Sinclair Teapot Dome case hinges on high valued testimony
Prosecutors introduced unsworn remarks by Harry F. Sinclair claiming the Mammoth company value exceeded 100 million dollars as part of the Teapot Dome lease fraud case. The session showed stock issuance, transfers, and the estimated 33 million dollar valuation of the lease while defense objected to a key letter from Fall to Doheny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Sinclair
Senate Oil Committee
Delaware
Mammoth Company
G. T. Stanford
Organization
Mammoth Oil Company
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation Io Change
Sinclair Consolidated
Jennings Bailey
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Albert B. Fall
Fall
Edward L. Doheny
Naval Oil
Justice Bailey
E B. C. Finney
Auto Industry Urges Tax Cut in Auto Tax Repeal Plea
Washington April 11 industry spokesmen urged the senate finance committee to repeal the three percent automobile levy pledging to pass any tax cut to consumers. They cited President Coolidge’s prior inquiry and said manufacturers would benefit buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Automobile Industry
Senate Finance Committee
Mellon
House
William C. Woodward
American Medical Association
American Automobile Association
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
National Grange
National Automobile Dealers’ Association
Roy
Lightning Kills Five Worshipers in Indian Village Church
An exchange telegraph dispatch from Bombay reports lightning struck a village church near Kotayam in southern India during a service. The priest was knocked unconscious. five worshipers died and thirty were seriously injured by falling masonry and debris.
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London
Exchange
Bombay
India
Kotayam
Chamberlin to visit Bluefield with ovation planned
Clarence Chamberlin the transatlantic flyer and record holder will visit Bluefield on April 20 under the Chamber of Commerce Live Wires. He and pilot Charles Levine flew New York to Berlin last year and will likely give two lectures and a flight exhibition at the city’s airport near the fair grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Chamberlin
Fiier
Bluefield
Chamber of Commerce
Chamberlin
Charles Levine
New York
Berlin
Fair Grounds
Chamberlain
Blue‘eld
Ice jam threatens Caribou rail lines and water supply
An ice jam three miles long on the Aroostook River above Caribou dam grows despite dynamite efforts. It endangers two railroads Bangor and Aroostook and Canadian Pacific tracks submerged half a mile. A Canadian Pacific crew used two tons of explosive without breaking the jam.
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Caribou
Maine
Aroostook
Caribou Dam
Canadian Pacific Railway
Bangor and
Canadian Pacific
Negro Janitor Is Condemned To Die In Brooklyn Murder
Martin L. Miller a 23 year old Black janitor was convicted and sentenced to death for the March 29 murder of Mrs Helen C Kimball a Brooklyn school teacher in her apartment Miller's counsel said an appeal would be filed He shot her after she refused to lend him $2 to retrieve clothing from pawn
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New York
Martin L. Miller
Helen C. Kimball
Brooklyn
Miller
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Plan Air Tour
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks announce passport plans for a long air tour through Southern Europe then Egypt and Palestine. They expect to sail from New York on May 3 and fly first to the Riviera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Europe
Egypt
Palestine
New York
Flest
The
Riviera
Illinois Result Shapes Delegates For National Conventions
Results across six states show Lowden gaining leverage in Illinois with most Democratic delegates from the state pledged to Smith. Nebraska names Hitchcock as Democratic candidate with 16 votes. Idaho leans Hoover while Oklahoma Dems split between Smith and Reed, routing the drys.
