Mention of Aherns
in Newspaper Stories
1920-1930

MANY BOXERS TRAINING AT ACORN A. C. GYM ——— Popular Club to Offer Big Program for Smoker Tomorrow Night    The Acorn A. C. gym in Kossuth street is a busy place these days and about 15 boxers perform there daily. Its gym is a fine spot for training purposes and the local mitt artists realize it and never miss an opportunity to get over there and workout.    Among the boys who do their training at the Acorn club are: Louis Bogash, Larry Williams, Bud Palmer, Young Angelo, Young O'Leary, Chick Turner, Frankie Ahearn, Young Roach, Louie Leadoux, Leo Johnson, Panama George Dixon, Joe Boyne, Prof. Whithley, Young Delaney and Jimmy Coffey. — Bridgeport Telegram 21 January 1920

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POLICE RESCUE TWO FROM NORTH RIVER NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—Plunging into the ice filled North River at Thirty-seventh street, Policemen Frank Gibrier, William Ahearn and John McCarthy today rescued John Garvey, thirty-nine years old, of 596 Eleventh avenue, and Dover Gilbert, twenty-five years old, of 25 High street, Paterson, N. J. The officers were forced to dive several times before effecting the rescue. The two men were operating a large motor truck used by the street cleaning department and were about to dump a load of snow into the river when the rear wheels slipped, the truck went into the water and the men were sucked below the surface, when the machine sank. — Bridgeport Telegram 26 January 1920

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RAID ON SINN FEIN Many Arrests in Ireland    So far as is known, nearly 50 arrests were made in the counties of Cork, Clare, Tipperary, and Limerick. In Thurles, Co. Tipperary, a number of arrests was [sic] made on Friday night shortly before the meeting of the newly-elected Urban Council. Some of those taken into custody are members of the council. One of the prisoners is an organizer of the Transport Workers' Union and is the local president of Sinn Fein, and a third is a secondary teacher. Houses in the town were searched during the night. At Bantry, Co. Cork, Mr. R. Keyes, a newly-elected member of the Town Council and a well-known Sinn Feiner, was arrested, and Mr. J. Ahearne was taken at his home in Dunmanway. Thirteen arrests were made in the city of Limerick. The prisoners were taken by train to Cork, where they were afterwards joined by the Clare and Tipperary prisoners. In Cork city the number of men taken into custody was about 20.    Up to this afternoon none of the prisoners had been deported. The outgoing steamers at Kingstown and Dublin were watched last night by friends of the men in custody, but no deportations took place. — The Times 2 February 1920

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McNally and Silverman Held    Walter L. McNally, aged 22, and Joseph Silverman, aged 22, of Edgewood st. Roxbury, were held in $1000 each until next Thursday by Associate Justice Timothy J. Ahern in Roxbury yesterday. They pleaded not guilty of breaking and entering the apartment of Mrs. Jennie Hughes, 377 Dudley st. Roxbury, and stealing a pendant. “Human Fly” Elsmore Held in $10,000 Bonds    Harry C. Ellsmore, 22 years old, known as the “human fly,” who shot and wounded patrolman O'Connell of Brookline, pleaded guilty in Roxbury yesterday to breaking and entering and stealing and was held by Judge Ahern in $10,000 bonds.    Elsmore was charged with breaking into the apartment of Mrs. A. B. Chapman at 15 Queensberry st. Back Bay, while armed, and stealing valuables valued at $311, on Jan. 10, also with carrying a loaded revolver without a permit. To both complaints he pleaded guilty, waiving examination. Judge Ahern declined jurisdiction in the second complaint. — The Boston Globe 14 February 1920

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AFTER fourteen days from the publication hereof application will be made to the Supreme Court of the State of Victoria, in its Probate jurisdiction, that PROBATE of the LAST WILL of DANIEL JAMES AHERN, late of "Kiaora," Cranbourne road, Dandenong, in the said State, retired State school teacher, deceased, be granted to James Joseph Ahern, of Pakenham, in the said State, shire secretary, and Mary Agnes Ahern, of Dandenong aforesaid, trained nurse, the executors appointed by the said will. Dated this twenty-seventh day of May, 1920. MACPHERSON and KELLEY, 237 Colllns street, Melbourne, and at Dandenong, proctors for the applicants. — The Argus 28 May 1920

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TWO INQUESTS ABANDONED AT CORK. Jurors Refuse to Attend.    Coroner McCabe attended at the Cork military barracks yesterday evening to inquire into the death of John Aherne, of Coole East, White's Cross, whose dead body was picked up by the military on Saturday afternoon at the scene of the desperate attack on a military mail van, when five soldiers were wounded by a bomb hurled amongst them. District Inspector Heggert represented the authorities. Only six jurors attended, and the police said that it was impossible to empanel a jury.    District Inspector Heggert said that the jurors could not be forced to come, but the Coroner could fine them.    Coroner—Under these circumstances we cannot hold inquests. Relatives can take the body.    District Inspector Heggert asked did the same ruling apply to the inquest on Private Ernest Ballowe, of the Manchester Regiment, who died on Sunday as the result of wounds received in the Gougane Barra hold-up.    The Coroner replied in the affirmative, and both inquests fell through. — The Irish Times 3 August 1920

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THE DEAD CIVILIAN Telegraphing on Sunday night, our Cork correspondent states—In the attempt to ambush the military lorry yesterday morning, which was conveying mails from Cork Barracks to Fermoy garrison, a civilian, John Aherne, of Coole East, was killed, and other civilians were wounded. A number of persons arrested by troops afterwards in the vicinity of the outrage have been set at liberty, as they satisfied the military authorities that they had taken no part in the affray. The civilian who was picked up dead was wearing, it is said, the uniform of an officer of the Republican Army. — The Irish Times 7 August 1920

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COMMITTEE FORCED TO CONSIDER CASE OF DANNY AHEARN Antwerp, Aug. 13.—The American Olympic athletes at a boisterous mass-meeting tonight virtually forced the American olympic committee to reconsider the case of Dan Ahearn, the hop-step-and-jump champion, with the athlete's committee tomorrow. Ahearn was dismissed from the team today by the American olympic committee for alleged insubordination. — Charlotte Daily Observer 14 August 1920

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DAN AHEARN REINSTATED BY OLYMPIC COMMITTEE ANTWERP, Aug. 14—The dispute between the Olympic committee and members of the American team over disqualification of Dan Ahearn, world record-holder for the hop, step and jump, was settled today. Ahearn apologized for breaking the rule that all athletes must retire early and the committee reinstated him. The committee's action followed demands made by a committee representing the athletes that Ahearn be allowed to compete. Dissatisfaction among the American team with the manner in which the committee has proceeded was brought to a head with the disqualification of Ahearn, three times a contestant in the Olympics. The committee declaration that resulted from Ahearn's breaking training by not retiring at the hour set, caused a storm of protest. A mass meeting of the American team was called and demanded that the Ahearn case be reconsidered. The committee members, after attempting to explain their action, finally agreed to meet today and reconsider the disqualification. During the mass meeting, Judge Bartow S. Weeks, a member of the committee, declared: “Ahearn was trying to dictate to the committee. What would you say if the committee would stop you from competing?” The crowd jerred [sic] Weeks, and cries of “fine” and “that suits us” were heard from all parts of the crowd. The athletes formed a committee and threatened to overthrow the American Athletic Union on reaching home. Besides Ahearn, the committee disqualified Ted Schneider, American boxer, on grounds of professionalism. The leaders of the committee named by the athletes were Charlie Paddock, the crack Pasadena, Cal. sprinter; R. F. Remer of New York and F. C. Foss, Chicago. The navy crew, which has been unable to find quarters, is forced to sleep over a saloon built at the side of a canal. The dampness caused an epidemic of colds, which were not serious. — Oakland Tribune 14 August 1920

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Two Witnesses Arrested in Chicoine Murder Case Montreal, Sept. 22.—Two men have been arrested, one in Toronto, and another in Victoria, B.C., as possible material witnesses in the case of Constable Thomas Chicoine, who was murdered on his beat on the night of June 13 by men he interrupted while committing a burglary, the local police have been advised. The police are holding two more men here as witnesses. The police give the name of the man taken into custody in Toronto as Harold Ahearn. The name of the witness held in Vancouver has not been divulged here. — Manitoba Free Press 23 September 1920

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YALE '24 GETS 13 POINTS, VARSITY 21 Eli Cubs' First Tussle With Tad Jones' Regulars O'Hearn, Quarter, Outstanding Player for Youngsters NEW HAVEN, Oct. 19—In the first scrimmage of the year between the varsity and freshmen elevens of Yale University. Charlie O'Hearn, freshman quarterback, was the outstanding player. O'Hearn ran through the entire first eleven on one occasion for a touchdown and later threw a beautiful forward pass over the goal line to his teammate, Neidlinger. These two plays with a goal kicked by O'Hearn, accounted for the 13 points the 1924 team was able to collect. — The Boston Globe 20 October 1920

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HALLOWE'EN PARTY    A very enjoyable Hallowe'en party was held last evening at the home of Miss Mary Ahearn, 133 Main street. The interior of the house was beautifully decorated for the occasion with black and orange ribbon. Much amusement was furnished by the usual Hallowe'en games, after which selections were rendered by Miss Mary Ahern on the piano and John Ahern on the drum and xylophone.    Those present were Rita Grimes, Mary Ahearn, Mary Sullivan, Sarah Foley, Marie Callahan, Annastacia Ahearn, Anna Foley, Mrs. Foley, Catherine Lafferty, Anna Powers, Mary Winn, Elizabeth Shields, Mrs. Ahearn, Esther Duffy, Anna Young, Catherine Feeney, Josephine Joyce, John Ahern and Esther McGowan. — Woburn Daily Times 30 October 1920

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O'HEARN CLOSES CAMPAIGN WITH BIG AUTO PARADE Patrick O'Hearn, Democratic candidate for State Treasurer, brought his campaign to a close shortly before midnight at Fields Corner, where he was tendered a reception by several thousand of his friends and neighbors in Dorchester. The reception marked the conclusion of an automobile parade through the 26 wards of the city and through parts of Chelsea. Nearly 100 cars were in line when the parade left the home of Mr. O'Hearn at 126 Melville av. Dorchester. With buglers and red fire and placards the long auto procession passed through all the principal streets of Dorchester and the candidate who rode in the head car was greeted on every side. From Dorchester the string of cars went to South Boston, the South End, Charlestown, Chelsea, East Boston, Roxbury, West Roxbury, and Hyde Park. Mr. O'Hearn addressed briefly a few open-air rallies along the route, and predicted that he would win by 50,000 votes. — The Boston Globe 2 November 1920

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VOTE OF THE CITY For Treasurer 160 Precincts Out of 221 George H. Jackson (Cit.) . . . . . . 3,094 James Jackson (R) . . . . . . . . . . . 45,217 O'Hearn (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,657 ——— VOTE OF THE STATE Estimated State vote on returns from Boston, 304 towns out of 316 and with Boston and about four-fifths of the precincts in the other cities. For Treasurer 750 Precincts Out of 1206 George H. Jackson (Cit.) . . . . . . 12.848 James Jackson (R) . . . . . . . . . . 325,014 O'Hearn (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,964 — The Boston Globe 3 November 1920

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GOODS SEIZED BY THE MILITARY.    Our Fermoy Correspondent telegraphed last night :—This evening a large force of armed soldiers, accompanied by an armoured car, occupied the principal streets of Fermoy, while visits were paid to the premises of Messrs. J. J. Broderick, U.D.C., Patrick street; G. Power, U.D.C., McCurtain street; Patrick Ahern, Kent street; and the Royal Hotel, Pearse square. At each house a typewritten notice was delivered pointing out that the proclamation recently posted under martial law had been torn down, and that the town of Fermoy had been fined in the sum of £100. Thomas O'Mahony, Sunmount, Fermoy, and J. J. Broderick, Patrick street, who were persons of authority in the town were made responsible for the payment of the fine within four days from and including the 2nd January. In consequence of the non-payment of the amount, the notice further stated that the confiscation of property to the value of £100 of the leading townsmen, as in the schedule, was directed.    The schedule set out that the following amounts would be levied :—Mr. G. Power, cloth, value £25; Mr. Broderick, fancy goods, £25; Mr. Ahern, wines and beer, £25; the Royal Hotel, wines, £25.    Accordingly the goods named were removed and taken to the military barracks. The proprietors refused to give any help in the removal of the goods, but the work was carried out with as little inconvenience as possible. — The Irish Times 7 January 1921

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Incidents in the Provinces The house occupied by Mr. William Aherne, Mullagh road, Miltown-Malbay, has been commandeered by the police. This is the third house taken over by the military. — The Irish Times 24 January 1921

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BOWLERS WIND UP WITH BANQUET AND AWARDS    The bowlers of Decatur & Hopkins Company of Boston held a banquet in Young's Hotel last night in observance of the windup of the season. Albert H. McMahon, head of the league, was toastmaster and about 25 were present. These officers of the company were guests: Pres. A. H. Decatur, J. H. Jones and John Shaughnessy.    The “Rubes,” captained by Albert McMahon, won first prize with the “Red Sox,” captained by William Ahern, second. The high three-string prize went to the “Rubes,” and the high single string to the “Indians,” captained by Harold Goff. John \ Chisolm won the individual three-string prize and Henry Gray the high single string.    Musical selections were furnished y Daniel Mahoney and a musical sketch by Carl Brinkman and George Sloan. — The Boston Globe 5 April 1921

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Benicia Notes Charles Dresch, acting as caretaker of Colonel O'Hearn's [sic] home during the Colonel's absence on a vacation, became demented and laboring under the illusion that he had received a wireless message from the Colonel instructing him to destroy all papers and books, proceeded to do so and wrought a great deal of damage before his peculiar actions aroused suspicion. The Colonel has not yet returned, but the value of the property destroyed will amount to several hundred dollars. Nothing is known of the man or his relatives. He has been employed by Colonel O'Hern for several months and had always performed his duties faithfully. — Oakland Tribune 17 July 1921

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BISHOP OF DENVER RECEIVED BY POPE ROME, Aug. 4.—Monsignor J. Henry Tihen, bishop of Denver, Colorado, was received in audience by Pope Benedict yesterday, presenting a report of his diocese which the pontiff found to be most satisfactory. Later Bishop Tihen introduced to the pope a group of 30 American Pilgrims, to whom Pope Benedict delivered a short address, which was translated by Monsignor Charles A. O'Hern, rector of the American college here. The pontiff said he greatly appreciated the visit of the Americans, especially because of the difficulties of travel at present, and the oppressive heat. He imparted the apostolic benediction at the close of his talk. — Bridgeport Telegram 5 August 1921

