Coolidge Reverses Harding Oil Reserve Executive Order
President Coolidge revoked the 1921 executive order that authorized Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall to manage naval oil reserves in California Wyoming and Colorado Utah. The Teapot Dome case involving Doheny Sinclair and Denby faced ongoing trials and Supreme Court scrutiny over alleged fraud and authority.
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Washington
Coolidge
Harding
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Naval Oil Reserve
Edward L. Doheny
Harry F. Sinclair
State Department
Secretary of the Interior
California
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Act of Congress
Teapot Dome
Navy Department
Sinclair
Supreme Court
Senate
Congress
Doheny
Butler
Fall
Edwin Denby
Elk Hills
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
District of Columbia Supreme Court
City Manager Predicts Tax Rate Cut Near Next Fiscal Year
High Point City Manager Pickett believes taxes will fall from 1.60 to about 1.25 per hundred if the appraisal board delivers a strong reassessment boosting property value by eight to ten million dollars. He warned real relief depends on a fair, thorough reassessment and urged confidence in the appraisal board to secure a substantial rate reduction.
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Pickett
High Point
I1e
King Ferdinand Near Death as He Battles Illness
Paris dispatch reports King Ferdinand of Roumania near death in Bucharest while a physician bulletin notes some improvement. The royal family gathers in Bucharest except exiled Crown Prince Carol at Neuilly. Queen Marie of Yugoslavia travels to Bucharest followed by her husband King Alexander.
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Paris
Ferdinand of
Roumania
Bucharest
Carol
Neuilly
Ferdinand
Marie
Jugo Slavia
Alexander
Officials Browne and Cushing to Return from Texas Conference
Raleigh April 2 AP T. E. Browne head of the state division of vocational education and Miss Rebecca Cushing state home economics supervisor will return this week from San Antonio Texas where they attended the southeastern regional conference on vocational education.
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Raleigh
T. E. Browne
State
Rebecca Cushing
San Antonio
Texas
Davis Enters mayoral race after three council terms
W A Davis a six year councilman from the second ward announces his candidacy for mayor. He owns multiple businesses including W A Davis Ice and Coal and Arctic Ice and Coal, and leads several city enterprises while planning a platform to be released soon. In Philadelphia a separate report notes the murder of Edgar Wilkins by Mexican bandits and the U S response with diplomatic protests following Rosenthal’s prior kidnapping.
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Moffitt
W. A. Davis
Davis
Hedrick and Moffitt
High Point
Mr. Davis
W. A. Davis Ice and Coal Company
Artic Ice and Coal Company
W. A. Davis Milling Company
Mutual Building and Loan Association
Randolph County
Washington
Edgar M. Wilkins
Jacob Rosenthal
United States
Mexico
State Department
Dwyre
Guadaljara
Wilkins
Sheffield
Mexico City
Foreign Office
Guadalajara
Savannah
Rosenthal
Guernavaca
Moody orders Rangers to remain in Borger
Governor Moody dispatches Texas rangers to Borger to stay until the lawless surrender. The move follows the killings of two deputy sheriffs on a highway near Borger and the First National Bank robbery at Pampa, with seven rangers en route and to be led by Captains Tom Hickman and Frank Hamer.
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Borger
Tex
Texas Rangers
Dan Moody
Oil City
Here
First National Bank
Pampa
Austin
Tom Hickman
Frank Hamer
Hickman
North Texas
Twin City recovers from storm effects in Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem ends storm disruption as the wind storm hits the southwestern city area with about 75 000 dollars in damage. Trolley service resumes and temporary power lines are used while linemen repair damaged lines.
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Winston-Salem
Controversy Over Pittsburgh Coal Union Wage Policy
Pittsburgh April 2 AP Conflicting claims spark confusion in the Pittsburgh bituminous dispute as 40 000 union miners idle over wage talks. Union pickets target 18 non union Pittsburgh Coal mines while conflicting tallies report 4184 at work and 3000 entering mines with Montour number one alternately described as shut or active.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Coal Company
United Mine Workers
United States
Montour
Governor McLean Moves To Return After Bond Signing
Raleigh AP says Governor McLean, after signing $10,000,000 in state bonds bought by a Gotham syndicate, is expected to be back in his New York office Monday, per his secretary.
