Inquiry to probe Harding era sale of Marion Star paper
Senate Teapot Dome committee to audit sale of the Marion Ohio Star in 1923 by the late President Harding and probe possible involvement of Continental Liberty Bonds. Chairman Nye notes focus remains on Continental Trading Company bonds while probing Sinclair connections and a mystery witness report. Lewis Brush and Roy Moore back inquiry and deny Continental Trading securities in the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Smith
Senate
Robinson
Ind
Sinclair
Smith
Nye
Marton
Ohio
Star
Harding
Washington
M. B. Frederick
American Railway Express Company
Washington, Ills
Frederick
Sinclair Ol
Chicago
Washington, D. C
Washington, Ill
Martin
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Sinclair Refining Company
Marion
Lewis H. Brush
Roy D. Moore
Moore
Inquest Opens Into St Francis Dam Disaster
Coroner Frank Nance opened a formal inquest into the St Francis dam break in Los Angeles. Government, state, city and county investigations involve the Bureau of Power and Light personnel who built and maintained the dam. Engineers and geologists reports will be released tomorrow as 278 dead are tallied with 47 unidentified and many still missing.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Frank Nance
St. Francis Dam
Bureau of Power and Light
Asa Keyes
Nance
State Board of Inquiry
Escaped Suspect From County Jail Spotted
Robert Brannick, charged with possessing liquor, escaped from police while being taken from the county jail to municipal court and has not yet been apprehended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
U.P
Robert Brannick
Ogaring
Last of Eight Bodies Recovered From S-4 Tragedy
Boston report details the recovery of the final eight S-4 submarine crew members. The board led by Capt. Willson and joined by Secretary Wilbur will study evidence to guide future disasters. Lieut Fitch’s leadership and the crew’s peaceful deaths are highlighted amid the wreck’s findings.
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Boston
Mass
U.P
Provincetown
Paulding
Navy
J. D. Willson
Wilbur
Vernal equinox marks equal day and night
The article notes March 20 as the vernal equinox when the sun crosses the equator northward, bringing equal day and night. It mentions daylight length matching darkness and the sun shining for much of the day as spring arrives.
Salvation Army sets $4000 goal in Athens drive
The Athens Salvation Army board announced a year long effort with a $4000 goal to fund its work and local relief. The drive will run during the first week of April as plans continue. L W Roberts chairs, with L N Danes Captain R D Benton and D W Hughes leading operations.
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Salvation Army
Athens Organization
L. W. Roberts
Roberts
R. D. Benton
D. W. Hughes
F. W. Bush
Carl Beasley
Esch Granted Recess Appoinment to Finish ICC Work
President Coolidge issues a recess appointment to Interstate Commerce Commissioner John J. Esch until Senate adjournment to finish work already begun. Senate rejection of his renomination seen as final. Coolidge regrets the action but notes it may hinder filling key ICC posts. Esch’s stance on lake cargo cases cited in the rejection.
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Washington
U.P
Coolidge
Interstate Commerce
John J. Esch
Senate
Esch
Commission
Trial Begins in Scripps Estate Suit in Cincinnati
Mrs. Josephine E. Scripps of California executrix of James G. Scripps estate sues Robert P. Scripps as executor of EK W. Scripps estate and as trustee. Trial opened in Cincinnati on March 20.
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Cincinnati
Josephine
Scripps
California
James G. Scripps
Robert P. Scripps
EK. W. Scripps
Lindbergh Receives Wilson Medal and Peace Award
New York March 20 Lindbergh received the Woodrow Wilson medal and peace award of 25000 before a distinguished audience. He will receive the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Coolidge tomorrow and then devote himself to aviation interests. He praised Wilson as a leader of progress and peace and said aviation will help unite nations.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Coolidge
Viscount Cecil
Elihu Root
Hotel Astor
Woodrow Wilson
Marion Star Sale Probed by Committee
The Marion Ohio Star sale to Louis H Brush was reviewed by the Teapot Dome committee in 1924 amid insinuations by Frank H Vanderlip that the sale hid true motives. Brush denied the claim and Vanderlip failed to prove it, later publishing a retraction. Rumors of a financial settlement with publishers were suggested but never confirmed.
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Washington
U.P
Marion Ohio Star
Louis H. Brush
Harding
Teapot Dome
Frank H. Vanderlip
New York
Brush
Vanderlip
Parish presents $1500 for Hultgen trip to Australia
In Tiffin on March 20, St. Joseph Catholic parish members celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of their rectorate and gave Father F. L. Hultgen $1500 to fund a journey to Australia for the Eucharistic Congress.
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Tiffin
U.P
St. Joseph Catholic Parish
F. L. Hultgen
Australia
Governor appoints Ellenwood to state board of agriculture
Columbus news reports Governor Donahey named W. W. Ellenwood of Coalton to fill the vacancy on the state board of agriculture, succeeding Donald Acklin of Toledo. Ellenwood, president of the Ohio Percheron Breeders' association, will hold the post through next October.
