06 Feb 1924
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1924
Page
1
Editorial argues the Teapot Dome oil scandal links to Sinclair leases and McAdoo. It accuses conspirators of hiring influential figures, calls for bipartisan special counsel actions, and defends Coolidge against Democratic attacks while warning of political punishment for wrongdoing.
President Coolidge remains composed as Congress probes alleged corruption in naval oil leases. He says he will not judge civil or criminal cases in his office but will act when facts require enforcement of the law. The Justice Department follows evidence from the Senate committee hearings.
A compact critique notes mahjongg as a fashionable pastime of society elites across Europe and America. It cites church and missionary concerns over cultural degradation, ivory trade, and economic effects linked to the game’s spread and the legends behind its origin.
In a colonial setting an Englishman learns mah jongg from mandarins amid silk and exotic color. He loses the silk on the first night but finds the game a delight and a mild, educational diversion beyond bridge, noted for its oriental romance and simple mathematics.
The Des Moines Capital laments the oil lease scandal exposing dishonesty at high levels. It warns that if Ex Secretary Fall’s charges hold, the nation pays a heavy moral price while urging citizens to maintain integrity and trust in public life despite widespread graft.
A collage of whimsical and scathing notes covers celebrity missteps legal scraps and political hints. It touches on MacDonald praising the empire a dog show in New York divorce rumors regarding a Chicago woman and a clerk refused a same value offer. It also notes detectives probing a senator and Eskimos in a sensational tone with assorted oddities about fashion housing ships and oil.
Inquiries to the State Historical Society prompt reflections on Iowa’s meaning across times and peoples. Editor Briggs muses on geography, prosperity myths, and cultural legs from Mound Builder to settler, Indian, and pioneer descendants, ending with the line that to me Iowa means home.
Poem urges drivers to slow for sick patients in the hospital area. Aged verse contrasts quiet driving with the suffering inside, praising considerate motorists and warning against speed. Mentions doctors nurses and a 1924 copyright by George Matthew Adama.
Washington February 6 The senate committee checks a list of government officials alleged to have profited from oil stock transactions linked to the Teapot Dome affair. The list includes former White House officials two senators and others high in government. Fall is ordered to appear Friday and Harry Sinclair faces subpoena or contempt steps if he resists telling his story.
In a brisk exchange at Europe docks a butcher recalls his son who left the shop to pursue boxing and won a championship. An old friend muses about whether he will claim the lightweight title, evoking memories at London Mall.
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