Hofmann Recital Delights Symphony Hall Crowd
Josef Hofmann opened with a paraphrase of the Star Spangled Banner and, breaking habit, paused between numbers for a War Relief Fund collection. He then moved through Handel Scarlatti Beethoven Chopin Stojowski Rubinstein Moskowsky Liszt, delivering a masterful Polonaise in sharp minor and vivid nocturnes. The large audience erupted in praise as Hofmann extended the program beyond plan.
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Josef Hofmann
Symphony Hall
Hofmann
Handel
Scarlatti
Beethoven
Chopin
Stojowski
Rubinstein
Moskowsky
Liszt
Child on Walk Hurt in Autos Crash at Revere Beach
Six year old Marjorie Crane of 74 Centennial Avenue was hospitalized on the dangerous list at Massachusetts General Hospital after a collision at Centennial Avenue and North Shore Road Revere Beach. One car mounted the curb striking the child who was standing on the sidewalk.
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Marjorie Crane
Centennial Avenue
Massachusetts General Hospital
North Shore Road
Revere Beach
Crane
Store Employment Office Opens Today in Boston
The employment office of the retail trade board, run with the federal employment service, opens at 29 Temple Place Boston to recruit women for store work. It aims to ease the Christmas shopping rush by placing part time workers.
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The
Retail Trade Board
Federal Employment Service
Boston
Temple Place
Harvard Man Sent to Prison
William E Doyle a Harvard man and Cambridge resident formerly linked to Boston florist circles was jailed in London for a card game fraud against Lieutenant Woolf Joel of the Royal Flying Corps. He received eighteen months hard labor with partner Colonel Charles Holmes Chapman sentenced to three years penal servitude.
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William E. Doyle
Harvard
Cambridge
Boston
London
Woolf Joel
Royal Flying Corps
Doyle
Charles Holmes Chapman
Doyle and Chapman's London Card Games End in Lawsuits
Billy Doyle Jr of Cambridge and later London befriended Colonel Chapman, a former bookmaker turned con artist. In a London cafe Doyle allegedly enticed Joel, son of a South African mining magnate, into a card game where $18,000 vanished in hours. The pair faced legal action as Chapman fled to Germany and later returned to England before investigations widened. Doyle's Cambridge estate was sold for the Cambridge municipal hospital, and he died two years ago.
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Germany
England
Doyle
Joel
Chapman
London
Cambridge
Cambridge Street
Inman Square
City of
Cambridge Municipal Hospital
Brookline
New England Appeals for United War Work Fund
Public drive in New England urges readers to donate to the United War Work Fund. Prominent appeals stress duty and privilege of contributing, calling for broad support across communities.
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Old New England
United War Work Fund
Pope Benedict Praises Italian Victory in Vatican Letter
The Osservator Romano prints a Vatican letter from Pope Benedict to Cardinal Gasparri. It defends no regrets over Italy's victory, recalls August 1 1917 remarks, and says the church seeks peaceful territorial solutions within evolving national states. The pope hopes war ends in universal concord and wellbeing.
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Rome
Osservator Romano
Vatican
Pope Benedict
Gasparri
Austria
Italy
Vienna
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Edwards May Direct Muster Out
Camp Devens November 17 The Yankee Division veterans now in service here intend to participate in the welcome to Major-General Edwards in Boston. Officers and NCOs, promoted or assigned, return to duty or go back to France with the new unit later.
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Camp Devens
Edwards
Boston
France
Edwards and Buck tied to New England division mobilization visit
Major-General Edwards headed the bureau of insular affairs briefly and is praised by Major-General McCain who ordered the mobilization of the New England National Guard into the 26th Division. Edwards may visit the camp in the near term as the Plymouth division prepares for a final review and demobilization at the site Buck first recommended. Edwards arrives in Boston Monday night for a day of functions with a potential Tuesday visit.
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Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Washington
McCain
New England National Guard
Beaumont B. Buck
Massachusetts
Leonard Wood
Boston
Brillant
Plymouth
Robbers in Khaki Held in Haverhill
Ten downtown stores were broken into and goods stolen early today. Four soldiers from the Durham New Hampshire Army Training Camp were arrested for breaking and entering and larceny. The suspects are Charles E. Miller Bennington New Hampshire Earl Treville Cohoes New York John B. Twyman Brooklyn New York and Harold Beanstrom Jamestown New York. A pitched battle with police at an Essex street lodging house followed the arrests and champagne bottles were knocked over as alcohol flowed.
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Haverhill
Army
Durham
N. H
Charles E. Miller
Bennington
Earl Treville
Cohoes
N. Y
John B. Twyman
Brooklyn
Harold Beanstrom
Jamestown
Essex Street
War aid appeal urges support for servicemen abroad
Citizens urged to contribute to the United War Work Fund to provide comfort and protection for servicemen overseas. The appeal emphasizes timely giving with a call to action to donate now.
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United War Work Fund
Sugar Allotment Promises Increase for Households
Plans by leading refineries to boost daily output from one million to one and a half million pounds with two weeks of supply on hand. Cuba’s crop, larger than last year, will be harvested next month and arrive early next year. Revere refinery will assist after moving to a new plant. Edward Wigglesworth notes higher allotments if shipping improves to prewar levels.
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Cuba
Revere
Edward Wigglesworth
Massachusetts Food Administration
War Relief Appeal Urges Immediate Public Donations
A patriotic call asks citizens to donate urgently to support service members abroad. The plea emphasizes frontline needs and frames contributions as essential for those serving in uniform during challenging times.
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