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Commerce Chambers Plan United Advertising Drive TAHOE TAVERN, Aug. 13.—Representatives from twenty counties, comprising the watershed of the Sacramento River, in session here today are initiating a campaign of advertising on a co-operative basis. These twenty counties are organized as the United Chambers of Commerce of the Sacramento Valley and include Amador, Butte, Colus, Eldorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyon, Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo and Yuba. Colonel E. P. O'Hern, commandant of the Benicia arsenal, is president of the organization. — Oakland Tribune 14 August 1921

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Col. O'Hern had as his guests this week, Dr. Charles O'Hern and wife and John Larkin of Tulsa, Okla., who are making a tour of California. Dr. O'Hern is a cousin of Col. O'Hern. — Oakland Tribune 4 September 1921

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SHOCKING CORK TRAGEDY YOUNG MAN SHOT DEAD BY ARMED MAN A shocking tragedy occurred on Wednesday evening a few miles outside Cork as a result of which Maurice Christopher Ahern, aged 23 years, of Monard, near Cork, lost his life. On his way home from the city he was held up by a man who attempted to rob him, and because Aherne [sic] refused to part with his money, the assailant fired, killing him. Interviewed by an “Examiner” representative yesterday morning, the deceased's father who was very visibly affected by the great shock of his son's tragic death, said his son was killed about twenty past seven o'clock on Wednesday evening. The tragedy occurred at Rathpeacon, at the two-mile-stone on the new Mallow road. His son had been delivering milk in the city, as was his daily custom, and was on his way home at the time of the shooting. He was driving in a pony-milkvan, and was accompanied by a friend of his, a man named Daniel Healy, of Coolowen. When they had reached the two-mile-stone, a man stepped into the road in front of the car. He had a revolver in his hand, and raised the weapon as he shouted to the deceased to halt. Ahern pulled up the pony, and the next order was for both he and Healy to “get off.” They obeyed, and stood on the road with their hands up. The armed man addressed Ahern, and demanded his money. The deceased, of course, was in the habit of bringing home varied sums of money after each delivery of milk. Sometimes these amount to £10, but there were more often somewhat less that this. The armed man persisted in his demand for the money even after Ahern refused to give it to him. He threatened to shoot unless the money was handed over, but Ahern still refused. Pointing his revolver at the deceased, the man said, “I'll fire if you don't give it to me!” Ahern still ignored the threat, whereupon the armed man, counting slowly “One—two—three—” fired at Ahern as he said “three.” The deceased, struck by the bullet through his head, collapsed. On subsequent examination it was found that the bullet had entered one of his eyes and passed out the back of his head, so that death must have been instantaneous. When the assailant fired, Healy afraid that he too would be shot, decided to make a dash for safety, and he was successful in getting away uninjured. The pony bolted on hearing the shot, so that there were none left on the road but the armed assailant, with the dead body of the man he had just killed, stretched at his feet. Some time afterwards another milkman, James Mullane, of Monard, was passing on his way home, and was horrified to see the body of Maurice Ahern lying on the road. He was joined a few minutes later by James Mulcahy, of Kilcronan, and the two managed to remove the body into a neighbouring house. A priest was sent for, and in a short time Rev. Father O'Flynn, C.C., Whitechurch, arrived and administered the last rites of the Church. The body was next placed on a car and removed to the residence at Monard of the deceased's father, where it still lies, and where it is expected an inquiry into the tragedy will be held. The deceased's relatives have made a full report to the I.R.A. authorities and the to I.R.A. liaison officer. The deceased was of splendid physique, being over six feet in height, and was a young man of excellent character. He was a member of the I.R.A., and was held in the greatest esteem not alone by his comrades in that body, but by all who knew him. He was the youngest of a family of three boys and a girl. It has been ascertained that deceased's watch, as well as his money, were missing from the body when it was discovered. MR. HEALY'S STORY. ——— “Believed the Revolver Empty” ——— THE MAN ON THE BICYCLE. ——— Interviewed by an “Examiner” representative, Mr. Daniel Healy, who was the deceased's companion on the occasion, told a story very similar to that outlined above. When they were halted the man was standing more or less in the ditch, where he had, apparently been concealed, and he was in a position below the level of the road. Mr. Healy was on that side of the car, and the armed man came to the car and felt his pockets, and asked him if he had any money. They were both then ordered to “get out of that car,” and they did so. Addressing Ahern, the man ordered him to hand over the money, and, Ahern refusing he threatened to shoot. Once he commenced counting “one, two, three,” but stopped again to demand the money. Finally, he again counted “one, two, three,” and as he uttered the word “three,” he fired killing Ahern. Here Mr. Healy interposed with an explanation of Ahern's determined refusal to part with the money, in spite of the man's threats. In the same district a man was held-up a considerable time ago, and money was demanded in the same fashion. This gentleman, too, persisted in refusing to hand over his money, as he guessed his assailant to be really unarmed. His guess proved correct. The revolver was either empty, or, more probably, a dummy weapon, so that the robber could not make good his threats to shoot. Consequently this gentleman escaped with his money. “It is only quite recently,” said Mr. Healy, “that Ahern told me this story. He must have misjudged the situation on Wednesday night, and believed that the man could not fire.” Mr. Healy added that he himself was under the impression that the man could not fire—that the revolver was either unloaded or a dummy. The repeated threats, without any attempt being made to put them into force, naturally tended to confirm this belief, and it was not until the shot had actually been discharged that Mr. Healy realised the “hold-up” was genuine, and that the man was prepared to shoot. The shooting, continued Mr. Healy, occurred about a quarter to half a mile beyond what is locally known as the “one-eyed bridge.” It was between quarter past and half past seven, and was almost dark, so that close as he was to him, Mr. Healy could not see his assailant very well, and consequently he is not able to give an accurate description of the man. He seemed to be well-dressed and was not masked, although his cap, which was a dark one, was pulled down over the forehead. When he spoke at first and said, “Put your hands up!” there did not seem to be anything unusual about his accent, but his subsequent remarks were made in an English accent. In Mr. Healy's opinion, however, the voice was disguised. When Ahern fell dead on the road Mr. Healy ran back towards Cork to warn the others coming along the road, as he feared there might be a gang of men working there instead of only the one who had accosted them with such tragic results. “Every minute,” said Mr. Healy, “I expected to get a bullet in my back as I was running.” The man, however, did not fire again. After running for about a quarter of a mile Mr. Healy met Mullane in his car with a few others. He stopped them and told them what had occurred, and after consultation they decided to make a detour via a boreen and get help at Mr. Daniel Walsh's. Mr. Healy, accompanied by a few others, continued on till they came out on the main road beyond where the shooting had occurred, and here they inquired at a cottage if Ahern had yet passed home. Mr. Healy was at that time not aware of his friend's fate. While they were at the cottage the pony passed them at a gallop. He had not bolted at first, but apparently something frightened him some time after the shooting. The car was empty, and they then realised that Ahern had been hit. A man riding on a bicycle next passed, remarking as he did so that there was a burglar “above there.” This man on the bicycle seemed to be very like the man who had shot Ahern, and in Mr. Healy's opinion, he was the same man. Mr. Healy was careful to explain, however, that he was by no means sure of this. His reasons for believing the two were the same man were various. Firstly, the description and tone of the voice were much the same. Secondly, the man on the bicycle had come from the direction of the shooting, and was not seen by anyone going in that direction, or was not seen by the men whom Mr. Healy met on the road. Thirdly, even if he saw Ahern's body he could not know definitely that there was a burglar on the road, as he was not present at the shooting. Fourthly, he cycled away, a most unusual thing for any ordinary passerby to do under the circumstances. A man named J. J. Murphy, of Coolowen, then went down to the scene of the shooting, followed by the little group of whom Mr. Healy was one. Murphy examined the body and said Ahern was dead. Mr. Healy then went over and knelt beside his dead friend. The others also knelt down on the roadside, and all commenced to pray. Mr. Healy recited the Act of Contrition, bending over Ahern's body, and then continued with the Rosary and other prayers. A priest had meantime been sent for, and when he arrived, Mr. Healy set off to break the sad news to deceased's family. The body was taken at first into a neighbour's house, Monard, yesterday, a jury having been sworn and the body viewed, on the application of the deceased's father the Foreman, with the assent of the jury, gave permission for the removal of the body to the Blarney Catholic Church. The inquest will be held at Blarney this morning. The remains were accompanied to the Church by a large number of friends and acquaintances, and the deepest sorrow was manifested on all sides. — The Cork Examiner 7 Oct. 1921

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IRISH FARMERS' UNION.    At a meeting of the North Liberty Branch of the Irish Farmers' Union held last evening, at which Mr. Tim Corcoran presided, a vote of condolence, on the proposition of Mr. Joseph Forrest, seconded by Mr. Maurice Burke, supported by all present, was passed unanimously to the parents of the late Mr. Maurice Christopher Aherne [sic] on his tragic death. — The Cork Examiner 7 October 1921

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THE CORK TRAGEDY. ——<•>—— EVIDENCE AT INQUEST. ——— GRAPHIC NARRATIVES. ——— Verdict of Murder At 12 o'clock yesterday, Mr. George B. Horgan, LL.B., solr., Deputy Coroner, held an inquest at Corcoran's Hotel, Blarney, to inquire into the circumstances of the death of Maurice Christopher Aherne [sic], 24. I.R.A., Monard, Whitechurch, who was shot dead while returning home from Cork on Wednesday night, 5th inst., on the public road at Rathpeacon, by some person at present unknown. All the arrangements for the inquest were in the hands of the I.R.A. police, who were represented at the inquest by the Brigade Officer. The following jury were sworn :—Messrs. Ed. Aherne (foreman), Ml. Buckley, Laurence McNamara, Patrick Sullivan, James O'Mahony, Timothy Forrest, Dl. Buckley (Kilcully), Jeremiah Crowley, Dl. Buckley, John Walsh, Daniel Delaney, Jas. O'Riordan, Edward Flynn, Edward Scully, and James Murphy. Maurice Ahern, father of the deceased, deposed that his son went into Cork to deliver milk twice daily. About 7.40 on the 5th inst. he was told by Mr. Daniel Healy, Coolowen, that his son was lying on the road, and that he (Mr. Healy) was afraid he was dead. The pony having come back with nobody on the car. Witness was going towards the place when Mr. Healy spoke to him. He then proceeded along the road and was taken into Mr. Lynch's house. He went into the house and there he saw his son dead. To the Coroner—Witness did not know how much money his son would be bringing home. The sums varied, but witness did not know the average amount. His son was selling witness's milk, but was keeping the money himself as he paid witness for the milk. A sum of £2 3s 0s was found on his body, but his watch was missing. To the Foreman—Witness could not say whether his son had ever brought home less than £2 3s 0d. Witness did not know the amounts of money his son brought home. To the Brigade Officer of the I.R.A. Police—The deceased left home that evening at 6 o'clock. He usually returned at half-past seven or eight o'clock. The £2 3s 0d was found in the deceased's hip pocket. When he came home at night he usually took the money out of his front pocket and counted it. When his clothes were examined on Wednesday night deceased had no money in his front pocket. To the Coroner—The watch deceased had was not very valuable. When witness met Mr. Healy it was fairly dark. Daniel Joseph Healy, accountant, employed by Messrs. Suttons, Ltd., South Mall, Cork, residing at Coolowen, was the next witness. He deposed that he met the deceased about a quarter to seven on Wednesday evening at Blackpool, near the church. Deceased was on his way home at the time. He had his pony and milk-cart with him and pulled up when he saw witness. Deceased, who lived not far from the witness, asked him if he would care for a lift. Witness acquiesced, and got into the van. They drove along the Commons road, going at a sling-trot, but now and again a little faster. It took them about 20 or 25 minutes to get to Rathpeacon. Coroner—What actually happened then? Witness, continuing, said they were going along the road after calling at a cottage, and were chatting together, when a man suddenly appeared at the lefthand side of the road. He ran towards them, flourishing a revolver, and ordered them to stop and put their hands up. It was dusky at the time. Witness here, in reply to the Coroner, gave a description of the man, added that from his general behaviour “there was no doubt he was an accomplished bandit.” Continuing his evidence, witness said, in reply to a question from the Coroner, that he did not see any bicycle about. He could see the man's revolver quite clearly. After ordering them to put up their hands, the man approached the side of the car nearest him, which was the side at which witness was sitting. Glancing down the road towards the city and still holding the revolver in his hand, the man said to witness “Have you any money on you?” Witness, replying to him said, “Surely a father of ten children, on a weekly salary, would not have much spare money.” When the man first spoke and told them to put up their hands, there was nothing unusual in his voice. But when he repeated witness's answer “Father of ten children?”—he spoke in what witness took to be an English accent. At the same time he felt witness's pocket and while doing so he continued “keeping an eye ” towards the city. After he had examined witness's pockets, the man leaned across witness and felt Ahern's pockets. The car was narrow and low, so that the man had not much difficulty in leaning over. He then said, “Get out of that car.” Deceased and witness both got out of the car, on the same side, namely that on which the man was standing. The man faced deceased first. Witness here commented that from his actions the man probably knew who he was looking for all right. He then said to the deceased “Give up the money.” The deceased refused, saying “I will not.” The man again demanded the money, and deceased said it was not his. The man then told deceased he would fire if deceased would not hand over the money, but deceased still refused. Again deceased was asked for the money several times under threats of firing, but he maintained his refusal to part with the money. This went on for some time, the conversation lasting from five to ten minutes—probably about seven minutes. Coroner—What happened then? Witness, continuing, said the man counted, “One, two, three”—but paused again to demand the money. Witness here interjected that the man, before this dialogue started, turned to the witness and asked whose was the money witness had. Witness replied “My employers,” and then being asked who they were, told him. The man then turned his attention to Ahern. Finally the man asked deceased under penalty of being shot to hand over the money, and when deceased once more refused, counted “One, two, three,” with a slight pause between each word. After he said “three” the man again asked for the money, and when the deceased refused the man fired. As the shot rang out, witness turned and ran towards the city. He ran about a quarter of a mile. He did not know then that the deceased had been killed. Deceased never uttered a sound when the shot was fired. Witness thought it might have been a blank shot, or have failed to hit Ahern. Answering the brigade officer of police, witness said when the man spoke first it seemed to be in an ordinary Southern accent. The man's search of both witness and deceased did not appear to have been for arms. Robbery was unquestionably the motive. The body was lying on the left hand side of the road going from Cork when next witness saw it. The head was facing the left-hand ditch, and the legs towards the centre of the road. It was possible for the man to have a bicycle concealed there. After the shot was fired witness ran down the road for about a quarter of a mile and met James Mullane and a boy. While he was telling Mullane about the occurrence he saw a cyclist passing, the man riding the bicycle having come from the direction of the shooting. He appeared to witness to be the same man as the man who had held them up, and witness remarked this to Mullane at the time. The cyclist passed quickly—in fact shot past like a flash. Coroner—Riding very quickly? Witness—Oh, very fast. Continuing, witness said there was a down hill at that particular spot. Witness had his back turned and did not see the cyclist until the cyclist was actually passing him. Witness was talking and did not hear everything the man said. Mullane told him the cyclist had said, “There is a burglar above there,” but witness, who was talking himself, only caught the words “——above there.” A Juror—Would it have been a “murder” above there? Witness—I did not hear it myself, but Mullane said “burglar.” Witness, continuing said the cyclist passed so quickly that they had not the time to stop him, even though he (witness) suspected the man was the same as he who had held them up. Witness and his companions made a detour, to get help, as he thought there might be a gang of assailants there, and came out on the road beyond where the shooting took place. Returning he found the body in the position already described—on the right side going towards the city, on the left going towards the country. To the Foreman—Witness frequently got a lift home from the deceased though more often from John Joe Murphy. It would not be possible for the cyclist to pass along the road without seeing the body. A juror here asked was the body lying face downwards or on its back, and the witness replied, “On its back, not face downwards.” The juror remarked that that would account for the money having been left in the hip pocket, although there was none in the front pocket, and the watch too, was gone. Dr, Michael Donovan, Whitechurch, stated that he examined the body of deceased on Thursday evening at Mr. Ahern's residence at Monard. He found there was what appeared to be a revolver wound at the inner side of the left eye. This was an entrance wound. At the back of the head there was a larger wound which witness took to be an exit wound. The bullet passed in almost a straight line through the head, the wounds being almost opposite. There was a superficial wound on the left eyebrow such as could be caused by a fall. It was not a deep wound—merely superficial. Shock due to a bullet passing through the brain was the cause of death. Witness did not find any particles of lead or anything of that nature. Death could be instantaneous from such a wound. James Mullane, Monard, Whitechurch, said that on the evening in question, about twenty-past seven, he was driving home in the car when he saw Mr. Healy running towards him. Mr. Healy, who looked very excited, told witness to stop, and said “Don't go up that road as there is a robber there and he has attacked Maurice Ahern.” Mr. Healy added that he heard the explosion and ran away. While conversing with him witness saw a cyclist who had come down the road, pass them. Neither witness nor Mr. Healy saw him approach. After passing them and when he had got a distance of twenty yards, the cyclist shouted back “There is a burglar above there.” The cyclist, who did not stop, was going very quickly. Mr. Healy then said to witness, referring to the cyclist, “That must be he.” Witness made a detour. He wanted to go up the road but the others would not let him, for fear there might be a gang of assailants there. They consequently made a detour, as Mr. Healy had described, and went for help, after which they went to where the body was lying in the position already described by Mr. Healy. A juror commented on the cyclist's strange remark, and said he wondered why the cyclist said nothing about the body, when he could not have failed to see it. It was very suspicious, and he thought it showed the cyclist was at least concerned in the affair. This concluded the evidence. The Coroner said, in summing up, that they had not so much light yet thrown on the identity of the man who had actually committed the terrible deed, but it was quite clear that the deceased was murdered by some person at present unknown. They could only hope that this unknown person would be discovered and captured and that he would be brought to justice. The evidence showed very clearly that the motive was robbery and he suggested that the jury return a verdict of murder by some person unknown, on the public highway. The jury then found as follows :—“The deceased, Maurice Christopher Ahern, was murdered on the public highroad at Rathpeacon, County Cork, on the 5th day of October, 1921, by being shot in the head with a revolver by a person unknown, whose object was robbery.” The jury, the Coroner and the Brigade Officer of Police all expressed sympathy with the relatives of the deceased. THE FUNERAL. The funeral of Mr. Ahern took place almost immediately after the inquest had concluded, from Blarney Church, to which the body was removed Thursday night for Garrycloyne. The cortege was immense, and large numbers walked after the hearse. Hundreds of cars and traps of all description were present. The chief mourners were :—Maurice Ahern (father), Mrs. Ahern (mother), Denis and John Ahern (brothers), Miss Nora Ahern (sister), Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cashman and Mr. and Mrs. Denis Cashman (uncles and aunts), Mr. and Mrs. David Kenneally (do.), Mrs. Harte (aunt), Daniel Delaney, John and Mrs. Ahern, Mrs. Cashman (Killeagh), Patrick Ahern, Tom, Michael and Denis Ahern, Edward and John Ahern, etc. (cousins), Mr. P. Ryan, Relieving Officer, and Mr. Wm. Ryan. As already stated there was an immense attendance of the general public, and a number of beautiful wreaths were placed on the grave. The officiating clergymen were :—Very Rev. M. Canon Barrett, P.P., Blarney; Rev. Father O'Flynn, C.C., Whitechurch, and Rev. Father Whalan, C.C., Blarney. The funeral arrangements were carried out successfully by T. Seacy, Undertaker, The Square, Blackpool. — The Cork Examiner 8 October 1921

