Navy plucks fourteen officers for compulsory retirement
Washington reports the naval board selected fourteen officers for compulsory retirement under the naval personnel act. Four captains, four commanders, four lieutenant commanders and two lieutenants are moved to the retired list effective June 30 to create vacancies for promotions. Most are Spanish American War veterans. Read is noted as permanently crippled from a fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States ‘Navy
Meyer
Leutenant
James T. Smith
Hancock
John T. Newton
Nebraska
Robert F. Lopez
Pacific Coast
Harry Phelps
New York Navy Yard
Patrick W. Hourigan
Newport
R. I
Harold K. Hines
Glacier
Edward T. Witherspoon
Prairie
John R. Edie
Naval Personnel Act
Read
Duplis Acquitted in Mountain Dance Fiddler Murder Case
Fred Duplis, on trial for ten days for the murder of fiddler Clarence Moffat at a Vermont mountain dance hall, was found not guilty. The defense argued Duplis did not start the fight and that self defense could justify his actions if fatal, with questions about Moffat’s cause of death. the jury deliberated four hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Fred Duplis
Clarence Moffat
Moffatt
Duplis
Moffat
Fiddler
Hundred Girls Donate Cuticle for Burned Schoolmate
Miss Alice Holgate, a Los Angeles schoolgirl, was helped by about one hundred peers who donated pieces of cuticle for a skin graft after a severe burn from a motorcycle exhaust. The grafting was completed yesterday and the patient is recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Alice Holgate
Concord Junction Fourth of July Celebration Sets Record
Despite extreme heat, Concord Junction held a safe and Sanest Fourth with a daylong program. A crowded night before bonfire lit the sky, parade capped by Marsh al Danial Lakin, and prizes to Riverview Laundry and others. Ball games, athletic events, fireworks and band concert drew large crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Lakin
Sergt. H. W. Chase
Riverview Laundry
Agathea, Club
H. H. Young
Johnson
Garvey
Dye
Reilly
Cullinane
Ralph Hewitt
King
Fallon
A. P. Simpson
Westvale
Public holiday observance praised for citizen cooperation
An account praises the national holiday observance here highlighting earnest citizen cooperation and a productive committee led by Charles Noll. It lists committee members and honorees, plus brief notes on local residents and visitors across Ames, Medford, Boston, Wellesley, and Brockton during the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Noll
M. J. Welsh
N. Adams
Benjamin Derby
John Snow
Burleigh Pratt
John G. Losing
A. E B. Pratley
W. B. Goddard
J. A. Garvey
Clarence Trufant
A. H. Willis
H.W. Chase
James Nagle
A. P. Simpson
Frederick Taylor
M. J. Collins
Philip Damon
Edward Loughlin
R. J. Stevenson
John Connorton
Funeral Obituaries and Local Heat Tragedies in Marlboro
The Marlboro notices report the funeral of Mrs Jessie M Langell at 10 Main Street with interment in Rocklawn cemetery led by Rev A H Wheelock. They note a large turnout for a Westboro parade and fire-prevention measures including cart netting at Howe box mill. Theodore Rossi horse died from the heat on Main Street. Also listed is the funeral of Miss Margaret A Callahan at Immaculate Conception Church with interment in the parish cemetery led by Rev W H Finnick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie M. Langell
Main St
A. H.wheelock
Rocklawn
Westboro
Howe Box
Theodore Rossi
Hill Et
Margaret A. Callahan
Immaculate Conception
W. H. Finnick
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Concord
Charles G. Kent
Main Street
Concord, Mass
Etted
Tam
Magee and
Crawford
Concord Junction
Mey
HJ. Hansen
Walden St., Concord
Gur
Colonial Inn
Mass
Eaon
Fe Aera
JW. Raymond
Walden Street
Naval Board
Span
Naval
Mountain Dance
Boston
Bertha E. Goode
Notre Dame Street
Providence
Amelia Grecto
Michael Teano
Central St
Maynard
Old Colony Trust Co
Loughlin
Delafield
Old Colony Trust
Hopkins Main St
James William Byron
Attorn t-Law
Hubbard Street
D. O. Hallstrom
B. L. Filene
Daniel Lynch
Patrick Lynch
Jeremiah K
William Collins
John Collins
Joe Lynch
John Maguire
Southboro
J. Montgomery Sears
Florence Hart
Ames Pl
Medford
Alice Bell
Howe St
John H. Baker
George Baker
Wellesley
Edward Cook
Washington St
Thomas Donavan
Marjorie Baker
Mechanic St
New York City
W. H. Jones
B. F. Greene
Berlin
Annie Sherman
Bridgewater
J. H. Baker
Elmer Larrabee
Lynchburg
Thomas Loftus
New Bedford
Justin Johnson
Howe Lumber Co
White
Robert Tanner
Fred Hanley
Revere
O. W. Albee
Detroit
Mich
P. Willard
Shawmut Ave
S. Fitzpatrick
John Burns
Mattapan
Thomas Mullen
Brockton
B. K. Wood
Burke Drug Co
Hastings St
John Robinson
William Mace
Grace Gree
Br. F. Greeley
Ley
Prince Edward's Island
Spencer Bros
Frank Stone
Commonwealth Avenue
John. Connors
Commonwealth Ave
Concord Jct
Clarence McAuslan
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