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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1920
Page
15
Mrs Warren G Harding sends a buckeye from Marion to Governor Coolidge carried in his pocket by a party of Ohio insurance men led by R B Prettyman. The buckeye was taken from a tree before Senator Harding's porch to ward off rheumatism and a picture of the senator and his wife accompanied the gift.
Mrs. Florence E. Shaal of Boston became the first woman to hold national office in the 30 year history of the National Association of Life Underwriters. She was chosen as third vice president at the closing session in which 1500 delegates cheered.
The convention amended its constitution to add a fourth vice president and shift leadership from retiring Denver president J. Stanley Edwards. Orville Thorp of Dallas will serve as the new leader as RH. A. Colwell of Greensboro spoke on during the morning session.
Delegates hosted by the Boston association visited Harvard University Concord and Lexington on a sightseeing trip. Late yesterday afternoon mobile groups of men and women insurance writers arrived in Swampscott where a shore dinner was served at the New Ocean House.
Berlin reports Finance Minister Wirth says Germany total debt including funded debt stands at 242.7 billion marks. He cites a 65.7 billion mark budget deficit and 131 billion marks in war indemnity claims. Railways show a 16 billion deficit while post and telegraph underperform by 3 billion. The year adds 47.8 billion marks to the national debt.
Holbrook residents react to Sears Roebuck Shoe Company announcing closure of its factory after 10 years. The move will cut 300 jobs and reduce local manufacturing, prompting reassessment of property values as workers seek jobs elsewhere.
In Los Angeles on September 23, the corpse of Jacob Charles Denton, a capitalist missing four months, was discovered buried under several tons of earth in a hermetically sealed box in a cellar. Denton had been dead about three months and left a will to Judge Avery, who could not locate him for years. Denton had a daughter Frances Denton in Phoenix, Arizona. The house housed by tenants is owned by Denton and was leased through an agent a month prior.
A postcard warning that a large Providence office building would be demolished at midnight tomorrow was received by Superintendent Martin Fanning. Signed "AWTX" with skull and cross-bones, the card was mailed from Reed City and turned over to police for investigation.
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