Judge Kennamer Accused of Taking Liquor in Prohibition RAIDS
Federal Judge Franklin Kennamer of the Northern Oklahoma District is accused in a House brief and affidavit of taking liquor confiscated by federal agents for personal use, pressuring jurors, denying rights, and other alleged misconduct. The document, filed by Henry H. Stroud of Tulsa, asks the Judiciary Committee to consider these charges and calls for evidence of alleged judicial terrorism and improper enforcement of prohibition.
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Washington
Franklin E. Kennamer
Oklahoma
Henry H. Stroud
Tulsa
Okla
Stroud
Longworth
House Judiciary Committee
Kennamer
Judge Kennamer Welcomes Any Investigation Amid Corruption Charges
Tulsa Oklahoma February 29 Federal Judge Franklin Kennamer said he would welcome any investigation into charges filed by Henry H. Stroud. The accusations include juror intimidation and personal use of liquor seized by federal officers. Stroud, a former DOJ agent, led a probe into straw bonds that led to convictions of Tulsa attorneys and bondsmen.
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Kennamer
Tulsa
Okla
Franklin KE
House of Representatives
Henry H. Stroud
Oklo
Department of Justice
Oklahoma
Stroud
Milwaukee
Five Indicted in Grand Trunk Train Hold-Up
A federal grand jury indicted five men over the Evergreen Park Grand Trunk passenger train robbery of 133000 dollars. Charles Cleaver William Donovan Frank Meccia ee Litsinger and William Jacks Litsinger were named. Jankson remains at large. Bonds were set at 100000 each. Mrs. Cleaver testified the plan formed at a home gathering weeks earlier. Authorities seek additional suspects but do not confirm further participants.
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Chicago
Grand Trunk
Evergreen Park
Adam C. Cliffe
Charles Cleaver
William Donovan
Frank Meccia
Ee Litsinger
William Jacks Litsinger
Jankeon
Cliffe
Cleaver
Charles
Judge Reduces Film Star Daughter Support to 375 a Month
Superior Judge Fletcher Bowron ruled that 375 dollars a month is sufficient for Ruth Jane Mix to attend boarding school while 225 dollars a month covers day pupil status. The ruling capped yearly clothing costs at 4,326 dollars and denied 5,000 dollars in back bills. Mix testified he had paid about 229 dollars monthly, and quipped about cowboys while critics debated lifestyle expectations.
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Los Angeles
Fletcher Bowron
Tom Mix
Olive Stokes Mix
Ruth Jane Mix
Bowron
Mix
Ruth
Colby Denied Paris Divorce Marks End of Easy French Divorces
Former U.S. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby failed to obtain a divorce in Versailles court, which ruled it lacked jurisdiction since he had not abandoned U.S. domicile. The decision signals France tightening its divorce process for foreigners and reflects a shift in how Americans pursue legal separations abroad. Colby, once married to Natalie Sedgewick of Stockbridge, had lived in France eleven months and argued his wife’s conduct justified a grant.
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Paris
Bainbridge Colby
Wilson
France
Versailles
Colony
United States
Atlantic
America
M. Millerand
Colby
Natalie Sedgewick
Stockbridge
Mass
Avenue Niel
la Celle
Versysailles
Mrs Coolidge Hurries to Northampton to Aid Ill Mother
Mrs Coolidge travels from Washington to Northampton Massachusetts amid a critical relapse in her mother Mrs Lemira Goodhues illness influenza since December at Dickinson Hospital. White House physician Lt Cmdr Joel T Boone accompanies with Mrs R B Hills as a friend of school days. Return date depends on Mrs Goodhues condition.
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Washington
Joel T. Boone
White House
Goodhue
Dickinson Hospital
Northampton
Coolidge
Havana
Green Line Car Service Delayed One Hour
A rotor converter failure at the Newport power house disrupted Green Line street car service for about an hour yesterday afternoon. Hundreds of residents returning from Cincinnati piled up at Dixie Terminal awaiting the restart of power. Officials from Union Light Heat and Power explained the outage caused the delay.
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Cincinnati
Dixie Terminal
Green Line
Union Light, Heat and Power Company
Newport Power House
Bankers Sued Over 1.1 Million Dollar Commission
Emmett Queen, a broker, sues Dillon Read & Company for 1.1 million dollars in commissions and interest. Dawes, brother of the vice president, represented the bank in the Pure Oil stock sale to Ohio Cities Gas Company, allegedly acting as a secret agent. The deal reportedly paid 23.5 million for the stock, with Dawes cited as manipulating pricing to favor the bankers.
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New York
Emmett Queen
Dillon, Read & Company
B. G. Dawes
Queen
Pure Oil Company
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Ohio Cities Gas Company
Dawes
Dillion, Read & Company
Earth Tremor Felt Across Helena City
A strong quake struck Helena at 3 38 p m lasting four to five seconds. It was felt throughout the city with a north to south direction and caused no damage.
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Helena
Mont. Helena
Mont
Kentucky House Backs Bill on Queen City Span Bridge
The Kentucky House passed a bill to empower the State Highway Commission to match up to 1 million dollars with adjacent counties to buy the Chesapeake and Ohio Bridge over the Ohio River between Covington and Cincinnati. The plan aims to remove tolls by splitting cost with Cincinnati and Hamilton County, with the railroad converting the bridge for vehicular use before sale at 2 million dollars. Covington previously defeated a city purchase option, but support in Frankfort seeks legislative aid for a 50 50 purchase and toll abolition.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Covington
Cincinnati
House of Representatives
Kentucky
Harry Meyers
State Highway Commission
Meyers
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Ohio River
Hamilton County
Lindbergh to Receive Woodrow Wilson Award and Medal
Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation will honor Col. Charles A. Lindbergh with the Woodrow Wilson medal and $25,000 for his trans Atlantic and Central American flights. The presentation date will be set later. Lindbergh visits Albany as New York signs aviation bills and the legislature plans further action to regulate and promote air travel.
