Comedian Chaplin’s Divorce Sparks Heir Fight in Receivership
Eighteen-year-old Liza Grey Chaplin seeks full control of Charles Chaplin’s estate, possibly abandoning a typical one half share of the $16 million fortune. Receivership blocks funds, with Edwin T. McMurray moving to halt Edna Purviance’s $250 weekly pay while Chaplin’s attorneys protect the children’s interests.
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By International News Service
Los Angeles
Liza Grey Chaplin
Charles Chaplin
Chaplin
California
Edwin T. McMurray
Edna Purviance
McMurray
Miss Purviance
State Veterinary Medical Association Meets at Menger Hotel
State medics gather next Wednesday and Thursday at the Menger hotel to discuss tuberculosis eradication professional intolerance European veterinary conditions and snake bite treatments with speakers A T Kinsler J EB Gibson J G Horning Dudley Jackson M L Crimmins E K Glover W G Griffin and T T O Booth. A Thursday tour will visit the veterinary hospital at Fort Sam Houston.
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State Veterinary Medical Association
Menger Hotel
A. T. Kinsler
Kansas City
J. EB. Gibson
United States
J. G. Horning
Houston
Dudley Jackson
San Antonio
M. L. Crimmins
E. K. Glover
W. G. Griffin
Fort Sam Houston
T&t O
City Hall Fire Causes 40000 Damage In OKC
Oklahoma City report cites city hall fire on January 13 with origin undetermined between the second and third floors. Damage estimated at forty thousand dollars. Fire department responding units investigated the incident and secured the scene.
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Okwahoma City
Rv . Eri
Comedian Chaplin Holdings Seized Under Guard
Detectives guard the estate as every article is checked. Cars are found in the home garage and studio grounds. Accounting books are seized and an armed guard is placed on Chaplin holdings to secure the legal hook.
Chaplin Returns From Hiding in Chicago Amid Divorce Scandal
Charlie Chaplin, broken and heartsick, left a quiet Chicago hotel today to depart on the Broadway Limited for New York. He, worn by sensational divorce charges involving Mrs Lita Grey Chaplin, was found by the Chicago Evening American after a city wide search.
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Oy International News Service
Chicago
Charlie Chaplin
Broadway
New York
Haggard
Lita Grey Chaplin
Chicago Evening American
100 To Watch Tree Pruning Demonstration At Lytle
A pruning demonstration will be held January 1 at the Kearny orchard near Lytle under Fred W Mally of the agricultural department chamber of commerce. Afterward Mally will tour the Lytle hatcheries and discuss orchard pruning cultivation and management. A large attendance is expected as Mally previously drew interest during a similar session at the Aug orchard. The talk will cover tree feeding and insect control with guidance on removing nearby debris and tarry branches.
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Kearny
Lytle
Fred W.mally
Agricultural Department
Chamber of Eqniimerce
Mally
Star to Sing at 1820 Meet
Star to sing at 1820 Meet with her husband Mr Charles Cresson has been offered soloist for the national convention of the American Legion to be held locally by a letter received Thursday by William Furlong of the chamber of commerce. Major and Mrs Cresson will return to San Antonio in July where they expect to be stationed. They have been in the Philippines since July 1925. While there Mrs Cresson has given concerts at Manila and in China Manchuria Corea and Japan.
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Charles CL Cresson
National Convention of the American Legion
William Furlong
Chamber of Commerce
Paster's Sister Named Secretary of State in Texas
A. N. Mc Callum appoints Mrs. Jane McCallum of Austin as secretary of state under Governor elect Dan Moody. The longtime political aide and author on women's issues led Moody's campaign among women and has broad experience in journalism, economics, and public service. She hails from Lavernia, married to Austin schools head A N McCallum, and is a Colonial Dames member with lineage to early North Carolina settlers.
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Dan Moody
Jesse L. Yelvington
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McCallum
Jane ¥. McCallum
Austin
Ulder
Texas
A. N. McCallum
Austin Public Schools
Kenedy
Seguin
Colonial Dames of America
Cape Fear River
N. C
Yellington
No Bones Broken in 110-foot Fall
Ennis man Terry Saazy fell 110 feet from the top of the municipal water tower Wednesday but was found to have no broken bones at the hospital. He likely suffered internal injuries as authorities reported.
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Ennis
Terry Saazy
Reports Ordered on Bad Aroee Receiving Femplag
Authorities order a full review after faulty reports indicate issues with nightly inspections. Mr Wright faen stated the investigation will focus on the receiving process and potential lapses.
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Wright Faen
Wright to address law class on Thursday night
Elmo Wright, lecturer on legal research, will address the law class of Jain K. Webber, a San Antonio attorney, in the Ninety-fourth district courtroom at 5 o'clock Thursday night.
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Elmo Wright
Jain K. Webber
Antonio
Reading habits at San Antonio library during holidays
Miss Minnie B. Cameron, reference librarian at the Carnegie Library, notes high demand for cook books etiquette and entertainment titles over Christmas as people cooked Yuletide dishes and hosted guests. After holidays interest shifts to fiction travel and biography with men favoring travel and women leading in fiction and biography reading.
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San Antonio
Carnegie Library
Minnie B. Cameron
Demu
Cameron
Farmers Seek Culling Help After Poultry Show
Dozens of Bexar county farmers request culling demonstrations this week from commerce officials. O B Rollins, assistant agricultural agent, reports visits to Art Biel’s Van Ormy chicken farm and Frank Gafford’s South San Antonio farm to cull birds and aid in breeding pen selection. A Thursday demonstration at the Hoffman school poultry club on Castroville road covered egg setting and pen selection.
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Bexar County
Agricultural Department
Chamber of Commerce
O. B. Rollins
Rollins
Art Biel
van Ormy
Frank Gafford
South San Antonio
Poultry Club
Hoffman School
Castroville Road
Society Appeals for Furniture for Destitute Couple
The San Antonio Child Protective and Humane Society issued an appeal Thursday for furniture for a destitute paralyzed man and his wife who cannot furnish the home provided by Associated Charities. Miss Lucy G. Smithers, secretary, reported.
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San Antonio
Inquiries Rise About San Antonio as Tourist Resort
San Antonio sees a 50 percent rise in tourist inquiries over three days with about 100 letters daily, reported by Prod Herndon of the chamber of commerce publicity department. January remains the peak month for tourist movement, mail records are breaking this week, and most inquiries stem from ads run in sixteen Midwestern and Northern papers. Ads will continue through February 1.
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San Antonio
Prod Herndon
Publicity Department
Chamber of Commerce
Middle West
Northe
Chamber
Plaza Hotel on Booster January 1927 cover
The January 1927 Booster, the Junior Chamber of Commerce official monthly, highlights the Plaza Hotel on its cover. It outlines this year’s activities including a February 4 and 5 musical revue at the auditorium to raise funds for hosting the 1928 national convention. The issue also features a piece on new president Henry M. Lutz. RETURN FROM HUNTING. J F Armstrong and Ed Pomby I have returned from Rockwort where they were guests of A Ley at the St Charles Bay Hunting club.
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Booster
Chamber’ of’ Commerce
Plaza Hotel
Henry M. Lutz
J.F. Armstrong
Ed Pomby
Rockwort
Aley
St Charles Bay
Boy Scouts Anniversary Week Plans in San Antonio
Celebration of anniversary week February 8 to 14 by the Boy Scouts of San Antonio will be discussed at a directors meeting of the Alanto Council area in Judge WS office in Biscounty. Commissioners Will include exhibitions at the scout headquarters in downtown Broadway with showcases.
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Boy Scouts ‘of
San Antonio
Alanto
Judge WS
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