Navy secrecy order used in Fall-Doheny oil trial
In Washington on December 4 the court admitted as evidence Wilbur's naval secrecy order to Admiral Robison in the Fall‑Doheny oil leasing case. Robison testified the order directed not to disclose confidential information to the jury. The defense argues the order bears on Navy responsibility for the Elk Hills contract.
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Secretary of the Navy
Fall and Doheny
Washington
Wilbur
Robison
Justice Hoehling
Albert B. Fall
Edward Ll. Doheny
Navy
Curtis D. Wilbur
Navy Department
Elk Hills
Doheny
Fall
Interior Department
Defense
John Marshall
Marbury
Madison
Secreary
Frank J. Hogan
Hogan
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Pacific Coast
Congress Inches Toward Busy 69th Session Start
Washington December 44 AP Congress prepares for a full docket at the opening of the short session on Monday. Prohibitions radio taxation alien property Muscle Shoals and farm relief lead a long list of bills. Nominees for over 1 000 offices will be considered as major bills move through both houses amid international questions and local measures.
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Washington
House
Senate
Coolidge
Tobacco Sales Reach 1.29 Million Pounds in Rocky Mount
Tobacco sales on the Rocky Mount local market for the week ending yesterday totaled 1,292,888 pounds, selling for 323,903.26 dollars at an average 25.05 per hundred. Season totals rise to 23,310,628 pounds valued at 6,049,042.40 dollars averaging 25.95. year-ago figures show 22,062,692 pounds worth 2,609,594.03 dollars at 25.42 per hundred.
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Rocky Mount Sales
Rocky Mount
Sharp Quake Shakes Port Angeles Houses at Dawn
A sharp earth shock rattled Port Angeles at 5:45 this morning. No damage was reported.
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Port Angeles
Wash
Deep River Friends Hold Full Day Quarterly Meeting
The Deep River quarterly meeting of Friends in North Carolina convened in a full day session at Central Friends church with Walter White presiding. Speakers included Arthur Hendrickson from Indiana Yearly Meeting and Alsina M. Andrews of Jamaica Friends mission, noting needs for Jamaica and mission funding. Reuben Payne welcomed as new Archdale pastor and Dr Elwood Perrisho led the afternoon talk at Guilford College, with multiple local churches listed among attendees.
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Deep River Quarterly Meeting of Friends
North Carolina
Central Friends Church
Walter White
Arthur Hendrickson
Indiana Yearly Meeting
Alsina M. Andrews
Happy Grove
Friends Mission
Jamaica
Reuben Payne
New York
Archdale Friends Church
Tom Alderman Sykes
Alpheus M. Briggs
Elwood Perrisho
Guilford College
Deep River Quarterly Meeting
Springfield Friends Church
Deep River Friends Church
Oak Hill
Sale of Leaf Tobacco in Lynchburg Market
In Lynchburg Virginia this week 624200 pounds of dark loose leaf tobacco were sold lifting the 1926 crop total to 1991500 pounds. The weekly average price was 7 dollars while last year's average stood at 19 dollars.
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Lynchburg
Durham Girl Evelyn Britt Returns Home After Capias Withdrawn
Evelyn Britt a 19 year old Durham girl linked to the Forsythe murder returned home after Coroner L M Waring withdrew yesterday capias proceedings for re arrest The withdrawal followed Britt and her attorney appearing before Superior Court Judge W M Bond to start habeas corpus action The girl remains free on a 500 bond while Solicitor W F Evans clashed with Britt's attorney over custody and investigation pace mentioning Lepart in custody since the killing and criticizing the coroner jury's examination progress.
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Raleigh
Dee
Evelyn Britt
Durham
L. G
Mighty) Forsythe
L. M. Waring
Superior Court
W. M. Bond
Capias
W. F. Evans
J. W. Bailey
Bond
Robert Lepart
Jury to hear Evelyn Britt call in Forsythe death probe
Raleigh December 4 AP The coroner’s jury in Forsythe death investigations prepared to hear Evelyn Britt as re arrest orders and rapid arrests unfold. Six suspects remain under watch including Separk now linked to a fatal wreck on Route 10 near Raleigh.
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Raleigh
Evelyn Britt
Forsythe
Durham
L. M. Waring
Harry Baucom
Arous Thompson
Jack
Robert Lepark
Willie Frank Webster
Separk
Raleigh-Clayton
New Bern
Senator Simpson Proposes Embalming Jersey Justice for British Museum
Jersey City New Jersey December 4 AP Senator Alexander Simpson urges embalming Jersey justice and sending it to the British museum if prosecutions end in the Hall Mills murder cases He also indicates he will seek a legislative probe and until then presses for action by Governor Moore.
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Simpson
New Jersey
British Museum
Jersey City
N. J
Jersey
Hall-Mills
Alexander Simpson
Gover
Harry Moore
Vessael
Otto Wood Declared Outlaw With Price On His Head
Raleigh reports Governor McLean rejected Otto Wood’s offer to surrender if he could be put on a chain gang or under alternative supervision. The Attorney General and Superintendent Pou pursue formal outlawing, with Pou pledging continued efforts to capture Wood and return him to solitary confinement if recaptured.
