Sinclair Oil Fraud Case Sent To Jury In Teapot Dome Probe
A twelve man jury begins deliberations on whether Harry F. Sinclair conspired to defraud the government in the Teapot Dome affair. Judge Bailey instructs beyond reasonable doubt while Sinclair and wife remain cheerful. The case stems from 1923 24 Senate probes with Fall and Doheny tied to Elk Hills leases and possible bribery charges later.
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Herbert Little
United Press
Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Jennings Bailey
Sinclair
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Albert B. Fall
Phoebe Sinclair
Independence
Kan
Bailey
Senate
Fall
Everance
E. L. Doheny
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Teapot Dome
United States Supreme Court
Senate Committee
Attorney Will Speak at Indianapolis B'nai B'rith Meeting
Attorney Ben M. Achenberg of Kansas City will address a public meeting of the Indianapolis chapter at Kirshbaum Community Center Sunday afternoon. Membership committee chair Samuel J. Mantel will initiate new candidates. A musical program features Henry Marks on cornet, Mitchell Levy on violin, and songs by Sam Kasseff.
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Ben M. Achenberg
Kansas City
Grand Lodge
Indianapolis
B'nai B'rith
Kirshbaum Community Center
Samuel J. Mantel
Henry Marks
Mitchell Levy
Sam Kasseff
Edwin Meredith Is Ill
Edwin T. Meredith former Secretary of Agriculture from Des Moines is ill and hospitalized at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. The exact nature of his illness was not disclosed.
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United Press
Baltimore
Edwin T. Meredith
Des Moines
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Tornado Tears Swath of Ruin Through Memphis
Suburban Memphis residential sections were swept by a tornado with heavy rain. All communications lines were out. one death was reported by police. The storm damaged the fairgrounds and many houses, with several buildings demolished and wires down from the East and South.
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Memphis
United Preas
Tenn
Tolice
Mississippi
Fairgrounds
Two Robbers Steal Diamond Pin Ring and Auto
In Anderson Indiana two bandits robbed auto dealer W C McLain of a 2000 diamond pin a 500 ring and a 1700 sedan near Chesterfield pike on Friday afternoon They rode in McLain's car and lured him into the country for a demo then sped away. In Lebanon Indiana a fire at the Farmers State Bank building destroyed ground floor offices and threatened the three story block The blaze began at 3 am and drew help from Indianapolis and Frankfort departments with vaults said to remain secure.
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Times Special
Anderson
Ind
W. C. McLain
Chesterfield Pike
Here
McLain
United Press
Lebanon
Farmers State Bank
Indianapolis
Frankfort
Rob Dry Goods Store Held Up on West Michigan Street
A bandit threatened Eugene Osborn at his dry goods store located at 3055 W Michigan St Friday night. Osborn surrendered $20 from the register to the robber and was unharmed.
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ROB Dry Goods Store
Bandit
Michigan St
Eugene Osborn
Osborn
I Mean No Says Coolidge Letter
President Coolidge rebukes Republican leaders by letter to Francis Prescott, Boston, asking to stop any effort to draft him for president. He states no tacit consent and warns that Massachusetts write‑in efforts would embarrass him and misrepresent his position.
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United Press
Washington
Coolidge
Francis Prescott
Republican State Committee
Boston
Massachusetts
New York
Markets Closed For Short Exchange Session
The New York Stock Exchange and the curb market will be closed for a two hour session to allow traders to catch up after the recent rush. The Chicago Stock Exchange will also be closed. Other markets remain open as usual.
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New York Stock Exchange
Chicago Stock Exchange
Urge City Cleanup Launches With Ceremony at Monument
The fourth annual Junior Chamber of Commerce cleanup and paint-up begins at 9 am Monday on the Soldiers and Sailors Monument south steps with a ceremony. Fire apparatus sirens mark the event as Mayor L Ert Slack and city officials speak. A two week campaign includes a film on cleaning up unsightly spots and fire hazard tips by 30 inspectors led by Horace W Carey. Public school children and Boy Scouts join the effort.
