Hays Rumors Of Large Shortfall In Accounts
Will Hays faced questions from the Senate Teapot Dome committee about stock speculation in Sinclair Consolidated Oil and loans tied to covering Republican Party debt. James P. Connery testified he found Hays about $100,000 short in Chicago ledgers and that Sinclair funds were moved to repay $85,000 to cover the delinquency.
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Chicago
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Company
Will H. Hays
Sinclair Liberty
Republican National Committee
James P. Connery
Connery
Hays
Senate
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
New York
Moving Picture Industry
Gomery
Nye
Rep
N. D
Marie Selma Wins Divorce From Lewisohn
The Daily News reports that opera singer Marie Selma has won a divorce from Walter Lewisohn, 48, son of late banker Leonard Lewisohn. The decree, signed by Supreme Court Justice Arthur S. Tompkins in Nyack, was kept secret with a guardian appointed and testimony heard in camera. Lewisohn has been at Blythewood Sanitarium since 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Daily News
Walter Lewisohn
Leonard Lewisohn
Mme. Marie Selma
Blythewood Sanitarium
Supreme Court
Arthur S. Tompkins
Nyack
N. Y
Lewisohn
Independent fund urged to repudiate Sinclair donation
Senator Borah of Idaho urged a $160000 fund to erase the Sinclair contribution to the 1923 Republican campaign deficit. Senator Cutting gave $1000, Senator Goff proposed 160 contributors at $1000 each, Gov. Brewster of Maine also gave $100, with others giving smaller amounts as old guard leaders stayed silent on the move. Meetings and further large gifts were discussed as a means to raise the money.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Cutting
N. M
Goff
W. Va
Sinclair
Gov. Brewster
Maine
C. A. Sorensen
Lincoln
Neb
Ernest Gruening
Portland
Ore
National Party
Atlanta
Thugs Shoot Two and Take $25,000 in Madison Robbery
In Madison Illinois on March 16 four masked robbers halted a roadster after it left the bank. Elmer Baltz the 41 year old cashier was wounded in the abdomen and Frank Smith the clerk was shot in the hand. The attackers seized a money sack containing about $23 000 to $25 000 and fled in their own car after a head on collision.
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Madison
Ill
Elmer Baltz
First National Bank
Frank Smith
Baltz
Smith
Lley
Columbus
Elmer E. Jenkins
Clement Walter
Jenkins
City Hall
Walter
Clem
Baker critically burned lighting gas oven at local bakery
Ernest Conrad, 52, a baker from Price Hill, was badly burned at Weinberg Bakery on 411 David Street last night while lighting a gas oven. Neighbors rushed to help as flames enveloped him before Harry Freund extinguished the fire and emergency crews moved him to St Mary’s Hospital.
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Ernest Conrad
Olivia Jane
Price Hill
Weinberg
David Street
Conrad
Harry Freund
East Fifth Street
Newport
St. Mary’s Hospital
Kidnaping of Detroit hotel owner ends in ransom demand
James E. Hall 54, prominent Detroit area hotel and cafe owner, was abducted from his Grosse Pointe Village home. Kidnappers demanded a $10,000 ransom while police pursue a possible extortionist gang active in recent months. Hall’s wife notified police as two other men delivered a note signed by Hall.
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Detroit
Mich
James E. Hall
Grosse Pointe Village
Harvey E. Watson
Hall
Unusual Fire From Gas and Electric Sparks at Hackberry St
Firefighters respond to a basement blaze at 428 Hackberry Street caused by an iron left plugged into a light socket melting lead and triggering gas ignition. Damage is estimated at 400 dollars. The Schlosser family was away. flames reached the ceiling rafters before Fire Company No. 32 arrived.
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Jacob Schlosser
Hackberry Street
Ernest Wuerth
Stokes Estate Net Worth Smaller Than Rumors Put It
William E. D. Stokes hotel owner who died in 1926 left a net estate of 306 934 dollars. transfer tax appraisal shows assets mainly in stock and bond holdings. The estate, to go to his son William E. D. Stokes Jr., included more than 500 000 shares of worth less stocks.
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Stokes
New York
William E. D. Stokes
Rats Save Three Children From House Fire In Milwaukee
Five fire companies battled a blaze at 330 East Sixth Street after coal grate flames ignited beds. Rats fled from the wainscoting and alerted J R Wynne who rescued the Nocero children, saving three lives though the interior and belongings were destroyed. Damage estimated at $300.
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Nocero
East Sixth Street
Mary Nocero
Sixth Street
J. R. Wynne
Commercial Square
Wynne
Mrs. Nocero
Edward Franks
Donahey Says He Is Not Big Enough To Be President
Ohio Governor Donahey reportedly told Dr Winning Fisher that he does not consider himself big enough to be president. Fisher, speaking at a Kiwanis Club event in Youngstown, recounted the governor’s remark that he does not expect to be in Columbus forever and that he is not big enough to be president.
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Donahey
Youngstown
Ohio
Winning Fisher
Los Angeles
Kiwanis
Smith releases liquor suspects after court standoff
In Cincinnati and Newport Kentucky, Harry Neal Smith grants a dismissal for Carl J Radley and releases him despite Assistant U S Attorney Harry A Abrams threat of immediate re arrest. William Gray remains held to the grand jury on a 3000 bond as the case highlights alleged conspiracy to manufacture liquor tied to Clifford Devere.
