Death by Own Action Shocks City War Vet Shanley
Harry Shanley, Victoria Cross recipient and famed Canadian war veteran, believed to have died by his own hand after leaving a note for his wife at the Richwood Hotel. Police had been seeking him on recent theft charges and he disappeared on the way to a New York court appearance with a police escort.
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Harry Shanley
Boston
Richwood Hotel
Shanley
New York
Pemberon Square
No Gratuities Question in Hub Investigations
Secretary Hoover reported Boston and Baltimore shipping commissioners’ offices passed health checks as he probes alleged demands for gratuities from ship owners. He noted those two ports were free of irregularities and ordered an end to the practice while dismissing commissioners from New York, Norfolk, and New Orleans.
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Washington
Boston
Baltimore
Hoover
New York
Norfolk
New Orleans
Medford Peeping Tom Arrested at Bowdoin Street Window
James J. McFadden a 19 year old of Borne avenue Medford was arrested by Medford police in the act of peeping at a bedroom window at 8 Bowdoin street after theatre hours He is charged with disturbing the peace and held in 300 bail Judge Willis W Stover set trial for Sept 6.
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James J. McFadden
Borne Avenue
Medford
Bowdoin Street
Willis W. Stover
Malden
Malden Youth Drowns in Mystic River
Charles Langian aged 20 of 115 Oakland street Malden drowned in the Mystic River near the Somerville bathhouse yesterday. Lifeguards Albert Moroqui and Basil Tasker brought his body to the surface. Patrolmen Doolin McDonald and Fulton with Dr. Edward H Robbins and Dr. Francis Shaw worked on him an hour without success. A heavy black crepe coat dress with gray trim and facings is described.
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Charles Langian
Oakland Street
Malden
Mystic River
Somerville
Albert Moroqui
Basil Tasker
Doolin
McDonald and Fulton
Edward H. Robbins
Francis Shaw
Girl Back But $540 Missing
Martha Sterczala left Webster Friday night with $540 missing from her father's bureau. She is recovering at home under Dr. George C. Littlefield’s care after alleging John Coman 20 took the money in Boston and later lost it. She says she was drugged in Worcester and has only dim memories of the trip back.
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Webster
Martha Sterczala
George C. Littlefield
Franky Sterczala
John Coman
Coman
Boston
Worcester
Hull remembers ZR-2 dead with grand memorial service
In Hull England a mammoth service honored victims of the dirigible ZR-2 disaster. A procession from Guild Hall led by the lord mayor and sheriff included United States Consul Grant, Byrd, American air service officers, Royal Air Force officials, and YMCA representatives despite a drizzling rain.
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Hull
England
Associated Press
Holy Trinity Church
Guild Hall
United States
Grant
British Army
Byrd
United States Navy
American Air Service Detachment
Howden Airdrome
Vyvyan
Royal Air Force
George D. Whitehead
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Fear Shanley
Little Billy
South Station
Misa Lillian Baker
Thatcher Street
Hyde Park
Boston Better Business Bureau
Houghton & Dutton Co
Boston Better Business
Houghton&Dutton Co
Lonsdale
Middy Serge
Cooking
Duvelyn and
Lyon
Ette
Marcel
Tremont and
Beacon Streets
Mass
Sem
Maurice Hall
Tyle
Ire
Winter Street
Coats
Chicago
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