Tex Guinan Jewelry Auction Highlights Historic Treasures
Old New York text lists items from Tex Guinan's collection auctioned last week. Diamonds and ornate pieces include a diamond necklace once owned by Queen Marie, a czar presented vanity case, a three karat Tex ring with four karat accents, and a nine karat diamond ring set in platinum linked to campaign fund uses.
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New Fork
Ing Ecbures
Teves Guinan
Texas
Queen Marie
Cass
Czar Nicholas
Jillian Russell
Tex
Gilier
John Stein
Fennce
Wille
Stein
Edward
Neme de Windsor
Briars
Wales
Death by own action verdict in Cook's Death
Justice of the Peace R. W. Stappenbeck ruled that Joan Hines 38 a war veteran unemployed committed death by own action by taking poison tablets. Hines was found dying in a room at 328 South San Saba Street Thursday afternoon by F. C. Beinum and died en route to Robert B. Green hospital. A card in his pocket identified him as a member of the Murray Davis plot of the American Legion in Kansas City.
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Joan H. Hines
R. W. Stappenbeck
San Saba Street
Hines
F. C. Beinum
Robert B. Green
Murray Davis
American Legion
Kansas City
Strike Called by Marine Radio Men New York
For the first time in 13 years a strike has been called by licensed mar ine radio operators. The American Radio Telegraphers association voted for a strike against the American Merchants line, a subsidiary of the International Mercantile Marine, seeking restoration of a 26 percent wage cut on ships of this line.
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Marine Radio Men
New York
American Merchant Service
American Radio Telegraphers Association
American Merchants Line
International Mercantile Marine
Marine Wireless
Mary Pickford and Owen Moore Early Film Partners
In a Life story snapshot from Hollywood, Mary Pickford’s early career unfolds under D W Griffith with co star Owen Moore. It recalls her rise from child star to international icon, her salary growth, and the long arc of her film work and early marriages leading to later marriages and divorce.
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Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Avery
Quer Moore
Marjorie Driscoll
Hollywood
Der
Mary Flekford
D. W. Griffith
Owen Moore
Mary
Biograph
Ani
Griffith
Moore
Mary Wes
Bingraph
Essaney
George EK
Spoor
Starles BO
Tory
Mare Pickford
Arthur Johnson
James Kirkwood
Billy Quirk
Mae Marsh
Claire McDouell
Alice Joyce
Lilian Gish
Biograph Company
Lillian
Hold Cowhore
Bolumenia
Datagraph
Mo- Hon Picture Company
Belisea
Quitel
Republic Theater
New York
Asia
Kir Betunic Viet
Pickford Famous Players Company
Pickford
Mary Becauve
Capricg
Tess
Fanchon
Cinderella
Nell
Compfroy
Peppina
Madame Buttrfly
Hulda
Holland
NRA codes push to 70 to 100 more before year end
Washington December 13 The NRA aims to add 70 to 100 more codes before year end to cover most industries. Current approved compacts total 40 with six months’ effort since recovery unit inception. Nearly 280 codes past hearing gauge. about 20 ready for Roosevelt and 100 near completion.
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Washington, D. C
NRA
Jas Congress
Roosevelt
Ed ith M Cormick Home Furnishings Put on Public Sale
Luxurious furnishings from the late Edith Rockefeller McCormick will be offered in public sale beginning January 5. A first lot will be shown at 1000 Lake Shore Drive town house, with another portion later at Villa Turum in Lake Forest. The exhibit opens January 10 and runs until all items are sold.
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Edith M'Cormick
Chicago
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Lake Shore Drive
Villa Turlum
Simmer
Lake Forest
Strawberries for Christmas Table in Galveston Area
In Galveston and nearby areas farmers report early ripe strawberries. Dickinson and Alrin have picked their first berries of the season as mild winter weather boosts blooming across farm ponds in the region.
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Galveston
Dee
Dickinson
Alrin
Bus School Train Crash Claims Ten Children in Florida
Crescent City Florida reports a fatal school bus and freight train collision that killed ten children and injured about thirty. The bus driver D A Niles is critically injured, claiming he did not see the train due to mist. The engineer H A Howell says the bus was within ten feet before impact. A widow named Mrs Bennie Smith mourns four of her seven children. The accident prompted an inquest to determine responsibility.
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Crescent City
Fla
Hne
Palatka
D. A. Niles
Bennie Smith
Peace machinery reforms urged at Pan American talks
In Montevideo, twenty one republics were to be asked to supply missing parts of peace machinery by aligning existing conciliation and arbitration treaties. Carlos Saavedra Laman urged ratification of ample documents to handle disputes without a new pact, amid debates on adherence to treaties and new pacts. The session also saw the economic commission unanimously back tariff reductions, with several nations reserving positions or absent from votes.
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Th Ausoelstad
Montevideo
Carlos Saavedra La~man
Bolivia
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
Special Economic Committee
United States
Hull
Peru
Commie
Mexico
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Uruguay
Nicaragua
Salvador
Halt
Ecuador
Venizuela
Panama
Cubs
Honduras
Guatemala
Dominica
Costa Rica
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported for December
Treasury figures show December 13 receipts of 13 780 902.09, expenditures 26 157 BSR, and a balance 89 043 119.58. Year to date receipts total 11 1268 41 085.42 with expenditures 2 169 YUNA, including 874 122 d0 B8 for emergency spending plus 889 336 011.90 in other outlays. A note mentions a model Mesolah giving up a role, linked to The American Weekly magazine bundled with the San Antonio Light.
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Treasury
Washington
D.C
Cuban land reform probes rights amid upheaval
In Havana on December 15 authorities opened an inquiry into property rights of landowners as Cuba plans to seize uncultivated foreign lands for distribution to Cuban farmers. Military leaders bolstered security around a new decree requiring 50 percent Cuban employment in commerce and industry as demonstrations were warned off. Three bombs exploded overnight at the Cuban owned Ford agency with no casualties.
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Havana
Mery
Lielt
Ford Motor Agency
Nations pay part on US war debts in mixed results
Washington and Paris report partial payments on postwar debts. Five nations met some installments led by Great Britain with 7.6 million, while Poland, Belgium, Estonia, and Latvia sent token sums. French arrears mount as December obligations go unpaid, widening sovereign delays.
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Washington
D. C
United States
Pinland
Ageit
Fis
Trance
Poland
Belgium
Estonia
Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
Bala
Latvia
Congress
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Sparrows
Los Angeles
America
Doug Fairbanks
Paue
Lavelior
Lenton Steidling
Silvio Dreher
Sugeestinns
RHC’ Reeiril’s Jewelry CO
East Houston ST
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Swe
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Nyeniler
Economic Commission of the Pan-American Conference
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William J. Filbert
Myron C. Taylor
United States Steel Corporation
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