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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1917
Page
12
Worcester November 22. Fred Rand of June Street shed weight from 320 pounds to 190, aiming to pass the national service exam. He was rejected by recruiting officers due to impaired vision saying I now wish I had that 130 pounds.
A blaze in an apartment at 266 Second Street Chelsea forced Samuel Wise and his family into the street in night clothing. Quick action by a younger family member detected the fire early, likely preventing tragedy.
Claude R. Taylor, the boy bandit captured in Willington, appeared before Judge Grant in East Windsor Conn. and was held in 3000 bond for the Superior Court. Massachusetts seeks Taylor for horse thefts and hold ups in Ware and other towns.
Chicago. Arpad Egon von Dillmont and Leo Nicholas Hochman were ordered held without bail after a hearing before Immigration Inspector Charles H. Paul. They are charged with entering the country on fraudulent passports from Buenos Ayres.
Buffalo November 22 The White Rats Actors Union was saved from extinction after officers Harry Montford and James W Fitzpatrick defeated a resolution at the AFL convention that would have ended the union as an international body.
The three and a half hour debate saw Fitzpatrick condemn actors groups linked to managers and booking agencies as threats to the lone mil itant actor union. A substitute urging actors to join the White Rats was adopted. Gompers announced a $10,000 Canada Victory bond subscription, and delegates received gold watches and rings.
A 23 year old cripple Rowan and 84 year old blind attorney James Garrett Johnson, longtime companions in court, died within an hour of each other after several weeks of illness.
Chairman C F Weed of the Metropolitan Boston YMCA War Fund lauded large department stores for their role in the funds drive. He cited more than $20 000 raised by stores and individuals and highlighted extensive advertising support in local papers.
New York November 22 Frans Joehann Dorf described as a personal friend of Count von Bernstorff former German ambassador was interned today on orders from Washington.
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