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MARRIAGE AHERN—O'CALLAGHAN—On Oct. 4th, at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farran, by the Rev. B. McKenna, C.C., Daniel J. Ahern, Carnody, Dripsey, to Ellen Mary (Ciss), daughter of Dan D. and Mrs. O'Callaghan, Currahaly, Farran. — The Cork Examiner 18 October 1921

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Boy Scouts Rally [. . .] This is the first rally of the scouts since last spring and the council wishes to make it the most successful rally ever held in Arlington. The committee in charge, Charles H. Stevens, chairman; James H. Jones and George E. Ahern, have worked hard and boys arranged a program that is sure to provide most interesting. — Arlington Advocate 21 October 1921

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"Big Dan" Ahern Now Undisputed Champion Hartford Police Sergeant Tallest "Cop" in World, Looming Up One and One-Half Inches Above Representative of Woolworth Building City. Sergeant Daniel B. Ahern, known throughout the city as "Big Dan," is no longer merely Hartford's largest policeman. He is now the tallest policeman in the world. Several months ago enterprising "boosters" of the New York police department busied themselves with the collection of data regarding towering bluecoats, with the object of comparing one of their "giants" with the village and hamlet coppers throughout the civilized world. And the result of their investigation was the hailing of a New York policeman as the "tallest policeman in the world." He was said to be 6 feet, 6 inches tall in his stocking feet. But the news hunters who exploited their idol's picture on first pages and in magazines and feature sections overlooked Hartford and its big guardian, and "Big Dan" promptly kicked off his shoes and, upon official measurement, registered 6 feet, 7 1/2 inches in height. Sergeant Ahern is very modest in announcing his claim to the title and refuses to pose for a full-length photo, but his friends have taken up the fight and the metropolitan boosters have been notified that they are much in the shade. According to the data obtained by them for the idolizing of their own candidate "Big Dan" Ahern is the tallest policeman in the world. — Hartford Daily Courant 12 November 1921

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Storm Damage Gangs of men were hustled out of bed Sunday night to try and cope with the storm, but their best effort availed little. The men, under Tree Warden Daniel M. Daley, Town Engineer George E. Ahern, and Wire Superintendant Mason, worked hard and well but their work in many cases went for naught on Monday night when the wind freshened materially, prostrating many more poles and trees and undoing a large part of the work accomplished during the day. Many orchards were ruined, by the trees being split. Shade trees as well as ornamental bushes suffered heavily and in many instances were ruined. — Arlington Advocate 2 December 1921

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CONSTABLE SHOT. ALLEGED ASSAILANT CHASED. Revolver Shots in Scrub. ECHUCA, Tuesday—Shortly before 4 o'clock this afternoon Constable Bassett, of the Moama police, was instructed by Sergeant Goodwin to quell a disturbance at the home of Thomas Ahearn, in Victoria street. As the constable approached the house it is alleged that John Ahearn, aged about 24 years, rushed to a sulky standing near by, and, grasping a Winchester rifle, fired it. A bullet struck Bassett on the right arm, fracturing the bone, and embedding itself in the flesh. The constable was removed to a private hospital and the bullet extracted. Sergeant, Goodwin meanwhile went in search of John Ahearn, who had driven off in the gig in the direction of Deniliquin. Mounted on a bicycle, the sergeant overtook John Ahearn about five miles from Moama, where Ahearn is said to have unharnessed the horse and taken to the bush. Sergeant Goodwin says that he called upon the man to surrender, and that immediately Ahearn put up his hands, but suddenly turned and bolted through the timber. Two shots from the sergeant's revolver brought Ahearn to a standstill. Ahearn, handcuffed, was brought to Moama and locked up on a charge of having shot with intent to murder. He will be brought before the Police Court to-morrow, when a remand will probably be applied for. — The Argus 15 February 1922

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At Springfield road barracks there was a distressing accident which resulted in the death of Police Sergeant Eugene Ahern.    So far as can be learned, one of the men in the barracks pulled the trigger of a machine-gun under the impression that it was empty, one cartridge, however, remained, and Ahern received a wound to which he succumbed. — The Irish Times 16 February 1922

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TWO MEN ARRESTED James Mastrone, of 170 Brooklawn avenue, and Frank Ahearn, a boxer, of 1279 Park avenue, were arrested last night at the entrance of a dance hall on Fairfield avenue on charges of breach of the peace. Special Policeman Dunnigan, who took them into custody, claimed they interfered with him while he was engaged in quieting three boisterous sailors. — Bridgeport Telegram 29 March 1922

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SIX MEN CONVICTED IN THE CITY COURT    Peter Lecharty, of 652 Harral avenue, who smashed a bottle over the head of Traffic Policeman Daniel A. Fitzroy on John street Tuesday night, was fined $10 and costs.    Convicted of robbing 15 gas meters of $58 dollars in quarters, Fred C, Smith of Capitol avenue was sent to jail for six months and fined $100 and costs when arraigned in the City court yesterday morning. The money claimed to have been stolen will be turned over to the Bridgeport Gas Light company.    James Mastrono of 470 Brooklawn avenue was fined $10 and Frank Ahearn of 1279 Park avenue was fined $5 for participating in disturbance in front of a dance hall on Fairfield avenue Tuesday night. — Bridgeport Telegram 30 March 1922

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SCHOOL DANCER BADLY BURNED Marlboro High Girl's Dress Takes Fire Mildred Deming in Serious Condition in Hospital Victim Rushed From Stage in Midst of Audience    MARLBORO, June 22—Miss Mildred Deming, 15-year-old daughter of Mrs. Anna Deming of 235 South st and a student at Immaculate Conception Parochial School, is in precarious condition at the Marlboro Hospital suffering from severe burns on her chest, arms and face, which she sustained this afternoon when her clothing caught fire while acting in a play being presented in the assembly hall of the Marlboro High School.    The girl was one of the stars of “Astra, The Health Theory,” produced under the auspices of the Red Cross before students of the fifth, sixth, and seventh grades of the city. The girl, who is well known in this locality as a toe dancer, was going on the stage for the last part of the performance and she carried a large five-pointed star which was illuminated with sparklers. From what can be learned the sparklers set fire to her flimsy costume.    When her costume caught fire, she rushed frantically from the stage and was grabbed by Michael Flannery, janitor of the building, before she left the rear of the stage. Flannery attempted to pull the outer garment off her, but she broke away from him and dashed into the auditorium. While attempting to pull the garment off, Flannery was badly burned about both hands and also about the face.    Miss Mary E. Ahern, a school nurse, followed the hysterical girl, threw a linen duster around her and put out the blaze.    In the meantime the young audience was in a great state of excitement, but all kept their seats at the commands of their teachers. During the excitement some one rang on a fire alarm and this attracted the attention of Supt. E. P. Carr, who has an office in the building. When he was informed of the cause of the alarm, he summoned for Dr. J. J. Kelley, the school physician, who gave first aid and sent the girl to the hospital. — The Boston Globe 23 June 1922

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BRIDGEPORT BOY AT POLI'S IS WELCOMED HOME    Dr. and Mrs. E. F. McGovern of Lafayette street, entertained last night in honor of Will and Gladys Ahern, who are playing at the Poli theatre this week. Mr. Ahern is the brother of Mrs. McGovern, and has traveled through the United States in many Western acts. Mrs. Ahern is a native of Omaha.    The affair last night included novelty acts by the guests, singing and dancing. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hansen of Stamford; Mr. and Mrs. William Ziska of New York city; Edward Lewis of Bridgeport; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McGovern, Dr. and Mrs. McGovern and Will and Gladys Ahern.    It is just three and one-half years since Mr. Ahern visited his Bridgeport home. The party did double duty as both a welcome home affair and a farewell event. For the team, Will and Gladys, expect to leave shortly on a foreign circuit tour, which will include Africa and England. They will be gone about nine months. — Bridgeport Post 4 July 1922

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CHAUFFEUR MECHANIC, six years experience, expert driver, courteous and reliable, wishes private position; city or country. George D. Ahearn, 1279 Park Ave., City or Morningside 8835, New York. — Bridgeport Telegram 10 July 1922

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12-Year-Old Boy, Eager for Errand, Struck by Stratford Man One boy is dying, another is in critical condition and a woman was severely injured as the result of three accidents yesterday in which automobiles and street cars were concerned. Eagerness to earn a dime or quarter by carrying a woman's handbag may cost 12 year old Pierre Genignani of 95 High street his life. He tried to outrun several companions across Stratford avenue near the railroad viaduct to solicit luggage-laden passengers leaving the steamer Park City at 6:15 o'clock, when he dashed into the path of an automobile driven by David Ahearn of Main street, Stratford, The fender of the car knocked the boy down and his skull was fractured. Wheels of the car passed over his body causing grave internal injuries. Witnesses say they saved the boy further injuries when Ahearn, under stress of excitement, started to back his automobile over the prostrate boy a second time. Horrified cries from the sidewalks warned him. Ahearn was placed under arrest and charged formally with reckless driving. He was released in bonds of $1,000. Dr. E. J. Susslin removed the injured boy to St. Vincent's hospital where it was said late last night his death was momentarily expected.  . . .  — Bridgeport Telegram 26 July 1922

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CORONER TO HOLD HEARING IN CASE OF INJURED BOY An imminent death hearing into the accident in which 12-year-old Pierre Gengignani, of 95 High street was struck and knocked down by an auto on Stratford avenue Tuesday night, is to be held by Coroner John J. Phelan at the Court House this morning at 9:30 o'clock. The driver of the car, David Ahearn, of Stratford, will testify. — Bridgeport Telegram 27 July 1922

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DENOUNCES ACTS BY DEVALERA AND FOLLOWERS State Friends of Irish Freedom Urge Repudiation of “Envoys” NEW HAVEN, Dec. 31.—Denouncing the killing of women and children by followers of Eamon De Valera as murder, and the destruction of business enterprises, buildings, roads, etc., as warfare against the people of Ireland, and characterizing these acts as attempts on the part of a small minority to terrorize the Irish people and thus gain control of the Irish Free State, the Friends of Irish Freedom, at their state convention in New Haven last night, adopted resolutions urging the friends of Ireland to cease their contributions to the so-called Irish envoys now in America and to unite with the Irish people in the peaceful and ultimate establishment of an Irish Republic, totally independent of Great Britain.  . . .  The State council includes  . . .  Mrs. E. Ahearn of Winsted,  . . .  — Bridgeport Telegram 1 January 1923

