Bonds for Land Deal Ties Highlight Fall Defense
Former interior secretary Abert B. Fall, at his El Paso home, disputes testimony linking him to Liberty bonds and cash from oilman Harry F. Sinclair. He says the transactions were open and part of Sinclair's plan to buy a southwest ranch, and denies any dealings with Continental Trading Co of Canada. He criticizes government counsel for creating a mysterious jury narrative.
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Abert B. Fall
el Paso Times
Washington
W./ . Everhart
Fall
Liberty
Harry F. Sinclair
Sinclair
Continental Trading Company, Ltd
Canada
E! Paso
Tex
Son-in-law admits fall reckoning in Sinclairs gains
Albert B Fall J r testified before the Senate lands committee that Harry Sinclair paid him 230.50 in 1922 via a unit handling bonds and oil ventures. Sinclair, tied to the Teapot Dome leases, also sent 2500 in Liberty bonds and 36000 in cash as loans to Fall’s New Mexico ranch. Evidence indicates Sinclair’s in-law status linked these payments to oil wealth and land deals.
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Washington
Harry Phonds
Albert B. Fall,Jr
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Senate Lands Committee
Naval Reserve
Liberty York
Hvnce
JM. T. Everhart
Pueblo
Colo
Bank bandits kill World War veteran in heist near Clinton
In Oklahoma two bank robbers held up the Bessie State Bank ten miles south of Clinton. Ben Kiehn, a World War II veteran awarded the Croix de Guerre, was killed by a glancing bullet from the vault door as he fired at the intruders. An air pursuit traced the robbers, who escaped with about $1,000. T. Rickard admitted participation in the robbery and killing, saying he helped in the same robbery near Cordell. Rickard lay injured with slim chances of recovery.
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Clinton
Okla
Ben Kiehn
St Etienne
Kiehn
Bessie State
Here
Ransom Story Denied in Smith Girl Case
Northampton Jan 24 A report of a $4000 ransom demand for Frances St John Smith, a Smith College student, was denied by state detective Joseph Daley who leads the daylong search. He said a crank letter from Detroit claimed she was there, but Detroit police found no man named Mitchell B Tring at the address. Investigators later dropped a lead involving a former Cornell athlete and proceeded to Hartford to question a man who claimed no knowledge of the case. Several sightings were reported, but prints and clues proved inconclusive.
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Northampton
Mass
Frances St. John Smith
Smith College
Joseph ¥. Daley
John Smith
Detroit
Daley
Mitchell B Tring
Cornell University
Irm
Cornelman
Hartford
Sand
England Floods Hit Wide Areas After Heavy Rain
London reports foreboding floods across England as the Thames and Trent rise sharply. Thames Conservancy warns residents on low ground to prepare for possible repeat floods. Notable flooding near Nottingham submerges low land while roads flood and widen elsewhere across the country.
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London
England
Teddington
Thames Conservancy Commission
River Trent
Nottingham
Prince of Wales
Lenton
Bnt
Uncle Sam Asked to Shell Out More for Good Roads
Washington reports before the house roads committee on a proposed 75 million dollar annual federal aid highway program for two years. Frank T. Sheets of Springfield Illinois urges liberalization of aid in western states with extensive public lands and argues the federal share at 13.4 percent is too low as states already build many miles without federal support.
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Sam
Washington
House Roads Committee
Frank T. Sheets
Sprimfield, II
Tina State Highway Offerals Association
Dowell
Ioaa
Leavitt
Montana
Colton
Utah
Sheets
Missing 15 year old boy sparks fear of kidnapping plot
Robby Phelps, a 15 year old son of Mr and Mrs E R Phelps, has been missing from his Highland Park home since Sunday. Chicago police and North Shore suburbs are searching the area amid fears of a kidnapping plot.
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Chicago
Robby Phelps
E.R. Phelps
North Shore
Highland Park
Montana County Assessors Promote Classification Law Change
County assessors push for modification of Montana classification laws after a board of equalization meeting. They seek state action to standardize bank assessments for 1928 and to involve bankers in reviewing taxes to secure equitable results across counties.
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Montana
Equalization Board
L. £. Callaway
L. L. Lallaway
Supreme Court of National
House
Montanas County
Montand
Four Children Killed in Tennessee Storm
A deadly Tennessee tornado tore through Dekel County striking a rural school. Grady Carter and Houston Webb, a bus driver, were among those injured as the storm killed four children and endangered another in a tragic rural incident.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tern
Jane F—Ok
Grady Carter
Dekel County
Actordins
Houston Webb
Trial to Determine Sanity of Hickman to Begin Today
In Los Angeles on January 24, William Edward Hickman the confessed kidnapper and slayer Marian Parker faces a sanity trial opening tomorrow. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to both counts of kidnapping and murder and will be tried by a jury to determine his mental state. If found sane, sentencing will follow.
