Indictment Files in Fall and Oil Campaign Bribery Case
Four indictments charging Albert B. Fall former secretary of the interior Harry F Sinclair Edward L Doheny and E L Doheny Jr in a bribery conspiracy over Naval oil leases in California and Wyoming were returned by a special DC grand jury The charges detail plans to help Pan American and its subsidiary gain control of Naval reserve 1 in California and to secure the Teapot Dome field in Wyoming The case accuses Fall of taking a 100000 bribe from the Doheny group and outlines alleged attempts to block competitive bids and mislead rivals The document cites a July 1922 letter from Fall to Doheny asserting government control of Naval leases and stating he would act without departmental consultation
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Washington
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Harry F. Sinclair
Edward L. Doheny
E L ‘Doheny, Jr
Navy
Wyomling
California
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Senate
Fall
Dohenys
Pan- American Petroleum and Transport Company
Pan-American Petroleum Company
Naval Oil Reserve Number 1
Sinclair
Mammoth Oil Company
Sinclair Corporation
Teapot Dome
Wyoming
Navalou
Ught
Long Senate
Naval Reserve Leasing
Grand Jury
Sian
Navy Department
Doheny
Harding
Denby
Reed attacks presidential candidate from sick bed
Kansas City June 2. Senator Jaros A Reed, confined to his sick bed, sued a statement alleging a certain unnamed candidate now before the Democratic national convention would force the party to defend its nominee in a federal court over serious criminal charges for violation of federal parutes. He refused to name the candidate and said there should be no mistake who he meant.
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Kansas City
Jaros A Reed
Democratic Party
Connor Assumes Postmastership Amid Jubilee Tonight
Arthur F Connor will assume Bridgeport postmaster duties this morning, succeeding Charles F Greene whose term ended last September but delayed relinquishment amid factional fights. A testimonial dinner and dance for Connor draws over 1000 supporters at Pleasure Beach tonight, with remarks by Senator Moses’s post roads committee and city officials. Connor, a Bridgeport native born June 17 1878, has long tied to Republican politics, formerly with Singer and the Motor Vehicle department, later serving as Bridgeport tax commissioner and president of the Newfield Bank and Trust.
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Arthur F Connor
Bridgeport
Charles F Greene
Connors
Pleasure Beach
Alfred W Burdieh
Senate
A L DeLanes
George If Moses
New Hampshire
Senate Committee
Moses
John T King
Connor
Satie
Franklin Connor
Wooder
Boston Avenue
Thomas W
Agnes Hail Connor
Conno
O'd Newfield School
Lincoln School
Stratford and
Central Avenues
Bridgeports High School
Adler
Conners
Coulter and McKenzie
Timekeeperrie
Singer Company
Mt Conner
Alace
VW Daniels
Singer Plant
Mnchine
Connm
Singer’s
Elek
Hartford
Tas
Newfield Bank and Trust Company
Library board delays central library architect decision
In a session lasting more than two hours, the Library board failed to choose an architect for the new central library. General Henry A Bishop, president, announced that another meeting may be held next week.
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Han Two Hows
New
Elimination leads to shifting votes in presidential balloting
The report details multiple ballots with fluctuating tallies among candidates. McAdoo gains and loses on early rounds, Smith accrues fractional support, and others like Harrison Sweet and Kendrick move between ballots. Houston’s name remains unused. Ferris exits after eight ballots. Davis releases 20 Kansas votes to McAdoo on the ninth ballot, and Silver’s 28 votes shift to Smith on the tenth.
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Gov. Sweet
Kendrick
Colorado
Houston Thompson O
McAdoo
Smith
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
John
David F. Houston
Sweetitz
Harrison
Thompson
Walsh
Houston
Ferris
Michigan
Jonathan Davis
Kansas
Silver
Charges Blodgett neglects duty in failing to sue
Assistant City Attorney Henry Greenstein accused State Tax Commissioner William H Blodgett of neglect of duty at a Common Pleas hearing. Greenstein pressed that Blodgett had not pursued a suit in a case involving John Clampett who paid no taxes. The commissioner challenged why action hadn’t been taken despite Greenstein’s longer tenure. Mayor Atwater claimed ignorance of tax abatement clauses, while Wilson defended certificates of error as legal for non clerical corrections. Greenstein testified reductions were issued for several firms totaling tens of thousands in property tax abatements.
