Thieves Loot New England Mills Cars to New York
An organized band looted box cars on the New York New Haven and Hartford and Boston and Albany railroads, taking army loot and other goods from New England mills worth an estimated 50 000 to 100 000 dollars. The loot was hauled to New York City by autos from New England. Indictments name Marks Brooks and Nathan Kaplowitz among others as co defendants in a federal case charging violation of interstate commerce laws.
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New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Boston & Albany
Army Loth
Cvther
New England
New York City
Newngland
Marks Brooks
Nathan Kaplowitz
Hrooks
Kauplowitz
Federal Grand Jury
Boston
John P. Wall
William Wagent
Louis Fox
Howard C. Warren
Maurice Klain
Samuel
Abraham Smith
Draft Men to Let Government Buy Their Shoes
New York January 158 The millions of young men eligible for the second draft are not buying high priced shoes as they expect army purchases. Brockton shoe maker Farnum told the National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers association that a new customer class will emerge from 16 to 21 year olds leaving school who will wear men’s sizes. He predicts manufacturers must educate them to buy these grades and that prices may rise slightly next season but not enough to dampen demand.
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New York
Farnum
Brockton
National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
Arrest Davidson for Auto Law Violation
William Davidson, 18, of 42 Independence Road Myrtle Beach, was arrested last evening and booked on a charge of a Violation of the state auto laws. Police allege he failed to stop when summoned by a traffic officer. He was released on a $100 bond.
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William Davidson
Independence Road
Myrtle Beach
Davidson
Meanest Thief Stole Gifts for Pershing's Men
New York January 16 Judge Edwin C Thomas labeled Louis Strauss a meanest thief, sentencing the 68 year old to one year and six months in Atlanta penitentiary after he pled guilty to stealing a package for Sergeant Claude D Simpson in General Pershing's engineering forces. Strauss, an elevator operator at Grand Central Terminal, admitted taking tobacco, toilet supplies, playing cards and other items intended for soldiers, offering no motive but expressing remorse.
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New York
Edwin 5
Thomas
United States District Court
Louis Strauss
Atlanta
Strauss
Claude D. Simpson
Pershing
Grand Central Terminal
To Send Away Navy Recruits on Two Days
Navy recruiters in the Linco building Cannon street will send recruits to New Haven on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Twelve recruits per week will be accepted at the New Haven station. The State Department will not issue passports to wives of American naval or military officers in France without Navy approval. The Navy department awarded medals of honor to Marine corps members for bravery: Lt Col Smedley Butler Gunnery Sgt Daniel Daly 1st Sgt Ross Iams Capt William Upsher Capt Edward Ostermann.
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Navy
Linco
Cannon Street
New Haven
Department of State
France
Navy Department
United States Marine Corps
Smedley T. Butler
Daniel Daly
Ross L. Iams
William P. Upsher
Eddward A. Ostermann
Leaves Fortune to Italian Girl Seen in Italy
Hartford report states the late Wrastus A. Kingsbury left a fortune of about 50 000 dollars to a young Italian girl never before in this country as part of the Hartford estate settlement. Kingsbury enjoyed Hartford real estate and spent years in Viareggio where he aided an English Episcopal church. The legacy goes to one of the Italian woman’s two daughters connected with the church.<|vq_3639|>
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Hartford
Wrastus. A. Kingsbury
Atlantic
Kingsbury
Viareggio
Ligurian Sea
Ice Pack Halts New Haven Navigation Between Islands
A large ice pack nearly stopped traffic in Long Island Sound between Cornfield Shoals light ship and Falkners Island. Captain Anderson of the tug Ehmer A Keeler reported the jam forced the vessel to buck the ice for an hour before making headway toward New Haven. The tug arrived encrusted in ice.
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New Haven
Cornfield Shoals
Falkners Island
Long Island Sound
Anderson
Ehmer A. Keeler
New London
Dollar Day Sporting Goods Bonanza
A bustling sale advertises deep discounts on women and men’s gear. Furniture and sewing items share the spotlight with purses, stockings, gloves, and fabric by the yard. Notable bargains include skates, golf balls, boxing gloves, negligees, ties, serge fabrics, Madras shirtings, scarfs, and household linens.
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Hi. E. Fisher
TREAS
Chauncy Street
Wartford
James Bartlett Robertson
Loyal Legion
William E. Whittemore
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Talimarco
Fair Haven
United States
NEW Universities Dictionary
Bridgeport Telegram
Chamberlin
Shropshire
Bridgeport
Prowland's
Conn
Howee Crown
Mister Man
Madras and
Poplin
Bates
University
Howland
Dollar Day
Clark’s
Chambray and
Gingham
New
Hughes
Colgate’s
Nippon China
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