Senate probes ship lobby fund and Geneva scam
The Senate Naval Affairs Subcommittee opened a probe into how shipbuilders hired William B Shearer to lobby for the Jones White act and financed his Geneva reports. Principal witness Clinton L Bardo revealed underwriter links and payments to Ivy Lee NBC and others while calling Shearer a skunk and labeling his Geneva dispatches as pure bunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Washington
William B. Shearer
Jones- White Merchant Marine Act
Senate Naval Affairs
Clinton L. Bardo
New York Shipbuilding Company
Bethlehem Shipbuilding, Westinghouse Electric
General Electric
Ivy Lee
New York
National Broadcasting Company
Shearer
Daniel F. Cohalan
Mr. Bardo
Capitol Dome
Bardo
Lawrence Wilder
Geneva
Clemmency Denied for Sinclair and Day in Conspiracy Case
Attorney General Mitchell recommended President Hoover deny executive clemency for Harry F. Sinclair and Henry Mason Day after their jail terms for contempt of court in the Fall-Sinclair jury shadowing. Sinclair faces six months, Day four, with release due in late November and mid-October respectively. Mitchell warned granting clemency would erode public confidence in justice.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Henry Mason Day
Mitchell
Hoover
Sinclair
Day
Albert B. Fall
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Supreme Court
Fall
Youth opportunities ten times better say Mellon
Secretary Mellon told Senator Fess that business opportunities for the young are ten times better today than when he started his career. He spoke at American University during the opening exercises, asserting the improved prospects for youth in the current era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Mellon
Washington
Melvin
Fess
Ohio
Treasury Department
American University
Mellon
Chicago Hard To Find Soft Third Class Dog Catchers
Chicago reports difficulty filling third class dog catcher posts despite pay of 2140 a year. Secretary Osborne notes lack of candidates, while first class applicants are plentiful at 2500. He jokes third class must be less hard hearted. Separate item: Hoover to stay hands off as Senate tarries over tax data requests and pending revision bill.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
J. S.osborne
The
Civil Service
Osborne
Washington
Hoover
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Finance Committee
Treasury
Ogden L. Mills
Department
Individual Temperance Urged Over Reliance on Law by Hoover
President Hoover sends greetings to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union urging education on temperance. He warns against relying solely on law to enforce abstinence and stresses personal conviction and the moral, physical, and economic benefits of temperance. He notes two proposals before the convention: promoting non alcoholic fruit juices and state union reserve funds.
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Hoover
W.C.T.U
Indianapolis
Ind
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
The
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Elia’ A. Boole
Brooklyn
N. Y
Night Club Fire Toll Rises to Eighteen in Detroit
Detroit reports eighteen dead and forty seven injured after a blaze at the Study Club cabaret on East Vernor Highway. Victims include Parker Florence 42 Kaufman John J 25 and Kell y Mrs Bertha 27 among others. injured were treated across several hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Manning
Morrison
Grand Rapids
Smith
Harold B
Tedford
E. D
Cleveland
Green
Indicted text book firms named in Kentucky case
Franklin County, Ky. true bills were returned against twenty five companies for unlawful gifts to members of the State Textbook Commission. Gov. Sampson and seven commissioners indicted for receiving hundreds of specimen textbooks. some sold for up to 325 dollars. Bonds set at 250 dollars each. Trial dates to be announced. Indicted firms include J B Lippincott, MacMillan, Houghton Mifflin, Bobbs Merrill, Scribner’s, World Book and others from multiple states.
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Frankfort
Flem D. Sampson
State Textbook Commission
Franklin
Ben G. Williams
Gov. Sampson
Practical Drawing Company
Texas
Iroquois Publishing Company
New York
J.B. Lippincott Company
Pennsylvania
MacMillan & Co
Houghton-Mifflin Company
Massachusetts
Lyons & Carnahan Comany
Illinois
D. Appleton Company
York
American Book Company
Zaer-Bloser Company
Ohio
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Indiana
Ginn & Co
Bad Man Defies Officers From Hill Fortress in Arkansas
Ex convict Neil McLaughlin 42 barricades in corrugated iron hill home in Franklin County Arkansas and fires on three counties officers seeking arrest on a statutory charge. National Guard previously used in 1926 siege and McLaughlin surrendered then. Fire and explosion at Detroit cabaret leaves nearly 200 dancing patrons trapped. survivors describe sudden flames and chaotic rush to two only exits. Several injured from Detroit and other cities. investigations by multiple departments into cause and safety failures continue.
