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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1922
Page
3
School No 66 at Maple Road and Ruckle Street unveiled its first public appearance of the year during the school's Christmas celebration highlighting student performances and festive displays.
Princess Anastasia and Christopher of Greece arrive in America and set up in a sixteen room suite of a top hotel. The pair discuss Greece and their plans while reporters press for details about wealth and royal life. Christopher claims not Greek by blood years of travel shape his views. Princess plans Palm Beach health visit and social ascent among the four hundred.
William P. Evans announced that J. Burdette Little will continue as deputy prosecutor in Marion County City Court. Evans noted the switch to a $7500 annual salary for county prosecutors under new state law and that counties will cover office expenses and deputy pay.
New York reports Mrs. Goldberg Grimes, 25, leapt from a Lamport and Holt line vessel through a porthole into the river after claiming her husband and three children, recently detained for immigration checks in Boston, faced deportation. Master Tias Nelson saw her dive and disappear as crew could not halt the fall.
Designers present ready to wear outfits using cloth or silk with bandanna kerchiefs as trimming. Colors lean toward dark blue brown or black for immediate wear.
Otto H. Kahn proposes partial cancellation of inter allied war debts in a letter to Senator Reed Smoot. He argues the plan would let the United States aid Europe while avoiding entanglements with old-world nations and suggests reducing the portion used for war supplies, while keeping the rest intact.
Attorneys for J Ogden Armour moved to finance the Morris & Co packers purchase. A charter is sought in Dover Delaware for Armour & Co of Delaware to issue 160 million dollars in stock. The new entity would be Armour & Co’s largest subsidiary and manage most Morris assets with nominal offices in Wilmington.
Margaret Allen opens an exchange for unemployed actresses to sell their crafts then expands to a restaurant the Stage Door Inn. no waitresses. guests served by actresses who charm patrons with hostessing and table setting skills. patrons request actresses to help host at homes and create decorations.
Cecilia Cortez plunged between Brooklyn subway rails at Thirty-Fourth Street and Broadway as a northbound train approached. She rolled to safety and survived with a fractured right ankle. Her husband said she has fainting spells and vertigo.
The article reports a confrontation between Mayor Shank and Police Sergeant Russell over gambling and promotions. It details Russell’s reduction tied to a daylight hold‑up at a Kresge store, political pressure from bootleggers and gamblers, and alleged credit disputes with detectives. It also notes other promotions and transfers in the city police, including Dunwoody and Wilkerson changes amid a broader purge of corruption. Knitted costumes section follows unrelated.
The White House indicated the United States, holder of the world’s largest gold reserve, may begin large scale exportations. Cabinet discussions focused on gold exports, foreign trade, and the new tariff law, with the surge of American tourists abroad noted as accelerating gold movements out of the country.
Paris officials indicate drastic measures to secure reparations from Germany. A general guardianship with a Rhine and Ruhr customs barrier would divert Ruhr products to France, funding reparations. France faces a choice between ruin and forfeits, aiming to pressure Germany despite uncertain 1923 payments.
Coroner Paul F. Robinson reports over 600 violent or sudden death investigations this year, with about 100 more such deaths than in 1921. Across four years he has handled 2,226 cases, roughly 65 percent violent, including notable cases like Filicita Salvatore's starvation death and the Galbraith automobile fatality.
Times Special reports American citizens filed with the Mixed Claims Commission a war debt against Germany totaling 2.4 trillion paper marks, about $300 million in U.S. money. The Lusitania claims are ready for hearing, with judges to decide compensation for lives lost and other damages.
The Sigmon Coal Company contract may be repudiated by the board of school commissioners tonight. Officials and employes are charged with making short weight deliveries to a school building and a branch library twice in the last two months. The board will hear explanations and may discuss site selection for the new colored high school as part of the building program.
The Public Service Commission held a hearing on Indianapolis Light and Heat Company petition to issue a common stock dividend of 1 02 000 representing undistributed earnings over five years from Oct 31 1917. Attorney C N Thompson for the utility and Taylor E Groninger for the city presented testimony on extensions and improvements to properties.
Sanitary commission unanimously approves construction of a garbage disposal plant at Sellers Farm to cost about 375000. Lucius B Swift withdraws counter proposal to keep the old plant while E W McCullough is ordered to supervise the project and plans will be reviewed by an international authority for approval.
Paris reports a new stocking design with a silk and rubber band knitted into the top cuff to hold the stocking snugly. The band resists washing and wear and also prevents coins from slipping out.
Washington dispatch reports Democratic leaders plan to push the international issue after Christmas, opening the 1924 campaign one year early. They attack Harding’s Europe policy, claim it harmed farmers by cutting foreign markets, and plot to stress Wilsonian foreign policy while weighing the League of Nations stance.
Federal grand jury indictments named 159 defendants. Capiases were sent to U.S. Marshal Linus P. Meredith by Clerk W. P. Kappes. Arraignment is set for Tuesday Jan. 16. The panel will reconvene to finish the Gary liquor conspiracy investigation before reporting to Judge Albert B. Anderson.
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