Navy to regain control of naval oil wells August first
Washington July 14 By Associated Press power to administer the naval oil reserves, taken from the Interior department by President Coolidge last March, will revert to the Navy on August 1. The understanding, announced today by Secretaries Wilbur and Work, returns control of the reserves to the status that existed before President Harding ordered the shift.
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Washington
Associated Press
Interior Department
Coolidge
Navy
Teapot Dome leases and Navy reserve jurisdiction dispute
The 1921 Interior order, revoked by President Coolidge, set the stage for the Teapot Dome leases. Albert Fall arranged leases to Edward Doheny and Harry Sinclair, triggering senatorial probes and court litigation. Despite theories, actual control of wells in Reserve No. Wyoming could not be assumed pending Sinclair's Supreme Court appeal. Naval jurisdiction over the Elk Hills reserve in California, linked to Boheny’s Pan American Petroleum, was upheld as illegal by the Supreme Court, with jurisdiction assumed months ago.
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Secretary of the Interior
Albert
Fall
Edward L. Doheny
Harry F. Sinclair
Coolidge
Interior
Mavy
Wilbur
Tvy
Teapot Dome
Wyoming
Reserve No
Sinclair
Supreme Court
Naval
el& Hills Reserve
California
Boheny
Pan American Petroleum Company
Governor Refuses Plea to Spare Bachelor
Montgomery news reports Governor Bibb Graves declined clemency for Clyde Reese Bachelor sentenced to die by electric chair for the murder of Judge Lamar Smith in Wetumpka. The convicted killer sought life by governor intervention after his mother and father bade him farewell. Leonard, a black farm hand, aided the plot and awaits execution as a co‑conspirator in the case.
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Montgomery
Ala
Associated Press
Bibb Graves
Clyde Reese Bachelor
Lamar Smith
Wetumpka
Aid
Bachelor
Mayes Leonard
Judge Smith
Leonard
Ready to Start on Course at Beardsley Park Golf
The army of women golf fans grows each season at Beardsley park municipal course. Week days see women outnumber men as they flock to the fairways in training for the women’s championship tournament. Many have posted qualifying scores favorable to men.
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Beardsley Park
Prohibition Jobs Boom as 19000 Seek 2909088 Posts
Washington July 4 the Bureau of Prohibition seeks to hire 19000 applicants for 2909 088 civil service positions created by the reorganized force. Examinations begin with written tests in 00 cities and include a rigid, oral assessment to vet past conduct.
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Bureau of Prohibition
Prohibition Unit
United States Civil Service Commission
Congress
Prohibition
Prohibition Enforcement
Commissioner of Prohibition
James MM. Doran
Firld
EBOO
O & Public
Prohibition Officials Face Harsh Character Tests for Jobs
A published description outlines the demanding selection process for prohibition era posts. Applicants face strict vetting, from past life reviews to intense questioning on personal traits and decision making. The top three candidates are named eligible, then senior officials pick the final appointee.
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Toner
Truelisners
Jury
Mellon
Prohibition
Dorn
the Treasury
Seymour Lowman
Coolidge Photographer Hurt In Auto Crash Near Rapid City
James Lillis of Boston, one of the photographers with President Coolidge, was slightly cut and bruised when his automobile collided while dodging another car. Major James F. Coupal, White House physician, treated him and said injuries were not serious. Russell Aiken of Washington, also a photographer in the party and driver, was uninjured.
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Rapid City
S. Oi
Associated Press
James Lillis
Boston
Coolidge
James F. Coupal
White House
Russell Aiken
Washington
Axe victim believed dead reunited with family
Evelyn De Martini eighteen was thought by police to be a third victim in the Brooklyn axe murders but appeared at police headquarters with her family. She had been reported missing by her mother during the search for the remembered bodies of Mrs Eelma Bennet and Miss Sarah Elizabeth Brownell after last seen entering the Brownell home on June 30. On return she refused to reveal where she had been.
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New York
iBy Associated Press
Evelyn de Martini
Brooklyn
Macher
Eelma Bennet
Sarah Elizabeth Brownell
Brownell
Martine
Mn Properly Dressed Court Ousts Woman
Federal Judge William Baker halted court proceedings to order a woman, deemed improperly dressed, removed from the room. Court attaches escorted the witness to an anteroom as he reiterated standards for court attire. The witness adjusted her stockign and returned to court.
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Elkins
W. Vit
William ‘Bs. Baker
Baker
Train Jumps Tracks in Marathon Tragedy
A fast passenger train from Eagle Grove to Hawarden derailed at Marathon tonight. Engineer Tallman was burned and scalded and may die. An unidentified tramp near death at Marathon hospital. Drubasun was seriously cut and bruised. Fire had damaged seven cars.
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Marathon
Afroukition
Chicago
Eagie Grove
Hawarden
Detrge ‘Tallman
T. Drubasun
Lowell Boy Drowns in Merrimack River
Lowell Mass July 14 Edwin Dinsmore thirteen of Dracul drowned in the Merrimack river tonight after wading beyond his depth. His body was recovered but resuscitation efforts were toiling as police reported.
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Lowell
Mass
Edwin Dinsmore
Dracul
Merrimack River
Asso
French General Honors Guard Unit at Camp Devens
French war hero General Passaga decorated the 104th regiment of the 28th division with the Croix de Guerre in a peacetime review at Camp Devens Massachusetts on July 14. The event honored past actions at Apremont in 1918 and posthumously awarded the Legion of Honor to Col. George H. Shetton.
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Camp Devens
Mass
Associated Press
Vermont House of Representatives
Edward J. Connelly
Wakefield
Alfred E. Foote
Massachusetts
B. Frank Cheatham
U. S Army
Thomas J. Harmunong
Northampton
Coolidge
Clarence BR. Edwards
France
Edith Nourse Rogers
181St Infantry
Worcester
Body of man identified after taxi incident near Merrillville
Jeff Mc Graw a 48 year old farm hand was identified as the man thrown from a speeding taxi. Driver Steve Petrovic said three intoxicated companions hired the cab and ordered driving to Merrillville where McGraw was found unconscious. Police say liquor likely caused the death and two companions Fete Tasch and George McGillary are held for investigation.
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Gary
Ind
Associated Press
Merrillville
Jeff McGraw
Steve Petrovic
McGraw
Fete Tasch
George McGillary
Man Dies in Chair After Refusing Real Name Disclosure
Ossining July 14 AP. William Wagner executed in Bing Sing prison for killing Peter Basto in a Brooklyn rooming house. Wagner, who used an assumed name, died without revealing his true identity. Henry Judd Gray and Ruth Snyder condemned as part of the murder backstory watched from the death house. In Montpelier, 12 year old Clayton Murray Jr. injured by lightning on farm, vision impaired but recovering as Vermont reports its worst storm of the season with damage to utilities.
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Ossining
Associated Press
Brooklyn
William Wagner
Bing Sing
Wagner
Peter Basto
Basto
Henry Judd Gray
Ruth Snyder
Montpelier
Clayton Murray, Jr
Here
Vermont
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