Bank clerk Downey linked to large fraud and poolroom raids
The investigation centers on Paul Downey of the Federal Trust Company tied to a $127,700 embezzlement. Police raided a fake pool hall at 6 Park Square and other rooms, capturing fourteen men and seizing race book materials as the probe widens. May Ryan aids Downey's bail while relatives seek funds and await further developments.
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Paul Downey
Irust Company
Towhrys Steciings
Park Square
Downey
Boston
May Ryan
Paul
Blue Hill Avenue
Post
May
Miss Ryan
Dorchester
Roo
5 Park Square
Gem Advertising Company
Downey’s Ponzi Roll Reveals Fake Gambling Ring and Missing Funds
Italian woman linked to a Downey case resurfaces as police probe a clandestine Ponzi scheme tied to race track wagers and a city gambling network. Bank losses and restitution rumors swirl while a bonding company weighs claims to recover stolen funds. Police raid a laundry at 687 Massachusetts Avenue netted racing charts and betting paraphernalia. multiple suspects named in South End and Roxbury operations.
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Tona
Westfield Street
South End
Roxbury Crossing
Massachusetts Avenue
City Hallvenue
Malden
Timothy Kenney
South Street
Forest Hills
Timothy Jr
Charles Smith
Greenwich Park
Arthur Garrick
Holyoke Street
South Find
Babe Ruth's Baby Heads To Boston For Series
Dorothy Ruth and the infant accompany Babe Ruth to Boston for the Yankees Red Sox series. New York sports writers chase the family as Ruth seeks another American league pennant, while the child’s history remains a topic of fascination.
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Babe Ruth
Boston
Man Ruth
Dorothy Ruth
Babe
Red Sox
Yankees
New York
Ruth refuses to discuss Dorothy birth claims
Ruth refuses to answer reporters as Christy Walsh, her adviser, deflects questions about the baby Dorothy. Walsh cites past statements and hospital and church records discrepancies while insisting Mrs. Ruth will not speak.
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Ruth
Christy Walsh
Babe
Walsh
Monarch of Maul
Mrs. Ruth
Ansonia
Dorothy
Fala
Man Dies Awaiting Misconduct Trial In Boston Area
Frank Salipanti 60s dies Saturday at Melrose Hospital while out on bail awaiting trial on misconduct charges involving a 12 year old girl. Indicted co defendants include Charles M. McCarthy William Mason and Walter M. Cotting Wakefield storekeepers. Police say the child’s home life was troubled and she had been taken into custody by a Boston society aiding child welfare.
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Frank Salipanti
Melrose Hospital
Trim
Salipanti
Charles M. McCarthy
William
Mason
Walter M. Cotting
Wakefield
Boston
Coal shipments accelerate to Boston and New England
Anthracite coal begins arriving in Boston and other New England points in growing quantities by rail and water. Pennsylvania railroads ordered embargoes to aid hard coal shipments from mines, a report that lifted spirits of local fuel distributors.
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Boston
New England
Pennsylvania
Railroads embargo freight as coal shipments rise nationwide
Two lines, the Delaware Lackawanna and Western and the Lehigh Valley, reported halting all freight except evestock perishable goods and coal. Officials cited President Harding's call to speed coal shipments, while Boston and New England ports began receiving large coal imports from Pennsylvania via multiple rail lines and barge shipments. Governor Cox received a federal telegram outlining coal distribution provisions.
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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Lehigh Valley
Evestock
Harding
New England
Boston & Maine Railroad
Mechanicsville
Lees Port
Webbisco
Salem
Boston
Germantown
Reading Company
Perth Amboy
Lehigh
Chicktowaga
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Federal fuel act limits to state markets and price controls
Under the Federal Fuel Act signed by the president, federal agencies restrict extortion only on interstate coal movements. State authorities set wholesale and retail margins. Maine plans to secure about 60 percent of its winter anthracite. Governor Sproul’s price cap of 3.50 at mines is enforced with complaints to the Pennsylvania Fuel Commission and possible car shutoffs for profiteers.