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LAST TRIBUTE PAID TO DAN SAUNDERS Friends Fill Church at Funeral Services Funeral services for Daniel J. Saunders, for more than 43 years a member of the Globe staff and one of the foremost boxing and sports writers in the country, were held yesterday morning, and scores of men, prominent in the professional and business world, as well as acquaintances and friends of long standing from the sporting world, paid their last tribute to “Dan.”  . . .  Business associates on the Globe and personal friends acted as bearers. William O. Taylor and Chas. H. Taylor, William D. Sullivan, city editor; George B. Gavin, day editor; Harry W. Poor, night editor, and Daniel E. Ahern, cashier, were honorary bearers . . .  — The Boston Globe 9 May 1923

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N. E. FIRE CHIEFS ELECT LOCAL MAN OFFICIAL BOSTON, July 12.—Fire department heads of New England cities and towns meeting here today formed the New England Association of Fire chiefs. Chief John P. Doyle. of Wellesley, was elected president. Other officers are first vice president John C. Moran, Hartford, second vice president P. J. Hurley, Holyoke; secretary treasurer J. W. O'Hearn, Watertown. The state vice presidents include John C. Tabor, Boston, A. J. Cole, Woonsocket, R. I., and D. B. Johnson, Bridgeport. Among the members of the board of directors, are former Chief R. D. Weeks, of Providence, and former chief Peter E. Walsh, of Boston. — Bridgeport Telegram 13 July 1922

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BUNKER HILL DISTRICT The winners of the very successful whist party held last evening by the Holy Name Club, under the direction of Rev. James L. Davey, in their Winthrop=st clubhouse, were Simeon Therin, Margaret Bannister, Mrs. Hammond, Mrs. Von Hartenstien, Mrs. Dempsey, W. E. Jule, Mrs. William Bryan, Mrs. Lang, A. L. Fitzgerald, Mrs. J. H. Lynch, Mrs. C. J. Crowley, Mrs. A. T. Sloan, Mrs. M. Doyle, Jeremiah Browne, Mrs. Doyle, Edwina Ahern and Mrs. Hurley and Mrs. Anderson, the two latter receiving consolation prizes. — The Boston Globe 3 August 1922

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THE QUEENSTOWN CALL.    We have received a telegram from the United States Lines at Cork contradicting the statement published on July 31 that the steamers of this company were ceasing to call at Queenstown. The company say[s]:—    “The facts are as follows :—Our steamship President Adams, from New York, arrived off the Daunt light-vessel at 4 a.m. on July 28, and our company's special pilot (Aherne), who had been awaiting the arrival of the vessel boarded her three miles south-south-west of Roche's Point, bringing her to an anchorage at 4.30 a.m. G.M.T. Having landed fifty-six out of sixty-three Queenstown passengers and the Cork and Queenstown mails only (the other Irish mails were carried on to Plymouth at the request of the Cork postmaster), the President Adams proceeded for Plymouth at 5.45, all well.” — The Times 7 August 1922

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George W. O'Hearn, 35 years old, a plumber, died at 7:50 o'clock last night at the Jewish Hospital, where he had been taken twenty-four hours before when his gasoline torch exploded at the home of Antonio Repetto, a relative, at 213 South Bayly Avenue. William Ruppel, brother-in-law of O'Hearn, injured at the same time, is at his home, 538 North Twentieth Street, suffering with severe gasoline burns, but will recover. O'Hearn and Ruppel were assisting in installing a gas stove at the Repetto home. Just what caused the gasoline torch to explode, firemen were unable to determine. Both O'Hearn and Ruppel were leaning over it at the time. The clothes of both were set afire, and O'Hearn was covered with burning gasoline. He tried to extinguish the flames by rolling on the ground. He was still afire when firemen reached the house in answer to a fire alarm. Besides his widow, Mrs. Virginia Ruppel O'Hearn, O'Hearn leaves four sisters, Mrs. Charles Ede, Mrs. Paul Bere, Mrs. Carl Bauer of Oakland, Calif. And Miss Catherine O'Hearn; a brother Bernard O'Hearn, and his father James W. O'Hearn. — Courier Journal 23 August 1922

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ANSONIA, Sept. 4.—Miss Mae Ahearn, of the A. B. C. company office, is spending the week in Springfield, Mass. — Bridgeport Telegram 5 September 1922

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AT BENICIA The navy set at Benicia, stimulated by the deb set is setting out on a busy season, coordinating their affairs with Mare Island. Miss Ransom O'Hern was one of the week's hostesses at the historic old barracks, entertaining in honor of Miss Mildred Van Dorn, niece of Admiral and Mrs. J. S. McKean, spending the summer at the Navy Yard. — Oakland Tribune 15 October 1922

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Aided by Compensation Act, Loses Damage Suit Francis Ahern of Princeton st., East Boston, lost his suit in Federal District Court against the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation for $20,000 damages for injuries received when in the employ of the company. Federal Judge Brewster ordered a verdict for the defendant. Ahern admitted he had recieved compensation under the Working Men's Compensation act of this State, which provides a beneficiary waives all right for further claim. — The Boston Globe 2 November 1922

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DEAD MAN LABELED “SHOT AS SPY.”    The body of a man named William Aherne, aged 30, was found at Bishopstown, near Cork, at about 9.30 o'clock on Tuesday evening. On the body was a label inscribed, “Shot as spy.—I.R.A.” Aherne was a native of the district. The body was brought by national soldiers into Cork Hospital. A military inquiry will be held. — Irish Times 9 November 1922

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COUNTY TIPPERARY    On Sunday evening as a result of the week-end sweeping operations the following prisoners were brought to Clonmel—Andrew Corbett, Mardyke, Killenaule ; Thomas Carroll, Fethard ; John Smith, Garryguile; Fethard ; Joseph Gorman, Fethard ; T. White, Tullacussane ; E. King, The Green, Fethard ; Thomas Butler, Ballinamult ; James Hearn, Knockboy ; Michael Morrissey, Ballydoyle ; Thomas Tyrrel, Valley, Fethard ; Patrick Ryan, Fethard. The prisoners had no arms, but despatches were found on two of them, advising men to dump arms for the present, as that national columns were in too strong force. — Irish Times 6 December 1922

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NAVY SET Miss Ransom O'Hern was hostess at a birthday supper party on Monday evening at her home in the Benicia arsenal. Miss O'Hern is the eldest daughter of Colonel E. P. O'Hern, commanding officer of the arsenal—a popular navy girl. — Oakland Tribune 24 December 1922

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SCRUBWOMAN HAD STOLEN DIAMOND Owner Refuses to Prosecute “Because It's Christmas”    PROVIDENCE, Dec. 23—There was a rumor of a $300 diamond robbery in Providence today and the police were known to be looking for a diamond or diamonds, and a woman. When Chief Inspector James Ahern, the jewel expert in the detective department, glowed with satisfaction of a good morning's work.    “It was a diamond theft,” he said, “and the theif is a scrubwoman. She was sent to Mrs. Charles Strasmich, 57 Mulberyy st, to work and after she had gone the woman of the house missed a diamond ring worth $300 from a bureau drawer. She telphoned the employment agency to find the woman, and we started looking for her.    “Meanwhile the woman walked into the same employment agency and wanted another job. The agency man stalled until he could call a policeman. She had a diamond ring on her finger. She said she found it outside a window and that it must have been on a rug that she whipped out of the window. Asked why she kept it, she said, 'because it's Christmas.'    “The woman who owns the ring said she would not prosecute 'because it's Christmas,' and I'm not going to tell you the name of the scrubwoman 'because it's Christmas.'” — The Boston Globe 24 December 1922

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ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN AT BIRTHDAY PARTY A birthday party was given in honor of Miss Helen Morris at the home of Miss Mae Hearn of 168 Berkshire avenue, Tuesday night. One feature of the evening was a mock marriage performed by Miss Mae Slais as minister; Miss Violet Figler, as the bride; and Miss Barbara Slais, as the bridegroom. Piano selections were given by Miss Lena Cooper. After a chicken supper had been served dancing was enjoyed. Guests were present from Holyoke, Providence, New Haven and Bridgeport including Miss Mae and Miss Barbara Slais, Miss Henrietta Czarnecki, Miss Violet Figler, Miss Gladys Cable, Miss Bessie Shulman, Miss Helen Somers, Miss Lena Cooper, Miss Helen Morris, Miss Marion Banks, Miss Mae and Miss Nellon Hearn, Miss June Corea, Willin Money, Edward Armington, Arthur Carey, Andrew Crawford, L. Godfrey, Charles Higgins, Daniel Ahearn, Peter DeRosa, George McDonough, Emmerson Baker, George McLain, and Charles Leonard. — Bridgeport Telegram 22 February 1923

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Vallejo Party Is Touring in South VALLEJO, March 22.—Lieutenant Commander and Mrs. R. G. Coman, Lieutenant Commander J. B. Oldendorf and the Misses Ransom O'Hern and Katherine Cox are touring the southern part of the state this week according to word received at the yard by relatives and friends. — Oakland Tribune 22 March 1923

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THE DOCKET SYSTEM.    Mr. Wm. Ahearn, who represented the Cork Butter Market Trustees, gave evidence of the system prevailing in the market by which a document issued by the trustees was attached to each quantity of butter weighed there. That docket could not be altered, and there was a severe penalty for tampering or altering it. He suggested that all fresh butter should be bought under some supervision in the markets and in the country towns. Samples should be taken now and then by the Civic Guard or some other authority, and if found deficient there should be prosecutions.    Replying to Sir John Keane, witness said he would leave the matter of grading a voluntary one. His opinion was that butter should be bought under some supervision, as there was a great deal of bad butter being made in the country.    Replying to Mr. Butler, witness said there was very little butter sold in the Cork Butter Market at the present time. That was due, firstly, to railway and other troubles, and also to the shippers going about and buying the article in the country markets.    The Commission adjourned until 10.30 to-day. — The Cork Examiner 28 March 1923

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TWENTY-THREE TO GET DIPLOMAS AT STRATFORD HIGH STRATFORD, June 20.—(Special to the Telegram) Twenty-three girls and fifteen boys will receive diplomas tomorrow night at the graduation exercises of the Stratford High School. Agnes Louise Snyder is valedictorian and Harold Carter, salutatorian. Diplomas will be presented to the graduates by Frederick G. Taylor, president of the Board of Education. Those who will receive diplomas are  . . . Margaret Ellen Ahern,  . . .  — Bridgeport Telegram 21 June 1923

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FIRE CHIEFS END CONVENTION AND RETURN TO HOMES The three-day first annual convention of the New England Fire Chiefs Association closed at the Stratford hotel here yesterday noon with the election of Chief John C. Moran, of Hartford, as president for the ensuing year, and with Boston, Mass. named as the convention city for the next year. Chief Daniel E. Johnson, of this city, was named second vice-president of the association. Other officers elected follow: Chief Patrick J. Hurley, of Holyoke, Mass. first vice-president, Chief John W. O'Hearn, of Watertown, Mass., secretary and treasurer, and Chief David A. DeCourcey, of Winchester, Mass., sergeant-at-arms.  . . .  On motion of Past President Doyle, of Wellesley, Mass., it was unanimously voted to pay Secretary Treasurer John W. O'Hearn, of Watertown, Mass., $100 for his [services for the] past year, but that he would not [?] of $300 for the current year. Chief O'Hearn thanked the members for their kind consideration, stating that he would accept the $100 for the current year, but that he would not take the present year's salary unless the association was in strong financial condition. It has been largely through the efforts of Past President Doyle and Secretary-Treasurer O'Hearn that the association has flourished within its first year. . . .  — Bridgeport Telegram 23 June 1923

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Extra Added Attraction THE LOCAL BOY WILL AHERN Assisted by Gladys Ahern in A SPINNING ROMANCE NOTE—Will Ahern is the originator of Russian dancing while spinning a rope. — Bridgeport Telegram 28 June 1923

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APPOINTS 57 NEW BOSTON POLICEMEN Commissioner Announces Assignments to Divisions    In a general order last night Police Commissioner Wilson announced the appointment of 57 new men to the department. The appointees and the divisions to which they are assigned are:    William J. Ahern, Gerald W. Carten, Henry J. McManus, John Savage, John F. Cullinan and John F. Lackom to the Dudley-st Station . . .  — The Boston Globe 28 July 1923

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DISTRESSING FATALITY AT ARKLOW YOUNG BANK CLERK DROWNED WHILE BATHING UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AT RESCUE A sorrowful and distressing fatality occurred at Arklow on Thursday involving the death under very tragic circumstances of a young man named Arthur Joseph Ahern, who was aged about 20, and who was the third son of Mr. P.J. Ahern, the widely known and respected teacher of Coolgreany National Schools. Mr. Ahern proceeded shortly after noon with his brother and a young lad named Dermot Hall to bathe at the North Beach, at a spot situated a couple of hundred yards from the Chemical Works. It appears he was not an efficient swimmer, and as far as can be ascertained, he got into difficulties in the strong undercurrents which it is stated, abound at the spot. His brother, who is a non-swimmer, threw towards him a pair of swimming wings which he himself had been using but he failed to grasp them, and sank, and then young Hall swam towards the drowning man and made an earnest, though unsuccessful, attempt at rescue. Unfortunately the three young men with a young lad named Laurence Byrne, who also very pluckily did all in his power to assist, were the only persons bathing in the place at this particular time, and when the alarm was given, and other persons were attracted to the scene, Mr. Ahern had disappeared from view, and all efforts of others persons who entered the water to locate him proved unavailing. With great promptitude a boat and net were procured and in a short time afterwards with the aid of the net, the body was discovered and removed to the shore, where pending the arrival of the doctor, artificial respiration methods were applied by Mr. Thomas Kelly, who holds the Royal Humane Society testimonial and who assisted by Mr. James Larkin, who had also participated in the search. Meanwhile Dr. Byrne arrived as did also Father Murnane, C.C., and Father Breen, P.P., and everything humanly possible was tried to restore animation but unhappily without success. The very sad occurrence naturally created a painful sensation in the town, as by all who knew him the deceased, who was of bright cheerful and friendly disposition was held in high esteem. A more tragic feature was imparted to the melancholy occurrence by the fact that the last Mr. Ahern, who occupied a position in the London county West and Pans Bank at Newbury had only arrived in Arklow on Saturday last with the object of spending his holidays with his parents there. With them very sincere and widespread sympathy is felt in the mournful affliction which has befallen them. The Civic Guard communicated the facts of the occurrence to Mr. James Murray, the coroner for East Wicklow who having made personally inquiries and satisfied himself that the affair was purely accidental, decided that an inquest was not necessary. It is significant that this is the third bathing fatality which has occurred at this part of the beach in recent years and as indicating that it is not without its dangerous elements. A resident of Ferrybank, who has several years close acquaintance with the place, stated that the storm of February last swept away the sand round the pilings which were driven there several years ago leaving holes that would mean disaster for non swimmers inclined to over daring. — Wicklow People 11 August 1923

