37 000 Soldiers Now in Camp Devens Barracks
Camp Devens Oct 7. Boston's own 301st infantry regiment faced a near loss of its band as visitors crowded the storeroom, tampering with instruments. The day marked the camp's biggest crowd with 37 000 soldiers inside, 18 000 attending mass at Knights of Columbus building, and special B and M trains carrying crowds as others leave after a Sunday football game.
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Camp
Devens Barracks
Camp Devens
Boston
301St Infantry Regiment
Garey
Knights of Columbus
Boston & Maine
Massachusetts
Cavalry Field
K. of C
Father McGinn
Roxbury Youth Hero Stops Staged Regimental Jam
Acting Corporal H. H. Garey of G Company, a Roxbury youth, saved the band by stopping a storeroom drill where young women were using regimental instruments. He heard odd sounds and investigated, finding soldiers and civilians making noisy, improper use of drums and horns.
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H. H. Garey
G Company
Roxbury
Garey
Regimental Exchange
Boston Officers Present Lorway With $121 Donation
Private Fred W. Lorway of B Company 301st infantry received a $121 gift from Boston-officer colleagues including Patrolmen Gorman Mahoney York Delaney Higgins Sullivan. The piece notes fudge entrants in A Company and recruits noting cold weather as depots train for cantonment guard and first gun drill.
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302D
H Company
Harold W. Clark
Vineyard Haven
Clinton Hopkins
H. W. Water
Fred W. Lorway
Boston
301St Infantry
John J. Gorman
Joseph Mahoney
Augustus P. York
William J. Delaney
William G. Higgins
Edward J. Sullivan
Field Artillery
Depot Brigade
National Army
Four Die in Deadly S Curve Crash
A car failed to negotiate a dark curve, tore through a guard rail, and plunged a hundred feet. All four occupants were mangled. Witnesses in a following car alerted help. Hamel was taken to Lewiston. Bodies were moved to Kennebunk for relatives.
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T Own
Hamel
Lewiston
Gchuties J. Traynor
Biddeford
Kennebunk
Two Killed Seven Hurt in Auto Crash Near Garwood
In Plainfield New Jersey an automobile collided with a truck near Garwood early today. Two men were killed and seven others were injured, four of them seriously. The deceased are Charles Meyers of Irvington a chauffeur and Alexander Brock of Harrison.
Attleboro Child Killed by Auto on Washington Street
Viola Cerone 7, daughter of Mr and Mrs Laurie Cerone of Washington street Attleboro, struck and killed by a car at Washington street and Mendon road this evening. Driver Percy W Sarle of 263 Morris avenue Providence arrested on charge of operating at an unreasonable speed and released on $500 bail.
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Attleboro
Viola Cerone
Laurie Cerone
Washington Street
Mendon Road
Percy W. Sarle
Morris Avenue
Providence
Auto driver arrested after fatal Fall River collision
In Fall River on Oct 7, Thomas Harrington was killed and Edward Larkin injured with a fractured skull when struck by an automobile driven by Frank A Buckman of Swampscott. Buckman was arrested on a manslaughter charge. Larkin is in serious condition.
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Fall River
Thomas Harrington
Edward Larkin
Frank A. Buckman
Swampscott
Larkin
Buckman
Auto Crash on Bedford Street injures three women and a man
A head on collision on Bedford street Lexington yesterday afternoon left three women and one man shaken but unharmed. Miss Mary L. Morrissey of 179 Grove street Waltham was a driver in one car while Fred V. Viano of Lexington drove the other. No serious injuries reported.
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Bedford Street
Lexington
Mary L. Morrisey
Grove Street
Waltham
Fred V. Viano
Martial law in Spain discontinued decree issued
Madrid October 7. A decree announced the discontinuance of martial law throughout Spain. The move ends the nationwide security order, signaling a return to civilian governance. Flags and public life resume regular order as authorities plan to restore civil liberties and local administration.