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FT. Smith
Ark
Franklin County
National Guard
Neil McLaughlin
Sebastian
Crawford County
McLaughlin
Ozark
Charles H. Brough
Detroit
Recreation Department
Department of Buildings and Safety Engineering
Martin, Cohen
Boy Messenger Seized For 512000 Securities Heist
Milton Alter a broker’s eighteen year old messenger vanished en route from a bank with 512000 in securities. He later told detectives two men robbed him after seizing him near the Guaranty Trust Bank, then dumped him in Brooklyn. Authorities questioned him as discrepancies emerged.
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New York
Milton Alter
A. V. Hiscoe & Co
Guaranty Trust Company
Hiscoe
Alter
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Greenwich Street
Grover A. Whalen
Edward P. Mulrooney
Glendale Pilot Dies as Plane Crashes at Watson Airport
A Glendale pilot perished when a plane crashed at Watson Airport and burned beyond recognition. The incident ends a routine flight as investigators cordon the scene and mourners gather.
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Glendale
Watson
Man escapes Newport jail by removing basement window bar
Walter Bush of Newport escaped from the police detention by smashing a padlock and loosening a basement window bar. Bush, recently moved to a third floor cell, had three months left on a robbery sentence. He fled with burglar tools later found in Cincinnati and is jailed to await Newport charges.
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Buddy
Walter Bush
Newport
Newport Police
Bush
Gasdorf
Myer
Cincinnati
Howard Bregel
Monmouth Street
Mme Curie to Dedicate New Chemistry Hall at St Lawrence
Mme Curie the discoverer of radium will visit the United States to dedicate the new chemistry hall at St Lawrence University in Canton New York late in October.
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Mme. Curie
St. Lawrence University
Canton
N. Y
Jury fails to agree in Becky Rogers bank robbery trial
In New Braunfels Texas the jury in the Becky Rogers case failed to reach a verdict after forty eight hours of deliberation. The nine to three split favored acquittal and meant a mistrial in the December 1926 bank robbery affair involving Mrs. Rogers and Otis Rogers. The court adjourned as state officials awaited further action.
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New Braunfels
Tex
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
Gtood
Rogers
Texas University
Buda
Farmers’ National Bank
Otis Rogers
Frank Voight
Blundell
Lockhart
Becky
Act of God? Arbitration Upholds Helen Hayes Case
Three arbitrators ruled Jed Harris must pay two weeks salary to five actors in Coquette. They found contracts did not limit performers to Helen Hayes, who recently left the London production amid dispute over motherhood and alleged act of God claims.
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New York
Helenayes
Jed Harris
Coquette
Iss Hayes
Charles McArthur
Helen Hayes
Privileged Prisoner Exposed At Dayton Workhouse
Dayton officials led by E W V Stoecklein conducted a raid on the Dayton Workhouse uncovering a luxury dining room installed by Samuel Cohen of Cleveland who is serving a liquor law term. Two locked cupboards containing china silver and fine foods were seized Cohen found in the greenhouse was dressed inappropriately for his work. He is returned to regular prison fare and moved to another area while a full inquiry into workhouse conditions and inmate life is ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
E.'w’V. _ Stoecklein
Samuel Cohen
Cleveland
Cohen
Terrific battle with dog delays patrolman report
Patrolman Louis Suttman 65 was bitten during a dog mishap in Price Hill when a neighbor’s dog attacked him as he tried to take custody of the creature. The stray dog fought back, leaving Suttman with custard stained hands and a bruised shoulder.
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Dog
Cop
Louis Suttman
Warsaw
Elberon Avenues
Price Hill
Bea Vice
St. Lawrence Avenue
Strassbur
No Air Honeymoon Planned for Florence and John
Florence Trumbull and John Coolidge will wed Monday in Hartford but will not take an aerial honeymoon. The bride’s mother announced at the Plainville home of Gov. and Mrs. John H. Trumbull that despite rumors a plane would be used for a getaway. Florence has flown before, but John has never.
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T. R. Gitd
Associated Press
Santiago DE Cuba
Charles A. Lindbergh
South America
Caribbean
San Juan
Porto Rico
Latin America
Gerardo Machado
Cuba
Col
Morales Cuello
Col. Lindbergh
Allen Sawyer
Glendale
Watson Airport
Hugh Watson
Sawyer
Paul Fichter
Blue Ash
Fichter
Maj. Watson
PDA
IR N
Stanley W. Allen
Kemper Thomas Company
Norwood
Allen
Mr. Allen
Watson A
Watson
Cleveland
Oak and
Ivy Streets
Hartford
Conn
Florence Trumbull
John Coolidge
Plainville
John H. Trumbull
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