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APPOINTMENTS Commissioner Enright, on Tuesday, October 16, swore in 200 new patrolmen and sent them to the school of instruction. No. 657 is the last man appointed from the eligible list. Those appointed are as follows:  . . .  Hubert F. Ahearn  . . .  — Brooklyn Standard Union October 1923

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THREE INJURED BY STOLEN MOTOR CAR Two Women and Man Struck in Cambridge Auto Speeds Away and Is Found Abandoned Later    Two women and a man narrowly escpaed death early last evening while crossing Pearl st at the corner of Green st, Cambridge, when they were struck by a stolen automobile which was speeding along the latter street at 40 miles an hour.    Mrs. Susie Ahern of 102 Brookline st, Cambridge, sustained injuries to her right arm and side, while her daughter, Janet Ahern, has a sprained ankle and cuts above the forehead. William Harvey of 237 Pearl st, Cambridge, was injured about the left leg and cut on the forehead. All three were taken to the Cambridge City Hospital, their injuries treated. They were later able to go to their homes.    The automobile dashed away after the accident, but the number was taken by some of the bystanders and the machine was later recovered by the police, where it had been abandoned in front of 26 Windsor st, Cambridge. A police investigation showed that the car had been stolen from in front of 24 Prescott st, Cambridge, and is owned by Clyde C. Spencer of that address. — The Boston Globe 3 October 1923

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PAKENHAM.—At the annual meeting of the Pakenham Horticultural Society, Mr. J. J. Ahern was elected president, Messrs. F. Kennedy and T. Jeremiah vice-presidents, and Mr. A. E. Thomas secretary. The credit balance is £42. — The Argus 30 October 1923

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DISTRIBUTING AN ESTATE. TRACING BENEFICIARIES. Law Courts "Overwhelmed." Many legal difficulties have arisen in connection with the distribution of the estate of William Walsh of St. Arnaud, farmer, who died in 1920. The estate was of a gross value of about £40,000. Difficulty has been experienced in deciding upon the beneficiaries entitled to participate in the distribution; and it is expected that some time will elapse before the final certificate of the chief clerk of the Supreme Court is obtained. Under his will, Walsh directed that the estate should be divided among the children of his first cousins in Ireland. About 200 claims were sent in. Inquiries were made by the chief clerk under an order made by the Supreme Court regarding the number of claimants legally entitled to participate in the distribution of the estate. He found that five persons had undoubted claims. In respect to a sixth claimant he had adjourned the inquiry for the production of further evidence. The claim of Mrs. Catherine Ahern was said to have been lodged too late, the certificate of the chief clerk having been issued, but not approved of by a judge. Before the Acting Chief Justice (Sir Leo Cussen) in the Practice Court, yesterday, application was made by Mr. C. Gavan Duffy (instructed by Messrs. Madden, Butler, Elder and Graham), on behalf of Mrs. Ahern for an order directing the chief clerk to inquire into Mrs. Ahern's claim. He said that if she had a meritorious claim she should not be shut out from any benefit in the estate. For the executor, Mr. Sproule (instructed by Messrs. Hamilton Wynne and Riddell) said that the executor did not oppose inquiry into the merits of the claim; but he contended that a certificate given regarding the persons who were entitled to share in the estate could not be altered without an order of the Court. An enormous number of claims had been lodged, and the finding and tracing of the testator's antecedents had involved a great amount of work in Ireland. In some instances all that could be found was the baptismal registers, compulsory registration of births not having been introduced in Ireland at the date of the birth of some of the antecedents. Registrations were kept at the Law Courts in Dublin but this building had been "overwhelmed," and many of the records had been destroyed. Sir Leo Cussen said that he would make an order that the chief clerk make inquiries concerning Mrs. Ahern's claim. He would decide upon the form of the order at a later date. — The Argus 2 February 1924

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LARCENY FROM A WRECK. — Michael Harty, farmer, was charged at Ardmore, Co. Waterford, with the larceny of a steam capstan from the wreck of the ketch Douglas Head, which was grounded at Mangan's Bay, Co. Waterford. Michael Ahern, Youghal, bought the wreck and started salvage work, but the weather broke and the ship went to pieces. Ahern gave sixty-odd persons permission to take the woodwork, but reserved the masts and metal work for himself. The capstan disappeared, and the defendant admitted taking it. The Justice ordered the defendant to return the property and pay 44s. costs. — The Irish Times 11 February 1924

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While Plant Keeper Votes Natick Woman in Charge NATICK, March 4—The unusual position of keeper was held by Mrs. Nellie L. Slamin of Winnemay st., at the Northway Motors Corporation plant, in West Natick, yesterday afternoon, for a few hours, while the regular keeper, William J. Buckley, took time off to vote. A keeper has been in the Northway plant since last April, in a suit by John J. Ahern for taxes owed the town for 1921. — The Boston Globe 4 March 1924

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FIND HARVARD GUIDE DYING. Police Seek Men Seen to Throw Him From Car—Victim Succumbs. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Aug. 5. The police are investigating the mysterious death of John Ahearn, 50 years old, who was picked up shortly before midnight last night in an unconscious condition on the sidewalk on Boyleston [sic] Street, a short distance from Harvard Square. According to the police story, Ahearn, who was known to them as a guide at Harvard College, was seen by passersby as he was thrown from a taxicab onto the sidewalk on Boyleston Street. The police say the taxicab drove up to the sidewalk and the man was thrown out by a number of men. He was taken to the Cambridge Hospital in an unconscious condition and did not regain consciousness. He died about 3 o'clock this morning. The attending physicians say there are no marks of violence on the man's body. All inquiries were referred to Medical Examiner David C. Dow. Dr. Dow would say nothing except that he would perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death. — New York Times 6 August 1924

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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O'Hearne of Main St. are the proud parents of a baby boy born Wednesday at the Choate Memorial Hospital. MARY E. AHERN BEAUTY PARLOR 211 MAIN ST., WOBURN Tel. Woburn 1597 Office Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p. m. All Branches of Beauty Culture. — Woburn Daily Times 15 August 1924

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ELIZABETH L. BRINE WEDS J. P. O'HEARN Pretty Ceremony Held in Church at Arlington ARLINGTON, Sept. 4—Miss Elizabeth Louise Brine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Brine of 90 Jason st. became the bride of John Patrick O'Hearn of 126 Melville av. Dorchester, son of Mrs. Mary E. and the late P. O'Hearn, at one time president of the Hub Trust Company and for five years Building Commissioner of Boston, this morning, in St Agnes' Church, where a solemn high nuptial mass was celebrated. The pastor, Rev. Mathew J. Flaherty, was the celebrant, Rev. Dennis Maguire of Dorchester deacon, Rev. David Waters of Roxbury subdeacon. Rev. John W. Coveney, S. J.; Rev. John Lynch, Rev. John Sullivan and Rev. Donald F. Simpson sat within the chancel. Rev. Fr. Flaherty performed the wedding ceremony. Miss Katherine D. O'Hearn of Dorchester, a sister of the bridegroom, was maid of honor. The bridesmaids were Miss Alice Brine of Arlington, sister of the bride; Miss Katherine Quinn of Boston, cousin of the bride; Miss Ethel Collins of Jamaica Plain and Miss Dorothy McCarthy of Roxbury. The best man was Edward W. O'Hearn of Dorchester, a brother of the bridegroom. The ushers were Arthur N. Brine of Brookline, uncle of the bride; Henry Coffey of Brookline, John F. Fitzgerald Jr. of Boston, Jay O'Connor of Cambridge, Frank O'Donnell of Medway and George Rick of Brookline. The bride was given in marriage by her father. During the wedding, selections were sung by a quarter [sic], Mrs. Mary Quinn Delaney, Mrs. Frances O'Hearn, John R. Hendrick and William Kelley. The bride was gowned in white satin crystal with a court train. She had a veil of tulle, with a duchess coronet and orange blossoms, edged with duchesse lace, and carried a shower bouquet of orchids and lillies of the valley. The maid of honor wore pink chiffon, with a black panne velvet bonnet with pink plumes. Miss brine and Miss Collins, two of the bridesmaids, wore blue chiffon, trimmed with shadow lace, with black panne velvet poke bonnets, trimmed with blue ostrich feathers. The other two bridesmaids, Miss Quinn and Miss McCarthy, wore similar gowns of orchid chiffon, with the same kind of bonnets, trimmed with orchid [sic] feathers. The maid of honor and bridesmaids each carried a bouquet of pink roses, orchids and larkspur. A wedding breakfast and reception were held after the wedding in the home of the bride's parents on Jason st. The decorations at both the church and house were of pink orchids and potted palms. An orchestra played during the reception. At the close of an extended wedding trip by motor, Mr. O'Hearn and his bride will live in their new home on Hinckley road in Milton. The bride, who is popular in the younger society set of Greater Boston, is a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy of the Visitation Convent, Washington, D. C. and of the Garland School, Boston. She is an active member of the Ace of Clubs and the Cecilian Guild. Mr. O'Hearn, the bridegroom, is active in the warehouse and real estate field in Dorchester. He is president of the Fields Corner Storage Warehouse Company. He is a graduate of Boston Latin School and Holy Cross College. He is a fourth degree Knights of Columbus and has a summer home in Allerton. — The Boston Globe 4 September 1924

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P. J. Ahern of the O'Dwyer and Ahern store was stricken with paralysis that affected his whole left side early this morning. He was reported to be resting easily this afternoon. Mr. Ahern had shown no signs of illness up to the time of his stroke, having been actively engaged in business routine regularly. — The Daily Texarkanian? 10 September 1924

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SUNSHINE CLUB FOR BOYS AND GIRLS New Sunbeams Who Wish Correspondents  . . . Martha Ohern, 11, 3 Rosser road, Winnipeg — Winnipeg Free Press 3 January 1925

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FREE STATE OFFICERS DISMISSED.    The Dublin Gazette last night announced that the commissions of Major William Stapleton and Major Patrick L. Aherne have been cancelled, and that these officers have been dismissed from the National Army as from January 3.    The Free State Army authorities announced on December 29 the dismissal of 25 non-commissioned officers and 16 men suspected of association with an ex-officers' movement to subject the Government to unconstitutional pressure. It was then added that two majors had been suspended, and had been invited to show cause why their commissions should not be cancelled. — The Times 7 January 1925

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Free  FLYING CIRCUS  Free 2      AEROPLANES   2 Friday, June 19 TO-DAY 4 P. M. Until Dark LT. HART SMITH    World's highest paid exhibition flyer will give his exhibition of aerial acrobatics and aerial warfare.    At the St. Louis Purlitzer Races over 150,000 people paid an average $2.00 admission. The principal feature of this meet was the Pylon Turn made by the speed planes. Little bits of steel hurling themselves thru space at over 260 miles per hour at an altitude of less than fifty feet suddenly rising perpendicularly to 500 feet and swerving into less than a right angle turn. Lt. Smith will demonstrate this turn today. ROY AHEARN    World's youngest flyer, owning his own aeroplane will hang by his toes from speeding airplane. Parachute Jump    Mr. Ahearn will jump in a parachute from the dizzy height of 5,000 feet maneuvering his chute into the field.    Mr. Smith and Mr. Ahearn will give an exhibition of aerial teamwork for which they have spent weeks practicing together. They will loop the loop side by side in two aeroplanes, make opposite Emmelman Turns together and fall into synchronized tail spins demonstrating the accuracy and precision with which they handle their planes. This is the feat originated last fall and that furnished the thrill at the Montgomery Air Meet.    Lt. Smith, who trained as a pursuit pilot in France will attack Ahearns [sic] plane in midair using the maneuvers learned in France; his own machine becoming crippled and falling out of control, recovering and sideslipping to the ground.    SPECIAL—A few advertising passenger flights at only $2.50 per person.    Today Only — 4:00 p.m. until dark — H. W. Moehling Farm, ½ mile west of State Road on Central Road. — Chicago Daily Herald 19 June 1925

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DAUGHTER IS BORN TO MR AND MRS J. P. O'HEARN MILTON, Aug. 22—Mr. and Mrs. John P. O'Hearn of Hinckley road are parents of a girl born in St. Margaret's Hospital, Upham's Corner, Dorchester, yesterday. Mrs. O'Hearn was formerly Miss Elizabeth Brine of Arlington and the father is the son of the late Patrick O'Hearn, former building commissioner and wealthy real estate owner. — The Boston Globe 22 August 1925

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Vallejans to Party Events During Week Mrs. John M. Eggelson presided at a bridge tea at the Green Tree Inn early this week to a small group of friends. Her guests were: Mrs. Heber McLean, Mrs. E. R. Gergen, Mrs. Francis I. Fenten, Mrs. Dailey Connolly, Mrs. Charles Quinby, Mrs. Gustav H. Bowman and Miss Katherine O'Hern. — Oakland Tribune 6 September 1925

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Chicago—Roy Ahern, 21-year-old aviator, has been arrested for flying too low over the crowd at the Chicago-Northwestern football game Saturday. — Brooklyn Daily Eagle 22 October 1925

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CHICAGO—Owner of two airplanes and an aviator since he was 17, Roy Ahearn, 21, arrested for flying low, was discharged when he pleaded ignorance of the law. — Murphysboro Daily Independent 26 October 1925

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MARRIAGES NEWMAN : AHERNE.—On the 7th Nov., at St. Richard's Church, Haywards Heath, by the Rev. W. Johnson Jones, assisted by the Rev. H. Livesy, FREDERICK GEORGE NEWMAN, second son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Newman, of Christchurch, New Zealand, to PRISCILLA EUNICE, youngest daughter of the late WILLIAM AHERNE, Esq., and of Mrs. Aherne, Tower Holme, Pevensey Bay, Sussex. — The Times 12 November 1925

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Winton Accident: What might have been a serious accident happened on Xmas Eve when Jack Ahern was run over by a car driven by Jim Ewan and had the misfortune to have his leg broken and ankle sprained. He is now in the Hospital. and doing as well as can be expected. Onlookers say it is a wonder he was not killed as he finished up underneath the car. Ahern was riding his bicycle from the railway station and Ewan was proceeding to the Winton Hotel when the cyclist, to avoid the car, made for the hotel. It appears that both became flustered and the car eventually finished up under the hotel verandah, knocking out two of the verandah posts in its career. — The Longreach Leader 31 December 1925

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Winton The many friends of Jack Ahern will be pleased to hear that he is progressing well in the Hospital with his broken leg, the result of his recent motor accident. — The Longreach Leader 8 January 1926

