Finney Victim in Oil Lease Fraud Probe as Cross-Examination Opens
Edward C. Finney testifies he awarded Kern county oil leases to Edward L. Doheny under Albert B. Fall’s direction with no bidding. He confirms the three Elk Hills leases totaling 660 acres were issued without advertising or other bids, in the government suit to cancel valued at 15 million dollars.
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Los Angeles
Edward C. Finney
Secretary of the Interior
Albert B. Fall
Kern County
California
Edward L. Doheny
Norman Sterry
Doheny
Pan- American Petroleum Company
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Fall
Atlee Pomerene
Finney
Pomerene
Teletype Added To Flying Equipment At Greensboro Airport
The Greensboro airport installs a teletype to replace radio in presenting the movements of mail planes on the New York Atlanta air mail route. The teletype, operated over a leased wire, has been completed and the system turned over to Pitcairn Aviation Incorporated.
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Greensboro
New York- Atlanta
Pitcairn Aviation, Incorporated
Mysterious Smith Illusions On Display For Six Day Run
A large magic show featuring Mysterious Smith opens Monday in American. Illusions cost over 3000 dollars each to produce and total production value exceeds 65000 dollars, transported by a sixty foot baggage car. The act Burning a Woman Alive is highlighted along with other costly pieces. Leonard Street school hosts a Parent-Teachers meeting with Edna Morgenthaler stressing art in public schools and George F. Allen leading music for seventh grade students including Raymond Williams’s poster art.
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Mysterious Smith
Leonard Street
Smith
Mr. Smith
Edna Morgenthaler
Parent- Teachers Association of
Geo. F. Allen
Raymond Williams
Victor Emmanuel to Present Heir at Vatican
King Victor Emmanuel III will travel to the Vatican with Crown Prince Humbert and other Savoy princes to present them to the Pope tomorrow in Rome.
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Victor Emmanuel
Vatican
Rome
Victor Emmanuel III
Humbert
House of Savoy
Monoplane on View at Greensboro Airport
A large tri-motored Pitcairn Aviation monoplane is on display at Greensboro airport after landing there last Tuesday from Richmond. It is used this week for sight-seeing trips and for visits to southern airports, piloted by Dick Merrill, relieved from his regular air mail schedule by Donald Johnston.
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Pitcairn Aviation, Incorporated
Greensboro
Richmond
South
Pitcairn
Dick Merrill
Richmond-Atlanta
New York-Atlanta
Donald Johnston
Preston Convicted of Murder At Party He Cannot Recall
John Preston, 28, testified he remembered nothing of the party that led to the strangling death of Agnes Johnson on October 12. He was found guilty of murder and faces the death penalty. a second woman, Matilda Murphy, escaped, and Preston is married.
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Preston
Wheaton
Ile
John Preston
Agnes Johnson
Miss Johnson
Matilda Murphy
Armed men attempt holdup of China Bank in Shanghai
Four armed men tried to rob the Hongkong Shanghai Bank compradore in the international settlement. The bandits forced the chauffeur to stop. the bodyguard fired from a shop, wounding the compradore who lies in critical condition as the assailants fled.
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China Bank
Shanghai
Hongkong- Shanghai Bank
International Settlement
Chinese Police Kill Fourth Escaped Fugitive in Shootout
After a botched escape, three fugitives escaped while Chinese police shot the remaining suspect dead. The incident followed a confrontation that left one man dead and authorities pursuing others.
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Tion
Greek Tramway and Gas Strike Weakens
In Athens on December 6 the tramway and gas strike showed signs of crumbling as workers returned after the company dismissed a hundred strikers. A few minor incidents occurred, with strikers attempting to blow up sailer tram cars and police arresting 25 participants.
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Athens
Greece
Pittsburgh Blast Wounds Six in Suburban Incident
Six persons were hurt today in an explosion near the scene of a deadly blast that killed five people and injured more than twenty others, wrecking the Munhall post office yesterday. None remained in critical condition at Homestead hospital.
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Pittsburgh
Munhall
Homestead Hospital
Five Seamen Rescued From Disabled Schooner
A report to the White Star Line from J. Kearney master of the Baltic says five seamen were rescued from a dis abled schooner in heavy seas. The Baltic is due in New York Monday from Liverpool.
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New York
White Star Line
J. Kearney
Baltic
Liverpool
Caviare suits trend in Europe massed dot patterns
Fine cloth suits with minute black dot patterns on white ground, resembling caviare, have appeared in Europe. The pattern evokes Russian caviare and attracts attention among fashion observers.
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Europe
Juniors Rally Against Communism in North Carolina
Charles F. E. Hamilton of Monroe addresses North Carolina Junior Order members in Goldsboro about communist activity in Gastonia and Marion. James L. Wilmeth urges stricter immigration laws as district meetings follow in Grantham school and Durham with Juniors from 13 councils attending.
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Goldsboro
N. C
North Carolina
Gastonia
Marion
Charles FE. Hamilton
Monroe
North Carolina Council
Virginia Street
James L. Wilmeth
Hamilton
Wilmeth
Grantham School
Here
Durham
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Helen Kane
Jack Cayte In
Rialto News
Pire Detective
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Dorothy
Henry K
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Ralph Forbes
Anna Q. Nilsson
Lowell Sherman
Ritz Theatre
Yakima Canutt
Peggy Montgomery and
Bud Osborne
American Theatre
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Herrmann
Alan Weeeie
WNRC
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