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Madrid
Spain
Government to Run Print Paper Mills in War
A Senate printing committee report urges government operation of the print paper and pulp industries during the war and criticizes print paper producers for excessive profits. It states FTC findings show the industry has unjustly burdened the American press with oppressive prices. The report awaits action at the December session.
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Washington
Senate Printing Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Commission seeks wartime control of print paper and pulp
A Senate backed plan would empower the Trade Commission to govern print paper and pulp production and distribution during the war. Mills and agencies would operate under government control with products pooled and priced by cost plus a fair profit. The report notes indictments against seven leading newsprint manufacturers but says action has not protected publishers, urging relief without further prosecutions.
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Smith
Arizona
Trade Commission
United States
Commission
Bureau of Statistics
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Berlin Reports Severe Fire on Flanders Front
Berlin reports a destructive artillery barrage along a ten mile front from Poelcapelle to Zandvoorde with extreme severity. The army headquarters says Dunkirk harbor and railway works were damaged by a recent German air attack hindering British reinforcement efforts.
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Berlin
London
British Admiralty
Wireless Press
Flanders
Poelcapelle
Zandvoorde
Dunkirk
Local man dies aiding wrecked car after two autos collide
Thomas Carlson 22 of South Boston died after stepping between a Beebe car and a truck to tighten a rope near Huntington Avenue Roxbury. The Beebe car, driven by Ernest Colby, was in a hole caused by an elevated repair. Colby and Frank Ellis were arrested on manslaughter charges and bailed.
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Thomas Carlson
Silver Street
Boston
Carlson
Huntington Avenue
Louis Prang Street
Roxbury
E. Pearson Beebe
Beacon Street
Ernest J. Colby
Bernard Laughlin
Hillside Avenue
Beebe
Frank E. Ellis
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Colby
Ellis
Roxbury District Court
President Wilson Remembers Camp Press in New Journal
In the first issue of Trench and Camp the weekly army and guardsmen paper, a letter from President Wilson to John Stewart Bryan of Richmond Virginia praises war correspondents. He stresses keeping the nation and troops in touch through this publication and similar effort.
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Washington
National Army
National Guard
President Wilson
John Stewart Bryan
Richmond
Beauty Sues for $100000 in Breach of Promise
Miss Aurelia De Acosta a Spanish type beauty filed in the New York Supreme Court a breach of promise suit seeking 100000 against broker G Marcy Lamb formerly with H L Doherty Co. The case centers on a dispute over an engagement. The plaintiff alleges damages from broken marriage plans.
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New York
Aurelia de Acosta
Supreme Court
G. Marcy Lamb
H. L. Doherty & Co
Trench and Camp: Wilson Endorses Soldier Newspapers
The President expresses gratitude for camp newspapers issued at training camps. He notes the papers will serve soldiers with local camp interest and strengthen ties to the nation. Trench and Camp will publish for each camp, distributed free and turned over to the Y M C A for distribution.
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Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Germany Has Bread but Needs Fats Despite Good Crop
Washington reports from abroad say Germany will raise bread and potato rations due to good crops but remains in urgent need of fats. Officials note the American embargo continues to limit Germany's fat supply as Holland cannot ship dairy products without U.S. feedstuffs.
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Washington
Germany
Holland
Oldest U S Missionary Dies in Newark New York
The Rev Father Robert of the Passionist Order, the oldest active missionary in the United States, died Saturday in Newark New York after collapsing during a mission in New York. He had conducted missions in Boston several years earlier.
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Father Robert
United States
Newark
N. Y
Boston
New York
Suit Over Promise of Marriage Between De Acosta and Lamb
Miss Aurelia De Acosta sues Marcy Lamb alleging he promised marriage on March 10 and refused two days later. She produced an engagement contract and love letters as evidence through her counsel Jerome A. Jacobs. Lamb denies promising to wed, with the case set for trial.
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Miss de Acosta
Lamb
Binghamton
Jerome A. Jacobs
T. G. Marcy Lamb
Aurelia de Acosta
Aurelia
United States of America
Marcy
Spain
Mr. Lamb
Iome
Miss de Costa
Laddy
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