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Spens
Andrew P. Lane
Maine State Fuel Administration
Maine
New York
Pennsylvania
Hoover Pennsylvania Fuel Commission
Lane
Sproul
Pennsylvania Fuel Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Miss Shoemaker testifies Lavoy feared Creasy in school
Miss Edna M. Shoemaker, principal, testified that Edith Lavoy feared William Creasy of Fort Thomas, Ky. She described Lavoy bringing a revolver to the classroom earlier, and observed Lavoy hide as Creasy approached. The two were together in the classroom the day before Lavoy's death, and the shooting occurred several hours later.
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Mineola
N. Y
Edna M. Shoemaker
Edith Lavoy
William 1M
Creasy
Fort Thomas
Lavoy
Miss Shoemaker
Miss Lavoy
Misa Shoemaker
Lexington High to Meet Hudson on Columbus Day Gridiron
Faculty manager Albert F. Higgins of Lexington High School schedules an Oct. 12 football game against Hudson High School at Hudson.
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Albert F. Higgins
Lexington
Hudson
Harvest Fete in Auburndale Draws Boston Guests
The Corpus Christi parish of Auburndale hosts a harvest festival and a social in Norumbega Pavilion on Friday and Saturday evenings. Rev. Thomas P. MacManmon, formerly at St. Margaret's Dorchester, leads the new parish with plans to build a strong church community. Receptions run 7 3 to 8 o'clock nightly, with many visitors from Boston and a large Lowell contingent expected. George P. Brophy chairs arrangements, Mrs. F. A. O'Brien is secretary.
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Corpus Christi
Auburndale
Norumbegath
Thomas P. MacManmon
St. Margaret’s Church
Columbia Road
Dorchester
Boston
Lowell
MacManmon
George P. Brophy
F. A. O’brien
Faculty Additions at Huntington School
Four new instructors join Huntington School as of yesterday. Dr Edwin Wilder Harvard graduate named mathematics instructor. Stanley F White Yale graduate appointed science instructor. Celia Holmes Bates graduate with Harvard math work named mathematics instructor. James W Lees University of Glasgow graduate appointed English instructor.
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Huntington School
Edwin Wilder
Harvard
Stanley F. White
Yale
Cecily Holmes
Bates
James W. Lees
University of Glasgow
Controversy Over Public Library Book Retention
An order by Cotn James A Watson seeks fees for a library title and calls for a bar on a Dictionary from the public shelves. The matter sits pending as library trustees prepare to appear at the next council meeting to determine if the book should stay, with further oral passages from the author cited in debate.
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Cotn James A. Watson
Helen Nic
Watson
Dot Watson
Abraham Lincoln
Warren
Joseph
James Warren
Jon Ca
Samuel Adams
Corr
Janet
Otis
Three Stills Seized in Dorchester Raid
A Dorchester police squad under Sergeant Galley raided Solomon at 29 Tucker Street last evening. They seized three stills, one in operation, about 26 tons of alcohol and rubbing alcohol. A man named Jacob Gibbs, 9 Lawrence Street, was arrested and booked for keeping and exposing liquor.
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Seiz
Dorchester
Galley
Solomon
Tucker Street
Darsion
Jacob Gib
Lawrence ‘Street
Sea
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P. Hollander CO
London
Ulster
Boylston Street
Barbara Ann
Washington and West Sts
School of Business
Coleraine Club
Westfield Street Club
Long Sentenees
Federal Trust Company
Roxbury
Robert Crawford
St. Germain Street
Charles W. Turner
Weston Street
Charles C. Wright
Northampton Street
Herbert H. Johnson
Harrishot Street
Charles Myer
William Freeman
Griggs Street
Cambridge
Alexander McKnight
West Springfield Street
Andrew A. Simpson
George Hill
Harrison Avenue
Moses Rangland
Ball Street
Walter Hastings
Vernon Thompson
Walpole Street
Frank Johnson
Davenport Street
Edward Bemberry
Shawmut Avenue
Swift & Company
Nesgartt
Cox
Conrad FE. Spens
United States
Lexington VS. Hudson
Corpus Christi Parish
New Corpus Christi Church
Ueinawst Ie Eae
Paine
Paine’s
Fuera
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