Former Secretary Fall Regains Freedom From New Mexico Penitentiary
Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, released after ten months in the New Mexico State Penitentiary. He left in an ambulance, headed for Tres Rios ranch and then El Paso, amid limited crowd and no media interviews. Release followed amended papers removing confinement language tied to a $100,000 fine.
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Tres Rios
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el Paso
C. C. Chase
Jouett Ellimee
Washington
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District of Columbia Supreme Court
Means Mixed In Lindbergh Case About Kidnapped Baby
Washington May 5 Gaston B Means former Justice official was arrested on a $100000 fraud charge tied to claims he could obtain the Lindbergh child. Mrs Edward B McLean said Col Charles Lindbergh knew of the scheme as investigators reported meetings in Aiken El Paso and Washington. Means pleaded not guilty and awaits a preliminary hearing next Tuesday in a case tied to prior prosecutions and Harding era links.
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Leo. A. Rover
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H. Norman Schwarzkopf
al Capone
New York
Great Falls Zinc Plant to Suspend Operations
Great Falls Montana May 5 The Anaconda Copper Mining company zinc plant at Great Falls will suspend this week after operating on a curtailed basis due to an inability to obtain sufficient concentrate.
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Wheat export prospects and relief plan face Farm Board hearing
Washington notes the Farm Board hears about wheat export credit and relief funding as senators debate a $100000 Reconstruction Finance plan to back foreign purchases. Officials cite favorable conditions, while critics warn of high farm debts and mortgage burdens amid price declines.
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Herbert L. Bodman
New York Produce Exchange
Thomas
Oklahoma
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Oregon
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Howell
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Nebraska
Plan to repay war debts with silver proposed in Senate
Senator Hayden of Arizona proposes a four year debt payment plan using silver. Nations could pay one ounce of silver per dollar of debt or 1.5 ounces if they vow not to melt coins, with metal minted into dollars. The aim is to lift world prices and restore silver coinage to nine-tenths fineness.
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Treasury
Industrious Hen Starts Mining Project Near Noel Robb Capitalizes on Gold Find
Minneapolis April 1 industrious hens sparked a new mining push as 8 C Robb president Noel Robb Co said preliminaries completed and placer operations to start within 66 days in North Dakota. Company controls 1600 acres where gold was found in old lake beds with profits seen. Thousands of acres leased or bought. claim stakes appear on government land.
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Chicago
Portland Officials Face Malfeasance Trial Over Market Purchase
Opening statements in the Portland city officials malfeasance case concluded as four officials Mayor George L. Baker City Commissioners John M. Mann and Earl Riley along with City Engineer Olaf Laurgaard and C Lee Wilson faced charges over a disputed 1 4 million market site purchase. State witnesses will be called tomorrow as prosecutors allege a 300 000 overpayment and irregular pricing.
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John M. Mann
Earl Riley
Olaf Laurgaard
C. Lee Wilson
George Mowry
J. Malarkey
Both Parties Grapple With Political Troubles Ahead of Primaries
In Washington in April Republicans craft platform as May primaries approach while conventions loom. The past week’s oddities slow the usual rush toward national gatherings with less than two months to go.
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Police Break Up Doukhobor Parade Near Thrums
In Nelson British Columbia on May, police used itching powder and garden hoses to disperse about 200 nude Doukhobors from the Sons of Freedom parade. They were herded into an orchard awaiting transport. one woman hospitalised after being trampled. Charges include parading nude with possible three years’ imprisonment.
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Plane Crashes Into House Killing Two in Chicago
An Army Reserve corps plane fell from about 1000 feet and crashed into a house in Sandusky killing the salesman manager of an automobile concern and a former U.S. Army pilot. Former Civilian Judge W. B. Sorrells and his wife, married 40 years, died a few minutes apart Thursday.
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