Fall Opens Door to Technical Questions in Teapot Dome Trial
Albert B. Fall told Justice Siddons he had no objection to government questions on the structure of the Teapot Dome leases. Sinclair counsel George Hoover objected earlier but Fall stated there were no objections to examining the lease arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Albert B. Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Interior
Siddons
Reapot Dome
George P. Hoover
Sinclair
Fall
Justice Siddons
William E. Leahy
J. K. Robinson
Secretary of the Interior
Harry
Baptist Leaders Denounce Italian Religious Repression
Richmond report cites ten outrages against Baptists in Italy and Sicily including church burnings and exiles. Dr. J F Love of the Southern Baptist foreign mission board condemns conditions as reprehensible and urges free religious liberty amid Mussolini reforms.
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Richmond
Italy
Sicily
J. F. Love
Foreign Mission Board
Southern Baptist Convention
United States
Mr. Love
America
Fascist Party
Mussolini
Dr. Love
Love
Injunctions Stop Mayor Thompson’s Pro British Book Burn Plan
Chicago scenes centered on court injunctions to halt the mayor’s burning of library books deemed pro British or un American. Taxpayers Bohac and Elliott sought to prevent destruction of public property as Herrmann burned a copy of Schlesinger’s American history. The city hall pressurized further with the McAndrew school hearing postponed due to his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thompson
Edward J. Bohac
J. Kentner Elliott
A. J
Sport) Herrmann
Meiler Schlesinger
Herrmann
Library Board
Board of Education
William McAndrew
Campaiy
King George
Tomes
McAndrew
Romania declares martial law over Carol plot for throne
Romania faces political upheaval as authorities arrest Manoilescu amid a plot to restore exiled Prince Carol to the throne over six year old King Michael. The Bratiano government vows sweeping measures, with parliament to declare positions and potential referendum letters linking Carol to a monarchic restoration.
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Bucharest
Romania
Ferdinand
Carol
Michael
Bratiano
King Michael
Patriarchal
M. Manoilescu
Averescu
Manoilescu
Paris
Marie
National Peasants Party
Polesti
Michalache
the New Star
New Star
Nicholas Cocea
Carol Caral
Drainage fears raised in Teapot Dome case trial
At the District of Columbia Supreme court opening of day seven, Albert Fall was told of early 1921 concerns that Teapot Dome oil could be drained by Salt Creek wells. Arthur Ambrose testified he warned Fall the Salt Creek field could drain the reserve, and that strip leasing would not fully protect Teapot Dome.
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Washington
Teapot
Albert B. Fall
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Arthur W. Ambrose
Interior Department
Interior
Harry F. Sinclair
Naval Oil Reserve
George P. Hoover
Ambrose
Teapot Dome
Salt Creek
Fall
H. Foster Bain
Bureau of Mines
Hoover
Naval Reserve
Bain
John K. Robison
Navy
Gregory
Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks
Theodore Roosevelt
Owen J. Roberts
Hoover Addresses Steel Convention From Phonograph In North Carolina
At Pinehurst the American Institute of Steel Construction, about 400 strong, hears W M Wood of Decatur IL lead the meeting while Secretary Hoover records a message urging standard codes, ethics and widened research. Hoover notes welding research could revolutionize steel construction and cites progress with standard steel specifications.
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Pinehurst
A. P
American Institute of Steel Construction
America
W. M. Wood
Decatur
Herbert Hoover
Bureau of Standards
Farrell Likely Chosen as Steel Board Chairman
New York October 25 AP predicts James A. Farrell president of United States Steel will be chairman of the board succeeding Elbert H. Gary. Forbes reports in a feature on Farrell rising from a New Haven wire mill laborer to long time head of the steel giant. No formal action expected at the October meeting. board to act in November per Farrell and Percival Roberts Jr. statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gary
B. C. Forbes
Forbes
Gary
Wall Street
Farrell
Steel Corporation
Percival Roberts, Jr
South Norwalk
Conn
New Haven
Pittsburgh Oliver Wire Company
Mr. Farrell
United States Steel Products Company
Henry Clay Frick
J. P. Morgan
Hills Patch Up Trouble In Montana
Wealthy rancher Walter J. Hill and his third wife Mildred Richardson Hill announce reconciliation amid a separate maintenance writ filed in Butte. The couple, who wed May 18 after his divorce, plan to return to Goat Mountain ranch while denying prolonged court action.
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Livingston, Mont
Walter J. Hill
Goat Mountain
Mildred Richardson Hill
Follies
Butte
Mont
James J. Hill
Hill
Eva Finan
New York
Morton K. Hertz
Tom Walker
Mildred
Walker
Pauline Gillison
Arrest of Manileșcu Stirs Paris Rumors on Carol Return
In Paris the arrest in Romania of M. Manoilescu, former under secretary of finance in the Averescu cabinet, for plotting restoration of Crown Prince Carol to the throne sparks talk amid Carol's presence in Paris. Rumors say a Peasant Party delegation struck a deal with Carol to abandon Magda Lupescu and reclaim the throne.