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Wedding Bells. A very quiet and pretty wedding was celebrated at the Catholic Church on Wednesday afternoon, the contracting parties being Mr. Leahy and Miss Iris Ahern, both of Wyndham, and passengers, on the Bambra. The ceremony was performed by the Reverend Father Long, M. S. C. The bride who looked charming was given away by her brother and Mr. Flood acted as best man. The happy couple left by the Bambra yesterday morning for their future home at Wyndham where the bridegroom is employed at the Meat Works on the office staff. — Northern Territory Times & Gazette 26 February 1926

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Winton Mr. Jack Ahern left by last Sunday night's train for Townsville to have an examination of his leg, which he had broken last Christmas Eve as the result of an accident when a motor car ran into him whilst riding a push bike. So far the bone has not knitted and it is hoped the examination will reveal the cause. — The Longreach Leader 19 March 1926

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Officers Are Assigned to Artillery School LAWTON, Ok., April 8.—The following orders have been received at the Field Artillery School headquarters at Fort Sill: . . . Major Leon [sic] J. Ahern, general staff, field artillery, is relieved from detail [as] a member of the general staff corps and from assignment to the general staff with troops, effective upon completion of his present tour of foreign service, and is assigned as a student advanced course this fall at the Field Artillery School. . . .  — Dallas Morning News 9 April 1926

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MARRIAGES ANDERSON-AHERN.—On the 3rd April, 1926, at 114 Riversdale road, Glenferrie, by the Rev A. J. Stewart, of Daylesford, Robert Stewart Anderson, eldest son of R. V. Anderson, to Lyle Marie, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Ahern. — The Argus 17 April 1926

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FIND HIDDEN FORTUNE Dubuque, Ia., April 19.—(INS)—Cash and Liberty bonds to the amount of $10,000 have been found in the old home of John Ahearn, supposedly a poor recluse. Ahearn died a month ago after falling down a flight of stairs. The money and bonds had been secreted in various parts of the house. — Waterloo Evening Courier 19 April 1926

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Thomas Ahern, of New York City, spent the week-end with his family in this city. — Middletown Times-Press 19 April 1926

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Randall Ahearn, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Ahearn, 7207 Indiana ave. visited relatives in Detroit during his school vacation. — Southtown Economist 5 May 1926

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Royal Army Medical Corps Maj. M. D. Ahern to be Lt.-Col., 18th Aug. 1926, and remains secd. [seconded], vice Lt.-Col. R. T. Brown to ret. pay. — The London Gazette 3 September 1926

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Married On Wednesday afternoon, September 15th at 3 o'clock, Miss Pauline Agnes Zeiner, daughter of Mrs. Mary Harvey, of 38 Norcross street, and Everett James Ahern, of 12 Summer street, son of the late Frank A. Ahern, were united in marriage at the St. Agnes rectory by Rev. Fr. J. J. Leonard, who performed the single ring ceremony. The bride was in a gown of Alice blue georgette, over pink satin. She wore a black picture hat and carried pink roses and delphinium. Miss Loretta Tynan attended as bridesmaid and wore a gown of apricot georgette over pale yellow satin, with a black picture hat and carried tea roses. After the ceremony, supper was served to the bridal party at the Hotel Bellevue. Following a wedding trip to New York and Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Ahern will make their home at 38 Norcross street, this town. — Arlington Advocate 17 September 1926

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COAST GUARD SHIPS IN CONN. WATERS GOING TO FLORIDA Destroyers Are Ordered to Speed to Assistance of Hurricane-Swept Area. NEW LONDON, Sept. 20.—Four Coast Guard destroyers stationed in northern waters were ordered today to speed to Florida to give all assistance possible on land and sea to the area swept by Saturday's hurricane. The ships directed to sail immediately for Miami are the Patterson, out of New York City, with Lieutenant- Commander James L. Ahearn in charge, and three destroyers of the New London patrol area, the Downes, with Lieutenant-Commander Fred A. Nichols, the Cassin with Lieutenant-Commander Philip F. Roach and the Shaw, with Lieutenant- Commander Raymond L. Jack. The ships carrying 368 officers and men will load with food at New York and will pick up Captain Harry G. Hamlet, commander of the destroyer forces, at the Delaware breakwater. Dr. H. A. Tyler acting assistant surgeon, was on one of the boats. — Bridgeport Telegram 21 September 1926

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LOWELL DWELLING DAMAGED BY FIRE LOWELL, Sept. 24—Fire at 7 a. m. today damaged the dwelling house at Andover and Warren sts. owned by Patrick O'Hearn and occupied by J. Robert and family. The fire started in the basement and the principal loss of about $2000 will be on the personal property of Mr. Robert and construction work of Mr. O'Hearn. The building had been recently repaired. — The Boston Globe 24 Sep. 1926

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James O'Hern, 27 years old, 424 South Third Street, a merchant policeman, ended his life with a pistol at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday night in the rear of the Carter Guaranty Company's offices at 418 South Fifth Street. O'Hern, who was employed as night watchman in a row of buildings on the west side of Fifth Street between Liberty and Walnut Streets, died before police could remove him to a hospital. The report of O'Hern's pistol was heard by Miss Estelle Mueller, secretary to Ellerbe Carter, president of the Carter Guaranty Company. Miss Mueller was working in her office in the building. She notified police. C. E. Schimbler and G. E. Wade, attorneys with offices in the building, said O'Hern had complained recently of ill health. He is said to have been wounded in overseas service during the World War. He leaves a brother, Dennis O'Hern and two sisters, Mrs. James D. Doyle and Mrs. Anna Redmon, all of Louisville. — Courier Journal 4 November 1926

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ARRESTS AT MIDLETON SUPERINTENDENT'S STATEMENT    Robert Ahearne and Daniel Buckley, both of Cork City, were charged at the Midleton District Court yesterday with having taken part in the raid on Carrigtwohill Civic Guard station on Sunday night last, when eight armed men entered the barrack, made the Guards face the wall, and took away the station records.    Superintendent Mansfield, Cork, gave evidence of the accused men being pointed out by two Carrigtwohill Guards from amongst twenty-eight men on an identification parade in Cork.    After evidence of arrest had been given, the accused were remanded in custody to the next Midleton District Court on December 2nd.    Mr. Casey, State solicitor, appeared for the State, and Mr. Barry O'Meara for Ahearne.    An application for bail was opposed by the State solicitor, and the Justice refused to consider the matter at this stage. — The Irish Times 19 November 1926

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CARRIGTWOHILL BARRACK RAID. CIVIC GUARDS' DESCRIPTION.    The story of the raid by armed men on Carrigtwohill Civic Guards' Station on Sunday night, November 14th, was told yesterday to District Justice Farrell at the Midleton (Co. Cork) District Session, when two young men named Robert Ahern, 67 Evergreen road, Cork, and Daniel Buckley, 13 Dublin street, Cork, were charged on remand with having taken part in the raid.    Guard Fleming said that about 6.40 p.m. on Sunday, November 14th, he was playing a melodeon in the barracks at Carrigtwohill, with Guards Fowley and Markey, when the front door was forced open, and two masked men entered with revolvers. They told me to put my hands up, said the witness. I refused to do so, thinking that it was a joke. Immediately six other men came into the dayroom, masked and armed. They told me to face the wall or they would fire, and I did so. The man who appeared to be the leader searched me, and asked if I had any arms. This man took the diary, patrol and casualty books, and then went to the telephone and took away the receiver. A RAID FOR ARMS.    The witness said that at an identification parade at Union quay Barracks, Cork, on November 17th, when between twenty-five and thirty men were paraded, both of the accused were picked out as being similar in appearance to two of the eight men who raided the station.    In the course of cross-examination by Mr. Barry O'Meara, the witness stated that it was dark when the raid occurred, and the day-room was lighted by only one paraffin oil lamp. When leaving the leader said, “If you will do as little harm to us as we will do to you, we will be friends.”    Guard Fowley gave corroborative evidence and added that, when asked what he had come there for, one of the raiders said, “To raid for arms and documents by order of the Republican Army.” At the identification parade the witness picked out Buckley, and told Superintendant Mansfield that that was the man with whom the witness had all the argument during the raid.    The justice refused informations against Ahern, who was released.    The hearing of the case for the defence of Buckley was adjourned for fourteen days, bail being fixed at £200 and two sureties of £100 each. — The Irish Times 3 December 1926

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Accident The many friends of Miss Frances Ahern, of 21 Webster street, will be pleased to learn that she is able to go out again after having been confined to the house several weeks from the effects of a fall. — Arlington Advocate 4 March 1927

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Given Washington Post LAWTON, Ok., March 12 (Sp).—Maj. Leo J. Ahern, Field Artillery, is detailed in the inspector general's department at Washington, effective Sept. 21. — Dallas Morning News 13 March 1927

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Central Criminal Court £1,300 FRAUD CHARGE BILLETING OF TROOPS IN 1922. HOTEL PROPRIETOR ON TRIAL. (Before Mr. Justice Hanna.)    The trial was opened yesterday of Thomas D. Ahearne, proprietor Imperial Hotel, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, on the charge of fraudulently obtaining from the Minister for Defence, approximately, £1,300, claimed for the maintenance of troops in 1922. The prosecution alleged that the accounts sent to the Ministry for Defence were fictitious, and that they were certified by officers who had no authority to pass them. Mr. James Reardon (instructed by Mr. Anthony Carroll, Fermoy) defended the prisoner. FICTITIOUS ACCOUNTS    Mr. Carrigan, K.C., Senior State Counsel, told the jury that the accused man obtained, roughly £1,300 of public money during the disturbed period of 1922-23. His claims for the billeting of troops were not only exaggerated, they were false and fraudulent, with one exception. The single exception represented a sum of £149 10s. 6d.     In November, 1925, Ahearne had the impudence to claim a sum of £243 13s. 6d., which he said was a balance due to him, and it was then that his accounts were gone into. If he had not been so emboldened by his previous successes to claim this balance in all probability the alleged fraud would never have been discovered.     Counsel went on to say that in 1922 the garrison in Mitchelstown numbered about 150 men. Some of these were billeted for a while in Ahearne's hotel, the rates being 9s. a day for officers and 6s. 6d. a day for other ranks. Vice-Commandant O'Connor, who arrived in the town in October, 1922, re-organised the post, and from that time onwards no troops stayed in Ahearne's hotel, except, perhaps, officers belonging to a column who would be passing through the town and would remain for the night. HELPED BY OFFICERS    With the help of officers in the Army, Ahearn sent in fictitious accounts, and got paid for the billeting of troops who never stayed in his hotel, there being in the country at that time men who were determined to get as much as possible from Army sources by every means, fair or foul.    Counsel alleged that the accused man had received altogether £1,480 7s., his total honest claim being less than £150. The case, he said, revealed the gross corruption and ineptitude existing in 1922, but the day of reckoning had come, and it was for the jury to say now whether they were going to stand over willful dishonesty of this sort. THE EVIDENCE    Sean O'Connor, who is now an officer in the Free State Army in Galway, and was a vice-commandant in Mitchelstown towards the end of 1922, gave evidence that no troops belonging to the garrison stayed at Ahearne's hotel while he was in the town. Soldiers in columns passing through the town sometimes remained only one night as a rule. Some of them might have stopped at Ahearne's hotel.    Cross-examined by Mr. Rearden, the witness said that, although he had no written record, he was positive that only six columns passed through Mitchelstown between November 1922, and February 1923. He could not, however, state where certain officers stayed in Mitchelstown on different dates while he was there. He was positive that none of General Hannigan's staff was billeted in the Imperial Hotel.    The witness denied that Captain Byrne certified accounts to his knowledge. Captain Byrne, as far as he knew, was in Government employment and available as a witness.    General Hannigan stated that none of his staff stayed at the prisoner's hotel while he was stationed in Mitchelstown.    Francis Browne, who acted as adjutant in Mitchelstown in the later part of 1922, said that no officers of the National Army stayed in Ahearne's hotel while he was there. Further evidence having been given, the hearing was adjourned till 10.30 o'clock this morning. — The Irish Times 15 March 1927

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MISSOURI YOUTH, 23, PLANS FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC [sic] Roy Ahern, twenty-three, born in Missouri, but now a resident of Chicago, hopes to emulate Lindbergh and bound into fame with a non-stop flight from San Francisco to Hawaii. He's an entry in the $35,000 race. — Charleston Gazette 10 June 1927

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Flying Circus To Feature Dellwood July 4 Program    A flying circus, headed by Roy Ahearn, widely known Chicago aviator, will be the major attraction at a three day Independence day celebration to be held July 2, 3, and 4 at Dellwood, the new resort development on the Wisconsin river between Friendship and Necedah. The events will include stunt flying by Ahearn and by Marvin Kratsch, 17-year-old flyer, wing walking by “Bugs” Raymond, and parachute stunts, including a parachute race in which the contestants, by opening and closing their parachutes, will see which one can reach the earth in the shortest time from 3,000 feet in the air.    Announcement of the program was made by S. P. Linehan, manager of the Dellwood property, who, accompanied by Ahearn, was in Wisconsin Rapids yesterday afternoon. Mr. Linehan stated that a 30 acre flying field has been prepared near the Dellwood dance pavilion, and arrangements for commercial flying between Dellwood and Chicago might be made later.    Local thrill seekers are offered a new experience by Ahearn, who stated while here that the First Wisconsin Rapids man or girl to apply after noon Monday, July 4, will be given an opportunity to make a parachute jump from Ahearn's plane. — Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 29 June 1927

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Tribune Offers Free Air Trips With Chicago Flyer Sunday To 10 Local People    Twenty-five mile rides in a big modern airplane will be enjoyed next Sunday free of cost by ten residents of Wisconsin Rapids or vicinity as a result of arrangements which the Tribune has completed with Roy Ahearn, Chicago flyer, who is bringing his flying circus to Dellwood for the Fourth of July celebration Saturday, Sunday and Monday.    Ahearn, who is now at Dellwood with his planes, will fly to Wisconsin Rapids Saturday and at 12 o'clock will drop fifty copies of The Tribune near the west end of the Grand avenue bridge. Ten of these papers will contain tickets which, presented Sunday at the Dellwood air field, will entitle the holders to free 25 mile trips. Tickets Mean Free Rides    Persons desiring a chance for one of the ten free rides must be on First avenue south, between the Tribune office and the end of the bridge, at noon Saturday. Ahearn will fly low and drop the fifty papers so they will flutter down to the street. The lucky ones who pick up the papers containing the free ride tickets are asked to bring them at once to The Tribune office to be validated.    The only restrictions upon the free plane ride offer are that employees of The Tribune are not eligible, and that minors who happen to get one of the tickets must obtain the written consent of their parents or guardians before they will be taken up. Good All Day Sunday    The tickets will be good any time Sunday. The Dellwood air field, where they must be presented, may be reached by following old Highway 13 south from Nekoosa to the junction of Highway 21, and then continuing a few miles directly south, or by driving into Friendship and then turning west.    Ahearn is an aviator of long experience and with a record free from accidents. His machine is large and of up-to-date construction. One of the stunts he will perform for the benefit of the crowd Sunday will be to climb to a height of 5,000 feet and attempt to break the loop-the-loop record on his descent.    Saturday the air program will include aerial acrobatics by “Bugs” Raymond on the wings of Ahearn's plane, culminating in a drop from a great height in which he will fall a thousand feet before opening his parachute. Raymond will also perform Monday. — Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 30 June 1927

