Nationwide Round-Up of Oil Promoters Begun
Government agents announce a nationwide round-up of alleged wildcat oil company promoters charged with fraud and misrepresentation. Indictments name oil companies brokerage houses and officers, with cases including a Crown Oil Company claim tied to a Roosevelt son and false stock reports. Perpetrators faced bonds and court appearances as investigations spread.
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New York
Wildcat Oil
Crown Oil Company
Roosevelt
Standard Oil Company
Chicago
Louis ©. van Tiper
Atlantic City
Heston
National Geographic Gifts Giant Forest Tract to Government
June 16 presentation by the National Geographic Society delivered a deed for a 130 acre Giant Forest tract to the interior secretary and National Park Service director. Gilbert Grosvenor and a donor funded the purchase. the gift completes government ownership of John Muirs Giant Forest except for one remaining piece. The Tharp Tract houses countless giant sequoias including a claimed super giant rivaling the Sherman tree in size and height.
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National Geographic Society
Soquoia National Park
California
Gilbert Grosvenor
John Barton Payne
Interior
Stephen T. Mather
National Park Service
Tharp Tract
John Muir
Washington Monument
Dead Man's Club proposed for Akron ex servicemen
William Wirt of Akron advocates a Dead Man's Club for nearly 2,000 living veterans listed as killed in action. He notes 900 men officially dead who are alive and seeks government recognition while his own name is being chiselled from a memorial tablet.
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Washington
United States Capitol
Capitol Dome
Congress
Nile
Moses
Christ
America
Akron
Ohio
William Wirt
Wirt
France
War Department
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Geographic Society
Dead Man’s Club
Hirschl
Hawley’s Dept. Store
Batiste
Rata
Suaiaau
Viarey
Baltimore
Binunela
Deeres
Sonia Trokken
Feds
A. S. Woolen Mills CO
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
West Virginia
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