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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1920
Page
2
Three balloonists who sailed from New York toward the North two weeks ago remain missing after sighting over Central Park. Search efforts span Northern New England the New York Massachusetts line and into Canada as authorities seek clues.
Airplanes have searched hundreds of miles as New England friends aid the hunt for Lieutenant Walter Hinton and two companions missing after a balloon flight. Provisions were ample but winter conditions in the snowbound north are extreme. Hinton, famed for piloting the NC-4 on the first Atlantic seaplane crossing, led the way in earlier great airmanship.
Accounts retell Hinton piloting the NC-4 through harbor narrows and to the Azores amid fog and waves, leading to the first transatlantic leg. The piece then recalls ballooning dangers, missing flights, and crashes from Mansell James to Andree, noting the mysterious naval balloon A-5598 and ongoing public concern.
The body of a man who committed death by own action by hanging on Christmas Day at 91 Sudbury Street remained unidentified at a late hour last night in the North Grove Street morgue.
Frank Goff a 238 year old employed at the Cary farm on Middle street Lexing ton was arraigned in the District Court for larceny of 114 dollars on December 6. He was arrested yesterday by Patrolman W Franklin Fletcher after confessing to taking a check from a mail containing the 114 dollar note.
Nearly 1000 boys and girls from St. Agnes parochial school and St. James and St. Agnes Sunday schools attended a Christmas party in Robbins Memorial Town Hall Arlington Centre hosted by the Arlington Council Knights of Columbus. The event featured varied entertainments and a Santa Claus visit who distributed gifts to each child.
Hamburg December report from the Chamber of Commerce warns Germany’s foreign trade collapsed in 1920 and urges Versailles treaty revision for any normal postwar recovery. It notes signs of improvement in work and production and cautions against accepting foreign credits. It expects U S trade expansion and Hamburg American line influence.
Hyde Park Vermont December 26 Arthur Mudgett on trial for the murder of 19 year old Amy Shonio is expected to know his fate by midnight tomorrow. With the case resuming at 10 am Judge Moulton will charge the jury and deliberations will begin.
Marion Ohio December 26 United Press the president elect owes a debt to his adopted cousin Orville for one licking given in boyhood at their grandfather s farm in Morrow county Harding recounted at Christmas dinner saying Orville took the blame like a gentleman. The confession weighed on him.
Harold Lindau tenor performed with Mabel Andersen contralto and Wisa Nordstrom violinist in Jordan Hall. Ill with a heavy cold, Lindau still showed beauty and expressiveness though diction and mannerisms surfaced. Andersen’s rich contralto drew praise while lacking distinct interpretive style. Audience warmly applauded with multiple encores.
Cantor Rosenblatt gave a song recital in Symphony Hall featuring Jewish religious music folk songs and operatic arias. His voice showed extraordinary range and flexibility especially in improvisatory chants noted for Eastern ornate and prophetic rhapsodic qualities. He declined opera offers years ago yet performs operatic airs on stage. The Volga beat song impressed a good size enthusiastic audience.
Young Boston violinist Mischa Muscante soloed with the People's Symphony Orchestra under Emil Mollenhauer at Convention Hall yesterday afternoon. He performed Wieniawski’s concerto in D minor with warmth and virtuoso technique while the program ranged from Lohengrin’s opening to Svendsen’s Carnival in Paris. The conductor and orchestra displayed skillful contrasts, making the concert both instructive and entertaining.
Washington, Dec 26. Congress will reassemble tomorrow after a brief Christmas weekend with little important business planned until the New Year. Many Senators and Representatives will not return until next week and several hearings will be postponed.
The opening Senate clash on the emergency tariff bill is set for tomorrow as Democrats plan to block and push for committee referral. Republican Curtis urges a solid party push while Senator Harrison and others vow parliamentary tactics, with anticipated debate and possible cloture difficulty. Secretary Houston to testify on national finances and veterans pay details as House moves to minor bills and the sundry civil appropriation bill.
Bank Commissioner Joseph C. Allen notes only about 6000 of 45000 depositors in Hanover Fidelity Cosmopolitan and Prudential Trust savings departments have filed proofs of claim after last summer's closures. Every depositor was sent a 42 item form two weeks ago, but many may not grasp the filing requirement or its urgency under the law, which bars payouts until claims are filed.
Mrs Laura Fraser of 340 Plantation Street Worcester Massachusetts is credited as the writer of the completed Instead of No 6 selection of judges for the award A Post check for 100 is issued to Mrs Fraser under contest rules Announcement of her success came as a Christmas surprise for Mrs Fraser The author of today’s last line is the wife of Worcester businessman James Fraser She was born in Boston and has lived in Worcester for years She told a Post representative she has long been a reader and has entered other Post contests.
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