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Flyer Will Drop Free Ride Tickets    The thrill of a 25-mile ride in a modern, high powered airplane, will be enjoyed Sunday, free of cost, by ten readers of the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune who are lucky enough to pick up copies of this paper containing the complimentary tickets that Roy Ahearn, aviator, will drop near the west end of the Grand avenue bridge at noon Saturday.    Ahern will drop fifty papers of which ten will contain free tickets. The tickets should be brought to The Tribune office at once for validation. They will be good any time Sunday when presented to Ahearn at the Dellwood airfield, west of Friendship.    The Tribune invites everyone to be on hand at 12 o'clock Saturday to greet Ahearn and to take a chance getting one of the free ride tickets. — Wisconsin Rapids Tribune 1 July 1927

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Rider Pulls Plane Stick, Two Killed Pilot, Badly Injured, May Be Third Victim of Crash    Chicago, July 25 (AP)—Seizing of a dual control on an airplane by a youth taking his first ride in the skies may have caused the accident that hurtled two men to their death near here last evening and seriously injured a third.    The victims, Ray Westphall, 21, of Chicago, and Irwin Hybell, 22, of Dundee, Ill., were killed instantly, while the pilot of the plane, Carl Hawkinson, 24, was burned and injured internally.    Roy Ahearn, a pilot who witnessed the crash on a field conducted by the North Shore Aviation Club at Morton Grove, a suburb, laid the accident to the fact that there was an auxiliary control stick in the forward seat occupied by the passengers.    “Everything points to the fact that one of the men seized the stick and pulled it,” he said. “The effect was to head the nose of the plane straight up. Naturally it wouldn't go up at the low starting speed. Instead, with the wings elevated, it fell down on the tail.”    W. W. Meyer, manager of the field, said Hawkinson violated the rules by taking up passengers there. The accident was the first in hundreds of flights there, he declared. Hawkinson was not a regular pilot at the field, it was explained, but had five years flying experience. — The Syracuse Herald 25 July 1927

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KNIGHTS FERRY KNIGHTS FERRY, July 27.—Mrs. M. J. Ahearn, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Ahearn and daughters and Maurice A. Ahearn, all of Stockton, were the guests of Mr. T. H. Frowse and family Sunday. — Modesto News-Herald 28 July 1927

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WED IN AIRPLANE TO AID CHILD FUND Service for Ridgefield Park (N.J.) Couple Performed 1,000 Feet Up During Air Show. ANOTHER SET FOR TODAY Stunt Flying and Parachute Jumps Thrill Crowds — Plane Race Scheduled for Tomorrow.    HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N. J., Sept. 3.—Flying at a height of 1,000 feet above the head of a throng that lined the edge of the Teterboro Airport this afternoon, Miss Ina Harper of 132 Grand Avenue and Phillip Obach of 47 Union Place, Ridgefield, N. J., a policeman, were married by the Rev. Allan MacNeill, pastor of the Ridgefield Park Union Community Church.    The aerial wedding was one of half a dozen features of the national airplane show and air circus conducted by the Hackensack Lodge of Elks to aid their Crippled Kiddies Fund. The meet will be continued tomorrow and Labor Day.    The bridal party, the minister and one attendant flew in a Curtis plane piloted by Clyde by Ive McKinney, while in another plane, piloted by Clyde E. Pangborn were Miss Inez May Corbin of 455 West Thirtieth Street, New York, the bridesmaid, and George Obach, brother of the bridegroom, and Captain Frank Baird, formerly of the Indian Army.    The flying field was covered in many places with several inches of water and though three pumps have been working continuously since the heavy rain of Thursday night, flying conditions were far from ideal. As a result, the bridal party was compelled to take off and land in midfield, some distance away from the stand and the crowd. After the ceremony the couple were driven to the stand and presented to the spectators by Edward C. McClure, Exalted Ruler of the Hackensack Lodge No. 658 of the Elks. Mr. McClure then presented a chest of silver to them as a wedding gift from the lodge.    Tomorrow afternoon another aerial wedding will take place when Miss Theresa Kern of Carlstadt will be married to Arthur Baudisch of Carlstadt by the Rev. Mr. Koehler, a Bergen County clergyman. The bridal attendants will be include young women from the Lyric Theater in New York and they will be taken aloft in planes piloted by William C. Brooks, Roy Ahearn and McKinney. Pangborn will fly the plane in which the bridal couple and the minister will ride.    A thrilling exhibition of the afternoon was given by Major Brooks, who cut off the engine of his plane while several thousand feet up and after doing stunts, including two loops with his motor dead, made a perfect three-point landing with a “dead stick.”    Parachute jumps by Aaron F. Krantz and C. Efferson and an exhibition of flying upside down by Pangborn also thrilled the large crowd.    A number of service planes used by officers of the National Guard Air Service of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Maryland are entered in the National Guard race which will be held Monday afternoon. — New York Times 4 September 1927

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Mrs. Andrea Healey, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Healey and Mrs. David Ahearn of Ansonia, the mother of Mrs. William Healey motored on Sunday to Woodside and Jamaica, Long Island, to visit friends. — Bridgeport Telegram 26 September 1927

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FATAL FALL FROM A CART. Coroner Horgan held an inquest at Cork on the body of Philip Ahern (60), of Freemount, Co. Cork. The evidence showed that Ahern fell off his cart while returning home from Kanturk, and injured his neck, which caused general paralysis. A verdict was returned that death was due to injuries caused by an accidental fall from a cart. — The Irish Times 30 November 1927

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CO. CORK SHOOTING. TWO GUARDS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER.    Two members of the Civic Guard, George MacGonologue and Patrick Geraghty, were charged at Fermoy District Court with the attempted murder, at Gortnaskey on the 11th or 12th of December last, of William O'Keeffe, of Ducarrig, by shooting at him with a revolver. They were further charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on O'Keeffe, and with being in possession of firearms.    On another count they were charged with assaulting William Luddy, Patrick Luddy, and Patrick Ahern, of Propogue, on the 11th or 12th December.    Superintendent Fleming, Fermoy, asked to have the accused remanded to the next Court day, pending inquiries. — The Irish Times 10 January 1928

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Rain Prevents Aviators From Arriving In Athens as Scheduled for Today    Although scheduled to arrive at 10 o'clock this morning, only one of the three pilots of the Gates Flying Circus arrived. Rain was said to have caused the delay.    Two of the airplanes, which have been in Chillicothe for the last few days, were ready to start all day and at 1:30 the pilots were at the flying field in Chillicothe waiting for the skies to clear. The machines were expected in Athens soon after the rain had ceased.    With a drizzling, cold rain falling, two members of the Circus landed this morning. They are Roy Ahearn, pilot, and former air mail flier, and Nils Mark, parachute jumper. They came at 10 o'clock.    The fliers had come from Winchester, Kentucky, in one and one-half hours, travelling at a speed of 105 miles an hour. The maximum speed of the machine is 70 miles, but with a tail wind of 35 mile velocity, a speed of 105 was reached. The fliers had been in Winchester since Friday. Prior to starting for Athens, the propellor of the machine was broken, and the fliers were forced to wait there for a new one.    Although the ground was soft, Mr. Ahearn explained that it would be easy to “get around that,” and that the field was all right unless heavy rains made conditions much worse.    By the time the Messenger went to press, if the rain had stopped, Mr. Ahearn agreed to take the papers to Logan and Nelsonville in the absence of the other airplanes. — The Athens Messenger 24 April 1928

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TO ORDAIN 16 PRIESTS. Bishop Dunn and Archbishop Hanna to Elevate Maryknoll Students.    OSSINING, May 30.—Announcement was made at the Catholic Foreign Mission Society's Seminary at Maryknoll today that sixteen seminarians will be ordained to the priesthood within three weeks. The Rt. Rev. John J. Dunn, auxiliary Bishop of New York, will ordain fourteen priests on Sunday, June 17. Archbishop Hanna of San Francisco will ordain two on Saturday, June 16.    The young men to be ordained are: . . . the Rev. Maurice F. Ahern of Chicago . . .  — New York Times 31 May 1928

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Evidence at Tallangatta. TALLANGATTA. Tuesday.—The Royal commission on the dairying industry visited Tallangatta yesterday. The chairman (Mr. Bond, M.L.A.) stated that the commission hoped to be able to soon submit to Parliament a report and recommendations calculated to make the dairyman's lot more happy in the future. Mr. Richard Ahearn, manager of the Eskdale Butter Factory, stated that waste must be eliminated. His company was keen in fostering herd testing among suppliers. Stricter Government supervision of the butter industry was needed. He suggested experimental blocks for the education of farmers in different centres. A dairy college was required for research work. He favoured herd-testing being made compulsory. Mr. Thomas Anderson, secretary of the Tallangatta Butter Company, agreed that In many cases amalgamation of butter factories would be advisable, but local conditions here were against the proposal, He considered the payment for cream on a butter-fat basis a better proposal than payment on a commercial basis. The limitation of agents would be advantageous. The Tallangatta factory's percentage of low-grade cream was very low. Last month, out of 45 tons, only 1cwt. of butter was second grade. — The Argus 20 June 1928

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BEAM SNAPS Three Workmen Fall TWO KILLED — SYDNEY, Tuesday When a beam, supporting a scaffolding plant at the Australian Gaslight Company's new gasometers at Alexandria, snapped this morning, three men were hurled 22ft. to the concrete floor below. Edward Garden, 51, boilermaker, was killed outright, and William Clark, 31, boilermaker, died in hospital. William Ahern, boilermaker, sustained a fractured skull and ribs, and injuries to the spine. His condition is very serious. The men bad been working at the job for about two years and were to have finished within a fortnight. One man, who saw the scaffold give way, said it all happened so suddenly that there was no time to give any warning. The beam, just seemed to snap in halves and the men appeared to go with It. — The Canberra Times 4 July 1928

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Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Ahern, Miss Virginia and Miss Rosemary Ahern, of Babson Park, Fla., are stopping at the Biltmore. — The Atlanta Constitution 29 July 1928

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Ahern—Sullivan    HARVARD, Mass., Aug. 18.—Miss Katherine Sullivan, daughter of Mrs. John Andrew Sullivan of 210 Bay State Road, Boston, and the late John A. Sullivan, was married in St. Theresa's Church here today to James Michael Ahern of New York, son of William E. Ahern of Worcester. The Rev. T. J. A. Fitzgerald of Lancaster performed the ceremony.    Mr. and Mrs. Ahern will be at home in Bayside, Long Island, N. Y., after Sept. 1.    The bride graduated from Simmons College in 1921. The bridegroom is a Boston University man. class of 1923. — New York Times 19 August 1928

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JERVIS BAY Quiet Return Voyage COLOMBO, Tuesday. The Jervis Bay arrived here under the flag of the Aberdeen Commonwealth Line. The voyage was uneventful in vivid contrast to the last homeward trip. Commander James Ahern has succeeded Captain Daniel as master. The ship carried, with a few exceptions a new crew, and 700 passengers were aboard. — The Canberra Times 30 August 1928

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Third Patrolman Promoted For the third time this month a patrolman of the West Forty-seventh Street station was promoted to the rank of second grade detective when Captain Edward Lennon yesterday read the order appointing Patrolman Jeremiah Ahern to his new rank. The post carries a salary of $2,750 instead of the $2,100 as a second grade patrolman. Ahern earned his promotion through the capture of Canice, alleged mail robber, last Monday night. — New York Times 14 September 1928

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NAR-NAR-GOON. A farewell social evening was given for Mr. Arthur Ahern, of the Commercial Bank, who is being transferred to New South Wales. He was presented with a wallet of notes. — The Argus 20 September 1928

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SPRINGFIELD TRIP MADE BY AIRPLANE Flying Proves Popular in This Section    The airplane is becoming a somewhat ordinary means of transportation in this section. Two North Adams men who were obliged to make a sudden business trip to Springfield today. engaged Roy Ahearn, who has been taking passengers up in his airplane from the Herrick Farm in Williamstown for the past week, to take them to that city. They expected that their business would take only about an hour and that they would return immediately after it was concluded. Several days ago, two Williams college students went in Mr. Ahearn's plane to Smith college where they called on two friends. On the first day that Mr. Ahearn was at the field two Williamstown men engaged him to take them to Albany, N.Y.    Business has been so good with Mr. Ahearn that he has decided to remain at the Herrick farm at least until December 15. On last Sunday he states, he was so busy that almost 100 people who wished to go up in the airplane could not be accommodated. On that day there were thousands of people at the flying field to witness the flights.    Mr. Ahearn, who is a licensed instructor, now has two students of aviation and expects to have quite a class before he leaves this section.    He is continuing to give daily exhibitions of stunt flying over this city and at the flying field tomorrow afternoon and Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock he will give exhibition of “dead stick” drops, but shutting off power at a considerable height and allowing his machine to take its own course for the time being.    At 4 o'clock tomorrow and Sunday afternoon Ted White will drop from the airplane in a parachute. — North Adams Transcript 12 October 1928

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PARACHUTE JUMP IS WITNESSED BY 4,000 Chicopee Youth Jumps at 3,000 Feet Altitude IN WILLIAMSTOWN Student Hires Plane to Catch Train — Machine Will be Taken to Springfield For Few Days.    Nearly 4,000 persons who assembled on Herrick's field in Williamstown yesterday afternoon saw Norman Wilson, 19, of Chicopee jump from an airplane piloted by Roy Ahearn of Springfield at an altitude of 3,000 feet. Wilson fell about 1,000 feet before opening his parachute. He landed safely near the flying field.    The airplane was in constant demand yesterday and Saturday and a number of residents of Northern Berkshire took trips through the air. Yesterday morning a Williamstown man engaged the pane for a trip to Cambridge, N. Y., where he met his nine year old son and brought him back to Williamstown in the airplane.    On Saturday afternoon Alexander Beach of Rochester, N. Y., a student at Williams college, missed a train at the Williamstown station. He hurried to the flying field and engaged Pilot Ahearn who took him to Schenectady where the train that had been missed at Williamstown was caught. Despite headwinds the plane made the trip to Schenectady in 36 minutes. The return trip to Williamstown was made in 30 minutes.    The armature on the magneto of the plane burned out Saturday noon but another magneto was brought from Springfield by airplane and installed in the machine at Williamstown.    Today Pilot Ahearn was engaged in taking aerial pictures of Mount Greylock, Williamstown and North Adams. Tomorrow the plane will be taken to Springfield where the motor will be overhauled. The plane will return to Williamstown on Saturday and parachute jumps will be made both Saturday and Sunday afternoons. — North Adams Transcript 15 October 1928

