Hoover Opens Oil Lands to Conservation Policy
President Hoover announced a policy of complete conservation of government oil, halting new leases on public lands except where Congress mandates. The move drew support from Nye and Borah but drew protest from Walsh, who urged congressional declaration of policy.
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Congress
Nye
Senate Public Lands Committee
Borah
Rep
Idaho
Walsh
Dem
Mont
Senate
Teapot
Dome
Elk Hills
Montana
Public Lands
Texas
Pennsylvania
California
Secretary of the Interior
Interior
Hoover
Ray Dyman Wilbur
Interior Department
Dawes Rumored as Possible British Ambassador Post
Washington reports say Charles Gates Dawes, retired vice president, is under consideration to become ambassador to Great Britain though President Hoover delays diplomatic appointments until Henry Stimson arrives as secretary of state. Dawes, a WWI general and budget director, would join a list of possible successors to Ambassador Alanson B. Houghton. In Atlanta, Asa G. Candler, Coca Cola founder, dies at 78 after long illness. his company later sold for 25 million dollars.
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Washington
Charles Gates Dawes
United States
Great Britain
Hoover
Henry L. Stimson
Chicago
France
Dawes
San Domingo
Europe
Court of St. James
Alanson B. Houghton
Atlanta
Asa G. Gandler
Coca-Cola Company
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Charles H. Candler
Coca-Cola Company of Delaware
Asa Griggs Candler
South
Candler
Sherman
Georgia
N. B. Hallman
Chicago day agent fired amid Moran gang charges
F D Silloway, Chicago assistant prohibition administrator, dismissed after failing to substantiate claims that Chicago police were involved in Moran gang murders. He was removed and sent East as Commissioner Doran cited embarrassment and unsatisfactory explanations as reasons. Silloway later writes articles asserting prohibition cannot be enforced.
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Washington
F. D. Silloway
Chicago
Prohibition Bureau
Silloway
Prohibition
Doran
Bureau
Frederick D. Silloway
Prohibition Department
Ohio Bank Cashier Kills Himself After Examiner Arrives
Sherman Mills aged 65 cashier of the First National Bank of West Alexandria shot himself after bank directors met with a Cincinnati bank examiner to review accounts. Officials would not confirm shortages or irregularities and planned another 7 am meeting to decide if the bank will reopen. Mills was married and an active churchman.
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Dayton
Sherman Mills
First National Bank of
West Alexandria
Here
Cincinnati
Mills
Thirty four to face trial for vote frauds in Cleveland
Cleveland March 12 Thirty four persons indicted last fall on charges of election frauds will be brought to trial as soon as possible Attorney General Gilbert Bettman announced after convicting Frank Mazanec and Charles Kahoun on similar charges Kahoun allegedly put about seventy names into a Republican poll book Mazanec aided him Both defendants had been tried twice before juries disagreed Bettman plans next steps with associates hoping guilty pleas reduce trials Mazanec and Kahoun face one to three years penitentiary sentences attorneys to file motion for a new trial by March 21
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Cleveland, O
Gilbert Bettman
Frank Mazanec
Charles F. Kahoun
Kahoun
Cleveland
Mazanec
Young America seeks grandma opinions in daily feature
The Commercial Tribune invites readers with grandmothers to interview them about modern generation life and send stories to Young America. The daily column, written by young people, is now a staple on the editorial page and has gained wide reader support as a household necessity.
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Young America
Commercial Tribune
Triplex AIE AUT And PAG In Test Ring At Daytona
Rain and low visibility delayed the Daytona Beach trials for Lee Bible driving the 36 cylinder Triplex owned by J. M. White of Philadelphia. Bible soon reached 199 mph on two fast runs and 199 mph on a 1 km run, but AA officials delayed final approval until he demonstrates driving competence. Maj Segrave aims for 240 mph in the Golden Arrow while planning to race at Biscayne Bay.
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Ocean Speedway
Daytona Beach
Fla
Lee Bible
J. M. White
Philadelphia
Bible
Florida
White
Val Haresnape
The
Automobile Association
H. O. D. Segrave
England
Golden Arrow
Maj. Segrave
Miami
Biscayne Bay
Gar Wood
Detroit
RIOTING MINER GUILTY IN ATHENS TRIAL
John Simmons a union coal miner and about 100 defendants faced riot charges linked to a mine suspension in Athens County. He and others were found guilty on three indictments as the trial concluded.
