Jealousy tragedy ties Ingersoll kin in New York
Park Avenue homicide case centers on Wallace M. Probasco, son-in-law of Robert G. Ingersoll, and Mrs. R. H. Ingersoll. She was shot in her apartment after an estrangement. Probasco was wounded and later claimed she killed herself. Probasco's wife, Maude R. Ingersoll, and the Ingersoll family figure in a high society scandal unfolding with witnesses and hospital tests.
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New York
Robert G. Ingersoll
Robert Hawley Ingersoll
Dollar Watchea
Park Avenue
R. H. Ingersoll
Wallace M. Probasco
Robert G
Probasco
God
John Elliott
Ethical Culture Society
Ingersoll
Charles
Waterbury Clock Company
Ingersolls
Probascos
Maude R. Ingersoll
Alien Property Problems Highlight War Asset Seizure Audit
Comptroller McCarl reports to President Coolidge on alien property seized during World War I. The World dispatch cites widespread irregularities including inflated attorney and depository fees, ongoing liquidations, misused trust funds, and poor reporting. The probe covers hundreds of cases with focus on Bosch Magneto and others, costing about $200,000 over a year.
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New York
McCarl
Coolidge
Washington
Treasury Department
Borah
Congress
Treasury
American Metal and the Chemical Foundation
Bosch
Man killed estranged wife then dies in Willow Springs
Jerry Fessett, 30, shot and killed Elizabeth at a road house in Chicago after anger at meeting his estranged wife with another man. He then died by his own hand in Willow Springs, a suburb, according to AP.
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Chicago
Elizabeth
Jerry Fessett
Willow Springs
Three Die As Hudson Launch Capsizes Near 129th Street
A 60 foot Linseed King motor launch owned by Spencer Kellogg and Sons capsized in the Hudson River off 129th Street. Three men drowned, others missing, and 25 passengers were hospitalized after the vessels overturned possibly due to an ice floe.
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New York
Hudson River
129Th Street
Spencer Kellogg and Sons
Linseed Oil
Edgewater
N. J
Five Flint Firemen Injured Amid City Fire Collapse
Five firemen were hurt when collapsing walls trapped them during a morning blaze in Flint Michigan. The fire started in a cafe in the business district and burned for hours, wrecking a four story building and injuring crew as losses surpass 350 thousand dollars.
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Flight
Mich
Flint
Greece Joins Davis Cup Drive for 31st Nation
Greece becomes the latest nation to enter the Davis Cup competition raising the total to 31 since the series began in 1900. The move marks another expansion in international tennis as countries seek the coveted team trophy.
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Greece
New York
Ames Hosiery Mill Workers Don $10.75 To Empty Stocking Fund
Ten dollars and seventy five cents was donated by Ames hosiery mill employees in a small pasteboard box. The cheerful gifts reflect the true Christmas spirit as workers sacrifice for the needy while others shop downtown. The paper notes such contributions are common during the fund drive, though more generosity from the well-off is hoped. Continued on page five.
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Ames Hosiery
Amos Mill
Missing Memphis Bank Teller Glisson to Face Arrest
Memphis detective Will T. Griffin announced Courtney Glisson, a bank teller with the Bank of Commerce and Trust, has been located after weeks missing following a shortage of about 465000 dollars in his savings department accounts. Officials noted he may be arrested by Christmas Day but withheld exact location.
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Memphis
Tenn
Will T. Griffin
Courtney Glisson
Griffin
Glisson
Savings Department
Bank of Commerce and Trust Company of Memphis
First Trial Horse In Delaney Campaign Bout
Jack Delaney of Bridgeport meets Bud Gorman of Kenosha in the feature bout at Jersey City Armory. The charity show promotes a Christmas fund with Humbert J. Fugazy as promoter. Delaney is a 2 to 1 favorite despite Gorman carrying over twenty pounds.
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Jersey City
Jack Delaney
Bridgeport
Young Man Held On Charge of Shooting Two Students
A man identified as C. C. Cranfield of Winston-Salem was held for a preliminary hearing in Salisbury on charges he shot two Washington and Lee University students at the Southern Railway station in Salisbury. The suspect fled in two cars, forced a driver at pistol point, and later wrecked the vehicle near New London as police traced his flight. One wounded student was Edward W. Streit, brother of Auburn star C. W. Streit Jr.. the other was hospitalized with minor injuries. The motive given was resentment over remarks about his wife.
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Albemarle
C. C. Cutley
C. C. Cranfield
Winston-Salem
Salisbury
Washington and Lee University
Edward W. Streit
C. W. Streit Jr
Auburn
Birmingham
Ala
Cranfield
Mobile
Charlotte
N. C
James
Paul Hinson
Hinson
Pistol Point
New London
Florida tops list of week’s highway deaths in south states
AP records show 57 fatalities and 262 injuries from auto, rail, and grade crossing crashes across 11 southern states in the week ending Saturday. Florida led with 12 deaths while Tennessee reported 52 injuries and North Carolina and South Carolina each had eight deaths. Louisiana had six deaths and Georgia and Alabama five each. Kentucky and South Carolina and Virginia saw one or two deaths from grade crossing crashes.
