wilbur Davis
Albert Simkins
Wallace Thomas
Nat Simkins
Ban on Liquor to Soldiers Discussed by Board
Officially notified of the law's existence city officials have not been asked to enforce it. When questioned about penalties for offenders a board member said he did not know if the law provided for punishment.
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Washington
United States
Licensing Board
United States District Attorney
Massachusetts
District Attorney Ander son Comments On NY Enforcement Reports
The report notes that New York’s U S district attorney ordered immediate enforcement, but George W Anderson district attorney for this district stated last night that he was ill informed about those actions.
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United States District Attorney
New York
United States
George W. Anderson
Draft registration shows most officers registered in city
In four districts of the city, about 1338 election officers were sworn in for draft registration and only a small number are expected not to register to perform their duties.
Volunteers Vow Service for Boston Voter Registration Drive
Election commissioners swore in 1300 volunteers including doctors and lawyers to serve as listing officers for the June 5 registration of residents aged 21 to 30 under the war draft law. Oaths were administered in four city locations with several prominent Dorchester citizens among the volunteers.
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Boston
Dorchester
Herbert W. Burr
The
Civil Service Commission
James J. Moynihan
Ward
J. Mitchell Galvin
Tilton S. Bell
John J. Daley
Paul D. Kane
Officials urge patience as Massachusetts draft registration queries surge
Massachusetts draft registration officials report a flood of inquiries on registration exemptions war service and related procedures. Director Charles F Gettemy and staff appeal to the public to hold questions until the registration office can respond.
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Massachusetts
Charles F. Gettemy
Massachusetts Registration Work Delayed by Instructions
Director Gettemy and assistants said most questions will be answered in forthcomingInstructions will be public in a few days A conference with city and town clerks will outline the registration program Some officials moved ahead with registration plans before official guidance Governor McCall secured War Department authority to tailor the general instructions for Massachusetts conditions
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Gettemy
Massachusetts
McCall
War Department
Bay State
Washington
Exemption Rules For Reservists On Dependents
High department officials say reservists must show habitual support for dependents and genuine need for aid to qualify for exemption from recall. Washington guidance accompanied national mobilization rulings that 300 to 500 New England reserves are being summoned. The War Department order requires proof of death or disability in the family and affidavits from two disinterested witnesses for exemption under act of June 3 1916.
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Financelal
Department of the Northeast
Washington
Regular Army
New England
War Department
Department
New Field Artillery Battery Sworn Into Guard
In New Bedford on May 24 Battery D of the field artillery was inspected by Colonel G. H. Benyon and Captain H. E. Mann and sworn in at the armory.
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New Bedford
New Field Artillery Company
G. H. Benyon
S Department of the State
H. E. Mann
National Guard Battery Elevates Local Officers
The unit comprised 150 men on the drill floor led by Captain Roger D. Swain of Boston with First Lieutenants Henderson I. Inches and Roger Eckfeldt both of Boston. Second Lieutenants were Lester T. Lewis and Harold Winslow of New Bedford.
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National Guard
Roger D. Swain
Boston
Henderson I. Inches
Roger Eckfeldt
Lester T. Lewis
Harold Winslow
New Bedford
Transylvania Sunk with 413 Lost Near French Italian Coast
The British transport Transylvania was torpedoed in the Mediterranean on May 4 with 29 officers and 873 other ranks lost, including Captain Brewell and one officer and nine crew. The 14135 ton Anchor Line liner, built 1914 for New York to Mediterranean service, had carried troops to Gallipoli and was taken over by Britain in May 1915. Survivors were aided in Savona, Italy, by Red Cross and locals before departure for an unnamed destination.
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London
Mediterranean
Brénell
Transylvania
Gallipoli
New York
Savoia
Italy
Red Cross
Savona
Brewell
Scotland
Miss D Amici Brought Home After Runaway Case
Nicoletta D Amici a 16 year old Boston girl ran away fearing forced marriage to Gaetano Mastrantino of Waltham. Found at Hartford station by Travellers Aid, she told of ill treatment and being barred from outings including moving pictures and Billy Sunday. Mastrantino, a Boston Maine timekeeper, says someone is trying to stop the engagement. mother claimed not forcing the union.
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Nicoletta D’amici
Boston
Gaetano Mastrantino
Waltham
Mastrantino
Hartford
Ernest Sherwood
Travellers’ Aid Society
Billy Sunday
Sunde
Boston & Maine Railroad
Warren Avenue
School Street
Miss D'Amici
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