Insistent Demand for Sinclair Bond Return Roils National Scene
A March Senate inquiry intensifies as postmaster general and Republican leaders face questions about $260,000 in Continental Trading bonds from 1923 tied to Harry Sinclair. The probe tracks donations, secret transfers, and possible ulterior motives in funding the 1924 campaign and the GOP treasury.
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Washington
Continental Trading Company
Harry Sinclair
William M. Buter
Republican Natonal Committee
President Coolidge
Senate
Ilsh
Montana
Oil Inquiry
Hays
Sinclair
Butler
Borald Idaho
Transacion
Borah
Mel
Treasury
John T. Pratt
York City
Fred W. Upham
Eeks
Andy
Dupont
Mellon
Wllliam M. Butler
Massachusetts
Pratt
Teapot Dome
National Committee
Harding Camaign
Fred . Upham
Theepublican Committee
John W. Weeks
Harding
Meln
Newark City
A. E. Humphreys
Denver
Sinclair Crude Oilurchasing Company
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Sente
Charles Pratt & Co
United States Mortgage and Trust Company
Upham
Savage Sentenced to Thirteen Years for Pawtucket Post Office Robbery
George Red Savage, once a Pawtucket gang leader and ex Marine sergeant, was sentenced to 13 years at Ft. Leavenworth after his 1926 Pawtucket Post Office robbery. His wife Loretta received nine months for possessing burglar tools. Savage surrendered to save his mother and father from poverty.
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Providence
R. I
George ‘Red’ Savage
Pawtucket
United States
Ft. Leavenworth
Savage
France
Loretta
Barrington
Here
Department of Justice
Rhode Island Mounted Police
Canada
Charles P. Sisson
Fords Consider Metal Dirigibles For Trans Oceanic Passenger Line
The Atlanta Journal quotes Edsel Ford that Ford Motor Company is privately testing metal dirigibles for possible trans Atlantic passenger service while deeming planes unsuitable for sea flights. Ford notes planes seem impractical for mass ocean service and discusses training planes. he favors larger nonflammable metal airships over fire-prone dirigibles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fords
Atlanta
Atlanta Journal
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company
Harry Brooks
Ford
Florida
Journal
Ford Company
Insurgents Suppressed in Jalisco Engagements
Ten insurgents including chieftain Catpetano Alvarez were killed in three clashes with federal troops across Jalisco today. The insurgents were dispersed at each engagement according to military reports.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Catpetano Alvarez
Jalisco
Old Malt House Destroyed in Newport Blaze
The old malt house of the George Wiedemann Brewing Co. at Thirteenth and Monmouth streets burned yesterday morning, causing over 100000 dollars in damage. Fire started on the top floor of a six story brick building, with spontaneous combustion suspected. Firemen aided by Cincinnati and Covington units battled flames four hours to control the blaze. Two firemen were injured by flying glass.
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George Wiedemann Brewing Company
Thirteenth
Monmouth Streets
Brewing Company
Early & Daniel Company
Procter & Gamble Company
John Rust
Robert Gasdorf
Brandt
Company 44
Cincinnati
Covington
Clifton
Newport
Lawrence Frymith
Harry McNay
Cincinnati Fire Company
Booth Memorial Hospital
McNay
Gasdorf
Senate report reveals terror in goal fields mines
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee sub committee reports horror and poverty in Pittsburgh and central Pa coal regions. It details shootings, evictions, and brutal coal and iron police actions at Broughton and Pricedale, with women and children affected and miners' courage cited alongside calls for reform.
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Interstate Commerce Committee
Washington
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Broughton
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation
Broughton, Pa
Clarissa Englert
Iron and Coal
Coal and Iron
Wife
Joe Lubresky
Marmarville
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Union Barracks
Eva Barr
Pricedale
Senate
Coal and Iron Police
Gooding
Republican
Idaho
America
Three Generations Slain in San Angelo Family Murder
In San Angelo Texas a family of three including 12 year old Myrna Juergens and her grandmother were found slain in their home. A chauffeur Newt Burns is charged with the murders and is missing with the family car. A bloody hatchet ice pick and butcher knife were found near the scene. The case remains unsolved as authorities hunt for Burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Tex
W. J. Juergens
Myrna
Burns
Sulphur Springs
Juergens
Big Lake Oil Company
Pittsburgh
Texan
Hewitt
Clock Face Triggered Tragic Death in Late Return
Clifford Dury a 48 year old laborer of 3156 Bishop Street shot himself after his wife teased him for being late at 6 PM. He had been out of work since July and reportedly joked to shoot himself, then died at General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Dury
Bishop Street
Dury
Katherine Dury
Cliff
General Hospital
River mud refuses to yield $50,000 keg after 8 hour search
New York March 11. diver John Tooker spent nearly eight hours diving in the Hudson off Fifty seventh Street seeking a keg containing $50,000 in gold bullion. He dived eight times with little progress. another keg broke from a cargo net earlier with one recovered.
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New York
Hudson River
Fiftyseventh Street
John Tooker
Roma
Tooker
Brothers Arrested in $750,000 Fraud Escape Case
Ira Janie and Mil ton Janie, brothers from New Rochelle New York, were arrested in a Atlantic City beachfront hotel for a $750000 fraud tied to the Toronto Security Company. They fled Canada last fall after alleged stock and bond swindles across Ontario and Toronto. They face extradition hearings with bail set at none.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United States
Canada
Ira Janie
Milton Janie
New Rochelle
N. Y
Janie Brothers
Toronto
Toronto Security Company
District Attorney of
Province of Ontario
Company
Oldest Ur tomb found by Penn and British teams
Archaeologists report the earliest grave in Ur of the Chaldees uncovered after six seasons in ancient Mesopotamia. The royal tomb sits beneath forty feet of mud and shows a three chamber limestone tomb with preserved plaster, a jeweled gaming board, shell plaques, beads, a small gold cup, and a wooden mosaic plaque of carved inlay awaiting restoration.
