Coal price committees named for state districts
New England Fuel Administrator James J. Storrow named local coal price committees to set regional charges and allocate distribution. Boston led by David A. Ellis. other towns listed include Amherst, Athol, Brookfield, Brockton, Fall River, Marlboro, Reading, Ware, Woburn, Somerville, Gloucester, Fitchburg, Holbrook, Plainville, Belmont and more with chairmen and members. Committees to hold hearings and submit findings for state approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
James J. Storrow
Boston
David A. Ellis
Geoffrey B. Lehy
J. Frank O'Hare
Amherst
E. L. Spear
J. W. Crook
C. Fred Deuel
Athol
Frank A. Ball
Thomas F. Meany
Harry E. Masters
David A
Franklin
Alfred W. Dana
A. L. Burns
J. B. Crocker
Great Barrington
Willam C. Hinman
Patrick J. Kane
Noble B. Turner
Hopkinton
George W. Brown
Charles H. Peaslee
John O. Conway
Haverhill
George W. Lennox
Charles N. Kelly
John MacDougall
Lancaster
Dudley H. Dorr
Woburn
Elmer E. Silver
Michael H. McCarron
Edwin K. Porter
Dennis
James H. Jenks
Zebina H. Small
Alpheus P. Baker
Somerville
Fred M. Carr
Frederick W. Parker
Alfred J. Toomey
Gloucester
Frederick Shakleford
Christian Bocken
William MacInnis
Fitchburg
Charles B. Smith
James Piggott
Napoleon M. DesChenes
Holbrook
Dennis McCarthy
Newton Flier Is Still Alive
Harold Willis of Newton Massachusetts, a member of the French Aviation Corps, is alive and a prisoner in Germany. Ambassador Jusserand informed Senator Weeks that a telegram confirms Willis is a prisoner at Carlsruhe.
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Washington
Harold Willis
Newton
Mass
French Aviation Corps
Germany
Weeks
Jusserand
Carlsruhe
No Shooting Pheasants Until November First
Bay State sportsmen who assume pheasant season begins today will face trouble as the commission on fisheries and game shortened the open season to November 1. Wardens statewide are instructed to enforce the change and watch for violations.
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Bay State
Commission On Fisheries and Game
Fisher Fund Drive Nets $2000 at East Boston Event
At St John the Baptist Portuguese Church, East Boston, young women in fisher folk attire hosted a dance to raise funds for the Provincetown Fund. The Orient Gardens ballroom featured nets and nautical décor as attendees paid high prices for seafood offerings. Six Miss Golden pupils performed nautical dances, while Mrs. Adelaide Emery, Anna Gomes and Rev Father Desouy oversaw the evening.
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St. John the Baptist Portuguese Church
East Boston
Provincetown Fund
Orient Gardens
Miss Golden
Vivian Rogers
Alice Sanger
Marie Pimenthel
Marie Rose
Anna Cardoza
Edith Silva
Adelaide Emery
Anna Gomes
Father Desouy
Aviator Held in Poison Plot at Princeton School
Princeton October 11 Military authorities probe an alleged poison plot at the government aeronautical school. Samuell Livingood, a student, reportedly held with poison crystals found in his room and sent to Governor's Island for court martial. A roommate was arrested but later exonerated.
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Princeton
N. J
Government Aeronautical
Samuell. Livingood
Governor’s Island
Aviation School
Livingood
Italians Capture Austrian Destroyer in Adriatic
Rome dispatch reports Italy seized an Austrian torpedo boat destroyer in the Adriatic. The Austrian crew surrendered without firing a shot.
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Washington
Rome
Adriatic
Asquith Urges Victory and Wartime Sacrifice for France
At a Liverpool war aims meeting former prime minister H H Asquith urged sustained British support for France and urged concentrating resources on victory. He criticized German leaders for misreading peace hopes, noted unity in Reichstag was fragile, and warned of postwar rebuilding needs.
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England
France
Liverpool
H. H. Asquith
Reichstag
Mr. Asquith
Germany
Austria
Hoover Looks to Standardize Bread and Flour Under Food Control
Hoover outlines steps to regulate bread and flour, proposing standardization of flour composition and bread ingredients. He weighs two paths: fix loaf size or fix price, with competition guiding prices or loaf size. A licensing system may apply to retailers, and bread depots would be used if retailers refuse to keep prices down.
