Relief over Irish solution triggers U.S. diplomacy hopes
Washington expects Ireland to seek direct ties with the United States after the peace with Great Britain, with Sinn Fein leaders viewing diplomacy and trade representation as immediate goals. Officials and lawmakers welcome the settlement, foreseeing its impact on U S Britain relations and Irish policy.
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Funds of Company Sued for Diversion of Assets
Bill in equity filed in Suffolk Superior Court by receivers Wendell H. Marden and Theodore Hoague outlines that Floyd R. Switzer treasurer of Hollister, Wir e & Company Inc diverted large sums of company money to his own use via dummy directors. It alleges a $40,000 yearly salary as part of the misconduct.
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Switzer Urged to Halt Transfers in Disputed Estate
Courts seek to enjoin Switzer and his wife Elizabeth L Switzer from disposing of disputed assets while facts are determined. Old Colony Company is restrained from handing over contested property. An attachment of 100000 was requested. Switzer faces charges over land and home purchases in Brookline financed largely by Hollister White and Company funds. Deed involved property once owned by Robert Wason on Chestnut Hill Avenue and a nearby road. The deed allegedly transferred to Elizabeth L Switzer in June 1919, later conveyed to B B Conrad of Brookline in May.
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Switzer Accused of Defrauding Creditors in Fraud Case
Receivers allege the purchase price included a payment of $29761.91 to Mrs Switzer and that his wife joined to aid fraud. They claim withdrawals and credits show improper sums from 1916 to 1921 totaling thousands, with specific yearly amounts cited including large 1918 and 1920 figures.
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Arlington Junior High Dedicated on Fessenden Road
The Arlington Heights new two story brick Junior High School was dedicated with simple exercises in the assembly hall. The building seats 400 pupils and was turned over to the town by William Wyman Crosby to Olvin H. Lufkin and then to Myron W. Dole representing the school committee.
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Hays Offered Big Movie Job
Washington Postmaster General Hays has been approached about heading a moving picture company at about $100000 a year. Friends say he has refused several similar offers in the past and there is no indication he will accept this latest proposal.
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Yale Professor Lectures at Dartmouth 600th Dante Anniversary
Professor Charles A. Dinsmore of Yale Divinity School lectured in Hanover on Dartmouth College's 600th anniversary of Dante born, marking the celebration of the poet's birth with scholarly remarks and university ceremonies.
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Strike of Dockmen Continues Tactics in Boston Waterfront
International Mercantile Marine Company refused to pay double wages for unloading cotton from the Amasis fire hold prompting a 250-strong East Boston walkout and a temporary halt to loading two ships, the Wini fredian and Venusia. Nonunion workers filled the posts as about 1000 longshoremen quit in sympathy, delaying the Venusia’s London departure.
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Longshoremen Strike Hits Leyland Terminals
Eighty men reported for work on the Venusia but ten minutes later departed the pier in a protest over non union labor. Cunard resumed with eight men, and at pier 4 sixty workers stopped work on the Winifredian. A conference with East Boston IL A delegates was set, Sidney J. Jackson of International Mercantile Marine said new hires would stay on the three ships at the regular wage scale.
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Beal Elected Chairman of Tax Simplification Board
Washington Dec. 8 election of J Beal of Pittsburg as chairman of the Tax Simplification Board created by the new revenue act was announced tonight.
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