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Ciy
Henry Greenstein
William H Blodsett
Common Pleas
Greenstein
John Clampett
Greenster
Blodgetts
Egal
Wilson
Roermer Mayer Catrford
Grammatica
Fred Atwater
John A Cornell
Blodgett
Atwater
Erro
Morrin and
Swift and Company
Austin Nichols Company
Fish Tire Company
Mollis and Company
Ausoin Nichols Company
Bridgeport Conno
Pleasure Beach
Library Board
Butterworth
Board of Wrecreation
Mayors
Henry P Price
Naval
Westport
Oman
New London
Supremes Court
Eirs
Ansonia
Ansonia Watry Company
Expenses Must Be Cut To Bone Coolidge Warns
President Coolidge urged government executives to slash expenses to the bone and cut payrolls to ease taxation. He called for economy in administration and a broader reduction of expenditures, insisting subordinates share in the effort and aim for tax relief. The address capped the fiscal year at a meeting of the government’s business organization.
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Bone
Coolidge
Washington
Ooe
Business Organization
Baccatne
Conlidges
Connecticut Ballot Confusion Sees McAdoo and Smith Split Votes
Reported misreadings show McAdoo and Smith attracting similar totals in Connecticut across early ballots with Smith and Brown also receiving votes. Ballot tallies fluctuate from seven to ten counts, reflecting a volatile state showing McAdoo leading briefly before splits emerge as the eleventh and fifteenth ballots approach.
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Connecticut
Smith
Browch
New Hampshire & Lamphmentay
Fo Brown Us
McAdoo
Smih
Michie
Io Smith
Nmcadoo
Snuth
Man Falls From Ladder Leaves Worker in Serious Condition
Leonard Pavlo aged unknown remains at St Wine Cents Hospital after a fall from a ladder at a Charl 5 street home project. Doctors report a probable skull fracture and internal injuries with the condition described as serious.
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Leonard Pavlo
Daiess Unhkrowni
St Wine Cents Hospital
Howe
Strret Hospital
Two Boys Killed In Motorcycle Truck Collision
Carl Viller 17 was fatally injured when riding a borrowed motorcycle he was thrown in front of a truck tonight and died en route to the hospital He had no operator's license and was denied a license in Weatherbury according to local reports.
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Weaturbury Toy & 30
Carl Viller
Block in Stratford area overvalued and undervalued, survey says
State Tax Commissioner Blodgett cited 14 of 28 parcels in a Stratford block near Connecticut Union and Central avenues assessed below full value and 11 above. Land assessments ranged from 67 to 141.6 percent, with buildings as low as 2.69 percent and as high as 181 percent, in a block praised by Hageduin for the commissioner.
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Shratford
Connecticut Union and
Central Avenues
William F. Blodgett
Evealer
George H Wood
Board of Relicf
Geoge Moore
Blodfer
Samuel Silver
Stratford
Union Avenues
Samuel Harrison
Mary Qull
Gentral
Connecticut Avenues
ILC Hageduin
Blodgett
Family Prayers and Bible Verse Referenced in Motoring Row
In a Bridgeport Sunday Post feature Abby Rockefeller is cited for a second motor vehicle law violation. The piece notes a father selecting a Bible verse for family prayers about tires and mufflers, with Mrs Anonymous offering commentary in this week’s Boudoir Miatorg section.
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Abby Rockefeller
Real Estate Men to Cooperate With Assessors
Sub committees reports were accepted at yesterday's mayoral Taxation Revision Committee meeting. Waldon Bryant urged cooperation between assessors and real estate men to lead adjust land valuations, with an appraiser to be retained if needed. Recommendations on tax collector reform and office methods were to be presented next, including a card index system and separate abatements records.
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Waldon Bryant
Tro
DeVer
Wainer
Slmer TI Havens
Warner
Fifteenth Ballot Brings J. W. Davis Into Third Place
In New York the Democratic delegates have spent the day balloting at the Garden. The real nomination process is in a hotel room with few men, a secretive scene that could surprise Altoona readers. An uninstructed delegate is free to vote his own judgment. An alternate watches to ensure the correct vote is delivered.
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Wilt
Rogers
New York
Garden
Altoona
New Yorks
Democratic Convention adjourns after long ballot fight
In Madison Square Garden the Democratic National Convention adjourned after 15 ballots and 12 hours of voting with McAdoo still leading but Smith narrowing the gap. Davis of West Virginia remained in third as delegates discuss potential breaks, adjournment planned for 10:30 a.m. tomorrow.
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Smith
Davis
West Virginia
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McAdge
McAada
Baker
Kreme
Montangs
McAdoo
Home Sweet Home
Tomor
Oottty
Jonathan Davis
Kansas
Szeslen
Vyattoun
Walsh
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