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Philadelphia
Abraham
University of Pennsylvania Museum
British Museum
Mesopotamia
C. Leonard Wooley
Army Air Service chiefs begin Panama Canal study flight
Secretary of War F. Trubee Davison and Air Service Chief Maj. Gen. James Fechet travel from Washington to Pope Field North Carolina then plan a multi day hop toward Panama. Weather fog delays occur as the party aims to inspect aerial defenses and air activities in the canal zone.
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FT. Bragg
N. C
Army Air Service
F. Trubee Davison
James E. Fecher
Air Service
Panama
Pope Field
Washington
Texas
Mexico
Richmond
Lieut. Fairchild
Fechet
Cane Baker
Lavison
Lieut
Fairchild
Raleigh
City Lake
Davison
Panama Canal
Army
Bolling Field
Foint Isabel
Tex
Brownsville
Galveston
Mexican
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Minutitlam
Managua
Nicaragua
San Salvador
France Field
David
Republic of Panama
Canal Zone
Air Corps
Canal
Mystery Mother Is Identified in Cleveland Case
The mysterious Mary Lou O'Brien identified as Mrs. Hazel White Fallon of Pittsfield Mass. through rings and rosary found by her brother Basil White, ending a long search. The infant daughter remains with hospital nurses while Tony Fallon, her son, stays with Pittsfield relatives.
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Mary Lou O’brien
Hazel W. Fallon
Cleveland, O
City Hospital
Hazel White Fallon
Pittsfield
Mass
Basil White
Massachusetts
Mary Lou
Tony
James Fallon
Lenox
White
Razberry Incident Brings 13-Year-Old George to Night Court
George Alexopoulos, thirteen, defends himself in Night Court after Albert Caleo from the Bronx slugs him on Eighth Avenue. Caleo admits the hit while George questions if he would have fled. The disorderly conduct charge proceeds with the boy as complainant.
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New York
George Alexopoulos
Eighth Avenue
George
Times Square
Albert Caleo
Bronx
Ratberry
Caleo
Glatzmayer
14 Die 14 Hurt in Traction Gun Collision Head On
A Wayne Michigan collision between two vehicles left 14 dead and 14 injured. Police say the head on crash occurred during heavy traffic conditions near the Wayne area. Authorities investigate cause and determine if any factors like weather or mechanical failure contributed.
Three Killed in Interurban Crash Near Detroit
Detroit area interurban collision kills one and injures nine as trains crash while heading to Jackson and Detroit. The dead include George D. Merwin and three others. a special car carried a Polish basketball team. In Columbus, Ohio, three died when an interurban struck a car on the edge of the city while on the way to buy flowers for a funeral.
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Santos
Brazil
Mount Serrat
Detroit
Wayne
Here
Merwin
George D
Ypsilanti
Rosier
Otto
Manopoloos
Eugene
Wilson
Louis
Ann Arbor
Scott
Mrs
Clark
John E
Krotkiewcz
Bogri
Wisnefsks
Victoria
Jackson
Columbus
Otto P. Hancher
Helen Basham
Irene Albright
Newark
Zanesville
Three Die As Interurban Collision Sparks Fatal Fire
In Madison Illinois on March 11 a special mail car on the Illinois Traction System collided with a small automobile at an intersection. Three people died and their bodies burned almost beyond recognition as the gasoline tank exploded and flames raged for about ten minutes before the Madison Fire Department contained the blaze. The victims were Andres George Patterson Eva Fleming George H. Fleming both 19. The flaming car was hurled about thirty feet to the curb and then rolled down the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Ill
Illinois Traction System
Andres
George
Patterson
Eva
Fleming
George H
Madison Fire Department
Indiana Man Killed When Auto Goes Over Bank
Hamilton C Indiana March 11 Walter Hill 31 of Lawrenceburg Ind is killed when his car leaves the road and goes over a bank. Authorities investigate the fatal accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Hamilton,c
Walter Hill
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Poison Found in Childs Body in Indiana City
Michigan City Ind March 11 The toxicologist Dr Ralph W Webster Rush Medical College reports traces of oxalic acid in the body of Richard Bohle linking death with suspected foul play. The sister Arvilla died last month. uncle William Sims shows similar symptoms. Exhumation planned. father George Bohle iron molder and Sims painter.
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New York World News Service
Michigan City
Ind
Ralph W. Webster
Rush Medical College
Richard Bohle
Richard
Arvila
William Sims
Arvilla
George A. Bohle
Sims
Bohle
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Pala
Warm Springs
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Terrch
Ohio and Pennsylvania Relief Society
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H. F. Baker
Hugh Allen
Juergen
Lapis
Regal
Alf Ghitra
Lans Inn
Carolina
Nenlamwunl
San Antonio
San Jose
Syracuse
Jack's Reefs
George Knapp
Rosalie Knapp
Flora G. Armbruster
Auburn
George W. Davison
Fulton
Knapp
State Labor Department
William W. Moss, JR
Wayne, Mich
Auto
Burrows
Charles
DU Rosier
Genevieve
Ypsi
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