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PILOT ROY AHEARN RETURNS MONDAY Will be at Williamstown Field Until Winter Roy Ahearn, commercial airplane pilot, who has established an improvised airport on the Herrick farm in Williamstown, just off the State road, is expected to return here Monday morning from Springfield, where he has been for the past several days for an overhauling of the motor of his 'plane, according to word received today by local friends. Mr. Ahearn will resume his passenger and sight-seeing service, and his instruction of embryo pilots, remaining here according to present plans until winter. — North Adams Transcript 20 October 1928

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STUDENTS MAY FLY TO COLUMBIA GAME Pilot Roy Ahearn is Looking For Two to Make Trip    Roy Ahearn, Springfield pilot who established a flying field here recently, is looking for two passengers wishing to go to New York city and the Williams-Columbia game by airplane tomorrow. Should he obtain the passengers he will leave here at 10 o'clock in the morning and fly to the Newark, N. J., airport. The return trip would be made Sunday. This is the first opportunity Williams students have had to attend out-of-town athletic contests by airplane.    Mr. Ahearn will leave Williamstown Monday.    Next spring his firm plans to establish a permanent flying field here.    A number of Williams undergraduates and a few townspeople have evinced interest in learning to pilot planes and one of the main purposes of the flying field will be to give these instructions. — North Adams Transcript 26 Oct. 1928

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[photo] Mrs. M. J. Ryan, Jr., has had as her house guests during the past week or so Miss Katherine O'Hern and Miss Muriel Kline. The visitors motored from San Francisco and were honor guests at a luncheon given by their hostess at The Californian last Saturday at which the betrothal of Miss Pauline Ebbert to Robert Pusey was announced. The group includes, left to right, Miss Kline, Mrs. James Doyle, sister of Mrs. Ryan, who assisted in entertaining the visitors; Miss O'Hern and Mrs. Ryan. — The Fresno Bee 4 November 1928

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William Aherne, 41, of Talisin-street, Scotland-road, Liverpool, was walking across Kirkdale-road on Friday night, when he was knocked down by motor-car. The driver immediately pulled up, and when Aherne was released from beneath the car he was found to have suffered cuts to the face and head. While waiting for the ambulance it was noticed that Aherne was choking. A dentist who happened to be passing examined the man's mouth and found that his false teeth had been wrenched out of place. The lower set had lodged at the back of the man's throat and a wire attachment had hooked in the flesh. The dentist with difficulty extricated the teeth, and Aherne was removed to the Stanley Hospital. — The Times 19 November 1928

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JUDGE AHERN UPHELD BY SUPREME COURT ——— Within Authority in Duffy Contempt Proceedings    Judge Crosby of the Supreme Court has dismissed the petition of attorney Robert Goodman for a writ of prohibition against Judge Timothy J. Ahern of the Roxbury Municipal Court to prevent him from taking action in contempt proceedings against William Duffy of 6 Waverly st., Roxbury, for failure to respond to a summons to appear before the poor debtor session of that court.    Duffy claimed that the summons was not served upon him, but this was denied by Samuel Semiansky of 336 Blue Hill av., who testified that he served on Duffy a summons in a dark hallway of the house of the latter.    Judge Crosby sustained the contention of Asst. Atty. Gen. Roger Clapp that Judge Ahern acted within his authority. — The Boston Globe 21 February 1929

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Two Boys Missing On Hike to South SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28—Police of California cities between San Francisco and Los Angeles are searching for William J. Ahern, 14, and his companion, Bob Taylor, who left Friday morning, presumably for a hike. They have not been seen since, although a telegram received from Santa Cruz declared that they were "all right." In the opinion of William J. Ahern, father of the boy, his son is probably bound for Los Angeles. He is five feet eight inches tall, with brown eyes and black hair, weighing 130 pounds. His home is at 480 Thirty-fourth avenue. — Oakland Tribune 28 February 1929

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FREE AIRPLANE RIDES TO BE GIVEN HERE Aerial Circus to Spend Three Days Here Offering Thrilling Stunts and Jumps    With motor roaring and sleek wings shining, and airplane of the Ahearn Flying Service will visit our city Friday, Saturday and Sunday, this week at the emergency landing field.    Each day at noon the plane will sweep over the city and stunt. Stunts will include wingovers, loops, tail spins, Immelman turns and falling leaves. When directly over the office of the Burlington Times, 25 copies of the Times will be dropped. Five of these will contain tickets entitling the holders to free rides.    Those who are not fortunate enough to find tickets will be given the opportunity to ride at a low rate of $1.25.    In addition to the noon flights and stunts over the city, each day a 2:30 p.m. exhibition will be given at field including dead stick landing exhibition. This exhibition is put on to the public to show the safety of aviation, that it is possible to land and fly a plane without the aid of the motor.    On this sensational flight Pilot Roy Ahearn who was formerly with the Gates Flying Circus and has 4,000 flying hours to his credit will take his plane 3,000 feet in the air, stop his motor and make a few sensational maneuvers before making a perfect landing, at 3:30 p.m. they will demonstrate the Murphy pick-up device for airplanes in picking up and delivering mail while plane is in flight. This device is being looked upon as a time saver for mail planes also for the small cities to have air mail. Leo Murphy, assistant pilot, with Ahearn, also was connected with the Gates Flying Circus and has visited this city before. This device has been demonstrated in all large cities. — Burlington Daily Times 2 April 1929

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STUNT FLYERS NOW AT WILLIAMSON FIELD Each Day At Noon the Plane Will Fly Over City and Copies of Times Will Be Dropped.    Roy Ahearn, veteran pilot, brought his ship down upon Williamson Flying field south of the city on Highway 62 today, where it will remain through Sunday.    The visit here of the Ahearn flying service will give local citizens a peek at a bit of about everything that flying is capable of—parachute jumps, stunts, and a demonstration of the safety of the modern airplane.    Each day at noon the plane will fly over the city and a number of copies of The Daily Times will be thrown out, containing tickets for free rides during the visit of the ship. The first of these went over board at noon today.    Those who wish to take a ride in the air will find Ahearn operating on a “fly at cost basis.” This is made possible through the cooperation with him of The American Society for The Promotion of Aviation. He received the following telegram from this society today.     “The A. S. P. A. congratulates you and the Ahearn Flying Service for the splendid work you are doing in your 'fly at cost campaign.' This society heartily endorses your activities and gladly sponsors the continuance of your work.”    Stunting, parachute and safety demonstrations, such as landing the plane with the motor idle, will be done without passengers. It will be “all free” and will be done above the city and flying field. The parachute jump will be made each afternoon at 3 o'clock above the field. Passenger rides will go at $1.25 each—far below the regular charge, and this is done to interest more people in flying. — Burlington Daily Times 5 April 1929

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Connecticut Has First Air Wedding BRISTOL, Conn., April 21.—At 3:45 the first wedding to be performed in the air over Connecticut took place this afternoon at East Bristol flying field. Miss Elsie Linden and Howard K. Richardson of Bristol being the couple to marry. The Rev. Charles H. Monbleau, pastor of the Advent Christian Church of Bristol, went up in the air with the couple, Mrs. Monbleau accompanying him. Also in the aerial party was Harry Linden, brother of the bride. Roy Ahearn of Chicago was the pilot. — New York Times 22 April 1929

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Thrift Causes Air Union BRISTOL, Conn., April 21.—Two young folks with frugal ideas began their married life up in the air above Bristol today to save expenses. Roy Ahern, barnstorming aviator, offered to pay all the costs of a marriage up in the clouds. Howard Richardson, 22, and Elsie Linden, 23, jumped at the opportunity. Judge Beck, issuing a license, waived the five-day wait rule, but warned them not to go beyond the corporate limits of Bristol during the ceremony, performed by the Rev. Charles H. Monbleau, or the wedding would not be legal. — Salt Lake Tribune 22 April 1929

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Artists of “Our Boarding House” and “Out Our Way” With Famous Characters. [photo] Gene Ahern, artist of “Our Boarding House,” at the left, and J. R. Williams, of “Out Our Way,” at the right. You will be glad to know that their nationally known characters, also shown, will continue to appear in this paper for many years. This is a good news story—and a story of GOOD NEWS—which will interest every reader of this newspaper. For years to come you are going to continue getting real enjoyment out of two of the world's most famous comics, “OUT OUR WAY,” and “OUR BOARDING HOUSE.” J. R. Williams, the artist who draws “OUT OUR WAY,” and Gene Ahern, the artist who draws “OUR BOARDING HOUSE,” have just signed long-term contracts with NEA Service, Inc., the newspaper feature service which serves this paper, and gives it exclusive rights in this city to these comics and other daily features. Ahern and Williams form an outstanding combination in the comic field. Their comics are the most widely published in the country. The reader-following of Major Hoople, in “OUR BOARDING HOUSE,” and Williams' celebrated characters in “OUT OUR WAY,” is conservatively estimated in excess of 40,000,000 people, or more than one-third the population of the country. The Piqua Daily Call strives to give to readers only the very best comics and is pleased to be able to assure you that when this newspaper comes to your home every day, your old favorites, “OUT OUR WAY” and “OUR BOARDING HOUSE” are coming with it.  . . .  Gene Ahern's path to the height of popularity in the comic world, started, strange as it may seem—in a meat market. True, he had been to art school before this, but it was his job as butcher's helper that gave real opportunity the first chance to knock. Gene spent his time making sketches on the long rolls of brown paper in which the shop's meat was wrapped. One day a man connected with a large fashion house came into the market for pork chops. Gene snipped them off and wrapped them up, using, by chance, a sheet of the paper he had previously covered with sketches. The customer eyed the package. “Who drew these?” he asked. “Oh, I did—just for the fun of it,” said Gene. Whereupon the customer suggested that it would be more fun to draw such pictures for money—and Ahern readily agreed that it would. The conversation continued and Gene told of his studies at art school and of his fondness for sketching. The stranger expressed interest and wound up by offering Gene a job in his fashion house art department. In his new job, he admits he hardly set the world on fire, but he learned a lot about drawing and that was what counted. A couple of years later Ahern went to NEA Service, Inc. and applied for a job in the art department. He got it. Ahern tried several comics before deciding upon the one that was to bring fame—“OUR BOARDING HOUSE.” This comic was a new departure in the field of comic art. It set forth, in breezy, wise-cracking style, the happenings in a typical city boarding house. The development of the famous Major Hoople came as the finishing touch. Originally Major Hoople was simply the landlady's husband; a grandiose, harmless old chap, given to long words and complete idleness. But he began to grow in popularity and soon became the leading character. Today he might be called one of the “famous Americans,” a likable old braggard, moving serene and carefree in a world of his own devising, a world of bombast and pomposity, a world in which the hard facts of ordinary existence are never permitted to cut through the veneer of bluff and nonsense in which an old campaigner has managed to encase himself. It is through this outstanding character and the use of his clever original “chatter” and humorous wisecracks that Ahern has risen to his well-deserved success. And, even as you read this, Major Hoople goes merrily on, doing as Ahern's mind and pen bid him, while Gene, in his beautiful Spanish home in Hollywood, Calif., divides his time between his drawing board and his wife and the little Ahern daughter. Ahern is planning a trip to Europe this summer, and probably will be “accompanied” by the Major. And now—we hope you feel that you know Jim Williams and Gene Ahern even better than before—for you are going to enjoy their work for years to come. — Piqua [Ohio] Daily Call 27 April 1929

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HERBERT A. ORR TO ENTER AIR SERVICE    Herbert A. Orr of 387 State street, this city, and Richard S. Huested, a senior at Williams College, are among 19 Massachusetts men given places in a class of 225 flying cadets who will begin an eight months' course of aviation with the army air service at Brook's Field, Tex., and March Field, Cal., on July 1st, according to announcements made by the War department today.    Mr. Orr is a graduate of Drury high school in this city and of Norwich university in Northfield, Vt. At the latter institution he was a member of the Reserve Officers' Training unit and now holds a commission as a second lieutenant of cavalry in the reserve corps of the army. He began his aviation training last summer under Roy Ahearn, former Springfield airport pilot, who established a temporary flying field in Williamstown. — North Adams Evening Transcript 27 May 1929

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Brooklyn Lawyer Honored Fred M. Ahern, who for a number of years was Assemblyman from the Tenth District, has been selected for the honor of a degree of Doctor of Laws by the faculty of St. Bonaventure College. Mr. Ahern is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School. — Brooklyn Standard Union 4 June 1929

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Marriage Licenses Kings James Ahearn, 26  . . .  378 Wilson Ave. Maria Wilson, 21  . . .  378 Wilson Ave. — Brooklyn Standard Union 11 June 1929

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Roy Ahearn, who established a passenger airplane service in this city a year ago, is at Nourse's corner, Lancaster, where he is taking up passengers daily. — Fitchburg Sentinel 15 July 1929

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Ahearns at Bear Mountain Mr. and Mrs. George Ahearn of Berry street, are spending three weeks at Bear Mountain, N.Y. — Brooklyn Standard Union 17 July 1929

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Marriage Licenses Kings William Ahearn, 22, 19 Dahl ct Dorothy Gerstner, 29, 17 Dahl ct — Brooklyn Standard Union 23 July 1929

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Mrs. Fred Anderson visited Mrs. Frandson Ahern at Stanhope Monday. — Ames Daily Tribune 24 August 1929

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Pilot Roy Ahern Pays Visit In Airplane Roy Ahern, airplane pilot, who is well known in Williamstown, paid this community a friendly visit in his machine yesterday afternoon when he flew down from Bennington, Vt., where he is now engaged in barnstorming. Ahern landed on Herrick field where his friend, Pilot John Miller, is now stationed with a 'plane. The visiting pilot spent several weeks on the same field last fall taking passengers on sightseeing rides and giving student pilot instruction. — North Adams Transcript 25 September 1929

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Wedding The wedding of Miss Mary Elizabeth Higgins, daughter of Mrs. Malvina Higgins of 18 Jay street, and Robert Joseph Ahern, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Ahern of 21 Webster street, Arlington, took place on Thanksgiving morning at [illegible] o'clock in the Church of St. John the Evangelist, North Cambridge. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Joseph J. Leonard who was also celebrant of the nuptial mass that followed. Miss Frances Ahern, sister of the bridegroom was the bridesmaid, and James J. Higgins, brother of the bride was the best man. The bride wore white crepe de chine with veil and carried white roses. The bridesmaid was attired in tan brown velvet with hat to match and carried tea roses. A reception and wedding breakfast followed the church ceremony at the home of the bride's mother on Jay street. Only immediate members of both families and relatives attended the reception. After a wedding trip to New York Mr. and Mrs. Ahern will reside in Arlington. The bride is a native of this city and daughter of the late Patrolman James Higgins of the Somerville police, and Mrs. Malvina Higgins. She is a graduate of the Somerville schools. — Somerville Journal 6 December 1929

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