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Associated Press
Florida
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Louisiana
Georgia
Alabama
Kentucky
Virginia
Lonmisiana
ATURE
Fimolecky S
NOR Cc
Superintendent Gra ham asks for pay cut to aid schools
Wilmington report says W A Graham county school superintendent asked to reduce his salary from 6000 to 5000 to help cover a revenue deficiency threatening teacher payroll. He offered to contribute 1000, and the commissioners arranged notes to bridge the crisis.
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Wilmington
W. A. Graham
New Hanover
Graham
Neighbors Back Defendant in Canton Murder Trial
In Canton Ohio on December 20, defense witnesses including Max Rudner and Herman Rubin testified for Patrick Eugene Mc Dermott opposite co defendants Ben Rudner and Louis Mazer in the murder case of Don R. Mellett publisher. The hearings tied Rudner to contacts with Canton police and a July pay off date, while defense contends alibi and mistaken identities.
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Canton
Ben Rudner
Patrick Eugene McDermott
Don R. Mellett
Rudner
McDermott
Louis Mazer
Max Rudner
Ben
Herman Rubin
William Speedy
Massillon
Steve Mascholk
Max
Herman Rudner
Canal Traver
Ohio
Speedy
Brewster
Rudners
Ed Rudner
Chicago
Herman Schram
Wet bloc moves to modify Volstead act after recess
Washington December 20 AP The wet faction plans action after Christmas recess to modify the Volstead act. Wayne Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League accuses them of starving enforcement while drafting a bill to permit non intoxicating beverages and to set state based standards. Representative Hill is leading a plan to insert a clause allowing sale of beverages not intoxicating under state law.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Treasury Department
Nets
Representative Hill
Maryland
House Committee
Bear With Collar Found in Kennebunk
A hunter in Kennebunk found a tame bear wearing a collar, indicating the animal had been in captivity. The discovery occurred in Sanford on December 20.
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Sanford
Kennebunk
Christmas trees stolen from church cemetery grounds
In Asheville on December 20 a pastor questions the Christmas spirit after a country church yard near the town was left bare of evergreens following a high tide of tree bidding Sunday.
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Asheville
Trail Blazers Carry Note Of Good Will Ambassadors
Ten army aviators on a 20 000 mile good will expedition are described by Secretary Davis as ambassadors of good will and trail blazers for aviation. The start in San Antonio links Pan America with American cities amid ceremonial christenings for Pan American flight ships.
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Washington
Army
Dwight Davis
San Antonio
Pan-America
Tev
Frank B
Comptroller General cites improper use of alien property funds
Washington report says MecCarl informed President Coolidge funds of alien property were illegally drawn from the treasury and administration expense was excessive. In Chicago, Harold J. Croarkin confesses to police that while intoxicated he struck and killed six year old Walter Schmith.
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New York
wWorld Dispatch
Washington
MecCarl
Coolidge
Treasury
Columbia University Faculty Calls War Debts Readjustment
Political science faculty at Columbia University in New York criticizes war debt settlements as unsound in principle and advocates readjustment to improve financial stability and international relations.
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Political Science Faculty
Columbia University
New York
Thirty Men Die Singing On Hudson Ice Floe Transport
An AP report recounts 30 men singing of work prospects as they rode to their deaths when an ice floe crushed a launch on the Hudson River. Authorities warned the death toll could rise to about 40, with 24 more hospitalized from immersion.
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New York
New Jersey
Hudson River
Chicago Youth Confesses Slaying of 6-Year-Old
Harold Croarkin 26, son of a flour dealer, told State's Attorney Crowe he killed Walter Schmith whose body was found dying in a northside riding academy barn. Croarkin admitted the act but denied mistreating the boy, claiming the youth was mentally backward.
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Chicago
Harold Croarkin
Walter Schmith
Crowe
Robert E. Crowe
Northside
Croarkin
Harold
Bingham Visits Chapel Hill for Vocational Guidance Talk
Dr Walter Van Dyke Bingham of New York director of the Personnel Research Federation visited the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill with Mrs Bingham former romance languages professor at Vassar and Wellsley Colleges He spoke to the faculty committee on vocational information and discussed psychology aiding career choice The university is one of fourteen with vocational guidance departments as Bingham tours similar institutions
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Chapel Hill
Walter van Dyke Bingham
New York
Personnel Research Federation
General Staff
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Bingham
Vassar and
Wellsley Colleges
Francis F. Bradshaw
Hume Barden
American Association of University Women
H. W. Chase
Wives of Former Sultan Spark Suitors in Constantinople
Rumor says three wives of the former Sultan of Turkey, allowed to return, attract many suitors including an American millionaire. No reports of any marriage or acceptance as yet.
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Constantinople
Suletan
Turkey
McKechnie Targeted for Cardials Assistant Manager Post
Baseball figure Bill McKechnie is pursued for an assistant manager role with the St. Louis Cardinals. Reports say he is nearing a breakthrough after the Cardinals parted ways with Bill Kirschner.
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Col. Ingersoll
New Yrk
United States
James A.reed
David Reed
U.S
Samuel Insull
Frank L. Smith
HF Ashurst
U. S. Senate
Hlinois
McKinley
Ashurst
Smith
James A. Reed
Samuel Insuil
Magamate
Dave Reed
High Point
Red Rudner
Centon
Editor
Wernight News
Harold J. Croarkin
Bill McKechnie
Cardinals
Bill Kiliifer
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