Baseball Strife Taken To Chicago With Peace Dove
New York December 12 A three man committee brings a peace dove to Chicago as the American and National Leagues prepare to meet with Commissioner Landis in the chair. Byron Johnson and several club presidents push for harmony while conflicts between Landis and Harry Williams of the Pacific Coast League resurface. The session will address charges of gambling in the coast league and the threat to resign if terms of the current agreement are not upheld. Stanley Coveleskie's trade to the World Series champions is announced among other deals.
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New York
Chicago
K. M. Landis
Byron Bancroft Johnson
Johnson
Coast League
Landis
Stanley Coveleskie
Cleveland Indians
Trade talks swirl as Senators, Reds pursue stars
The Washington Senators swapped Byron Speece and C. E. Smith to Cleveland with Memphis connection. Stanley Harris added Mike McNally from the Yankees via Boston in Prothro deal. Cincinnati failed to lure Bill Terry as John McGraw stood pat for Donohue or Rixey. Miller Huggins signaled Urban Shocker trade talks with Browns may yield future agreement.
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Ington Senators
Byron Speece
C. E. Smith
Memphis
Cleveland
Stanley Harris
Mike McNally
Red Sox
Yankees
J.T. Prothro
Cincinnati Reds
Bill Terry
Giants
Jake Daubert
John McGraw
Aldolfo Luque
McGraw
Pete Donohue
Epha Rixey
Miller Huggins
Urban Shocker
Browns
Bob Shawkey
Joe Bush
St. Louis
Heirs of Angier B. Duke Challenge Tax in Federal Suit
Executors of Angier B. Duke sue in eastern North Carolina district court to stop $55,000 inheritance tax assertion by the state. They claim the tax on $21,833.83 is due, while Revenue Commissioner Doughton assesses $76,086.35, with estate valued at $11.12 million. They contend only $660.82 in a Durham bank and $918,011.22 in Erwin Cotton Mills stock are taxable in North Carolina.
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Raleigh
Angier B. Duke
New York
United States District Court of
North Carolina
BE. B. Halstead
William R. Perkins
George C. Thorn
Durham
Erwin Cotton Mills
College Backfield Leaders Dominate 1925 Honors
New York and college headlines highlight backfield stars for 1925 honors. Harold Red Grange of Illinois tops the list as a mythical all American contender while Colgate captain Eddie Tryon leads the sprinting backs. Dartmouth’s Eddie Dooley elected Hanover captain as ballots show ten backs and eight quarterbacks among winners.
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New York
Harold “Red” Grange
Illinois
Colgate
Eddie
Dartmouth
Hanover
Record Total Of Insurance Bought By American Folk
New York December 12 The leaping thrift record shows Americans bought about 13.9 billion dollars in life insurance this year at the opening of the 18th annual convention of the Association of Life Insurance Presidents. John Hancock Mutual Life President Waiton J. Crocker presided noting a forecast eight percent rise over 1923. He cited the nationwide impact of life insurance on agriculture housing and transportation and praised agents and the press for public support. The report details 1924 new business by class ordinary industrial and group with totals poised to set a record.
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New York
Highteenth
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Waiton J. Crocker
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Boston
United States
Crocker
Legal-Reserve Life Insurance
North America
Rio Grande
Institution of Life Insurance
Shrdlu Shrdlu Hrdlu Sd
Legal Reserve System
Insurance distribution to families and workers emphasized
The text notes money flowing to the family fireside, with the insured primarily being ordinary Americans. It cites an average policy around 120 dollars per person, many held by industrial workers and their families, and suggests over ten million American homes are insured.
Convention Athletic Heads In Annual Conference Opens
Charleston S C Dec 12 Delegates arriving for the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association annual conference prep to discuss key issues including the freshman and migratory rules. The executive committee met today and will publish its results at the first business session.
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Charleston
S&s. C
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
South
Delegates' Banquet Precedes Conference Sessions Tonight
Delegates are inclined to make the freshman rule obligatory for all members. A banquet in their honor will be hosted by the citadel tonight followed by a business session. Three sessions are scheduled for tomorrow, the conference's closing day.
Bottlers Gather for NC Convention Day Two
In Salisbury on December 12 the North Carolina Bottlers association held day two of its eleventh annual meeting with George W. Martin of St. Louis addressing bottlers boosters of America. About 200 bottlers and boosters attended as officers are to be elected this afternoon and a buffet luncheon closes the session.
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Salisbury
North Carolina Bottlers Association
George W. Martin
St. Louis
Bottlers Boosters of America
Fayetteville business group offers 250 acres for Duke site
A Fayetteville group telegraphed to the Duke trust fund trustees offering 250 acres of land near Fayetteville as a free site for Duke University if Trinity College does not accept the $40,000,000 trust from James B. Duke.
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Fayettevillle
Fayetteville
Duke Trust Fund
Duke University
Trinity College
James B. Duke
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