The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-06-27
NEW ENGLAND news
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Items Of Interest From Al
Sections Of Yanheeland

has arrived At 'Bethhsam 10 '''
woods in the suburbes OF Newport
RI They viii have a houseA''p
and the business details will be eatel
for by committee, Of whom Edl'p
Moore is chairman They are
work on farm and viii be paid y
day.
The inauguration o. Dean ktnne'p
charles Morton stills as the elGh'n
nresidcnt of Bowdoin college, biohS
wick Me. to succ,Nd the late v ~
Dewitt HYDE Was held in conjunction
with the ll5th commencement III 'ho
First Parish congregational eharep' I
HOLY Cross college Of WorcesleHI
Mass. graduated a diamond Rpl'''
class of rs for It's 18th anniversary.
Honorary degrees conferred included
Congressman Ambrose Kennedy ~
Rhode Island. doctor Of laws III.
James NJ. Collity. Manchesier y, u
master Of arts, Governor .amue
" Mccall awarded the diplomas. a
feature Of the decorations was ser
vice aar containing $50 stars repre-
senting Holy Cross men in the wal
service.
Chief Justice John A, Aiken OF the
superier court. Springfield Mass OF
dered the Jury TO bring in a Fetde'
for the defendant in the suit oil thF
Hampden Railroad corporation
aeaing, the Boston and Maine rH'-
road company to recover con
struction account OF nearly Va
GOO. 900 based an the failure Oh
the Boston and Maine railroad 10 fa''
NV a lease of the Hampden road. IN
giving his order TO the jury Judge
Aiken stated emphatically that ne was
not Influenced by any qeusnon OF
fraud The suit has been on trlal
since May q and the witnesses nave
included men now or in the recent
mast prominent in the railroad world
! An auto truck parcel post route te
run daily between New YORK ana
Portland, Me, beginning July l. was
announced last week. me route
will be operated by seven trucks pS
way Of Danbury Waterbury and Hart
ford, Conn, Springfield, Worcester
, Lowell and Portsmouth, N. H., ant
, abou, two and half days will be al
lowed between terminals.
j Frost at ST. Johnsbury killed nun
dreds of acres, of beans, corn and po
: tatoes. and seriously damaged othe
: crops.
Federal authorities have begun a
|. Investigation to ascertain the oris
II inal shipping point OF a carload Q
s 10000 pounds Of bad beef, held
g Portland, Me-, by a federal inspecto
d for the purpose OF returning It,
The Boston & Maine will make In
r movements at Greenfield, Mass. I'M
summer that will cost several millio
dollars. New bridges will be bul
I, over the Connecticut and Green rivei
and the yard equipment VIII I
al greatly increased
"A Walter j. Fitzpatrick OF New BET
~ ford, Mass, youth OF u years, va
=, sentenced to prison for life, for II
murder OF Mrs. Rebecca korobkin Ia
n March. He had pleaded guiity
murder In the second degree. Fit
+. patrick entered a variety store ke
IN nv Mrs. Korobkin and rifled the cal
register. Mrs. Korobkin attempt'
I'd TO leave for help and Fitzpatrick sh
k. her
e. In Bangor, Maine, and vicinl
MANY gardens were ruined last we
n by the heavy frost, but as the seas
is early second crops can be rails
IT. without much difficulty.
Authority TO administer the 20
rs 100000 fund recently provided by co
- gress for housing war workers
:. been delegated by President WIS
-. 10 Secretary Wilson OF the depa
ment OF labor. Plans for using !
al money at various congested indt
trial centers already have been pl
pared. They include Bath, M
Portsmouth, N. H., Quincy, Mass, /
nd ,,..u. Mass, and Newport, H. !.
CITY and town officials throught
M Massac husetts are encouraged
rs, semi- official estimates from the
commissioner that the income
.'s' this year will yield about $4,000
an increase OF Sl,500,O00 over
amount received last year. The 0
- cial announcement is not e1pec
-, before Aug. j.
A board is now al Camp Deve
ase Aver, Mass, to examine indlvidua
the the more than 20 applicants for G.
The scientious DIRECTORS who are at Ca
eri- Devens. The board comprises r
Ex- eral Judge Julian w Mack OF {
ed. cago, Dean II F. Stone OF the Gu
'm- bia University Law school and
the Richard G. Stoddard Of the Judge
yer vocate's once al Washington
ess will make its report direct 10 the !
department, which will then disp
OF the cases.
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