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Hickman
Los Angeles
Cal
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
California
Carlos Hardy
Texan and Bandit Die in Dramatic Duel
San Antonio dispatch reports a dramatic duel at a filling station when Henry Niemeyer faced a two pistol wielding robber. Niemeyer fired back, and both men were killed in the exchange of shots.
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San Antonio
Tex
Henry Niemeyer
Niemeyer
Windstorm Strikes South Carolina City
Columbia S C Jan 14 A violent windstorm swept through the city causing telegraph and power poles to topple. Torn down wires cut light and telegraph service to large sections leaving portions in darkness and tragically some loss of life reported.
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Columbia
Widow of S-4 victim named to Veterans Bureau post
Mrs Dorothy Thelma Biston of Washington was appointed to a Veterans' bureau post under an executive order by President Coolidge. The widow of the S-4 submarine casualty is 18, the mother of one child, and the article notes her late husband perished in the submarine incident.
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Washington
Jar
Dorothy Thelma Biston
Veterans’ Bureau
AL Smith Men to Organize the State in Montana
AL Smith for President backers in Butte announce that secretary Thomas Fox will coordinate statewide organization. The effort aims to install a state committee to promote Smith’s campaign across Montana with plans to recruit from boosters and local supporters.
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AL Smith
Butte
Tan
Jhomas Fox
Wath Smith
Mountana
Pox
New Force of Marines May Crush Sandino Army
American marine reinforcements from the eleventh regiment march into northern Nicaragua to take the field against rebel Augustino Sandino. They will replace Fifth regiment detachments in Nueva Segovia and garrison key towns with Nicaraguan guards under Col. Robert N. Duan, aiming to force rebels from the district. The operation centers on Cototal where a major battle occurred last summer.
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Sandino Army
Managua
Aiellapie
Nicaragua
Augustino Sandino
Department of
Nueva Segovia
Staupont
Robert N. Duan
Ims
Qcotal
Hemispheric Court Proposed at Havana Agenda
At Havana on January 21 the Pan American conference committee on international public law discussed proposals for a hemispheric court in Havana to adjudicate disputes, the incorporation of international doctrine and conventional principles, and a Tau American tribunal. Ambassador Henry P Fletcher urged amendments to the commercial aviation treaty, signaling potential changes to the treaty's substance. The topics will be debated further before conference decision.
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Havana
Trontier Police
Law Enforcement Backed by Churches in America
The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America adopted at its executive committee meeting a resolution urging honest enforcement of all constitutional amendments. The vote was unanimous during sessions in Vinsing.
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Cleveland
Federal Counci S of Churches of Christ In America
Coolidge discounts war scare from defense officials
President Coolidge at the White House rejects sensational warnings by Navy and Army officers that the U S is imminent for war with commercial rivals. He says such statements are often used to stir public sentiment during defense appropriations debates and expresses displeasure at their tone. Continued on page two.
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Washington
Coolidge
Navy
United States
White House
Charles T. Plunkett
Brooklyn Navy Yard
National Defense
Congress
Naval Oil Sold to British Inquiry Ordered
Washington January 24 The secretary Wilbur ordered an inquiry into reports that the Honolulu Consolidated Oil company is selling naval oil reserves derived oil to Royal Dutch Shell a British firm A board including Rear Admiral Rosser Rear Admiral Halligan and E H Campbell was appointed to study possible remedial legislation for Congress Continued on page two
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Naval
Wilbur
Washington
Upi
Naval Petroleum
Californie
Honolulu
John Halligan
E. H. Campbell
Congress
Sécre
Buried Treasure in Bolivia Sought by Treasure Hunters
A chaotic clipping reports a rumored buried treasure of gold silver and diamonds said to lie in Bolivia. It mentions a London floated company planning operations in Inquisity province, a 1778 burial by Teenits, a threatened curse, and a parchment chart. Also notes a dinner in Washington with Coolidge guests and vague references to investors and theft risks.
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Lona Tan
Sacambaasa [Aploraton Company
London
Bolivis
Teenits
Dolores
Shooting kills family trio in Texas home
In Higueten Texas on January 24 B T Quarles a 48 year old civil engineer his wife and his 11 year old stepson were found shot to death in their residence district. Police discovered the bodies after a caller reported the scene and a deputy assistant county official who arrived at the Quarles home witnessed four bullets fired.
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Higueten
Texas
B. T. Quarles
Sis
Sally Beatle Quaries
George O'Donnell
Tomizh
Holses
Pucker
Ell Servier Canmissioner
Torthy Cals
Quartes
Fourses Ariver
Heflin threatens to bar writers from senate press gallery
Senator Heflin of Alabama urged the senate to bar newspaper writers from the press gallery over reported statements. He called critics liars and accused two Washington papers of misquoting him while denying he would quit the Democratic party if Al Smith were nominated. He warned of possible action against journalists who lie about him.
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Washington
Senate
Heflin
Alabama
Smith
New York
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Scone
Fear Koning
Emerald Isle
Timothy Smiddy
South Carolina
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Henry P Fletcher
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