Oil Scandal Ruling Returns Teapot Dome Fields
The U S Supreme Court orders return of the Teapot Dome oil fields to the government after ruling the lease and accompanying agreement were fraudulent and the product of collusion with Albert B Fall. Harry F Sinclair faces trial alongside Fall in DC for conspiracy to defraud the government as legacy of the scandal that rocked the nation. The decision, following the Doheny case, yields about 13 million in damages plus affected assets and storage at Portsmouth New Hampshire.
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Pendleum
Albert B. Fall
Uterior
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Specifall
United States Supreme Court
Sk Hlitis
Doheny Sand Naval
Sinclair
Porsmouth
Teapot Dome
the &.Nergy Company
Standard Oll Company
Indiana
Congress
Fall
Watson
G O. P
Coolidge
Supreme Court
Supreme court to reclaim profits from Wyoming oil leases
Washington October 10 By Associated Press The Supreme Court decision regarding Jeases to maur off lance in Wyoming will bring the government more than 35 000 000 in money and property. Proceeds from oil sales and royalties under receivers appointed since 1924 total about 480 000 to government plus 342 278 on earnings of 10 000 before receivership. Oil tanks at Portsmouth NH with 300 000 barrel capacity, cost estimated at 1 000 000, eight wells drilled, twelve dry wells closed. Only two wells drilled since receivership.
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Washington
Supreme Courte
Wyoming
E Watt
New York
Sinclair
Font Charted
Stuart
U S
Cma
Tao
Portamouth
Suxty-thier
Grea
Navy Department
Teiv Wilbur
Mule Can Care for Self Cobb Would Advise
Governor Fields of Kentucky seems anxious about a horse’s feelings in the gubernatorial campaign. The columnist suggests a mule can defend its own honor and implies Fields overreacts to political noise. The piece blends humor with commentary on Kentucky politics and personality.
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Cobb
Irving Cobb
New York
Fields
Kentucky
Bonded tax officials and unchanged milk rules dominate page one
A scan of a historical paper shows tax officials bonded above minimum limits and milk regulations unchanged by the board. Other briefs note payroll at D M Read company store, insurgents with delegate tickets, and local elections. Obituaries, court actions, and community notices appear across pages 1 through 27, including council race items and school-building debate.
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D. M. Read Company
Stirlinga
Bame
Booth
Fred W. Klein
Minnesota
Beck
Chaucer
Advi
Barrel Company
Gaminst City
Main Street
Wynkoop
Beard
Atwater
Flve
Aucion
FranceUS Debt Refund Approved Aids Tariff Talks
Washington reports the United States will not object to refunding the 100 million eight percent loan from 1920 to France. Cabinet officers see potential for smoother Franco American relations if approved. Borah withdraws opposition pending broader tariff talks. Paris awaits the American note on tariff matters and plant quarantines.
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Washington
Associated Press
State Department
Paris
France
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kellogg
Hoover
Audtogus
New York
Bridgeport Radio Show Attracts 200 Visitors
Bridgeport's second annual radio show opened at the Mosque on State street under the Bridgeport Radio Dealers association. Exhibits valued at over 50 000 featured top radios with one dial Vernier controls, artistic cabinets, shielding, copper and aluminum chassis, and many electric power sets.
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Bridgeport
Bridgeport Radio Dealers' Association
State Street
Desler
Snd
Football Player Dies After 52 Hours of Chest Pumping
Carl Berry sixteen died after classmates pumped his arms for fifty two hours and ten minutes to keep him breathing after a football injury. Under a physician's direction the group performed artificial respiration trying to sustain life as Berry drifted in and out of coma and weakened throughout the day. The cause remained unsettled with doctors divided on paralysis type, but officials said the football injury was not tied to the paralysis.
