Sinclair associate Clark refuses to testify atop grand jury probe
Washington dispatch reports Sheldon Clark vice president of the Sinclair Refining Co. declined to answer questions before the grand jury probing the Fall Sinclair oil conspiracy case. Clark said he knew nothing but promised a statement later. Witnesses including jurors Costinett and Greenfeld reported strangers seeking their views during the jurors shadowing inquiry.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Sheldon Clark
Sinclair Oil
Clark
Sinclair Refining Company
Chicago
Henry Mason Day
Burns Detective Agency
John J. Costinett
Gardner P. Grenfeld
Justice Siddons
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Burns
Ma Grand Jury
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Grand Jury
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Wags
Harry Jeffreys
Sinclair Consolidated Ofl Company
Co Detective Agency
William J. Burns
Norman J. Glascock
Potomac
Harris R. Lamb
Justice Department
Glascock
Lamb
Gardner P. Greenfield
Cotton Crop Estimated at 12.84 Million Bales for Year
The Department of Agriculture announced November 1 that 500 pound bale production stands at 12,842,000, up 164,000 bales from last month. The crop is 5,135,000 bales below last year’s record, with October weather aiding gathering and reducing losses from weevils and rot. Alabama Mississippi Oklahoma show improved prospects, while Texas forecasts drop. Foreign production totals 1,403,000 bales, 14.8 percent below last year, with foreign acreage at 25,012,000 acres, down 5.9 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Indic
Crop Reporting Board
Alabama
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Texas
Senate committee clash over ballots sparks court ruling
United States circuit court of appeals upheld a district court finding that senate committee status is for the senate to decide not the courts. The Reed special committee sought Delaware county ballot boxes from the last senatorial election contested by Ware and Wilson, prompting a judicial ruling on committee existence and ballot custody. The ruling follows Ware’s Philadelphia mayoral victory and ties to Reed and Pennsylvania politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal District Court
Senate
United States Senate
Senate Special Committee
Reed
Missouri
Delaware
William S. Ware
William B. Wilson
Wilson
Reed Committee
United States District Court
J. Whitaker Thompson
Buffington, Woolley and Davis
Appellate Court
Delaware County
Alleghany
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Reed Special Committee
Kentucky Governor Race Grows Lead as Returns Trickled In
Flem D. Sampson's majority in the Kentucky governor race over Democrat J. G. W. Beckham rose to more than 9,400 as昨日's results continued to come in. Final tallies shown: Sampson 334,017 Beckham 324,565 with three counties reported and many precincts still outstanding.
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Louisville
Flem D. Sampson
J. G. W. Beckham
Kentucky
Sampson
Beckham
Cotton market plunges on government crop report
New Orleans on November 9 reports the cotton market dropped 125 to 130 points after the government crop report estimated yields at 12,842,000 bales and total ginnings through November 1 at 9,925,725 bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Cotton crop yields and state totals reported as of November 1
Reports to the department of agriculture show 12,842,000 bales of lint cotton this year from 40,626,000 acres with an indicated yield of 151.2 pounds per acre. State figures list Virginia 226 pounds and 34,000 bales, Texas 128 pounds and 4,300,000 bales, North Carolina 226 and 845,000, plus many others with varying yields and ginnings totals. Lower California production listed at 60,000 bales.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Misouri
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississppi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
States
Lower
Old Mexico
Mississippi
Missouri
All Other States
Dr. Mann Named By Legion For NC Rehabilitation Panel
Dr. I. T. Mann of High Point was reappointed as representative of North Carolina on the national American Legion rehabilitation commission. The announcement came from W. P. Rousseau, retiring department adjutant, after an executive committee meeting in Greensboro.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
White House
National Council of State Legislatures
American Taxpayers League
Garner
Texas
William H. Blodgett
Connecticut
Legislative Council
J. A. Arnold
Taxpayers League
Blodgett
Arnold
Franklin 8. Edmonds
Pennsylvania Special Taxation Commission
George B. Timmerman
South Carolina
Congress
Carolina
Richards
South Carolna
J. Warren Topping
Virginia General Assembly
Byrd
Virginia
al Levy
Charlotte
I. T. Mann
High Point
North Carolina Department of the American Legion
National Organization
W. P. Rousseau
Greensboro
Ruth Elder's plane model crafted from sweets on table
S S Aquitania reports Ruth Elder now keeps a model of her illfated plane the American Girl made in confections by the ship's chef. The candy model sits on her table during meals.
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S. S. Aquitania
Ruth Elder
Missionaries Fired Upon Near Canton by Chinese Forces
Twenty American missionaries traveling along the North River near Canton in a launch were fired on by Chinese soldiers. The Chinese engineer was the only injury reported. Military authorities said the launch disregarded halt orders.
