Wealthy Oil Man Refuses To Talk And Is Arrested
Sheldon Clark, Chicago oil man and Sinclair Refining executive, was placed under technical arrest after refusing to testify in the grand jury probe of the Fall-Sinclair surveillance case. He was released on 25000 bond awaiting grand jury action, with hearings to follow as the inquiry continues in Washington.
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Burkinshaw
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Williard Hotel
Gordon
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Teapot Dome
State's witnesses in Bayboro case name killers of officer
In Pamlico county superior court state witnesses say Luther and Lee Sermons aided by Virgil Sermons fired on officers posing as rum runners. W. T. Lewis, federal prohibition agent, was shot and died in Kinston hospital. Luther and Lee Sermons charged with first degree murder Virgil Sermons with second degree murder.
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N. C
Pamlico County
Luther and Lee
Virgil
W. T. Lewis
Lewis
Virgil Sermons
Moore County
Kinston
Luther
Lee
King Ben Must Quit His Throne
In St. Joseph Michigan on November 10 AP reports Circuit Judge Louis H. Fead ordered the dissolution of the House of David colony. A receiver will take control and Benjamin Purnell is banished from contact with followers and cannot associate with girl colonists except under protective conditions. The court calls the colony a public nuisance due to fraud immorality perjury and illegal acts.
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Benton Harbor
Louis H. Fead
Newberry
House of David
Parnell
School Within Schools Proposed For High Point Need
Dr. Houston Hiatt urged the High Point Rotary club to create four classrooms with four teachers inside existing schools to provide early special instruction for backward children. Superintendent J. Wingate Andrews and Fred N. Tate backed the plan, urging funding and board action.
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Tate
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Hiatt
America
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Smith gains from New York vote as national race looms
Governors supporters hail Tuesday wins as nine proposed amendments were decided. one opposed by Smith defeated while eight he backed passed by large margins. Opponents note increased Smith prestige but urge caution. James Beck defends seating Vare amid Philadelphia vote. Prohibition foes claim Ohio outcome a rebuke to the Anti-Saloon League.
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Smith
New York
Anti-Saloon League
Ohio
Vare
Philadelphia
James M. Beck
House
William H. Slayton
Subterranean Detroit Brewery Uncovered Near Woodward
Federal agents raided an underground beer and liquor operation sprawling a city block near Woodward Avenue in Detroit. The plant yielded vast beer vats, hundreds of barrels, 11 cases of whiskey, and a large ammonia refrigeration system. No arrests were made and owners were to be subpoenaed for questioning.
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Prohibition
Woodward Avenue
Dan Vacarelli
Vacarelli
Manoilescu Faces Trial in Romania Under Martial Law
In Bucharest a court martial conducts M. Manoilescu former under secretary of finance on charges tied to a conspiracy to restore Prince Carol to the throne. The trial occurs as streets around the courthouse are sealed and armed sentries guard the proceedings in a small whitewashed room with a panel of jurists and a stern prosecutor.
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M. Manoilescu
Carol
Romania
Michael
Manoilescu
Carapancea
King Michael
Marie
Ferdinand
Fall Improves After Collapse. Plans New Mexico Trip
Albert B. Fall rose for the first time in six days and intends to travel to New Mexico via New Orleans this Saturday. Dr. James J. Kilroy reported Fall is gaining strength as lung congestion clears, though bronchial symptoms remain evident.
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Washington
Albert B. Fall
New Mexico
New Orleans
James J. Kilroy
Interior
Diamonds Smuggling Ring Traced To Little Man In Big Boots
Federal investigators traced an international diamond smuggling ring to a small-footed man found with oversized shoes. Four men and a woman were held on bail totaling 210000, with Lamont released. authorities estimate the conspiracy involves about a million dollars, likely to grow.
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New York
Florent Lamont
Antwerp
Belgium
Lapland
Lamot
Abraham Frank
Julius
Miss Hempel Sues Heckscher Settlement Denied
New York had miss Hempel operatic soprano, denied settlement of 250000 dollars with August Heckscher. Irving L. Ernst, her attorney, said no deal was completed though negotiations occurred. Hempel is currently in Europe.