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Food Administration
Mr. Hoover
Anti-Aid Measure on Ballot Stymied in Constitutional Fight
An eleventh hour bid to block the anti-aid sectarian amendment from the ballot stalled in the constitutional convention amid sharp sparring. A motion to reconsider failed after Curtis proposed adjournment at 3 pm and a 4 15 meet, sending the amendment to the Secretary of State. The measure would bar public funds for institutions not directly state controlled. The convention decided to place an amendment on the ballot granting cities and towns the right to…
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Mansfield
Felletier
Creed
Lomasney
Secretary of State
Taxation Amendment Debated at Convention Over Exemptions
At the state convention the panel approved a sale and distribution of life necessities. An ab sentee voting amendment was sent to the Secretary of State. The fourth amendment limiting taxation of charitable, educational and religious institutions was sidetracked and will not appear on the ballot. Ex Judge Morton argued the draft fails to safeguard many activities in the state from taxes.
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Secretary of State
Morton
Pilot denies diocese approval of anti aid amendment
The Pilot asserts that a report of private talks with a convention delegate indicating tacit approval of the anti aid amendment is false. It states diocesan authorities express their position only through public utterances or official diocesan organs and dismiss unauthorized rumors as maneuvers.
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Pilot
Arlington Opens Season vs Roxbury Latin at Spy Pond
Arlington High School football starts its interscholastic season this morning with a game against Roxbury Latin School on the Spy Pond Athletic Meld in Arlington.
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Arlington High
Roxbury Latin School
Spy Pond
Arlington
Murphys Win Three Harvard Scholarships
Murphys from the West and South captured the three Murphy prizes at Harvard for top students with that surname. C Murphy from Davidson College and M E Murphy from Creighton University study law, while W P Murphy from the University of Oregon attends Harvard Medical School. Other awards include Faculty scholarships to multiple named students, May prizes for the business graduate school, and transfers and recipients for the Ricardo and Buckley awards.
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University of Oregon
C. Murphy
M. E. Murphy
Harvard Law School
W. P. Murphy
Medical
Cambridge
C H. Beasler
William R. Cook
Wilfred B. Feiga
James L. Handford
John A. Hanna
Clifford C. Heer
Solomon A. Herzog
Maurice Klein
Buckley
G. E. Gayler
Harvard Sophomore Free on 5000 Dollar Bail
Harvard sophomore Raymond Fanning, a member of the I W W, was released after bail was reduced from 10000 to 5000 dollars. A Chattanooga friend provided the surety. James Phillips, another arrestee on the same conspiracy charge, remains held at 10000 dollars for federal court in Chicago.
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Raymond
Fanning
Harvard
Cambridge
Chattanooga
James Phillips
Boston
Chicago
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Coal Boards
City of
Man
Francis H. Sawyer
Arthur L. Priour
Leominster
E. B. Richardson
J. W. Healey
P. J. Ladoo
Marlboro
Edward H. Ellis
John A. O’connell
John A. Chamberlain
Milford
Thomas F. Flannigan
Franklin P. Lee
William D. Leahy
Middleton
Galen B. Howe
J. Allen Atwood
William B. Godfrey
North Andover
Isaac Osgood
James H. Hurley
Ware
Charles C. Hitchcock
Edward J. Birnnigan
Ossian N. Moore
Wendell—E. S. Putnam
Alton E. Lilley
Lewis W. Winship
Westfield
Frank Grant
Edwin J. Smith
Arthur G. Norton
West Boylston
Walter E. Clark
Charles T. Lamb
Whitman N. Huntington
Westboro
George H. Woodmar
Ira M. Beaman
John P. Crowe
Wilmington
A. N. Eames
Harry W. DeLorien
D. K. Colgate
Whitinsville
Henry A. Owen
Samuel Lynn
George W. Chadwick
Wareham
John C. Makepeace
Silas A. Besse
James F. Marvelle
A. H. Howe & Sons
Tremont Street
Washington Street
Roxbury
Newton Flier
Bay State Sportsmen
Fisher Fund
East Boston Church
Alsace-Lorraine
Hoover
Borax Bill
Borax
Murphys
Junior Coats
Serge
Coats
Filene
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