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New York
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Charles A. Lindbergh
Elihu Root
World Court
Albany
Gov. Smith
New York State
Lindbergh
Ruth Elder Forfeits Bond In Rabun County Case
Ruth Elder the aviatrix failed to appear in Rabun County Superior Court and forfeited a 500 dollar bond on a 1924 statutory offense charge. Shuford Jenkins also faces a like charge still pending. Elder was served in Atlanta and later left for Anniston while calling the accusation malicious.
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Clayton
Ruth Elder
Rabun County
Miss Elder
C. E. Moody
Moody
Shuford Jenkins
McMillan
Atlanta
J. L. Rickard
Anniston
Gate and wall collapse injures woman in Baum Street incident
Mrs. May Harbor was narrowly spared when a heavy iron gate and a collapsing retaining wall toppled near 356 Baum Street. Her left foot was crushed while her right foot suffered severe bruising as neighbors James Tucker and Clinton Bowman helped pull her free. Police and fire crews removed debris and authorities consider condemning the adjoining wall amid ongoing danger from the hillside landslide blamed on rainfall.
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Mrs
May Harbor
356 Baum _ street
Harbor Home
Baum Street
Clifton Observatory
Alien Property Bill Heads to Coolidge as Senate Debate Rises
Congress passes the alien property bill returning seized wartime assets to Germany Austria and Hungary. Democrats assail Republican leadership while the Senate weighs Middle Rio Grande conservancy Muscle Shoals power plans and Mexican labor quota debates. Senate and House panels clash over film block booking and distribution practices.
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Coolidge
Senate
G.O.P
Rio Grande
Marshal Diaz World War Hero Dies in Rome at 67
Marshal Armando Diaz former Commander of Italian armies in World War I died in Rome at 67 after a bout of influenza that led to bronchial pneumonia. His wife and son were at his side. he had received last rites at Santa Maria del Popolo as King Victor Emmanuel III and Mussolini sent condolences.
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Marshal Diaz
Rome
Armando Diaz
Foch
France
Gen. Pershing
America
Santa Maria del Popolo
Cardinal Mundelein
Victor
Mussolini
Field Marshal Haig
England
Gen. Diaz
Film agent claims John Barrymore fought with him at Ambassador
Myron Selznick reports a ten minute fist fight with John Barrymore on the Ambassador Hotel lawn after the Wampus ball. Lionel Barrymore and Owen Moore present at the party. Moore tried to separate them but failed. Selznick says remarks about nationality provoked the incident and avoided further comment to protect business.
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Hollywood
Cal
Myron Selznick
John Barrymore
Ambassador Hotel
Barrymore
Selznick
Owen Moore
Ambassador Ho
Moore
Lionel Barrymore
Mooge
Limits Damages In S-51 Disaster
Federal Judge Goddard ruled the City of Rome's liability for the 1925 collision with the submarine S-51 is limited to the ship and its cargo value about 307 900 dollars. He ordered the United States to pay half of the damages to the City of Rome.
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New York
Goddard
City of Rome
United States
City of
Rome
New England
Silas Axtell
Ocean Steamship Company of
Savannah
Navy
Ambush Decimates U S Marines in Nicaragua Fight
Report from Managua dated February 29 describes an ambush near Baraili by Augusto Sandino followers that killed five Marines and wounded seven from a detachment of 36 under Lieut. Edward F. O Day. The Baraili clash is the second deadliest for Marines in seven and one half months of the Nicaragua campaign.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Augustino Sandino
Edward F. O'Day
Sandino
Yali
Esteli
Condega
Baraili
Quilali
United States
United States Marine
National Guard
Logan Feland
U. S
Marine Corps
Heflin
Dem
Ala
Secretary of the Navy
Ex-Dragons Talk Delights State Foromo
Ex Klansman D C Stephenson, once a state figure, is jailed in Howard County after a day before the Grand Jury probing the American Trust Company failure. He will resume testimony amid a lawyers conference, with Prosecutor Homer R Miller expressing satisfaction. A letter from Van A Barrickman links to a deposition in an April 9 suit seeking to expose the order and its chief executive.
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Foromo
Ind
Howard County
Grand Jury
American Trust Company
D. C
Stephenson
Tomorrrow
Homer R. Miller
Klan
Pennsylvania
Two Women Die in Fire at Girls' Home in Chicago
Two elderly women perished in a blaze at a four story working girls' home in Chicago. Sixty residents escaped or were rescued as panic spread through the building and firemen pulled others from upper story windows. The origin of the fire was undetermined and several residents were rescued from second and third floor windows.
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Chicago
Wounded Cincinnatian Tells Of Nicaragua War
J H Downs en United States Marine Corps was among the first to be fired upon and wounded by rebels in Nicaragua. He arrived back in Cincinnati after a Washington visit where he received a bravery citation and stayed with his mother and brother. He recounted serving under Captain R B Buchanan who was killed, and described protecting lives and property at La Pac Centre amid sudden machine gun fire.
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Tripane
J. H. Downs
United States Marine Corps
Nicaragua
Corp
R. B. Buchanan
la Pac Centre
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Harry Brooks
Georgia
Germany
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Arkansas
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