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Paris
Romania
M. Manoilescu
Averescue
Carol
Loeuvre
Romanian National Peasants’ Party
Magda Lupescu
Rumania
Man held after hunting accident kills friend near Asheville
John A. Cox, 19, is jailed in Asheville pending an inquest into the death of H. C. Gardner, 42, shot at his home 13 miles south of Asheville. Cox said he fired at a deer lured by apples, mistaking Gardner for game while an observer from the Veterans Bureau Hospital at Oteen was present.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Joe Manuel Pando
Palace of Justice
Alfredo Jauregui
Juan Juaregui
Alfredo
Simon Choque
Nestos Villegas
Juan Jauregui
Villegas
Choque
Hermando Siles
Asheville
John A. Cox
H. C. Gardner
Gardner
Here
Cox
T. L. Meredith
Veterans Bureau Hospital
Oteen
McLean calls for separating youths from older prisoners
Governor McLean urged that youths under 16 should not be housed with older convicts after touring Caledonia prison farm in Halifax County. He identified a red headed urchin under 15 from McDowell County serving a robbery term in the prison kitchen and said he would investigate similar cases.
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Raleigh
McLean
Caledonia
Halifax County
McDowell County
Norfolk and Western seeks funding to extend Big Sandy line
The Norfolk and Western requests ICC permission to spend about 6 million dollars to extend the Big Sandy and Cumberland railroad. The plan calls for 27 miles of track from Hurtey to Home Creek Virginia and converting Levisa river line from narrow to standard gauge.
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Washington
Big Sandy and Cumberland Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Hurtey
Home Creek
Levisa River
Young Man from Roper Killed in Greensboro Area Crash
William Smith twenty of Roper died near Greensboro when his car collided with a truck from Hor k Company driven by Paul Key of Charlotte. The impact threw Smith from the car and the truck passed over him. Leonard Barco and Joe Barco, both of Roper, were injured lightly as they rode with Smith en route to Asheville.
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Greensboro
William Smith
A. N. Smith
Roper
Here
Rocky Creek
Hor ‘K Company
Paul Key
Charlotte
Smith
Leonard Barco
Joe Barco
Asheville
Trotsky Likely to Lose Out of the Soviet
Moscow reports the expulsion of Leon Trotzky and Grigory Zinovyev from the Communist Party central committee as a final warning. The two leaders face a choice at the fifteenth congress between submission to Stalin or expulsion. The split between factions grows sharper as debates over socialism versus Western aid continue.
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Trotsky
Moscow
Russia
Leon Trotzky
Gregory Zinoviev
Central Committee
Communist Party
Stalin
Trotzky
Cotton prices climb as ginning total sparks bullish view
New York October 25 The cotton market rose over two dollars a bale on the New York exchange after the census bureau reported 8 118 978 bales ginned before October 18. Traders had expected at least 8 3 million bales and bought actively on the bullish interpretation.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Census Bureau
New Furniture Plant to Open in Lexington
Lexington reports the Hackney Furniture company will complete its new modern plant by November 10 and begin operations with about eighty workers. George L. Hackney serves as general manager of the facility built on the site of the former Lexington Chair plant, destroyed by fire last February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Hackney Furniture Company
George L. Hackney
English Court Mourns Marquis Cambridge Funeral Planned
London October 25 AP King George ordered mourning for the late Marquis of Cambridge brother of Queen Mary two weeks in total one week full and one week half mourning. The Lord Chamberlain left for Sandringham to consult the king about the funeral following an operation for an internal disorder.
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London
Marquis of
Cambridge
Mary
George
Lord Chamberlin
Sandringham
Alaska Is Not Hurt by the Earthquake
Alaska hailed its survival of a powerful earthquake with no loss of life and minimal damage in the southeast. The temblor centered offshore disrupted cables, shattered windows, and frightened residents, but mainland Alaska was spared extensive harm and seismographs elsewhere were temporarily knocked out.
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Alaska
Seattle
Wash
United States
Reformatory Fire in Chicago Causes Heavy Loss
A laundry fire at Chicago house of correction damaged the facility about 2 AM. Estimated loss is 100000 dollars with 2652 prisoners safe and no injuries. The blaze, likely from crossed wires, was confined to the building’s first floor.
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Chicago
House of Correction
Ruth Elder and Halde man arrive in Lisbon after trans Atlantic flight
Ruth Elder and her co-pilot George W. Halde man reached Lisbon aboard the Portuguese mail boat Lima from Horta Azores completing their trans Atlantic venture.
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Lisbon
Ruth Elder
George W. Haldeman
Lima
Horta
Azores
City Issues 4652 Tag Licenses and 5036 Driver Licenses
City officials report since June 1 that 4652 automobile license plates have been issued and 5036 drivers licenses issued, a count similar to last year. Some cars remain without city tags and some drivers operate without licenses.
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Department of the Interior
Tony
Jack Sullivan
Anita de Valle
Toronto
Ont
Young Michael
Meet OF Steel Men
N. C
Forbes’ Magazine
Montana
M’lean
Marquis
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