101st Fund Reaches 40035 After Receiving Major Gifts
The fund for the 1101st Regiment of Infantry rose over 1400 to surpass 40000. Notable contributions include John Duff of New Bedford sending 1900. Donations should be mailed to J. H. ONeil, treasurer, care of the Federal Trust Company, 8 Devonshire Street, Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
1101St Regiment of Infantry
John Duff
New Bedford
J. H. O'Neil
Federal Trust Company
Devonshire Street
Boston
Joseph A. Gartland
Edmund J. Casey
F. Hovey Company
Elihu Thomson
Lynn
Mrs. M. Meeggind
Shane É James M. Curley
P. R. Giblin & Co
Granville E. Foss
John Dnoff
Order Against Steel Corporation Vacated in Newark
Vice Chancellor Lane vacated a restraining order against Clarence H. Venner and others. The move frees Bethlehem Steel stockholders to vote on issuing $30,000,000 of Class B common stock and $30,000,000 of 8 percent cumulative convertible preferred stock. The judge offered an oral opinion to allow appeal to the Court of Errors and Appeals in Trenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Lane
Clarence H. Venner
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Venner
Court of Errors and Appeals
Trenton
Japanese Man Found Dead in Hotel Room at 88 St James Avenue
A Japanese man identified as H. M. Nagawa, about 35, was found dead in his room at 88 St James Avenue yesterday afternoon. The medical examiner ruled an accidental death due to a gas heater with a disconnected tube as the alarm clock showed 6 oclock and both room windows were open. Nagawa had returned to the city after summer business at the beach resorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Nagawa
St. James Avenue
Nagawa
Fore River Yards machinist extols herbal Plant Juice
A Fore River Yards machinist from Quincy praises Plant Juice for stomach and digestive relief after three years of indigestion headaches and nervous fatigue. The testimonial notes improved sleep appetite and energy following three bottles. The Plant Juice representative promotes the remedy at Houghton and Dutton drug department stores.
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Eric Skogland
Fore River Yards
Cranch 5
Quincy
Mass
Houghton & Dutton Company
How You Can Quickly Remove Hairy Growths
A beauty specialist endorses a delatone paste treatment to remove facial hair. Mix powdered delatone with water into a paste, apply to the surface for about two minutes, rub off, wash the skin, and hair disappears. Ensure you obtain genuine delatone to avoid disappointment.
Market Prices Rise Across Staples at Faneuil Hall
Prices for nearly every meat item and sugars and green vegetables climbed around Faneuil Hall yesterday. Flour beans potatoes and lemons eased slighty while other staples showed higher levels.
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Faneuil Hall
Prices Soar and Fall as Market Week Brings Wide Fluctuations
A local market report lists fruit and vegetable prices from 9 cents a pound for ripe tomatoes to 90 cents for green corn per bushel. Dairy, eggs, and meat costs edge higher with butter and eggs near 60 to 68 cents per unit. flour, beans, peppers, and fish show varied pricing across the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Austria-Hungary Cannot Withstand Winter Says Official
Geneva dispatch reports Freie Zeitung transmission from an Austrian official arguing Austria-Hungary cannot endure the winter due to shortages. He cites crop destruction in Hungary, Romania cereal transport limits, and scarce rolling stock used by the military leading to soaring prices for essentials.
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Geneva
Freie Zeitung
Berne
Austria-Hungary
Hungary
Portugal Declared In State Of Siege Over General Strike
Lisbon telegram reports Portugal in a state of siege as general strike closes all shops in Lisbon. Bomb explosions injure several people including soldiers.
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Portugal
Madrid
Lisbon
Bay State Flier Tells of Battlefield Valor From France
Walter S. Rheno, 19, Martha's Vineyard aviator assigned to Escadrille No. 80, Groupe de Combat No. 14, reports in a letter dated Aug 21 that he downed his first German aircraft, a Boche, during a high patrol over the lines. He plans a 21 day leave home after Paris duties, describes combat maneuvers, a Roche bombing pass, and praises the Spad biplane received direct from the factory as the fastest French fighter.
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France
Walter S. Rheno
Martha's Vineyard
Boston
Rheno
Escadrille No. 80
Groupe de Combat No
Bean
Leutenant
Paris
America
Roche
Auction and Dance for War Relief Fund
Arrangements for a war relief auction and dance festival at the Copley Plaza were announced by Mrs George Lincoln Adams who has run prior charity events. All items will be donated and dances performed by top classical artists led by Veronine Vestoff and Sonia Serova.