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Washington
North Carolina
Hoover
Lowden
Illinois
Thompson
Chicago
Kansas City
Smith
Nebraska
Hitchcock
Houston
Norris
Idaho
Senator Borah
Oklahoma
Reed
Drys
275 Quarts of Liquor Seized in Wheeling Home
State prohibition agents raided the Wheeling home of J. E. Moss and seized 275 quarts of liquor. Moss was not home. deputy commissioner Alonzo Prince led the raid and said Moss would be arrested later. The Moss Iron Works head, Moss also operates plants in Martins Ferry Ohio. The liquor was taken to the federal building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
J. E. Moss
Alonzo Prince
Moss
Prince
Moses
J. E. Moss Iron Works
Martins Ferry
Federal
Ford breaks records for short addresses at London dinner
Henry Ford delivered a twenty nine word speech at a complimentary dinner hosted by Mrs. Ford and the American society in London. Some 350 representatives of American and British interests attended, including notable figures such as William Morris and Harvey Firestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Henry Ford
Mrs. Ford
American Society
William Morris
Ford of
England
Dean
Inge
Sir Charlies
Lady Batho
Viscount Curzon
Harry Brittain
William Campbell
Houghton
Gordon Selfridge
Harvey Firestone
Men Rob Woman Bind Her and Set Her Home On Fire
In Vandergrift Pennsylvania on April 11 two men entered the home of Mrs. Merle O Connor an invalid. They robbed her bound and gagged her then set fire to the house before neighbors found her. The pair demanded money and took two rings valued at nearly zero. Mrs O Connor's clothes were on fire. her hair and fingers were singed. Eight suspects were rounded up pending identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandergrift
Merle O'Connor
Republican Group Calls for Repeal of Dry Amendment
The National Republican club's national affairs committee adopted a resolution urging repeal of the eighteenth amendment. It will go to the club's full membership next Tuesday and may be sent to the national convention by Nicholas Murray Butler. The club has about 2,000 members nationwide with Coolidge as honorary president and potential nominees Hoover Dawes and Lowden among its members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Affairs Committee
National Republican Club Today
Benjamin L. Fairchild
Nicholas Murray Butler
National Republican Club
Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Dawes
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Pennington and Doran Face Jail
Pittsburgh April 11 A rule to show cause why Pennington a federal prohibition administrator and Doran a federal prohibition commissioner should not be arrested until a liquor permit is issued to Peter G Walter the druggist was granted by Judge R M Gibson. A hearing is set for April 20 Walter says his permit was revoked and restored by court action and that withholding it harms his retail drug business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
John D. Pennington
James M. Doran
Prohibition
R. M. Gibson
Peter G. Walter
Pennington
Trains Crash Near Gare Du Nord Kills Sixteen
A crowded race train collided with another near Paris Gare Du Nord killing sixteen French passengers and injuring over thirty. The outbound engineer faces charges for signaling. No American casualties were confirmed. A dog died in the blaze.
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Paris
Enghien
Gare du Nord
Eignale
Judge Bailey Enters Democratic Race for Governor
Judge Robert Bailey of Pineville, circuit judge, announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor. He was elected to the Eighth judicial circuit in 1920 and previously served as Wyoming County prosecuting attorney. His entrance increases Democratic contenders to five, joining Taylor Huntington Wilkinson Morgantown and Arnold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bailey
Pineville
Mingo-Wyoming
Bailey
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Wyoming County
Wyoming- Mercer
Walter W. Ross
John Pendleton
J. Alfred Taylor
Fayetteville
A. J. Wilkinson
Huntington
Minter L. Wilson
Morgantown
E. G. Arnold
Elkina
Body Identified in Randolph County Mountains
A body found in an isolated Randolph County area was identified as Jefferson Elza, 37, son of A. P. Elza of Elkine. He was last seen March 14 and reportedly perished after getting lost in the mountains. The coroner said no inquest will be held.
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Clerkeburg
Randolph County
Jefferson Elza
A. P. Elza
Elkine
Piza
Deneen Allies Plan Big Clean Up After Primary Win
In Chicago and across Illinois the Deneen faction moves to challenge Chicago misrule after sweeping the statewide Republican primary. Carlstrom will push aggressive action, possibly impaneling a grand jury to probe crime and politics ties. Governor Small trails as Emmerson leads for secretary of state and Smith loses again for US senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles 8. Deneen
Small
Thompson
Illinois
Deneen
Oscar E. Carlstrom
Yesaterday
Washington
Carlstrom
May
Cook County
Robert E. Crowe
John A. Swanson
Louis L. Emmerson
Len Small
United States
Frank L. Smith
Smitth
Ayain
Smith
Senate
Otla F. Glenn
Emmerson
William Hale Thompson
Crowe
Col
Frank
Lowden
McCormick
Educators Propose Fact-Finding to Heal Coal Ills
New York educators at the Academy of Political Science meeting urged fact-finding bodies and immediate adoption of coal commission recommendations. Edward T. Devine of American University argued for permanent continuous fact-finding to improve a distressed coal industry. Richard H. Lansburgh of the University of Pennsylvania cited mining data access issues and linked unemployment to government action through fact-finding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Academy of Political Science Today
Edward T. Devine
Graduate School
American University At Washington
Coal Commission
Richard H. Lansburgh
University of Pennsylvania
BP Pennsylvania
London ignores Chicago primaries amid fear and satire
London papers report Chicago elections with big hats and smiles for Thompsons, while front pages hiss with terms like violence terrorism and death. One issue mocks a reign of terror claiming only one murder and urges London readers to adopt Chicago style political fervor.
