Papers in Oll Scandal Taken From Senator
Records related to naval oil scandal evidence were reported stolen from a senator's office. The committee plans to question witnesses on the disappearance as it nears its long awaited revelations this week. Key figures include Edward McLean Attorney General Daugherty and former Secretary Fall.
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Washington
Naval Oil
Tone Committee
Edward B. Mclean
The
Washington Post
Daugherty
Fall
McLean
Wood
Hamon
Leonard Wood Jr
Jake Hamon, Jr
Interior
Gaston B. Means
Department
Florida
Three Rivers
N. M
Fali
Huge American Loan to Frange Reported
London and Paris report the French franc gaining on hopes the government will take drastic steps to avert a financial crisis. A Morgan funded syndicate is said to offer to lend 50 million dollars at six percent to the French government. Franc quotes move to 115.5 to the pound and 27.66 to the dollar.
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Frange
London
London Money Exchange
Morgan & Co
Paris
Denver Man Given Life in Slaying of Two Women
Joe Brindisi known as shrek of Denver's Little Ft was condemned to life imprisonment for the August murder of Mrs. M McGlone and Miss Emma Vascovi. The killings occurred after a quarrel in the victims apartment and Brindisi was captured recently in Detroit.
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Denver
Colo
Joe ‘Y Brindisi
Meal of baling wire kills Hereford cow in post mortem
A registered Holstein cow owned by D L McDonald died in Hereford after a post mortem revealed a four inch piece of baling wire in its stomach that pierced the stomach wall into the heart.
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Hereford
D. L. McDonald
Mrs. Byfield Loses Action Against Candler
A DeKalb superior court jury awarded no damages to Mrs Clyde Byfield and found for Walter Candler in her suit alleging an attack. The Atlanta case ends with the defendant prevailing and the plaintiff denied damages of 100000 dollars.
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Atlanta, Ga
DeKalb Superior Court
Clyde Byfield
Walter Candler
Atlanta
Byfield
Candler
Denby Leaves Office. Navy Chief Succession Untitled
Secretary of the Navy Denby resigns with no successor named as of noon March 1960. Theodore Roosevelt otomatically assumes duties until a new chief is confirmed. Candidates include Judge Curtis Dwight Wilbur, James F. Davidson, Governor Joseph Dixon, and George Edmund Foss, with political strategy favoring a West Coast pick. Denby to return to Detroit for a farewell homecoming before resuming his vindication campaign in Washington.
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Washington
Denby
Theodore Roosevelt
Curtis Dwight
Wilbur
Calif
Naval Academy
Shortridge
California
Navy
Coolidge
Hirman Johnson
James F. Davidson
Michigan
Davidson
Bay City
Joseph Dixon
Montana
Dixon
Roosevelt
George Edmund Foss
Ilinois
Congress
Foss
White House
Detroit
Wilson kept political life outside home
A 1924 portrait of Woodrow Wilson recounts how he refused to let politics intrude at the White House. The narrative notes Wilson and his family avoided official entertaining for political leverage, fearing entanglements and compromised integrity.
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Wilson
George H. Doran Company
United States
Canada
South America
White House
Congress
Shriners Plan Special Train for National Convention
Local Shriners in Amarillo discuss a special train to Kansas City for the national Shrine meeting in June. The Khiva Shrine plans to include band drum corps and patrol in the delegation. An assistant Rabban will be elected at Wednesday night’s meeting to fill the vacancy created by Lee Shropshire’s death.
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National Shrine
Kansas City
Amarillo
George Stapleton
Rabban
Lee Shropshire
Schwab Cites Hysteria Over Naval Oil Probes
Charles M. Schwab told President Coolidge that hysteria over congressional probes into naval oil leases harms U S business. He said overall conditions are sound and prosperity is strong, though not as high as it should be, after a White House conference.
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Senate
Aroud
White House
Washington
United States
Congress
Charles M. Schwab
Coolidge
Lynch Davidson Starts Gubernatorial Stump Campaign
Dallas report says Lynch Davidson candidate for governor will open his stumping campaign in San Antonio Wednesday night as announced by his manager.