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Columbus
U.P
Donahey
W. W. Ellenwood
Coalton
State Board of Agriculture
Donald Acklin
Toledo
Ellenwood
Ohio Percheron Breeders’ Association
Funeral services for Frank Stephenson Wednesday
Funeral services for Frank Stephenson who died in his home at 41 Hudson avenue will be held at 4 30 Wednesday afternoon at the Free Methodist church. Burial will follow at West Union street cemetery.
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Frank Stephenson
Hudson Avenue
Free Methodist Church
West Union Street
Ceemetery
Athens Council Considers Tax Cut Tied to Bellaire Strike
Athens city council discussed possible tax rate reductions if Bellaire wins relief from the coal strike. They cited heavy tax losses in Athens county, with delinquent city taxes near 20 000 and county totals around 149 000, plus a 10 percent added state tax value.
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Athens
Bellaire
Athens City
Athens County
Coal Industry Called Cancer On U S Life
Author Fannie Hurst told the Senate interstate commerce committee that the bituminous coal industry is a cancer on Americas industrial life. She urged immediate legislation to raise miners living standards and criticized the industry as an obsolete structure needing a new house. President Coolidge doubts a coal strike conference can yield lasting results.
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Washington
U.P
America
Fannie Hurst
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Miss Hurst
Pennsylvania
Montreal Teens Face Three Days Until Execution
In Montreal the McDonalds await Friday's execution for killing taxi driver Abelard Bouchard. Doris and George McDonald confront appeal efforts from Doris's Chicago mother and Sydney Cape Breton relatives. An affidavit by George seeks clemency while official records cite Doris’s Denver confession and robbery ties.
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Montreal
Que
U.P
Doris
George McDonald
Abelard Bouchard
Valley Field Prison
Ottawa
McDonald
Hazel Greco
Chicago
George
John* McDonald
Sydney
Cape Breton
House Agriculture Committee Endorses McNary-Haugen Fee
Washington March 20 The House agriculture committee approved the equalization fee of the McNary-Haugen bill despite President Coolidge objections. The vote stood 18 to 8 and Haugen announced a favorable report to the House likely tomorrow.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
McNary-Haugen
Coolidge
House
Haugen
Sale of Dupont Steel Shares Not Affect FTC Probe
Washington March 20 The E N Dupont de Nemours company will sell 114000 shares of U S steel common stock but this sale will have no effect on the federal trade commission inquiry into an alleged community of interest among Dupont General Motors and Steel corporations said FTC Chairman W E Humphrey.
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Washington
U.R
E. N. Dupont Denemours
U. S. Steel
Federal Trade Commission
Dupont
General Motors and
Steel
W. E. Humphrey
Burgett to Attend National Automobile Convention
H N Burgett secretary of the Southeast Ohio Motor club will travel to Washington DC tonight to attend the national convention of the secretaries of the American Automobile Association. The meeting opens tomorrow with 958 clubs from the United States and Canada expected. discussions will cover all phases of automobile club work and aim to spark new ideas.
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H. N. Burgett
Southeast Ohio Motor Club
Washington, D. C
American Automobile Association
United States
Canada
War hero Major H. Jefferson Harding commits suicide
Major H. Jefferson Harding, a war hero and friend of the late President Harding, killed himself in his New York office today with the same revolver used by his wife in January. He had brood over her death, which was widely held to have driven him to self-inflicted death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
H. Jefferson Harding
Harding
Phone merger talks resume for I T and Mackay group
New York March 20 U P negotiations resumed for a consolidation of the International Telephone and Telegraph company and the Mackay companies in a $300 000 000 merger on Wall Street today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Mackay Companies
Wall Street
Turner accuses Anti-Saloon league of utility ties in speech
Attorney General Edward C Turner, candidate for GOP governor, charged the Anti-Saloon league is allied with state utility interests. He claimed a league member sought a $7,500 salary from a public utility to influence church folks and said the editor’s son Rand Dustman worked for Turner and for a utility. He urged release of the league’s contributor list, alleging utilities funded it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward ¢. Turner
Columbus Mercator Club
Anti- Saloon League
Turner
American Issue
Anti-Saloon League
Executor refuses statement on Harding estate probe
Marion March 20: U R C D Schaffner executor of Warren G Harding’s estate declines to issue a formal comment amid Nye led inquiry. He says it would be poor policy for a man like Nye to inflame rumor without investigation. Harding named Schaffner executor. court appointed September 3 1923. estate affairs wound up in 1925.
Mrs. Longworth Donates $100 to Borah Fund
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth sent a 100 check to Senator Borah as part of a fund to repay Harry Sinclair's 160000 campaign contribution to the Republican party. Borah announced the morning mail brought 1145 and total cash on hand about 3600. he declined to reveal other names while permitting publication of her own.