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London
Chicago
Bill
Thompsons
King George
Evening News
Reed to Attract Crowds in Bluefield and Nearby
Missouri Senator Reed to speak in Bluefield West Virginia next Monday with short talks possible in Beckley and Fayetteville if weather and crowd conditions allow. Rally organizer Frank Easley expects one of the largest political gatherings in local history with a Granada Theatre address at 2 00 p m and outdoor setups along Commerce Street if needed. Delegations from Raleigh Summers Monroe Wyoming and McDowell counties as well as Virginia towns are invited to attend and support Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank 8. Hasley
Missouri
Washington, D. C
Reed
Bluefield
Senator Reed
Norfolk and Western
Mid-West
Charleston
Easley
Hiuefield
West Virginia
Beckley
Fayetteville
Democratic Committee
Raleigh
Summers
Monroe
Wyoming
McDowell
Virginia
Democratic Party
Roanoke
Bristol
Norton
Granada Theatre
Commerce Street
Commerce
Scott Streets
Bremen to New York transatlantic flight underway from Baldonnel
The German Bremen monoplane, carrying Hacha rman, Koehl, and Fitzmaurice, departed Baldonnel at 5 38 this morning en route to Galway heading toward Newfoundland and New York. The crew faces about 3000 miles of fuel heavy flight with fuel priority over food and a dozen thermost bottles aboard.
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Baldonnel
New York
Bremen
Mitchelfield
Newfoundland
Fitzmaurice
Long Island
Junker
Junkers
Transatlantic Bremen Flight Prep At Haldonnel Irish Free State
At Haldonnel Airdrome on April 12 the Bremen prepared for a dawn takeoff to New York with Baron Huenefeld and pilots Koehl and Fitzmaurice. Soldiers protected the crowd as weather shaped the plan after earlier delays and varied conditions.
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Baldonnel
Airdrome
Irish Free State
Bremen
New York
Galway
Haldonnel Airdrome
Baron von Huenefeld
Hermann Koehl
James Fitzmaurice
Mesa
Free State Air Corpsers
Koehl
Fitzmaurice
Baron Huenefeld
mid-Atlantic
Koeh
Huenefeld
Stold Koeh
Fitemaurice
Pat
U S Churches See 573000 Communicants Rise in 1927
New York April 11 The Christian Herald census reports US churches gained 573000 communicants in 1927 bringing total enrollment to 45594163. Catholic groups added 183889 to 16854691, Methodists 150910, Lutherans 67879, with Disciples of Christ Baptists Latter Day Saints and others also increasing. Presbyterians and church consolidation saw declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disciples of Christ
New York
United States
Christian Herald
Baptista
Latter-Day Saints
Mennonites
Reformed
Brethren
Dunkards
United Brethren
Adventists
Judge Thomson Dismisses Action To Oust Klan Members
Federal Judge W H S Thomson ruled he lacked jurisdiction over a suit by five Klansmen seeking a receivership for the Klan in Pennsylvania and asked for an accounting of about 15 million dollars. The original restraining suit against the Klan proceeds, with testimony alleging arson murders and riots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tittsburgh
Ku Klux Klan
Pennsylvania
W. H.S. Thomson
Klan
Thomson
Sendal
van A. Barrickman
D. C. Stephenson
Consolidation's President Quits After Fifty Years Service
Clarence W. Watson of Fairmont West Virginia resigned as president of the Consolidation Coal company at the annual stockholders meeting after a half century with the firm He will remain a director George Anderson of Fairmont succeeds him as president Anderson had been vice president and succeeds in the role while Watson stays as director The board chairman post had been vacant for years
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New York
Clarence W. Watson
Fairmont
W. Va
United States
Consolidation Coal Company
Concern
George Anderson
Watson
Bis
Robert C. Hill
Consolidation Board of Directors
Anderson
Consolidation
Avonmore Coal and Coke Company
Madeira Hill Coal Company
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Lightning
Transocean Flier
Mary
Doug
Londen
Ford
Republican
Doran
Little Dog
Judge Bailey
Deneens
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Medill .McCormick
Mark Hanna
Richard Yates
John R. Rathbone
Floyd Thompson
Estate Supreme Court
London Papers
Koehl and
Fitzmaurice Will
Huene
Feld
Bulletin
U.S
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