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Paladio
Tex
Associated Press
Carl Berry
Fost
Berry
Olunteered
Depart Pour
City Man Routs Native in Weston Special Election
Samuel Shethar, a Republican city man, won the Weston town selectman post 169 to 150 over Irving Lockwood. In the open office, G Warren Bradley defeated Henry Rowland 178 to 140. The 322 votes set a turnout record in a tense, closely fought local political drama.
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Hawley
Iratford
Wilton Red Cross
Weston
Shethar
Lockwood
Lake Zoar
Douglas W. Ross
Wooley
Yale
Samuel Shethar
Irving Lockwood
Bradley
Irving
Aasesacr
G. Warren Bradley
Henry Rowland
Selectman
Bridgeport Maintains Milk Safety Rules Despite State Challenge
Bridgeport’s Board of Health voted to continue enforcing local milk sale restrictions, despite an attorney general opinion questioning municipal authority. Health officer Dr. William Hall Coon outlined five state milk grades from ordinary to certified, noting local rules exceed state standards. Commissioner Zepp expressed legal doubt but supported sustaining the regulations, pending further action.
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Bridgeport
Board of Health
B. L. Averill
Local Health Board
Avertil
Stanley N Osborn
Osborn
Attorney General’s Office
Averill
Par Hcwlar
William Hall Coon
Upj
William J.zepp
Zepp
Unmarried Woman Loses Boy Claimed as Son
New York October 10 The ten year old boy claimed by Miss Mary Diniscia of East Orange New Jersey and William Kunstler a New York diamond importer today was awarded to Mr Kunstler by Supreme Court Justice Valente. Diniscia had sought habeas corpus to obtain custody claiming the boy was her illegitimate son by John Laudenia Long Branch New Jersey Laudenia denied paternity Kunstler testified Henry was the boy’s son and that the boy’s mother died two years ago Justice Valente dismissed the writ after hearing both claimants It was presumed Diniscia had made an honest mistake in identity.
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New York
Associated Press
Poy
Mary Diniscia
East Orange
Wiliam Kunstler
Kunstler
Supremes Court
Valente
Diniscia
John Laudenia
Long Branch
Laudenia
Henry
Mins Dtatsela
Woman pilot reaches Maine in Dawn after crossing delays
Mrs Frances Wilson Grayson and crew arrive at Old Orchard Maine in the amphibian Dawn after a three hour 336 mile flight from Roosevelt Field New York. Weather and tests continue to delay a Copenhagen leg as a porch of tents is set up and preparations proceed.
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Old Orchard
Associated Press
Frances Wilson Grayson
Copenhagen
Roosevelt Field
Grand Beach
Harry Jones
Ola Orchard
Atlantic
Romae
Grayson
Wilmer Stultz
New York
Brice Goldsborough
Boris Lebensky
T. Harold Kinkaid
John Frogge
Hotel Brunswick
Pertons
Denmark
Grayson Snd Stulte
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Byrd
Dan
Funeral for Isaac W Birdseye Attended by City Notables
Funeral services for Isaac W Birdseye, a well known local corset manufacturer, were held yesterday at his home 743 Fairfield Avenue at 2 30 pm. Rev Dr William Horace Day and Rev Stephen Fish Sherman officiated. Attendees included representatives from the Manufacturers' Association Society of Colonial Wars and the directors of Bridgeport M A and Bridgeport People's Savings Bank. Choir selections were Hark Hark My Soul and Thy Will Be Done. The interment followed at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
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Isanc W
Bridgeport People's Savings Bank
Mountain Grove
School manager urges faster building and salary changes
Superintendent Reed outlines new salary schedules and building policies as the Board of Education debates costs and efficiency. Business Manager Wynkoop urges faster construction, preselection of architects, and municipal bonding while warning against federal supervision. Oil heating and future hydroelectric plans are discussed amid resignations and new hires from City Normal graduates.
