Teapot Dome hearings reveal Helms protests 1922 lease
Senate Teapot Dome committee hears Birch Helms of New York recounts protests to President Harding and cabinet members Weeks Ogger and Hugherty against leasing the Teapot Dome oil reserve to Edward Doheny ally Harry Sinclair. Helms also notes telegrams to President Harding and George B. Christian.
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Harding
Birch Helms
Senate
Washington
Irch Helms
New York
King
Weeks
Ogger
Augherty
Arry F. Sinclair
Fallinclair
Helms
Sennor Walsh
John Ps Weeks
Hugherty
Hoover
Ferms
Hardag
Fea
Cape
George B. Christian
Smoot
Utah
Lemoot
Wisconsin
Albert B. Fall
McLean
I. McLean
E. L. Doheny
Finance Committee
Smooth
Fall
Continental
Liberty Bond
Senate Teapot
Texas
Thomas W. Miller
Miller
United States Supreme Court
Alrt B. Fall
Senatoe
Edward L. Doheny
Lineup For Presidency Now Shown
Delegates to national conventions begin to form as Republicans and Democrats pick delegates in Wisconsin New York and Kansas Maine. Wisconsin sees LaFollette and Norris factions clash for a Norris pledged slate while New York and Kansas complete delegations with varying degrees of independence. Kansas aims to solidify Curtis as Republican favorite son.
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Washington
Wisconsin
New York
Maine
Houston
Kansas
Kansas City
Curtis
LaFollette
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Smith
Reed
Walsh
Chicago Case Arrests Tie Murders to Juliano Gang
Federal arrests linked to a wave of bombings and killings including the Deneen Swanson attacks and the Esposito slaying. A confessed operative named Lorenzo Juliano allegedly directed the violence, with one arrested man identified as a former undercover agent who betrayed the gang. The case may shift politics out of crime.
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Chicago
United States
Deneen
John A. Swanson
Lorenzo Juliano
Deneen-Swanson
Dimie
Joe Esposito
Juliano
Swanson
Thompson Republicans
New Hanover Deputy Heads to Baltimore for Prisoner Extradition
Deputy Sheriff W. J. Baldwin of New Hanover County travels to Baltimore with governor issued extradition papers for Warren L. Moore charged with the February 24 slayings of M. Lomax Hill of Charlotte and Thomas B. Evans of Wilmington during a bootlegger outbreak in northern New Hanover. Sheriff George C. Jackson, who went from Trenton, N J, identified Moore and the identification was satisfactory.
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Raleigh
W. J. Baldwin
New H Hanover County
Baltimore
McLean
Warren L. Moore
M. Lomax Hill
Charlotte
Thomas B. Evans
Wilmington
New Hanover County
Baldwin
George C. Jackson
Trenton
N. J
Moore
Walter Small Named to Superior Court
Raleigh April 3. Solicitor Walter L. Small of Elizabeth City was appointed by Governor McLean as superior court judge for the first judicial district to succeed the late W. M. Bond. Herbert S. Leary of Edenton was named to succeed Small as solicitor. Small was elected solicitor in 1922 and is a UNC graduate. He is a Baptist and former General Assembly member.
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Raleigh
Walter l. Small
Elizabeth City
McLean
W. M. Bond
Herbert 5. Leary
Edenton
Mr. Small
Walter Lowry Small
Eihringhaus and
General Assembly
The
Baptist Church
Investigation into compulsory donations in Georgia crimes
Douglas Georgia April 3 investigation into alleged forced donations to Republican coffers follows ex postmaster L S Peterson killing Elton Kirkland and suicide A note claims the GOP took $2000 over five years driving debt and Peterson says more is demanded An unsigned letter found in Petersons pocket described relay of funds to Ben J Davis a Black Republican committeeman from Georgia
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Douglas
Georgia
L. S. Peterson
Elton Kirkland
Peterson
Ben J. Davis
Tax Cuts Shrink As Mellon Warns Of Spending Needs
Secretary Mellon told the Senate Finance Committee that the $290 million House tax cut must be pared to about $201 million and perhaps $182 million due to higher government expenditures. He proposed restoring the automobile tax and trimming the corporate levy to produce a $201,115,000 total cut while warning flood control spending could push totals to $182,000,000.
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Washington
House
Mellon
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Senate
Mellon foresees little change in business this year
Secretary Mellon predicts no material change in business conditions for the remainder of the year. He told the Senate Finance Committee that income tax receipts are unlikely to differ notably next year and cautioned that predicting economic course is difficult.
