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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1921
Page
7
State court statements by Edward C. Stone, attorney for Richard Engstrom of Lexington, claim Charles Ponzi's ownership and occupancy of the Slocum road mansion harmed the property value and left a stigma after Ponzi went to jail last August.
The court weighs refunding Ponzi for money paid and the return of the Lexington Place to Engstrom. Engstrom seeks deductions for depreciation and legal costs, while Ponzi contends at least 5000 dollars were spent on the property. Judge Anderson urged agreement to avoid trial, with a final ruling due next week.
A British veteran of the Crimean War, aged about 8 years and 10 months at the time of the appeal, seeks aid in Boston. The man served in the 60th King's Rifles from 1854, fought at Alma Balaclava Inkerman and Sebastopol, was twice wounded, and holds a four clasp medal and Turkish medal. Now American citizen for ~40 years, he is bed-ridden and eligible for British pensions is blocked. donors are asked to provide a male attendant and financial help, via George W. Bentley of the British Naval and Military Veterans Association.
Paris reports the French Chamber of Commerce protesting the new American tariff law requiring American agents to inspect French exporters' books to determine ad valorem duties. The note was sent to M Jusserand and the French Ambassador in Washington for transmission to the U S State Department.
The French Chamber of Commerce objects to a May 27 emergency tariff clause allowing American agents to inspect foreign exporters banks to determine duties. Paris reports say such inspection privileges are not granted to France by the United States except in rare cases.
J W Lee now presides over the George L Dyer Company succeeding the late George L Dyer. Lee has been with the firm since January 1 and previously worked with his brother Ivy L Lee in advertising and publicity. He formerly served as a publicity agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
More than 400 Episcopalians will complete the church conference at Wellesley College grounds this morning with holy communion in the chapel and then depart for home.
The Smoky City names Gloria Hope its favorite screen star born in Pittsburg Pennsylvania twenty years ago. She studied in Newark New Jersey and began with the Triangle Company. Her film career includes Paramount and Universal productions and works such as Naughty Naughty The Gay Lord Quex Burglar by Proxy and Outcasts of Poker Flat. She stands 5 feet 2 inches tall with auburn hair and blue eyes and is engaged to Lloyd Hughes.
Dustin Farnum returns to Fox in The Primal Law. Shirley Mason starts production on Queenie. Ruth Renick leads Buck Jones in Bar Nothing. Tom Mix returns to Fox this week to begin Trailin with immediate work.
Will Rogers will create his own producing company and produce a series of two reelers. Clarence Badger is named as director for the project, marking a shift from traditional five reel feature films.
The Fox cowboy star Tom Mix is praised as sincere and honest by interviewers. His wife Victoria Forde is noted as a real beauty, with her mother Eugenie Forde regarded as a leading character actress before the camera.
Jack Dempsey heavyweight champion signs to star in a 15 reel serial titled The Scarlet Rider to be filmed in Hollywood marking his return to cinema after boxing career.
In hurry to know address Mar guerite Clark at Paramount Artcraft Cor poration New York 48 Fifth Avenue. Betty Ross Clark acted as Dolly Wilson in Mother o Mine. Rudolph Valentino married to Jean Acker. Reginald Denny is a Benedict. Viola Dana is small and pale. Ruth Roland formerly Mrs Kent is divorced. Frank Mills inactive due to a nervous breakdown. Betty Blythe married to director Paul Seardon. Prunella Hall at The Boston Post handles questions.
Federal court action seeks condemnation of liquor stock including 90 cases of whiskey plus eight cases of gin and five of champagne under AUSA William J. White Jr. A near lockout on permits is expected, with decision due August 2. In New York a doughnut legality hearing pits Levitt Kabaker against Keeser claims. In Taunton Frank Ventura is held for grand jury on alleged kidnapping plot involving Cana Brass.
The Franklin Company marks its twentieth anniversary with a June shipment record of 1031 cars, the best month since the first Franklin in 1901. John Wilkinson, vice president and consulting engineer, began the project in 1901 and 1902 produced 13 cars, rising to 712 by 1904. The Syracuse facility now spans 34 acres with 18 buildings, 3200 payroll names, and a car completing every 13 minutes.
Walter Smith conducts the Boston band on the Common presenting a March afternoon program including Japanese Review selections, La Favorita, Hungarian Fantasie, Niebelungen, and Mlle Napoleon, with Colubmus and Semiramide overtures and Verdi and Strauss waltzes in the evening, plus Humoresque on Turkey in the Straw and other light pieces.
Graves Registration Service notified Mr and Mrs George T Daly that their son Lieutenant Edwin A Daly of the 165th Infantry will arrive in New York on July 11. The body will lie in state at the East Armory on East Newton Street after arrival in Boston. Daly, formerly with the 9th Infantry M V M, was killed in action July 29, 1918 while with the 165th Infantry which began as the 69th Infantry of New York.
Thieves took three barrels or 150 gallons of grain alcohol from the Boston Drug & Chemical Company at 23 Miner Street Back Bay between 6 p m Tuesday and 7 a m yesterday. They entered by jimmying a rear window and fled in an auto after loading the liquor outside. Police pursue the robbers and federal officers may also become involved.
The Rev. James J. Carlin announces a $10,000 gift to Holy Cross College from Rev. Daniel F. Curtin of Glens Falls New York. The fund will create a scholarship open to students from Glens Falls and is intended to aid Holy Cross students. Curtin is a Holy Cross alumnus class of 1910.
The Lowell Textile Company of North Chelmsford filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in Federal Court. Liabilities total 291,683 with assets 239,044. Unsecured claims amount to 220,144 of the total liabilities.
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