27 Aug 1921
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1921
Page
1
The Swig family faces a million dollar claim stemming from Tremont Trust loans. Allen alleges lack of adequate security and points to missing notes and mortgage instruments tied to Swig's home. The suit targets recovering funds tied to disputed family transfers and bank records.
The British prime minister states he will not accept terms beyond those offered and scorns De Valera's reply as verbal quibbling. He says no further notes will be answered, but invites renewed talks by agreeing to meet De Valera again.
Dublin reports indicate the Dail Eireann rejects British peace terms and calls for further talks. Ulster premier Sir James Craig heads to London to confer with Lloyd George as Dublin and Belfast exchange notes on Ireland’s status and policy.
Bank Commissioner Joseph C. Allen plans to file suits in the Superior Court to recover nearly a million dollars loaned by Tremont Trust Company to Simon Swig and related parties. Efforts to locate a mortgage on Simon Swig’s 194 Hum— property failed, hindering liquidation.
Mary Pickford, staying at the Ritz-Carlton, says she will never grow old and credits happiness for keeping her youthful. She laughs off plans for a speaking career with Douglas Fairbanks and notes her old clothes feel like a farmer's visit to the city.
The White House said Commissioner Henry J. Skeffington will be relieved of duties in Boston as a successor is chosen by the Labor Department. A temporary appointee will run Boston operations while Hagberg is investigated after Senator Lodge named him to replace Skeffington.
Audit reveals lax bookkeeping and poor business methods by trustees of the United States Housing Trust. Seventy eight bondholders who invested $17,300 toward home construction face potential total loss as trustees are under arrest.
Official word from the Department of Justice says Attorney General Daugherty may discuss Eugene V. Debs case with President Harding tomorrow. No pardon recommendation is indicated as final decision rests with the President.
National League games saw St Louis defeat Boston 6 to 3 and Chicago beat Brooklyn 12 to 3 with Cincinnati 7 Philadelphia 2 and New York 2 Pittsburg 1. American League scores included Boston 6 Chicago 4 and New York 10 Detroit 2 with Cleveland 6 Washington 3 and St Louis 7 Philadelphia 2.
Peggy Grace a moving picture actress and plaintiff in a $150,000 breach of promise suit against Robert M. Dobbins attempted death by her own action in her mother's apartment at 405 Marlboro Street. She swallowed 12 veronal tablets and was rescued by a physician an hour later she remains in serious condition.
A Providence hotel resident named Minot Guild is held on a suspicious person charge after a bank teller identifies him as key to locating a burglar band that stole bonds and cash totaling 120000 in a South station robbery two years ago. An arrest followed a teller’s quick identification at the National Bank of Commerce.
Miss Vida Damon 43 of Arlington Massachusetts drowned while swimming at Goodies Beach. A palmotor from Old Orchard brought to the scene within twenty minutes failed to resuscitate her. She lived with her widow mother Mrs Ella G Damon on a large Arlington estate and was active in Red Cross and Lend a Hand Society charity work. Her brother Fred W Damon conducts oil business at 214 Purchase Street Boston.
Intimations in high official circles suggest American troops may withdraw from the Rhine once the Berlin peace treaty is ratified by the Senate and Reichstag. Officials say no definite prediction is made but there may be no need to burden Germany with an army of occupation after peace is established.
Two cold, hungry stowaways on the steamship Cretic were found under a State Street wharf in Boston. They identified themselves as Francesco Di Carlo, 43, and Vincenzo Pi Etroroi, 17, both natives of Cerce, Italy.
The item notes daylight saving time tonight with a 7 58 p m start and mentions Italy declaring war on Germany in 1916. It recalls Bolshevists standing at Grodno a year ago and a strike of three thousand longshoremen in New York affecting British ships. Provincetown marks Pilgrim Tercentenary celebrations.
Forecast for northern New England and Southern New England calls for fair conditions Saturday and Sunday with moderate temperatures. Winds will be east and southeast, strengthening off the Atlantic coast, with some showers possible in northern portions of New York. Overall, limited temperature changes expected across the region.
Readable scraps show reported temperatures with figures like 68 and 66 and comparisons to yesterday and a year ago. The text mentions average temperatures for yesterday at 62 and a follow up 65 for last year with dates and times obscured.
President Garfield announces Bernard M. Baruch donated funds that funded the Williams College Institute of Politics with gifts covering sessions in 1922 and 1923, at the closing dinner of the institute in Williamstown on August 26.
Elihu Root spoke extemporaneously as principal address at a dinner for institute members. Viscount James Bryce and Tommaso Tittoni along with other distinguished lecturers attended. Stephen Panaretoff was absent, sailing to Europe tomorrow. Several hundred members and guests gathered in the college gymnasium as a memorial of appreciation was offered by Ellen F. Pendleton, Charles F. Thwing, and S. Vestal for the institute’s month of international relations discussions.
Congressman Ira G. Mersey said on arrival in Houston that a Democrat would join Senator Henry Cabot Lodge as the U S representative at the disarmament conference in Washington in November.
Forecast suggests a stretch of pleasant weather with slightly cool nights and days. Travelers and residents can expect mild temperatures with light winds and no major storms in the near term.
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