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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1921
Page
4
Morris Gest, a noted theatrical producer, claims Ford’s publication attacked his Jewish heritage and family history. Gest vows legal retaliation across the country, defending his success and tying his roots in Odessa to his American rise as a Jew.
A brutal double tragedy in a Bridgeport area home left Mrs. Chernock dead with a crushed skull and an infant unharmed. A 6 year old girl alerted neighbor H L Logan who fired at the fleeing suspect, sparking a wide manhunt with police from New Haven, Bridgeport and West Haven patrolling roads and rioting forces on the scene. The husband, returning late, reported $110 missing and a prior robbery attempt, unclear if connected to the murder.
An antiseptic cream for nasal use promises instant relief from catarrh and cold congestion. It claims to penetrate air passages soothing inflamed membranes and opening clogged nostrils after applying Ely's Cream Balm, with reduced need to hawk or snuff.
Detroit Feb 1 No libel suit was filed here today against Henry Ford. At the Dearborn Independent offices, comment on Morris Gest’s reported plan to seek 5 million dollars in damages was withheld due to the editor in chief’s absence. Ford was reportedly at his Dearborn home and not available for interview.
The speaker says Ford has done remarkable things but asserts Ford attacked him and the Jewish race. He vows to fight back, claiming others have spoken as well.
Mrs. Harding made her first public appearance since her husband's election in New York attending a musical comedy. She was accompanied by Mrs. Harry S. New Mrs. Edward B. McLean and Will Hays with a Secret Service guard, occupying a lower box at the theatre.
Rear Admiral Francis T. Bowles cites Lloyds records giving Mayflower length 90 feet beam 20 feet depth of hold 12 to 11 feet and capacity 180 tons a figure linked to tercentenary celebrations while he continues to verify the authority behind the measurements.
Dearborn reports Henry Ford plans to meet coming industrial changes with innovations. Ford is not bankrupt. the 200 million dollar Ford Motor Company is not at risk of GM absorption. Changes in Ford’s executive staff are expected, with no Wall Street veto on expenditures. He seeks money only on his terms, as six groups have offered financing plus another from a New York house.
A New York house proposal failed and a $100 million 16 year 8 per cent bond issue was rejected. Ford plans to delay loans if needed and withstand pressure from financiers. He has polarized Jewish bankers with anti Jewish remarks, yet remains isolated and unconcerned by sensational rumors. He relies on a sealed stance, untouched by public chatter.
A volatile power struggle at Ford Motor Co pits Edsel Ford backed leadership against rival executives like E G Liebota and C E Sorenson as resignations mount after price cuts and plant shutdowns. Simultaneously a race for serum drives a Reading youth to Hebron to save a pneumonia patient, with Chum Lovering racing 178 miles to deliver lifesaving aid.
Reading square racer Lovering drove his car at Hebron 50 miles per hour yesterday afternoon to deliver pneumonia serum to Perez F. Bonney, 16, son of Mr and Mrs Frederick P Bonney of Medford, ill with influenza pneumonia at Hebron Academy infirmary. Lovering won his great race as time and distance tested his nerve.
Fragmentary OCR text notes a person “living at his goal at shortly after 11 o'clock last night.” The incomplete line suggests a sports or crime report but lacks clear subjects or actions for full summary.
The police identify a Vermont hold up man as Harold A. Smith once a Great Atlantic and Public Tea manager in Newport on Chestnut Street. He vanished after a funds shortage probe, had a Northfield Vermont police record, and escaped to Rhode Island. The slain suspect in Olneyville is linked to Lane’s robbery case in Providence.
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