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Athens, O
John Simmons
Union
Athens County
Winter storm bears down on Rocky Mountain region
Denver reports a blizzard dumping heavy snow across Wyoming Colorado Montana and New Mexico with up to three feet in places. A rescue by twelve Wyoming Sigma Alpha Epsilon basketball students aided a marooned prospector near Cripple Creek Colorado.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain
Wyoming
Canadian
Montana
New Mexico
Colorado
San Louis Valley
Pike’s Peak
Mount Almagre
Cripple Creek
Frank Nelson
Nelson
Colorado Springs
Rockies
Col
Cheyenne
Laramie
Casper
Yellowstone Park
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
University of Wyoming
Highway Department
Longtime Ohio editor Samuel Flickinger dies at 82
Samuel J. Flickinger, 82, former Ohio AP executive and editor at several Ohio papers, died in Hamilton at his cousin’s widow home. Born Feb 14 1848 in Millville he studied at Otterbein College Cornell and worked as reporter Columbus bureau chief for The Cincinnati Enquirer and AP Cincinnati correspondent. He helped found state journalism efforts and spent years as editorial writer for The Hamilton Daily News.
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Samuel J. Flickinger
Ohio
Associated Press
C. W. Gath
Ross Avenue
Hamilton
Flickinger
Hamilton Daily News
Mr. Flickinger
Millville
Samuel Kumler
Mary Flickinger
United Brethren Church
Africa
Sami
Otterbein College
Westerville
Cornell
Dayton
D.) Journal
Columbus
Cincinnati Commercial
The
Commercial Tribune
State Journal
Cincinnati Enquirer
Ohio State Journal
Cincinnati
Wilkins Honored for Antarctic Flight Welcome in New York
Sir Hubert Wilkins and crew members Joe Crosson Orville Porter and Lieut. Carl Eielson were saluted as successful polar explorers on their Antarctic voyage. They met Mayor Walker at City Hall before a Waldorf reception, and actress Suzanne Bennett announced her engagement to Wilkins. He remarked he felt like Lindbergh about showing affection.
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New York
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Antarctic
Carl B. Eielson
Arctic
Joe E. Crosson
Orville H. Porter
Ebro
Hoboken
South America
Mayor Walker
City Hall
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Sir Hubert
Suzanne Bennett
Lindbergh
Airplanes to Take Part in Mexican Revolt Push
Mexican government reports the revolt failing and suspends army enlistments. Rebel Gen Simon Aguirre executed in Vera Cruz while Gen Augustino Olachea's defection shifts momentum toward federal forces. Olachea promises loyalty, aiding Agua Prieta advance with plans to Nogales. Federal forces concentrate near Torreon and Mazatlan as Calles shifts HQ and Air support grows.
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Mexico City
Portes Gil
Simon Aguirre
Vera Cruz
Santa Lucrecia
Manje
Augustino Olachea
Naco
Sonora
Bisbee
Ariz
Olachea
Nogales
Agua Prieta
Calles
Mexico
Olachen
Olechea
Armenia
Torreon
Associated Press
Juarez
Mazatlan
Juan Almazan
Monterey
Saltillo
Alfmazan
Philip H. Mohun
Washington, D. C
Almazan Air Forces
Canitas
Rio Grande
Torrejon
Durango City
Camacho
el Paso
Tex
Rio Grande River
Runnin
Sta Ara
Almazan
Ohio approves Peace Repealer and adjacent bills in swift votes
The Ohio Legislature approved Gov. Cooper's Peace Repealer bill repealing the Pence utility law and speeding rate decisions by creating a new division in the Utilities Commission. The Ingalls aviation bill and the Cramer habitual criminal proposal also advanced, while the Abele teachers tenure bill was decisively defeated.
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H. P. Braman
Associated. Press
Columbus
Carpenter
State Utilities Commission
Cooper
House
Senate
Commission
Ohio
Abele
Harry M. Carpenter
Steubenville
Utilities Commission
Hoover elevates Southern men to his little Cabinet
Washington reports two Southern appointees join the Hoover administration with Ernest Jahncke of New Orleans named Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Patrick Hurley of Tulsa named Assistant Secretary of War. Hoover also backs Rear Admiral Moffett to head Naval Aviation and plans changes in Interior Bureau leaders with Burke and Scott resignations.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Indian Bureau
Congress
Winfield Scott
Pension Bureau
Rebels evacuate Saltillo looting banks during retreat
Rebel forces under Gen. Escobar evacuate Saltillo Coahuila this afternoon looting banks as they withdraw from the area.
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Monterey
Escobar
Saltillo
Coahuila
Additional American Troops Ordered to Border
Washington dispatch reports heightened border tension as authorities order more U S troops to patrol the international boundary amid growing apprehension among American residents along the frontier. The move signals intensified measures to deter cross border activity and protect civilians.
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Washington
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