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Copley Plaza
George Lincoln Adams
Veronine Vestoff
Sonia Serova
Man Held on Forgery Charge in East Boston
Henry Reed aged 49 of 623 Massachusetts Avenue was arraigned before Judge Barnes in East Boston District Court on forgery and uttering charges. He was held in 1500 bond pending next Thursday’s hearing after attempting to pay a $94 bill with a $100 check and demanding change. The forged signature was that of grocer I. J. Goldberg of 7 Neptune Road on a United States Trust Company check.
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Henry Reed
Massachusetts Avenue
Barnes
East Boston
Bennington Street
I. J. Goldberg
Neptune Road
United States Trust Company
Prisoners sent to outdoor prison camps for first time
Twelve inmates from the State prison were moved to four outdoor prison camps at Framingham Rutland South Royalston and Gardner to work on public highways and in land reclamation. The first group consists of 12 trustees placed on their honor while in the camps.
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State Prison
Framingham
Rutland
South Royalston
Gardner
Houses of Correction
Two Boston Boys on Torpedoed Steamer Susana
Two Boston crew members aboard the American steamship Susana, which sailed from New York on August 7 bound for Genoa, are reported missing after a presumed sinking in the Mediterranean by a German submarine. Roland Crosby of Brookline, chief Marconi operator, and Roy Mercer of Allston, assistant operator, are named.
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Boston
Susana
New York
Genoa
Mediterranean
Roland Crosby
Marconi
Brookline
Roy Mercer
Allston
Women Prison Shifts Likely From Hospital Ward
Councillor Ballantyne urged moving Deer Island women inmates from the hospital ward to the unused women’s prison built for them. Penal Commissioner Shaw said inmates preferred the hospital’s intimate, homelike atmosphere and had ordered the space there for their quarters.
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Deer Island
Walter Ballantyne
Committee On Prisons
David B. Shaw
Noted German Aviator Walter Hoehndorf Killed
Amsterdam reports Lieutenant Walter Hoehndorf was killed accidentally on the western front according to German newspapers. Hoehndorf was reputed Germanys best aviator after Boelke and Immelmann, both killed on the western front.
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Amsterdam
Walter Hoehndorf
Hoehndorf
Germany
Boelke
Immelmann
General Castro Arrives in New York After Brief Detention
General Cipriano Castro former President of Venezuela arrived by steamer from Mexico and was admitted after a brief detention by an immigrant officer. He said he had visited Havana and Vera Cruz and would go to the West Indies. his prior U S entries faced refusals and federal court appeals.
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New York
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
United States
Ellis Island
Mexico
Immigration Service
Havana
Vera Cruz
West Indies
Commissioner-General of Immigration of
Washington
Police Officer John E Bride Dies After Ill Health
Patrolman John E Bride of 137 Draper Street Dorchester a 24 year veteran of the Boston Police Department died yesterday at his home in his 54th year He was struck by a car while directing traffic at Glovers Corner eighteen months ago and had remained in poor health since the accident.
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John E. Bride
Draper Street
Dorchester
Boston Police Department
Bride
Glovers Corner
Federal rail regulation urged by Chamber of Commerce
Washington Sept 13 United States Chamber of Commerce proposes federal rules for railroad securities compulsory incorporation of all interstate railroads under a national law and empowers the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate intrastate actions when they affect interstate commerce The recommendations follow a study of current regulation and suggestions from railroad executives labor leaders and business groups.
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Washington
Congress
Interstate Coerce Commission
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Chamber
Railroad Committee
Clinical Research Society Meets Today in Boston
The ninth annual meeting of the American Association of Clinical Research will be held today in the lecture hall of the Boston Society of Natural History. Three sessions are planned: morning, afternoon, and evening. Visiting members held clinics in Boston hospitals yesterday. The society was founded in 1906 by Dr. James Krauss of Boston.
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American Association of Clinical Research
Boston Society of Natural History
Boston
Society
James Krauss
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Steel Corporation
Austria
BAY State Flier
Batile
WAR Relief Fund
Bedford St
Boston Boys
Ballantyne
Gen. Castro
Patrolman Bride
Chamber of Commerce
Clinical Research Society
Vorenberg
Young Mien
Oxford
Vorenberg’s
Bostonia’ Hat
Norfolk
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