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New York
Frieda Hempel
New York American
August Heckscher
Irving L. Ernst
Miss Hempel
Europe
Extra dividend declared by Alabama Great Southern
Directors of the Alabama Great Southern, controlled by the Southern Railway, today declared an extra dividend of 1.50 dollars a share on both preferred and common stocks, in addition to the regular semi annual dividend of 1.75 dollars per share.
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New York
Alabama Great Southern
The
Southern Railway
Three Drown In Virginia Mill Pond Crash
Three people drowned when a car skidded off a road at a mill dam on the Clinch river near North Tarawell, pinning them under water yesterday, authorities said.
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Bluefield
Clinch River
North Tarawell
Millicent Rogers In Nervous Breakdown On Eve Of Honeymoon
Millicent Rogers Ramos reportedly suffered a nervous breakdown in her father Col. Henry H. Rogers's hotel suite on the eve of her wedding trip to Buenos Aires. A house guard stood outside while a physician cared for her. the couple wed Monday at Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary parish house in Southampton Long Island.
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New York
Church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
Southampton
L. IL
Supreme Court upholds bad check law in North Carolina
The North Carolina Supreme Court rules the 1927 bad check law constitutional. Justice Adams notes bills of exchange equal money. dissenters argue over debt imprisonment limits. one judge calls overdrafts a chain gang candidate. Clarkson cites no imprisonment for debt and praises the prohibition law’s value.
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Raleigh
Supreme Court
Adams
Stacy
Connor
Brogden
Clarkson
Forsyth County
Farm relief talks stall over McNary Haugen equalization fee
Washington November 10. An equalization fee within the McNary Haugen bill again blocks agreement on farm relief among three leading agricultural groups. A meeting in Washington was adjourned for further consultation.
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Washington
SAP
Vermont Flood Appeal And Flight Return Headlines
An urgent appeal from Governor Weeks seeks Red Cross aid for flood ravaged Vermont as Coolidge backs relief. Separate dispatch notes Miss Ruth Elder returns to New York aboard the Aquitania with plans for a public reception and talks of a film career.
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Ruth Elder
Aquitania
Paris
George Haldeman
Grover A. Whalen
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Byrd
Levine
Macon
Battery
City Hall
Walker
Lyle Womack
Miss Elder
Susan Odom
Olive Snell
Joseph M. Schneck
Seamen’s Fund
Schneck
Boston
Coolidge
Red Cross
Vermont
John KE. Weeks
Commonwealth
Washington
National Treasury of
New Hamphrire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Thomas Bradlee
Vermont Agricultural College
Spauling
New Hampshire
Middletown
Hartford
Public Life Crime Wave Pictured By Columbia Expert
Prof Luther Gulick of Columbia University warned at a governmental research conference that graft and corruption persist in American public life. He cited Kansas City Chicago New York and Indianapolis episodes and condemned political debauchery as a threat to administrative efficiency.
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New York
Luther Gulick
Columbia University
National Institute of Public Administration
Gulick
Kansas City
Chicago
New York State
Florence
S. Knapp
Smith
Walker
Thas
Indianapolis
New York City
Convicts plotted 10 break prison in Dannemora plan thwarted
Officials said a long term gang led by Leon Kraemer planned a shoot out escape at Clinton state prison Dannemora. A tip from a prisoner and Kraemer’s arrest halted the scheme as six pistols two hundred rounds of ammunition liquor and Adirondack road maps were found in the receiving room. Extra guards and prisoner transfers followed.
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New York
Richard Reese Whittemore
Clinton State
Dannemora
Leon Kraemer
Kraemer
Whittemore
Baltimore
Adirondack
Cornerstone Laying Ceremony for New Zion Church
Cornerstone laying for the Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion church formerly St. Stephen's will be held tomorrow afternoon starting 1 30 with Guilford Star Lodge No 152 in charge Bishop G C Clement from Louisville Ky will preach the cornerstone at 3 o'clock.
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A. M. E. Zion Church
St. Stephen’s A. M. E. Zion Church
Guilford Star Lodge No. 152
G. C. Clement
D. D
Louisville
Brady Reported Dead
The New York Evening Sun reports financier James Cox Brady died at his home today from pneumonia. He was the son of the late Anthony N. Brady.
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New York
The
New York Evening Sun
James Cox Brady
Anthony N. Brady
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