Standard Oil Units Merge Plan Before Courts
New York Feb 22 The first attempt to merge Standard Oil of New York and Vacuum Oil after 1911 dissolution faces court review. Stockholders will not act until legality is settled. The plan creates General Petroleum Corp to acquire assets, preserving trade names and goodwill.
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New York
Standard Ol Company
United States Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company of
Vacuum Ol Company
Leters
Jettera
Peroleum Corporation
Standard
Standa Company of
New Jersey
Socony
Standard Oil Company, Inc
Vacuum| Oil Company, Inc
Standard of New York
Four killed in Newark area mania three slayings
Newark, N J Feb 22 three women and a man were dead and two men near death after three slayings followed by attempted personal crisis reports in northern New Jersey yesterday. Ralph Meola, 30, Newark, died.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersy Yesterda
Ralph Meola
Three Men Charged In Conspiracy To Defraud U S
Three men face forgery and conspiracy charges after an inquiry into a scheme to defraud the government in veterans compensation cases at the regional U S Veterans Bureau office. Estimated losses total about 25000 over five years. Wakefield Bernard Waynesboro and Gordon Waynesboro charged by Ray mond W King with cooperation from bureau officials. Commissioner Albert V Fitswater set Monday for a hearing. Officials cite checks for 9856 and 6418 as amounts involved. Bernard Waynesboro allegedly solicited claims from veterans of his race and diverted payments for personal use.
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Charleston
United States Veterans Bureau
Lowell T. Wakefield
Veterans Bureau
Bernard B. Waynesboro
Gordon Waynesboro
Raymond W
Bernard Waynesboro
Zeppelins Plan New America Flight From Europe
Washington reports Dr. Hugo Eckener plans a Zeppelin study of airship traffic between Europe and the Americas. Permission to use Lakehurst facilities is granted, with refueling needs noted and a US Navy observer to be posted. The aim is to cut transatlantic travel to a week or 10 days by air.
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Washington
America
Graf Zeppelin
Lakehurst
N. J
Hugo Eckener
Europe
South America
Navy Department
Eekener
Jahneke
IF. W. von Meister
Luftschiffbau Zeppelin
Zeppelin
United Sates Navy
Curtain Falls Tonight at Sentinel Gift Club Event
The final entries loom for the Gratton Sentinel's Great Gift Club as curtain calls approach at nine tonight. Members race to improve standings while the public can still cheer a favorite, hoping to push them to victory before closing.
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Sentinel
CLUB
Gratton Sentinel
Republican Young Guard Remains Intact as Luncheon Group
Washington February 22 The senate Republican young guard group formed during the tariff contest to push swift tariff enactment continues intact but now functions mainly as a luncheon organization. Luncheons every three weeks include Senator Watson Indiana and Senator McNary Oregon among those at the table.
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Washington
Senate
Republican Young Guard Group
Young Guard
Watson
Indiana
McNary
Oregon
Man's Cap Found by Cops Near Gary Farm
Gary Indiana February 22 police recovered a bloodstained pistol and holster after a man vanished Tuesday evening. Paul Perconti head of Antone Siciliano society called wife hourly until last contact at 5 30 p m sheriff and deputies scoured creeks and woodlands. They found the missing man's body on Old Johnson Farm about 15 miles east of Gary and blood stains near a bridge heightened the search. The farm was known as a bootleg hangout and had a large still reported last fall.
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Gary
Ind
Paul Perconti
Perconti
Johnson Farm
Johnson
Nine Die in Villa Di Mezzo Snow Avalanche Disaster
An avalanche in Bologna Italy on February 22 buried and damaged about 40 houses at Villa Di Mezzo. Nine people were killed four injured and 12 reported missing as rescue squads tunneled through the snow to reach victims.
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Bologna
Italy
Villa di Mezzo
Nation Celebrates Natal Day of Geo. Washington
Senate reads Washington farewell address by Senator Vandenberg Michigan Republican House meets at 11 for special service commemorating George Washington birthday anniversary Nine members of Washington bicentennial celebration speak on Washington's life
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Geo
Washington
Senate
Vandenberg
Michiigan
House
George Washington
Special Ceremonies Held In Tribute to First President
Washington honors George Washington with special ceremonies as dawn light reflects on the Potomac and the Washington Monument. Herbert Hoover, Virginia officials, and lawmakers join in observances marking the 18th birthday of the first president. Senator A H Vandenberg reads Washington's farewell message in the Senate as others attend ceremonies elsewhere. Continued Page Three.
