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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1920
Page
2
Navy's Surgeon-General Admiral Edward Rhodes to head the Navy Medical School and act as consulting physician during President Wilson's illness. Rhodes promoted to succeed Admiral W. C. Bralsted, who has retired from the post.
Lieutenant Walter Hinton the NC-4 pilot and two others departed Rockaway Point in a naval balloon on December 18 and no word has come since. Search efforts have yet to locate them in the Adirondack mountains.
In Syracuse, home of the governor elect, Governor's daughter and lifesaver elect of New York, shown with Captain Fred C. Miller of the Red Cross Life Saving Bureau, who she saved from trouble before hundreds. Little Miss Miller, 75 pounds, proved her skill by saving Captain Miller, 190 pounds, amid public attention.
George Sister lead the American League with a 407 average as the first 400 hitter since 1912. Ty Cobb loses the batting crown for the second time in fourteen years, with Tris Speaker from the Indians in second at 358. Joe Jackson, formerly of the White Sox, is mentioned in context.
Actress bride of producer Jean Paige formerly wed to Albert C Smith president of Vitagraph Company of America. The concise item notes her recent marriage to Smith after her earlier nuptials with Paige.
Catherine Tibball, a 101 year old Czecho-Slovakia envoy living in New York, warns young women against marriage. She attributes her longevity to abstinence and avoiding alcohol, saying modern marriage is a risk in a “wilderness.” She receives many visitors seeking love advice.
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