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Board of Education
John B. Wynkoop
Carroll H. Reed
Wynkoop
Beardeley
Nathan Hale
Reed
Library of
Warren Harding High School
Dry Leader's Son Jailed as Rum Runner in Virginia
Carrall V. Hepburn, 23, son of David Hepburn superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of Virginia, is fined $50 and sentenced to ten days in jail for transporting Whitakey. His father attended the hearing. A jury found him not guilty of driving intoxicated. The accident vehicle, linked to the Anti-Saloon League, was confiscated.
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Richmond
Associated Press
Carrall
Hepburn
David Hepburn
Anti-Saloon League of Virginia
Whitakey
Young Hepburn
Anti-Saloon League
Democrats Name Atwater for Bridgeport Mayor Nomination
Fred Atwater former Bridgeport city chief executive from 1922 to 1923 will be the Democratic nominee for mayor at the October 18 city convention. After Sunday negotiations between party wings the Purity League and the Cornell faction, a peace pact ends a potential primary battle, uniting the party for the convention and Atwater’s bid.
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Fred Atwater
Atwater
Cornell
Purity League
Ita
Anderson
O'Loughlin
Ascond
Cornelius Donnelly
Bernard Lee
Edward Lynch
Democratic
John A. Corneil
Connecticut for Coolidge Trumbull in Pittsfield
Governor John H. Trumbull of Connecticut, after a Berkshire trip, said Connecticut is solid for Coolidge and the state hopes he will accept another term. He added that the people, not the president, would decide the choice.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Associated Preas
Connecticut
Coolidge
John H. Trumbull
Hartford
Berkshires
Man Arrested Over Theatre Disturbance on Main Street
Hyman Bernstein aged thirty six of 2480 Pairfield Avenue was arrested at 5 35 yesterday afternoon on a breach of the peace charge and held for investigation. At police headquarters he was identified by a second woman as the man who had annoyed her in the theatre last week.
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Betill
Bamuel Shethar
Hyman Bernstein
Pairfield Avenas
Bernstein
Make Movies Safe for Moron Resolve By Producers
New York Oct 10 Associated Press reports a conference by the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America to make films safer for the public. Resolutions urge care in depicting theft, robberies, train explosions and other violent acts while banning profanity, nudity, drug trafficking, clergy insults, and assault on race creed or religion. The group seeks FCC and industry support for stricter content standards.
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New York
jBy Associated Press
Laula B. Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Federal Trade Commission
Mayer
Motion Picture Producers and Distrautors of America, Inc
Mexican rebels crushed as Calles grants amnesty
Mexico City Oct 10 President Calles through General Alvarez announced the revolution was crushed after a six hour battle. Gomez Almada and Medina fled with about 190 followers. 50 dead and 100 wounded among rebels reported. About 600 surrendered at Cosautian. amnesty issued for those who surrendered.
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Mexico City
Calles
General Alvarez
Gomen- Almada
Colles
Gomes
Alvares
Gomez
Almeda
Cosautian
Gorzalez Escobar
Almada
Aya-Huatulco
Perote
Bagobars
Arnulfo Cormez
Cocautian
Msco
Maine
Mexican Republic
Escobar
Cosant‘ar
Vera Crus
Medina
Chapultepec
Alvarez
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Tea’ Pot Dome Reserve
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Justice Butler
United States
Harry F. Sinclair
Naval Reserve
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Fairfield County
Long Hill Court
Stratford
Glanerab
Liliendahl
Volstead
Denmark Acon
Vermont
Fortigs
Tarif
Briand
Pyramid Mosque
Weaton
Board
Ntin
Europe
Frances Grayson
Isaac W. Birdseye
Elizabeth M Sloane
Elias Howe School
Thelma W. Porrester
Waltersville School
The
City Normal School
Bertha Bradley
Hewitt Street
Katherine Grillo
Parrott Avenue
Eleanor Grandfield
Rosauth Street
Eva Dobbs
Willow, Brrest
Marie Barry
Orange Street
Mary O'Toole
Coolidge - Trumbull
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