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Washington
Mellon
Senate Finance Committee
Cotton Held In Gotham High Grade Cotton Stock Debate
Washington April 3 A Senate committee heard that 172000 bales of cotton shipped to New York in 1926 27 were not culled to drug the futures market William L Clayton Houston Texas trader defended the stock calling it the most desirable cotton in the world He said his firm had not shipped from New York since March 1 and data showed most NY stock held by other companies tied to March contracts favored middling and above with 18.4 percent 15 16 staple or better Continued on Page Six
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Washington
New York
Senate
William L. Clayton Houston
Texas
Arthur &. Marsh
New York Exchange
Clayton
Marsh
Klucker Enters Congressional Race As Democratic Candidate
Raleigh April 3 Paul W Mack secretary of the Raleigh Ku Klux Klan chapter announced his candidacy for congress in the fourth district advocating farm relief and restricted immigration Edward W Poll of Smithfield is the districts 14th term candidate Mack came to Raleigh from Pennsylvania in 1919 and was a field supervisor for the cotton growers association A potential second candidate is Thos L Creekmore Raleigh attorney who served in the general assembly the past two sessions.
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Raleigh
Paul W. Mack
Raleigh Ku Klux Klan
Congress
Edward W. Poll
Smithfield
Mack
Pennsylvania
Cotton Growers Association
Pou
Thos. L. Creekmore
General Assembly
Maine Democrats Open Convention Back Smith for President
In Waterville on April 3 the Maine Democratic state convention approved 439 to 174 a plan to send 12 delegates to the national convention with instructions to vote as a unit for Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York for the presidential nomination.
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Waterville
Maine
Democrats
Alfred E. Smith
New York
New York Chooses Delegates to Conventions
Albany April 3. New York state voters go to the polls to choose Democratic district delegates pledged to Governor Smith and Republican delegates unpledged to their party conventions. Eighty six Democratic and 83 Republican district delegates to be elected, plus seven Republican delegates at large named by the state committee.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
Democratic State Committee
Republican State Committee
Hoover and Smith Are Choices in Michigan
Detroit April 3. Returns from 1,712 of 2,987 precincts in Michigan show Herbert Hoover with 149,952 votes and Alfred E. Smith with 39,452 for the Republican and Democratic presidential endorsements respectively. Scratching on ballots aided other candidates including Lowden 1,514 and Coolidge 342 for Republicans and Walsh 462 Reed 71 McAdoo 42 for Democrats.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit News
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Hoover
Smith
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Coolidge
Dawes
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
James A. Reed
Missouri
William G. McAdoo
Eighty Credit Men Meet in Greensboro Conference
Eighty members of the Fifth District National Association of Credit Men gathered in Greensboro for their annual conference to discuss trade matters and merchandising. Delegates came from Baltimore, Washington, Lynchburg, Norfolk, Roanoke, Charlotte, Winston-Salem and other cities. James A. Gawthorp presided at the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce. A closing dinner was planned with Stephen I. Miller as chief speaker and Fredrom of High Point to preside.
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Greensboro
National Association of Credit Men
Baltimore
Washington
Lynchburg
Norfolk
Roanoke
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
James A. Gawthorp
Youth Leads Police to Crush Reds in Canton
A fourteen year old street urchin alerted police to a planned communist uprising. Police raided 18 red strongholds, arresting 463 communists. Two hundred thirty people, including eight women, were executed as authorities thwarted further bloodshed in Canton. The youth had overheard discussions predicting government collapse and threats of arson.
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Canton
China
Highway 10 to reroute via High Point high school
State highway commissioner J Elwood Cox announced plan to reroute Route 10 from English Street to Church Street through the Dodamead property on 225 Lindsay Street, then toward the high school and connect to the Thomasville road near the country club. He invited local objections and aims to let bids by May for a summer completion.
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J. Elwood Cox
High Point
English Street
Church Street
Cox
Dodamead
Lindsay Street
Jones
Country Club
Thomasville Road
No. 10
Church E Street
Page
Highway Commission
Political warfare in Chicago stirs as primary nears
Chicago politics heats up near the April 10 primary as a federal case over John Doe federal agent Myron Caffey sparks clashes between city police and the federal government. Mayor Thompson and State’s Attorney Crowe join Governor Len Small and Senatorial hopeful Frank L. Smith in speeches, while opposing leaders Deneen, Louis Emmerson, and Judge John A. Swanson attack the rival factions.
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Chicago
John Doe
Myron Caffey
Wilkerson
Thompson
Crowe
Len Small
Frank L. Smith
Deneen
Louis Emmerson
John A. Swanson
Kannapolis Woman Tries Death by Poison in Hotel
Mrs. C. F. Widenhouse of Kannapolis attempted death by poison in a Hickory hotel room and remains in critical condition at a local hospital. The act occurred yesterday evening. the husband, a traveling man, summoned medical help after rushing to the lobby. No reason for the action is known.
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Hickory
C. F. Widenhouse
Kannapolis
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