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Harry Neal Smith
United States
Cincinnati
Carl J. Radley
Eleventh Street
Central Avenue
Newport
Federal Building
Harry A. Abrams
Radley
William Gray
Ann Street
Clifford Devere
Atlanta
Abrams
Smith
Mr. Abrams
Commissioner Smith
Otto Pfleger
Lee Bollman
Mr. Bollman
Gray
Silver Grove
West Court Street
Pfleger
Gray and
Senate struggles over Esch nomination amid lake cargo debate
In Washington the Senate recessed amid an extended session on naval limits as House minutes filled the Congressional Record. John J. Esch of Wisconsin faced rejection 39 to 29 for the Interstate Commerce Commission post, after Southern coal states opposed his vote on lake cargo rates and pressure claims surfaced. Senator Fess led the defense with a minority report praising his qualifications.
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Washington
Congressional
Capitol
Senate
House
John J. Esch
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Esch
Fess
Neely
Dem
W. Va
Pennsylvania
Watson
Interstate Commerce Committee
Rep
Glass
Virginia
Reed
Missouri
Lake Cargo
Dog Team Breaks Snow Blockade Reaching Detour
An army airplane and a seven-dog team pierced Detour Mich blockading blizzard to deliver 300 pounds of bread and mail, saving 600 residents from famine. They arrived before the airplane with extra provisions while a critically ill man was transported to hospital.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Detour
St. Mary’s River
Russell Goetz
T. R. Laughbaum
Goetz
Chanute Field
Ill
One Field
J. C. Soper
Walter Dourocher
John F. Deadman
Fred W. Lenning
Indicted U S customs inspectors face graft charges in rum case
Four former Detroit border patrol inspectors and two alleged rum runners were indicted on graft counts. Names Nevins Lantry Rinkus Beal and runners Galbo Rosen cited. The probe, led by DA Watkins, covers bribes from 1927, detailing payments for beer and whisky landings on the Detroit River. Beal Nevins Rinkus Lantry dismissed from service as investigation began. The Galbo link to the Beck brothers ties to slain rivals in the liquor trade.
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Detroit
Mich
Customs Border Patrol
Detroit River
John R. Watkins
James G. Nevins
Joseph Lantry
Ray Rinkus
Willis Bea
Carey D. Ferguson
Customs
Summer C. Sleeper
Customs Patrol
Ferguson
Watkins
United States
Canada
Nevins
Rinkus
Lantry
Beal
Galbo
Cloyd
Roy Beck
Beck Brothers
Whipped girl receives eight months on state farm
In Whiting Indiana Paul Lukaceck a 43 year old Whiting Oil Co employee was fined 500 dollars and costs and sentenced to eight months on the Pendleton state penal farm for whipping his 18 year old daughter Mary with a belt. The judge noted analogy to beating a horse and cited the evidence of bruising from physicians.
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Whiting
Ind
Mary
Paul Lukaceck
Whiting Oil Company
Pendleton
Frank Keenan
Denial of Truth by Author Lewis Quoted by Wife
Mrs Sinclair Lewis in Reno to file for divorce says she believes her husband told the truth when Naples denied engagement to Dorothy Thompson. She notes the statement may relieve her embarrassment while she seeks a Reno residence for the divorce.
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Lewis
Reno
Sinclair Lewis
Naples
Dorothy Thompson
Divorce case perjury sentence shocks Cleveland court
Mrs Elizabeth L Seidenfeld 24 daughter of Rochester clothing magnate was sentenced to a year in Marysville Reformatory for perjury in her divorce suit She had signed an affidavit claiming she did not know her husband and sent a telegram to him in New York The judge stayed execution until Tuesday and her lawyer said an appeal would be filed The case follows her May divorce from Irving Biber and her motive was to remarry in spite of the suit in Cleveland
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Cleveland, O
Elizabeth L. Seidenfeld
Rochester
N. Y
Marysville
New York
Cleveland
Irving Biber
Seidenfeld
Weygandt
New York State
Railroad Leaders Fail To Agree In Merger Fight
Executives of four Eastern trunk line railways met for a seventh time seeking a settlement to the merger controversy. As before, secrecy remained tight with no formal announcement or agreement reached.
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Eastern Trunkine Railways
New York
Jazz of Goes Leads to Mutiny in Royal Oak Case
London reports the first Navy mutiny scare linked to jazz music aboard the Royal Oak at Malta. Rear Admiral Collard, Captain Dewar, and Commander Daniel suspended after a Malta court of inquiry found discord over a party and late music. a full court martial looms.
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London
Jazz
House of Commons
Admiralty
W. C. Bridgeman
Buckingham Palace
Whitehall
Bernard St. G. Collard
Malta
Kenneth G. B. Dewar
Royal Oak
H. M. Daniel
Oyal Oak
Carlyon Bellaires
Med
Iterranean
Collard
Dewar
Daniel
British protest eyed over Isle of June coast guard attack
The British Embassy reviews reports from the British Vice Consul in Miami about U S Coast Guards firing on the Isle of June off the Florida Keys. Captain Wheeler claims fourteen miles from shore while the Coast Guard cites a two mile distance after a refusal to halt. Wheeler faces trial for obstructing a U S Coast Guard officer.
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Washington
Miami
United States
Florida Keys
William H. Wheeler
Isle of June
Coast Guard
Wheeler
United States Coast Guard
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Mme
Old Guard
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U. S
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Bill
Coolidge
Wilbur
St. Patrick’s Day
Manistique
Jack McGregor
McGregor
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Border Patrol
Volver
Troller
Frank Johnson
Wood
S. T. Fulkerson
Johnson
J. A. Murphy
Hensel
Harry Carson
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