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Washington
O.R
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
House
Senator Borah
Harry Sinclair
Republican Party
Morning Mail
Borah
Longworth
Hoover Manager Named for 115th District in Ohio
Stanley J. Crew of Zanesville, a Republican organizer and attorney, has been named Hoover manager for the 115th congressional district which includes Muskingum Guernsey Morgan Washington and Monroe counties.
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Hoover
Columbus
U.R
Stanley J. Crew
Zanesville
Republican Organization
Muskingum County
Muskingum
Guernsey
Morgan, Washington
Monroe
Insane Chicago Judge Testified In Notary Forgery Case
Chief Justice Harry Olson testified that Judge John Sterk, charged in a $500000 deed plot, was insane and unfit for the bench. Olson described Sterk as catatonic with an overactive mind and noted Sterk sat on juries during a two year period while under scrutiny.
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Chicago
U.R
Harry Olson
John Sterk
Olson
Steik
Stell
Active Drives Of Candidates Begin In West
West campaigns heat up ahead of primaries as Douglas Hoover and Lowden supporters vie for traction. In California Senator Walsh gains Democratic backing with McAdoo help while Oregon Republicans split over Hoover and Lowden. Montana aims to back Smith and Reed in the May 1 primaries. Will King and Oswald West weigh in on Prohibition lines.
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Denver
Colo
U.R
West
California
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
al Smith
New York
James A. Reed
Missouri
William Gibbs McAdoo
Walsh
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
Oregon
Prohibition
National
Will King
Smith
Oswald West
Hoover
Frank O. Lowden
Fatal Stabbing Follows Dispute Over 1928 Candidates
Georgetown reports the fatal stabbing of Charlies Pierre 42 of Fayetteville followed a quarrel over Governor Al Smith and Herbert Hoover candidacies. Pierre was stabbed 18 times at a drinking party at Alex Savage’s St Martin home. Savage and Frank Doss are held.
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Georgetown
U.P
Charlies Pierre
Fayetteville
al Smith
New York
Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Pierre
Alex Savage
St. Martin’s
Savage
Frank Doss
Fire drives youths from burning Ohio State Sigma Nu house
In Columbus on March 26 a basement fire at the Sigma Nu fraternity on the Ohio State campus forced two youths to escape. R. W. Klink, 23, Cincinnati, a junior in arts, and W. H. Metzger, 18, Okmulgee, an Oklahoma freshman in commerce, escaped down a rope while others left for spring vacation. Damage was estimated at 100,000.
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Columbus
Sigma Nu
Ohio State University
R. W. Klink
Cincinnati
Arts
W. H. Metzger
Okmulgee
Okla
Commerce College
Mass at Mining Region Targets Air Planes
A mass gathering in the mining region mobilizes locals and officials for a strategy aimed at deploying or defending planes. Details emphasize regional readiness and logistical planning for aerial activity.
Marine detachment to sail for Nicaragua aboard ships
Bulletin from Balboa announces 820 men of a marine detachment will travel aboard the Battleship A and a smaller unit to proceed to Nicaragua. Admiral Sellers, commander of the special squadron, is in Balboa to supervise the move and will return with the detachment aboard the Cruiser Rochester.
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Balboa
Canal Zone
Cocosolo
Nicaragua
Ted Admiral Sellers
Into
Rochester
Marines Bomb Sandino Rebels Near Murra in Nicaragua
U R A reports a new offensive by General Ali Sandino’s forces as United States Marine planes bomb Sandinista positions around Murra mining region near Ocotal. Captain Francis Pierce was wounded in one mission as bombs pelted rebel lines, with three bombing runs described and multiple replenishment sorties to base.
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Managua
Nicaragua
U.R.A
Ali Sandino
United States Marine
Murra
Atta
Ocotal
Francis Pierce
Pierce
Sandinistasa
Lindbergh Heads to Washington on Medal Mission
Curtiss Field N Y reports Charles A Lindbergh taking off for Washington to receive the Congressional Medal from President Coolidge. He flies with three passengers aboard a Brougham plane and departed around 10 a m as usual for the capital.
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Curtiss Fieald
N. Y
U.P
Charles. A.bergh
Tod
Washington
President Coolidge
Lindbergh
Portrait of Charles A. Lindbergh Offered by The Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger reports a signed Lindbergh portrait from the Information Bureau in Washington D C. Readers can obtain an autographed cameo card sized about nine inches by framing options, for six cents in stamps or coin using a coupon. Predaric J Haskin directs the bureau and offers the picture for readers.
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Athens
Charles A. Lindbergh
Jake
Wwton Information Bureau
Lindbergh
la Trait Gallery - Nation Colndbergh Seiebeartrait
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Naval Hospital
Hammer
Graham N. Fitch
Lieut
Fitch
Ben
E. L. King
Scripps Trial
Linay T
U. S
James R. Kelly
Burgett
Sandino
Bulletin
Lindy
Capital City
Predaric J. Haskin
Information Bureau
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