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Dallas
Tex
Lynch Davidson
San Antonio
Weather Forecast Mainly Fair With Warmer Tone
The government weather bureau reports tonight and Tuesday will be generally fair and warmer. Tomorrow looks partly cloudy with a chance of some cloud cover.
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Government Weather Bureau
Congressman Knutson Held on Serious Charges in Virginia
Representative Knutson of Minnesota was held in Arlington County jail on a serious charge after a reported arrest on a Virginia road. He was remanded without bail, with a potential one to three year term, as L. M. Hull faced related charges. A hearing was expected the following day.
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Washington
Harold Knutson
Minnesota
Arington County
Virginia
Knutson
L. M. Hull
Three Escaped Inmate Recaptures Near Homer Illinois
Tollet March 10 Three of five convicts who fled last night from the Illinois state penitentiary were recaptured early today at Homer Illinois. Joe Moran William James and Clarence Langford were surrounded in a field by guards and a citizen posse.
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Tollet
Illinois State Penitentiary
Homer
Here
Joe Moran
William James
Clarence Langford
Flames Still Rage in Mine Near Castlegate Utah
Rescue crews at Utah Mine No 2 struggle to extinguish a fire 3200 feet from the No 1 escape, as 172 miners remain entombed after a Saturday explosion. Thirty-one bodies have been recovered, five identified, all of them married. Governor Mabey offers state aid as crowds are kept back and community kitchens and a hotel for relatives are arranged.
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Castlegate
Utah
Utah Mine No. 2
Mabey
Crude Oil Prices Rise in Franklin PA Announcement
Franklin Pa March 10 a raise of 10 to 20 cents a barrel lifting the price of all crude oils except Pennsylvania was announced here by the Seet Purchasing agency.
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Franklin
Papsylvania
Seet
Fall and Others Reported To Seek Villa Aid In Mexico
El Paso report claims in 1917 Albert B. Fall then a U S senator and American mining men sought a conference with Pancho Villa to back his planned republic in northern Mexico. Hunt said Fall offered Villa $50 million a year for protection of mining property and influence to secure a semi official role for himself. Villa and Mexican authorities allegedly barred Hunt and Fall from entering Mexico. later relations soured and plans stalled.
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Charles F. Hunt
el Paso
Mexico
Tex
Albert B. Fall
United States
Pancho Villa
el Paso Post
Hunt
Fall
Villa
Maxtico
Carranza
Columbia
New York
Harry Sinclair
Edward L. Doheny
Doheny Says He Funded Obregon to Quell Mexican Revolt
New York March 10 E L Doheny oil magnate and naval base lessee now tied to the senate investigation declares charges that he aided a Mexican revolution are false. He states he loaned the Obregon government 5 million dollars to help quell the revolt and rebukes Senator Wheeler for alleged meetings with Daugherty and others.
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New York
E. L. Doheny
Senate P
Mexico
Doheny
Obregon
Wheeler
Daugherty
Senate
Messrs. Sinclair, McLean
Moscow
United States
Senator Wheeler
Smuggling plot evidence sought by Senate committee
Washington reports that the Senate Daugherty investigating committee will seek evidence on a $1.9 million bribery and gun running plot involving Albert B. Fall and other officials. Witness Harry Obben, ex mayor of Calexico, details alleged Washington interference and a $1 million fund linked to Estaban Cantu.
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Washington
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Senate
Daugherty
Harry Obben
Calexico
Cal
Obben
la Follette
Wisconsin
Estaban Cantu
LaFollette
Wheeler
Department of Justice
Former Acting Wizard of Klan Goes on Trial
Edward Young Clarke, a former acting imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, stood trial in Houston federal court on Mann Act charges for transporting Laura Martin, 21, a Houston girl, to New Orleans for immoral purposes. The case had been postponed twice at defense requests.
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Houston
Edward Young Clarke
Ku Klux Klan
United States District Court
Clarke
Laura Martin
New Orleans
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Charge
EF. L. Doheny
Harry F. Sinclair
Wizard OF Klan
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