oc-plain-dealer 1924-01-15

Tuesday, January 15, 1924 MRS. MO CORMICK INVESTS FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN SWISS PROTEGE'S REALTY VENTURE THEY'LL COMMAND IN U. S.-SPONSORED WORLD AIR RACE Chicago—Edwin D. Krenn, young Swiss architect and protege of Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick, who is named as a co-trustee of the Edith Rockefeller McCormick Trust. Lieut. Comdr. Charles P. Mason (above) and Major F. L. Martin. Chicago—Edwin D. Krenn, young Swiss architect and protege of Mrs. Edith Rockefeller Mc Cormick, who is named as a co-trustee of the Edith Rockefeller Mc Cormick Trust, a realty firm of which Mrs. Mc Cormick is president, is to look after the social side of the Mc Cormick firm, which also takes care of Mrs. Mc Cormick's twenty million dollar estate. FIRST WOMAN AS OFFICER OF NEW YORK BANK Miss Helen Varick Boswell. The first woman to be made an officer in a bank in New York City is Miss Helen Varick Boswell, vice president of the Republican county committee, and long associated with Republican politics throughout the country. She has been appointed vice president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers' Co-operative Trust Co., which recently opened its doors in its new building at Seventh Ave. and Thirty-third street, New York. Warren S. Stone is president. REPUBLICAN LEADERS OPEN WEST J. W. Good (left to right), W. M. Butler and Fred W. Upham in Chicago. The western political pot, sizzling since Ilirau Johnson and am G. McAdoo, burst into Chicago to open corrals, began to boil when the were opened, with J. W. Western manager; W. M. B Miss Helen Varick Boswell. The first woman to be made an officer in a bank in New York City is Miss Helen Varick Boswell, vice president of the Republican county committee, and long associated with Republican politics throughout the country. She has been appointed vice president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers' Co-operative Trust Co., which recently opened its doors in its new building at Seventh Ave. and Thirty-third street, New York. Warren S. Stone is president. J. W. Good (left to right), W. M. Butler and Fred W. Upham in Chicago. The western political pot, six zilling since Hiram Johnson and am G. McAdoo, burst into Chicago to open corrals, began to boil when the west headquarters of Calvin Cooler were opened, with J. W. C. western manager; W. M. Bu WILL ONE OF THESE MEN SOUND G. O. P. “KEYNOTE” Left to right—above: Henry Allen, Albert Beveridge, Frank B. Willis, Simeon D. Fess. Below: William Borah, Medill McCormick, George Wharton Pepper and Irvine L. Lenroot. Who will sound the keynote of the Republican National convention? Nobody knows. G. O. P. chiefs are on a hunt to find the right man for temporary chairmanship whose acceptance speech has come to be considered the official keynote. Among the men being considered for the post are the prominent leaders above western senators predominating in the list of possibilities. THE PLAIN DEALER, ANAHEIM, CALIF. AVIATORS CHOSEN FOR ARMY'S ROUND-WORLD FLIGHT NORTH POLE Above: Lieut. Erik H. Nelson, (left) and Ma. Frederick L. Martin. Below: the route of the 'round-the-world flight', and Lieut. Lowell H. Smith. The aviators who will jump off from Washington about the middle of March on the greatest adventure ever sponsored by a department of the United States Government, the Army's aerial race around the world, have been chosen. Major Frederick L. Martin will be in command of all the planes. One of the pilots will be Lieut. Erik H. Nelson, who acted as engineer officer in the army air service flight to Alaska in 1920. Lieut. Nelson, a native of Sweden is an authority on aeronautical motors. Another pilot will be Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, one of the two men who accomplished the non-stop flight from Canada to Mexico in which refueling was done in the air. The route for the flight was laid out some time ago. PRESIDENT OPEN WESTERN "CORRALS" Mr and Fred W. Upham in the western headquarters of Coolidge in Chicago. national manager, and Fred W. Upham, treasurer of the Republican national committee on hand for the opening ceremonies. President Obregon and Staff Enroute President Obregon of Mexico, military chiefs pictured enrol (in black overcoat) with Secretary a conference in the town of War, Gen. Francisco Serrano, to zaco, between Mexico City his right, accompanied by other Vera Cruz. With the recap and Fred W. Upham in the western headquarters of Coolidge in Chicago. national manager, and Fred W. Upham, treasurer of the Republican national committee on hand for the opening ceremonies. President Obregon of Mexico, military chiefs pictured enrol (in black overcoat) with Secretary a conference in the town of War, Gen. Francisco Serrano, to zaco, between Mexico City his right, accompanied by other Vera Cruz. With the recap "KEYNOTE" BASHFUL PROMOTER SHUNS "WELCOME" An old photograph of Leo Koretz. As is he were to the great welcome being him in Chicago, Leo Ko. Call outlines to absent himself from of the West. Poor up on all sales of Alaska and razors David and wonder will be able to question about the $10,000 from selling swamp Chicagoans as oil linenaware of Center operators in House of then they r. Koretz derived a score of persons were and a fire started which d ed a large block of the CALIF. PAGE FIVE FLIGHT HOLLYWOOD CASUALTY AND EX-WIFE Mrs. Eleanor Harley. Courtland S. Dines, the wealthy oil operator of Denver, Colo., who was shot by the chauffeur of Mabel Normand, movie star, while Miss Normand and Edna Purviance, another star, were in his apartment, was divorced by his wife in August of last year. His former wife is now Mrs. Eleanor Harley. Courtland S. Dines. Courtland S. Dines, the wealthy oil operator of Denver, Colo., who was shot by the chauffeur of Mabel Normand, movie star, while Miss Normand and Edna Purviance, another star, were in his apartment, was divorced by his wife in August of last year. His former wife is now Mrs. Eleanor Harley. EX-SCHOOLMASTER HOLDS REINS IN STRUGGLING JAPAN Viscount Kiego Fiyoura. The problem of keeping the government off the rocks as it struggles with the tangle resulting from the earthquake catastrophe is facing Viscount Kiego Fiyoura, president of the privy council, who was named by Hirohito, prince regent of Japan, to form a new cabinet. He is more than seventy years old and was once a humble schoolmaster. WHEN ILLINOIS EXPLOSION KILLED SCORES Telescoped box cars blown off the track by the explosion. A score of persons were killed and a fire started which destroyed a large block of the huge plant by an explosion of dust in the Pelkin, Ill., plant of the Corn Products Refining Co. Nine men were entrapped when the cars were blown off the tractordescope.