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Washington Monument
America
Potomac
Alexandria
Virginia
Herbert Hoover
George Washington
House
Senate
A. H. Vandenberg
Michigan
John Q. Tilson
Connectic
Longworth
Four Die in Edenburg Fire at Former Rail Station
New Castle Pennsylvania reports four deaths in a blaze that leveled a small building once used as a Pennsylvania railroad passenger station at Edenburg. One body removed. firemen say three others, including a woman and two children, are likely among the debris. Continued on page eight.
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New Castle
Pennsylvania Railroad
Edenburg
Four Unidentified Die In Oakland Hotel Fire
Four unidentified persons burned to death and seven others injured in a blaze at the Webster House, an old frame hotel in Oakland. Firemen and police searched the smouldering ruin for more victims as guests fled through smoke and ladders. G. Hagi, 48, was badly hurt when his rope failed while lowering from a fourth floor window.
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Oakland
Cal
Wbster
G. Hagi
Police Smash Gang That Held Gamblers for Ransom
St Louis Neb Feb 22 A gang of extortionists tied to the gas house and Fast Side gangs specialized in kidnapping gamblers in the St Louis district. Seven men and one woman were arrested after police rescued bookmaker Jacob Hoffman who reported a $25,000 ransom demand. A grand jury probe into three other abductions, with totals over $50,000 in ransoms, was ordered by Circuit Attorney Franklin Miller.
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St. Louis
Neb
Joseph Gerk
Gerk
Jacob Hoffman
Circuit
Franklin Miller
Group mobilizes to curb Chicago crime under Randolph
Chicago February 22 Colonel Robert Osham Randolph takes command of a major mobilization against organized crime. A committee of 100 from business and finance selects a committee of 12 to manage millions raised for the crusade with a secret six member inner unit. Randolph says liquor drives most crime and vows to attack law officers who collude with bootleggers.
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Chicago
Robert Osham Randolph
George Washington
Randolph
Chicago Association of Commerce
Taft Illness Report Dismissed By White House
Washington reports no relapse in former Chief Justice William Howard Taft as doctors say he is a little better and had a comfortable night. Taft’s daughter Helen Taft Manning arrived from Bryn Mawr, Pa, amid cautious optimism from White House aides and Dr. Francis Hagner.
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William Howard Taft
United States
White House
Francis Hagner
Y . Taft
Helen Taft Manning
Bryn Mawr
Hagner
Taft
Justi¢a
Clash in Lietzow Leaves Several Hurt as Communists Clash
In Nauien Germany on February 22 two people were wounded and four others arrested during a clash between communists and a nationalist society at Lietzow. More than twenty shots were fired in the incident.
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Nauien
Germany
Natonaliat Abciety
Lietzow
Hoover's View on Tariff May Be Cleared Up
Washington February 22 It is said some administration leaders in the senate may seek to learn President Hoover's tariff views by asking the chief executive directly. Hoover has spoken only in general terms about Smoot Hawley, offering recommendations on administrative features and a method to judge rate changes, never giving specific figures or commodities. Continued on Page Three.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
Kansas City Star
France Stands Firm at Naval Conference Policy
Paris reports Briand will not be pressed to change London policy as Socialists back national security aims. American delegation doubts a naval pact can bind political arrangements, urging delays until broader international action. Continued discussion likely on page eight.
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Paris
Nenn
Paul Boncour
Sébia
Geneva
Mament
France
Briand
London
Ture International Elinic
United States Senate
Poison liquor spree claims four lives in Lyons Néb
A February midnight spree in Lyons Nebraska led to four deaths after what was believed to be wine proved to be poisonous radiator fluid. Authorities warn residents and continue investigation as details unfold on the next page.
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Lyons
Néb
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Tony Olivia Fined Twice For Speeding Faces Liquor Charge
Chicago reports Tony Olivia photographed as Lea Smith and Alicia Cripps, the stage name, denied divorce to James Cripps, once Kernan Smith. Desertion cited as reason after marriage in Greenwich in 1922. Olivia was nabbed about 8:45 am on Tie trobe Street by Lt Henderson and Trooper Debendarfer for speeding amid a chase that began on Walnut Street in Grafton and ended in Philippi as officers pursued the fleeing motorist.
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Alicia Cripps
Lea Smith
James Cripps
Jarnegan
Kernan Smith
Greenwich
Conn
Tony Olivia
Tie Trobe Street
Wallace Henderson
H. K. Debendarfer
Walnut Street
Grafston
Philippi
Chipps
Brown
Flemington
Irom Sota
A. R. Weston
Flemingtom
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Associated Press
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Ichief Justice
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