Defense Rulings Narrow Teapot Dome Trial Evidence
In Washington on April 16 Justice Bailey barred defense testimony claiming drainage justified Teapot Dome leasing to prevent oil loss. The ruling limited defense strategy and admissibility of a Teapot Dome model and related testimony as evidence. The government rested after proving Fall received 25,000 in bonds from Sinclair in 1923.
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Washington
Harry Sinclair
Justice Bailey
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Owen J. Roberts
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
George Hoover
Edwin Denby
E. C. Finney
Interior
A. C. Veatch
Carroll Wegeman
Government
Hoover
Justice Bailey Are
Arthur W. Ambrose
Interior Department
Wyoming
Roberts
E. I. Doheny, Jr
Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
Russia
Crossing Victims Drop Fewer Killed in 1927 Than in 1926
Washington April 16 United Press The American Railway Association reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission that grade crossing deaths fell in 1927 to 2,371 a decrease of 120 from 1926. Injuries totaled 6,613 down 378 from the prior year.
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United Press
Washington
American Railway Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Delay Birger Hearing Delayed Over Sanity Question
Condemned gang lord Charley Birger’s sanity hearing was postponed today in Benton Tennessee with indications it will extend to a later date. The notice also includes cafe ad copy for Fletcher Cafeteria offering noon and evening specials.
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United Pre
Benton R Tn
Charley Birger
Statler Hotel Owner dies at 64 in New York
E M Statler head of the Statler chain dies in his Pennsylvania Hotel suite. Cause listed as double pneumonia with general influenza after two weeks of illness. Mrs Statler at his side. private funeral services expected Wednesday. Statler famed for perfect service and radio room installations in his hotels.
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United Press
New York
E. M. Statler
Statler
Pennsylvania Notel
Samuel W. Lambert
Lambert
Lockhart Heads for Daytona to Aim at World Speed Record
Frank Lockhart, famed driver, departed Indianapolis with the Stutz Black Hawk bound for Daytona Beach Florida to again chase the world speed record. He warns beach conditions have been poor for three weeks and may force him to postpone the attempt if visibility and rain persist.
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Frank Lockhart
Indianapolis
Daytona Beach
Fla
Washington
Lockhart
Daytona
Fire at Iroquois Hotel in Atlantic City Kills One
A hotel blaze at the Iroquois Hotel in Atlantic City New Jersey killed one person and injured seven others. Damage was estimated at $200000 with the dead man believed to be a hotel cook.
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United Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Bomb victim dies in Milan plot against King
Milan reports another death from the April 16 bombing bringing the toll to eighteen in the plot against King Victor Emmanuel.
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United Press
Milan
Victor Emmanuel
Knighthood Romance Ends With Kidnapping Warning
A teenage love triangle ends in a missing 15 year old Eugene Newminn of Indianapolis after a planned elopement with twins Lucille and Henrietta Williamson leads to a manhunt across multiple states. Police recover the girls and return them home as Eugene vanishes and a watchful mother screens the matter.
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Eugene Newminn
New York St
Eugene
Lucille
Henrietta Williamson
William Williamson
Henderson
Henrietta
Plainfield
Hendricks County
Indianapolis
Williamson
Kansas City
National
Margaret Parr
Terre Haute
Amateur Driver Hurt in City Crash
William Simon 38 of 242 S&S Illinois St learned to drive Sunday but the car skidded out of control and struck a building in the 1700 block of Meridian St He is in city hospital with a broken leg according to police.
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William Simon
S&s
Illinois St
Meridian St
Simon
City Hospital
Mail Bandits Slay Officer in Toledo Mail Job
In Toledo on April 16 two gangsters in five men robbed a mail truck worth about 200000 dollars. Patrolman George Zientara died in a gun battle after he and Patrolman John Bukupski pursued the robbers to a garage. The bandits bound guards, moved bags of loot, and escaped in two cars.
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United Press
Toledo
George Zientara
Zientara
John Bukupski
Union Station
Bukupski
Duel Victor to Prison in Knife Duel Case
Mrs Newton Avery of Old Jacksonville Indiana received a two to twenty one year sentence in the Indiana Woman's Prison after pleading guilty to slashing Joe Tremckie whom she said attacked her with an ax in self defense Tremckie was found dead at her home March twenty seventh Vermillion Circuit Court imposed the sentence. In a separate note Miss Charlotte I Belden aged fifty two suffered an apoplectic stroke and died after being demoted and transferred from her government post
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Times
Newport
Ind
Newton Avery
Old Jacksonville
Indiana Woman's Prison
Joe Tremckie
Avery
Vermillion
Tremckie
United Press
Washington
Charlotte I. Belden
Thirteen Die in Wedding Blaze
A tragic wedding blaze leaves thirteen dead as the ceremony ends in Evansville. Separate notes report Miss Ida B Geary retirement protests at Victory Memorial Church and a mule incident injuring Evelyn L Keepes in Mount Carmel Illinois.
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Ida B. Geary
State
Lexington Aves
Isvents
Victory Memorial Church
Woodlawn
Villa Aves
Geary
C. N. Hadley
English Ave
Federal agent yields to police after 38 hour siege
Myron Caffey a prohibition agent surrendered to city authorities after a day and a half siege at the Federal Building in Chicago. Assistant U S attorney John E Northrup filed for habeas corpus to move the case to federal jurisdiction. The shooting of bailiff William Beatty was a flashpoint in a heated primary campaign.
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United Press
Chicago
Myron Caffey
Prohibition
William Beatty
Caffey
United States District
John E. Northrup
Northrup
Peti
James A. Wilkerson
Fire Rips Blair Four Home. Thirteen Die In Johnsonstown Village
A blaze at Embro Kreta chalks home in Blair Four near Williams burg kills thirteen, including Kreta chalks daughter and six guests. Coroner fears more deaths as (unconfirmed) others were in the two story frame house. Kretchalk escapes as neighbors cannot reach victims.
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United Press
Altoona
Embro Kretachaik
Blair Four
Williamsburg
Blair County
Kretachalk
Krettchalk
Locher Sworn in as Ohio’s Junior Senator
Cyrus Locher a Cleveland attorney was sworn in as the junior Senator from Ohio to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Willis. Locher a Democrat assumed office April 16.
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United Press
Washington
Cyrus Locher
Cleveland
Ohio
Willis
Locher
Perilous Bremen landing after icy North Atlantic flight
German Irish crew of the Junkers Bremen struggle through fog and gale from Dublin to Greenland to Newfoundland then crash land on an ice bound lake near Seven Islands Quebec. They hope to reach New York but face fuel loss and dangerous weather.
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Greenly Island
Labrador
America
United Press
Long Point
Blanc Sablon
Upper
St. Lawrence River
New York
Seven Islands
Quebec
Junkers
Bremen
Civilization
Blane Sablon
Mia Wainnahila Mananlana
AMG
Giluillie Malla Nas VL
Canadian
Trans-Continental Airways
Louis Cuisinier
Dante Schiller
G-genly Island
North Atlantic Ocean
Herman Koehl
Baron Gunther
Huenfeld
James Fitzmaurice
Baldonnel
Dublin
Ireland
mid-Atlantic
North American
Newfoundland
St. Johns
Mitchelfield
Inside Hollywood the Moving Pictures Revealed Series
Dan Thomas traces the complete motion picture process from concept to theater, revealing casting, extras, sets, wardrobe, filming and editing. The twelve article series in The Times starts Tuesday with illustrated details about how stories are chosen, scripts written, tests conducted, and extras hired.
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Hollywood
Dan Thomas
NEA
Times
Thomas
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