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New York
Raleigh
McLean
Gotham
Somnambulist Miller Dies From Wounds In Macon
W Herbert Miller a 20 year old somnambulist died in a Macon Ga hospital after being shot by grocer J C Godfree who fired when he found Miller attempting to enter his home. Godfree says he heard noises at a window and door and fired after a silent figure appeared. Police did not file charges.
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Macon
W. Herbert Miller
J. C. Godfree
Miller
Godfree
Examination of Sapiro Not Yet at Its End
Detroit April 2. The cross examination in Aaron Sapiro's libel suit against Henry Ford paused over the weekend adjournment. Sapiro faces further questioning Monday as Senator Reed signals uncertainty about when the trial will end.
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Sapiro
Detroit
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
Senator Reed
Charlotte Runaway 18 Returns Home After Shooting
Mack Dulong a Charlotte boy of 14 who ran away three days earlier surrendered his flight by shooting himself in the hand. After treatment in Salisbury he boarded a bus for home. He was headed to Macksville with his accomplice Roy who fled. another boy was stopped by his father. He said they rode freights and camped out, having only his gun and clothing in Salisbury.
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Salisbury
Mack Dulong
Charlotte
Macksville
Roy
Mack
HoldUp Men Shoot Insurance Collector in Charlotte
L. M. Lockamy an insurance collector was shot twice by two hold-up men on a downtown Charlotte street. They robbed him of $20 from his vest pocket and he ran but was struck by three bullets, two of which hit his neck and arm.
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Charlotte
L. M. Lockamy
Lockamy
Clash over responsibility at Nanking likely to trigger militia
Chicago dispatch reports Adjutant General Black ordered to assess need for National Guard to assure riot free mayoral election. Governor Small said he would mobilize if requested, amid a three cornered race between Dever Thompson and Robertson. Shouting crowds and street clashes near candidate headquarters described. In Shanghai, U S cruisers Richmond and Marblehead join the American armada.
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Chicago
Carlos Black
Springfield
National Guard
Len Small
Black
Roy D. Keen
Charles E. Graydon
Graydon
William E. Dever
William H. Thompson
John Dill Robertson
Thompson
Small
Dever
Meekins Expects Soper Appointed To Circuit Court
Raleigh April 2 AP Morris Ames Soper of Baltimore is expected to be named judge on the fourth district of the United States circuit court of appeals to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge John C. Ross. Judge I M Meekins of the Eastern district North Carolina federal court dismissed talk of himself or another candidate. Judge John J Parker of Charlotte currently holds the seat.
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Raleigh
Morris Ames Soper
Baltimore
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
John C. Ross
I. M. Meekins
North Carolina
Federal Court
Meekins
John J. Parker
Charlotte
Federal Circuit
Two Giant Sea Monsters Landed Off Wilmington
Two enormous catches arrive at Wilmington with stories. A 500 pound tiger shark or Norway black fish, with three rows of teeth, proved ferocious near Wrightsville Beach. A second monster, a 337 pound sturgeon nine feet long, was hauled from the ocean by a local fisherman.
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Wilmington
Wrightsville Beach
Chinese Nationals Capture Pengpu in Anhwei Province
Shanghai April 3 The Chinese nationalists have captured Pengpu in Anhwei province according to AP dispatch.
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Shanghai
Pengpu
Anhwei Province
Nanking outrages blamed on nationalist troops officials say
Consul John K. Davis in Nanking reports that attackers of foreigners were nationalist troops acting under orders. He cites seven foreigners killed and only three Chinese civilians in the naval bombardment, asserting planning and coordination across Canton Kiangsi and Hunan dialect troops. The report accompanies Britain’s push for reparations and Shanghai quiet amid rising tension.
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Davis
Eugene Chen
Nanking
Canton
Kiangsi
H ™Ian
State Department
Shanghai
Yangtse
Chang Tso-Lin
Britain
London
Great Britain
War Office
Far East
China
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