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Raleigh
Otto Wood
A. W. McLean
Otto
North Carolina
de Luxe
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
McLean
George Ross Pou
Mr. Pou
Reward raised for Otto Wood escapee recapture
Raleigh December 4 AP Governor McLean and prison superintendent George Poll increased the reward for recapturing Otto Wood who escaped from the state penitentiary on November 22 to 500 dollars. The same announcement stated that a 1925 prison law revision automatically labeled the escaped convict an outlaw who may be killed by any citizen if needed to return him to custody.
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Raleigh
Otto Wood
State Penitentiary
McLean
George Poll
Four Farmers Acquitted in Georgia Mob Murder Trial
In Lyons Georgia four farmers Enoch New Lucian Edenfield John Bruskin and T C Halslipp were acquitted of mob murder charges in the July death of Willie Wilson a tenant on Halslipp s farm. Judge R N Hardeman condemned hooded mobs threatening due process urging punishment for masked culprits.
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Middle Georgia
Hayslipp
Agnes Scott cancels peace speaker address
Mrs Lucia Ames Mead, vice president of the National Council for Prevention of War, was to speak at Agnes Scott College but the date was cancelled after opposition from Decatur city officials and the American Legion. Mrs Mead denied the charges and spoke to the local League of Women Voters instead.
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Atlanta
Agnes Scott College For Women
Decatur
Lucia Ames Mead
American Legion
Jackson
Miss
Mead
Decatur League of Women Voters
E A Edwards Dies At Sunset Drive Residence
E A Edwards 58 a respected resident died at 300 Sunset Drive last night at 10 30 after a short illness of heart failure. Born December 15 1868 in Cumberland County N C he married Addie L Ward January 10 1897 and lived in Williamston before moving to High Point in 1919. Survived by widow three sons two daughters a brother and two sisters funeral at 3 pm tomorrow at Wesley Memorial M E church with burial in Oakwood cemetery
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E. A. Edwards
Sunset Drive
Eddwards
Emmett Albert Edwards
Cumberland County
N. C
E. J
Isabella Hare Edwards
Addie L. Ward
Williamston
High Point
Wood Brothers
Edwards
East Washington Street
Wesley Memorial Church
E. Jack Edwards
Ralph Edwards
William W. Edwards
Wilton A. Knox
Louise J Edwards
City
J. F. Edwards
Cuero
Texas
Ringling Showman Charles Ringling Dies in Florida
Charles Ringling, longtime prominent circus showman, died early last night at his Sarasota home from complications after a fold contracted weeks ago in Birmingham, Alabama. He was a member of the famous Ringling brothers show dynasty.
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Charles Ringling
Sarasota
Fla
Birmingham
Ala
Ringling
Isaac N. Farlow Dies Near Sophia at 76
Isaac N. Farlow, 76, died at his residence near Sophia after a five week illness. Born in Randolph County he spent most of his life there. Survived by two brothers Sewell Farlow of South Dakota and Jalius Farlow of Des Moines and four sisters Mary Jane Pearson Indiana Margaret Ellis Iowa B. F. Ridge Sophia and Rodema Longworth Colorado. Funeral at Marlboro Friends Church at 2 o clock with Rev. Lewis P. McFarlan officiating. Burial in church cemetery.
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Isaac N. Farlow
Sophia
Farlow
Randolph County
Sewell Farlow
South Dakota
Jalius Farlow
Des Moines
Iowa
Mary Jane Pearson
Indiana
Margaret Ellis
B. F. Ridge
Rodema Longworth
Colorado
Marlboro Friends Church
Krnown
Lewis P. McFarrlan Auisalt
Hall Mills case defendants freed after indictments quashed
In Somerville New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Charles W Parker quashed all remaining indictments against the Hall Mills defendants on Attorney General Katzenbach's motion after yesterday's acquittal of Mrs Frances Stevens Hall and her brothers for the murder of Mrs Eleanor R Mills. The quashed indictments named Mrs Hall her brothers and cousin Henry De La Brue Carpender and Henry Carpender in related murders. Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson did not attend the proceeding. The Mills family called the verdict a terrible miscarriage of justice and father James Mills sought further legal counsel.
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Somerville
N. J
Frances Stevens Hall
Henry
Willie Stevens
Eleanor R. Mills
Edward Wheeler Hall
Edward L. Katzenbach
Henry de la Bruyere Carpender
Charles W. Parker
Katezenbach
Moore
Justice Parker
Eigen Simpson
Henry Stevens
Kentucky awarded next Southern Conference meeting
The University of Kentucky at Lexington was chosen to host the next Southern Conference annual meeting, with invitations extended to Montgomery Memphis and Nashville. In Somerville New Jersey a jury acquitted Frances Stevens Hall and her brothers of the 4 year old murder of Eleanor Mills, while indictments for the Rev Edward Wheeler Hall double murder may be quashed. The case center remains complex with Jane Gibson critically ill in hospital and bail hearings set for the defendants.
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Jacksonville
Flia
University of Kentucky At
Lexington
Montgomery
Memphis
Nashville
Empty Stocking Fund opened by Enterprise for High Point children
The Enterprise newspaper urges readers to donate to help needy children in High Point as Christmas morning welfare aid. The fund began with a $60 Kiwanis club donation, with daily accounting and donor lists published.
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High Point
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Club Oeenne
Eee
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