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Shanghai
China
North River
Cannton
Canton
Officials of Duke Power Company To Visit High Point
Thirteen Duke Power and Duke Foundation officials will visit High Point on Friday. John Paul Lucas of Southern Public Utilities announced the banquet at the Sheraton at 6 30 p.m. about 200 local business and civic leaders will attend including chamber merchants and service clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke Power Company
Duke Foundation
High Point
Chamber of Commerce Bureau
John Paul Lucas
Southern Public Utilities Company
North Carolina Public Service Company
Sheraton Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
The
Merchants Association
Real Estate Board
Rotary, Kiwanis, Civitan
Monarch
American Business Clubs
W. S. Lee
Southern Power Company
Piedmont and Northern Railway Company
Duke Endowment
N. A. Cooke
Duke
C. I. Burkholder
E. C. Marshall
Ill and broke Berlin flyer seeks return home
Berlin reports Otto Koennecke facing illness and poverty after his failed attempt to fly to the United States via the Orient. The German foreign office was informed by the Calcutta consul general that Koennecke wishes to abandon his plane and return home, signaling the end of the ill fated endeavor.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Erman
Calcutta
India
Otto Koennecke
United States
Census reports cotton ginned to Nov 1 in 1926
The Census Bureau reports 9,925,795 running bales ginned so far this year including 343,689 round bales as half bales. This compares with 11,253,873 bales last year including 358,327 round bales, and 11,207,197 bales in 1925 including 184,706 round bales to November 1.
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Washington
Huge Vote Support Of Al Smith
New York voters rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to move governor elections to presidential years by a wide margin. Governor Alfred E. Smith led a successful anti amendment campaign while eight other Smith backed measures appeared to pass. Debt limit and governor salary amendments also showed strong support amid a GOP gains in assembly seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
United States Supreme Court
Justice Courts
George H. Bender
Cleveland
Ohio
Harry L. Davis
City Board of Elections
Davis
New York
Alfred E. Smith
New York State
Smith
New Jersey
Theodore Roosevelt
George W. Alvany
Tammany
New York City
James J. Walker
Assembly
Women’s Athletic Club Elects New Officers
The Y M C A hosted a physical education class meeting despite bad weather where the Women’s Athletic Club members elected officers. Myrtle Perry Allred was named president with Vandia Ingram as vice president Mabel Coble secretary and Bertie White treasurer. About 50 women and girls belong to the club.
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Athletic Club
Myrtle Perry Allred
Vandia Ingram
Mabel Coble
Bertie White
Welsh coalfield unrest spurs 400 march to London
About 400 unemployed in Newport marching to London to deliver a petition in boats to Parliament on Welsh coalfield conditions. A J Cook, secretary of the British Federation of Miners, recruited the march but was detained in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Monmouthshire
London
Welch
A. J. Cook
British Federation of Miners
Romanian Crisis Deepens Over Carolist Plot Arrests
Rumania reports another intermediary linked to former Crown Prince Carol held with his wife as censorship returns and Bratianu suspected of aiming for dictatorship. Col Carapancea travels to Jassy to probe further connections involving Manoilescu amid unrest and uncertainty.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Carol
Bratianu
Carapancea
Second Army Corps
Jassy
Moldavia
M. Manoilescu
World Armistice Day urged as prayer for China
Richmond dispatch reports George T. D. Davis of Shanghai leads a call for Armistice Day on November 11 to be observed worldwide as a day of prayer for war torn China. Southern Baptist leaders urged participation praying for Chinese authorities missionaries and churches amid persecution and evacuations affecting five thousand workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
China
George T. D. Davis
Shanghai
Foreign Mission Board
The
Southern Baptist Convention
J. F. Love
Southern Baptists
Capital Punishment Opposed By People
New Bern November 9 Opposition to capital punishment blocked jury selection in Pamlico superior court at Bayboro for Luther and Virgil Sermons charged with killing Prohibition Officer W T Lewis near Fort Barnwell during a slave operation. Venue changed from Craven to Pamlico counties. Two jurors accepted by noon Luther Sermons accused of firing the fatal shots Virgil Sermons charged as an accessory Virgil Sermons wounded in the fight with Lewis killed.
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New Bern
Pamlico Superior Court
Bayboro
Trs
Luther
Virgil
W. T. Lewis
Fort Barnwell
Craven
Pamlico
Lewis
Lee Sermons
Virgil Sermons
Cotton prices tumble on USDA crop estimate revision
New York cotton prices fell by four to six dollars a bale after the Agriculture Department released its crop estimate. The new figure shows an indicated U.S. cotton crop of 12,842,600 bales, up 164,000 from October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Cotton Exchange Today
Department of Agriculture
Murder shatters youths' dreams of grand opera
Leonard Cota and Howard Kramer face murder and robbery charges in the strangling of Mrs. Elizabeth McKitrick at her Zwingle Iowa home. rouge and marcels on their faces triggered detectives' suspicion as the youths admitted planning to use stolen cash and securities to fund opera careers.
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ST. Louis
Leonard Cota
Howard Kramer
Cota
Elizabeth McKitrick
Zwingle
Iowa
Altoona
Wis
Kramer
Mc.Kitrick
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Ways and
North Pacific
Port Townsend
Wash
Special Investigating Committee
Dr. Mann
Legion Folk
Justices of the Peace
Columbus
Antisaloon League
Lucas
Noennegke
Ger
al Smith
New ‘York State
Women’s Athletic Club
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