Teapot Dome and Elk Hills probes widen political fallout
The Teapot Dome and Elk Hills scandals entangle Secretary of the Interior Fall and others as senators press for answers on loans, suspected connections to oil leases, and funds spent. Doheny, Sinclair ties are scrutinized, with Roosevelt Jr and Denby blamed for lax oversight. Russia fate looms as Lenin dies and Stalin may rise. Baldwin resigns in Britain, MacDonald becomes prime minister. political shifts forecast worldwide.
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Albert B Fall
Interior
Senator Walsh
Teapot Dome
Wyo
H. F. Sinclair
Elk Hills
Calif
E. L. Doheny
Fall
Theodore Roosevelt
Archie
Sinclair Oil Companies
G. D. Wahlberg
Sinclair
McLean
Doheny
Zevely
Archie Roosevelt
Caraway
Navy
Denby
Mine blast at Shankton Pennsylvania claims lives
Rescue teams equipped with oxygen tanks enter the Lancashire coal mine to continue the search for survivors and bodies. Victims are brought to the surface in mine cars as crews work through the big gas incident at Shankton.
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Lancashire
Shankton
Wiast
White Man and Reg ee Broly Hurt 1H Crash in Lee County
A white man named Monroe and an unknown Negro were badly hurt in a car collision three miles south of Smithville on the Dixie highway in Lee County. Monroe sustained multiple broken ribs and serious head and eye injuries. Jones escaped unhurt. both vehicles damaged. Emergency care given after arrival at Smithville. Monroe a prominent resident of Quincy, Florida.
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Monroe
Smithville
Lee County
Americas
Lo’clock
Joe Yesbik
Albany
Dixie Highway
J. C. Jones
Quincey
Fla
Jones
Premier KIyouri Refuses To Reply In Dissolved Diet
TOKIO January 31. The Imperial Japanese Diet was dissolved after chaotic scenes in the lower house. Water flasks flew and fists were used as opposition critics demanded Premier Kiyoura answer interpolations about the wrecking of a Nagoya train carrying opposition leaders. The premier refused to appear, triggering a riot and the Diet's dissolution.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Diet
Nagoya
Kiyoura
Kenjiro Komatsu
Komatsu
Services at Hebron Church Sunday Afternoon
Preaching by Rev J E Hall at Hebron church on Sunday afternoon February 8 with Sunday school at 2 30. Members urged to attend as business matters are to be discussed. Everyone invited. Mr and Mrs F K Broadhurst of Smithville NC and Dr Taly Winkerman of Oldsboro NV returned home Thursday after visiting their brother Ri 34 Broadhurst.
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Hebron Church
J. E Hall
Mmebers
F. K. Broadhurst
Smithville
N. C
Taly Winkerman
Oldsboro
N.v
Broadhurst
Plains P T A Endorses Thrasher for Tax Collector
Plains June 31 The Plains Parent Teacher Association adopted a resolution endorsing B Thrasher for county tax collector and urged other PTAs in the county to do likewise The group asks all voters interested in county schools welfare to vote in the March 19 primary.
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Plains
Plains Parent-Teacher Association
B. &. Thrasher
Jester Re-jailed Refuses Promise Good Conduct
Dick Jester, a Fulton county convict, was returned to the Sumter county chain gang this morning. He described a nocturnal escape from the camp via an abandoned house, riding freight trains to Columbus and Macon, and a dog-assisted pursuit that led to his capture. He says he will not promise future restraint and plans to quit automobile stealing, while authorities weigh indicting him at the May grand jury.
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Dick Jester
Fulton County
Sumter County
John B. Ansley
Jester
Americus
Columbus
Seaboard
Schneider
Macon
Ansley
Thompson School House
Colquitt Not To Combine Primaries Moultrie
Colquitt county Democratic executive committee voted unanimously against consolidating the county primary with Georgia’s March 19 presidential preferential primary. County officers will be nominated February 27, preserving the original date. Committee members cited protecting business from politics and could not delay the election to align with the state committee.
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Colquitt
Moultrie
Democratic Executive Committee
Colquitt Will Bee
State Committee
Weather: Georgia partly cloudy tonight and Friday
Partly cloudy conditions persist in Georgia with no temperature change expected tonight and Friday. Stronger sunshine is not anticipated and overnight lows remain steady. The forecast emphasizes light winds and dry conditions.
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Georgia
Labor Secretary Booed At United Mine Workers Convention
Indianapolis scene opened with James J. Davis, labor secretary, jeered by members as John L. Lewis urged restraint. Turmoil continued as delegates clashed over constitutional changes granting local unions one vote per hundred members, with a roll-call vote failing to reach required numbers amid charges of insistent insurgent opposition.
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Indianapolis
Ind
James J. Davis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
International
De Soto Mass Meet Endorses Candidates
At a De Soto mass meeting on January 31 citizens endorsed W. W. T. Anderson for county commissioner. The group approved Neal A. Ray’s record and instructed Ki L. Wilson to notify Ray with a letter urging him to announce candidacy to succeed himself in the upcoming primary.
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15Th Dist
de Soto
W. T Anderson
IL Lease Annulment Efforts Tied Up In Tape
Report on the condition of Fall is to be presented Friday to the committee after doctors examined the patient. Officials continue to review the lease annulment efforts amid ongoing tape delays and legal formalities.
Move to attack Robinson resolution on Denby resignation
Washington January 31 a move to attack the Robinson resolution calling for the resignation of Secretary Denby to the Walsh oil lease annulment measure was made today sponsored by Senator Trammell Democrat of Florida Protest was made by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts Republican leader.
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Washington
Robinson
Denby
Walsh
Senator Trammell
Florida
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate adopts Walsh resolution to pursue oil lease suits
The senate adopted the Walsh resolution directing the president to file suits to annul the Doheny and Sinclair oil leases in final action after failed efforts to soften the direct charge that the leases lacked proper authorization. The vote was unanimous with eighty eight senators voting.
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Washington
Walsh
Doheny
Sinclair
Senate
Leaders Meet With Chip On Shoulders
Washington January 31 The oil lease debate drags through Senate talks while three physicians examine former Secretary Fall to decide when he can testify. The Senate committee held no session despite Edward Doheny's plea for another hearing and will reconvene to hear the doctors report on Fall's condition. Republican leaders reviewed the oil lease issue with the President prior to today’s Senate session and the Friday cabinet meeting.
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Washington
Senate
Fall
Edward Doheny
Jackson On Stand In Damage Suit Against Chicago
Milwaukee report details Joe Jackson testifying in a $18,500 breach of contract suit against the Chicago American League club. He described signing a three year deal urged by secretary Harry Grebiner with no ten day clause, the threat of being barred from baseball, and his fluctuating earnings from 8000 in 1920 to about 200 in 1921, plus playing under an assumed name in 1922. Miller Huggins, then manager of the New club, was noted in the testimony.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Joe Jackson
Chicago
Jackson
Harry Grebiner
Miller Huggins
American Leag
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J. W. Zevely
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Stalin
Lenin
Rusia
Trotsky
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Stanley Baldwin
Ramsay “MacDonald
MacDonald
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Kiyouri
Hebron
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