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Secretary Wilbur exposes naval reserve oil sale to Royal Dutch Shell for export. Teapot Dome production questions arise as tax burdens grow. Bell Telephone demo claims public address to a million, while aggression in Nicaragua draws Latin American distrust.
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Wilbur
Navy Department
Naval Reserve
Honolulu
Royal Dutch Shell
Standard
British- Dutch Oil Combine
Congress
Teapot Dome
Doheny and Sinclair
Bell Telephone Company
New Jersey
Hudson River
Bell Building
New York
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Pan American Congress urged to curb intervention talk
In April the Rio de Janeiro Conference of Jurists adopted a resolution for the Pan American Congress that bars intervention by any government. The move targets the United States amid rising South American sentiment. Officials push for frank talk and a square deal at the Havana meeting.
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Conference of Jurists
Rio de Janeiro
Pan American Congress
United States
South Amercan
Uncle Sam
Havana
Senate pushes to end lame duck session with Norris reform
The Senate backs a Norris proposal to amend the constitution and move inauguration to January 15 while starting senator and representative terms on January 2 after the prior November election. Six dissenters oppose changing constitutional dates. Rear Admiral Magruder urges Navy spending reforms, criticizing waste and force levels, but House Naval Affairs faces a status quo naval bureaucracy resisting change.
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Senate
Congress
Magruder
Navy Department
Touse
Naval Affairs Committee
Hae
House
U S Intervention in Nicaragua Criticized for Long Stay
The speaker denounces decades of U S involvement in Nicaragua noting nearly 300 Nicaraguans killed and no enduring improvements. He laments repeated deployments from 1910 onward and questions the temporary need declared by officials while stressing the lack of infrastructure and social progress.
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Nicaragua
Ackfeller Foundation
Nicars
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