Hogs Rise On Local Market Top Reaches 10.50
Hogs gained 10 to 50 cents across weights ending the week with the top at 10.50, up 1 dollar from last Saturday and 1.50 higher than April 18. 170 to 180 pound class rose 50 cents, lighter hogs up about 25 cents, bulk sold at 9.50 and higher. Receipts about 2,500. Calves dropped 50 cents. Chicago market slow near steady with top 10.40.
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Chicago
Car Crash Kills One Man in Hammond Ind
Hammond Indiana April 21 H S Downing 40 Griffith Ind was killed when his car collided with a street car Friday night A companion unidentified man was critically injured in the crash authorities reported in Hammond Indiana precinct accident brief
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United Press
Hammond
Ind
H. S. Downing
Griffith
Thirteen Held In Four Indiana Liquor Raids
Twelve men and one woman arrested by federal agents in liquor raids across four southeastern Indiana counties are detained in Marion County jail awaiting hearing before a commissioner. Names listed include James Linville Maggie Linville Joseph Schroeder and son, William A Byard Michael Buckhave Charcoal Smith George Menninger Robert Buggins Troy Hoover John Salatari Calvin Skeen and John Walters.
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Indiana
Marion County
James Linville
Maggie Linville
Joseph Schroeder
Greensburg
William A. Byard
Michael Buckhave
Batesville
Charcoal Smith
George Menninger
Harrison
Ohio
Robert Buggins
Troy Hoover
Morris
John Salatari
Brookville
Calvin Skeen
Osgood
John Walters
Lawrenceburg
Train and car collision in Republic Creosoting yards
A backing switch engine and a backing automobile collided Friday night in the Republic Creosoting Company yards at Tibbs Ave and Minneosta St. John C. Meisel, 42, an employee at the plant, was left without a car and wore a fractured arm in a sling.
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Republic Creosoting Company
Tibbs Ave
Minneosta St
John C. Meisel
Fragmentary Time Marks in Weather Note
A sequence of unreadable time fragments appears, listing 6 a.m. 41 and 8 a.m. 43 with 9 a.m. 43 and similar items. no clear event or location is stated. The readable bits suggest a schedule or log entries but lack context, names, or places to identify a concrete incident or report.
Bowers Favored for Democratic National Convention Speaker
Jesse H. Jones Houston Chronicle publisher and convention backer says Claude G. Bowers is the favored keynote pick for the Democratic national convention in Houston Texas. Jones reports progress in Indianapolis on his way to New York and notes Senator Joseph Robinson of Arkansas is being considered for the permanent chair. Final convention plans will be settled in Washington on April 30 by the arrangements committee chaired by Jones.
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Claude G. Bowers
Ft. Wayne
New York Evening World
Houston
Texas
Jesse H. Jones
Houston Chronicle
Angel
Indianapolis
New York
Jones
Charles A. Greathouse
Indiana
Union Station
Joseph Robinson
Arkansas
Washington
Chiang Kai Shek Forces Advance Toward Taianfu Stronghold
British and American officials urge nationals to leave Shantung and head to Tsing Tao. Chiang Kai Shek vanguard pushes along the Tientsin Kow Railway reaching Taianfu, a mountain stronghold south of Tsinanfu where Sun Chuan Fang and Chang Chung Chung resist. Feng Yu Hsiang advances rapidly along the Pekin Hankow Railway in Honan.
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United Press London
Shantung Province
Tsing Tao
Shanghai
Manchester Guardian
Toho
Thinanfu
Chiang Kai Shek
Tientsin
Taianfu
Tsinanful
Sun Chuan Fang
Chang Chung Chung
Honan
Feng Yu Hsiang
Pekin- Hankow
Absent Minded Bridegroom Comedy Tonight at K of C Hall
Indianapolis Cara van of Alhambra presents The Absent Minded Bridegroom a comedy farce Sunday night at Knights of Columbus Hall. Cast includes St. Cecelia Dramatic Association members from Sacred Heart church. Proceeds fund Catholic church history markings in the area.
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Indianapolis
Alhambra
Knights of Columbus Hall
St. Cecelia Dramatic Association of Sacred Heart Church
Walb and Weaver Bank Trial Opens in Federal Court
The former Republican State chairman Clyde A. Walb and Valen tine Weaver ex president of First National Bank of La Grange face a 12 count indictment for banking law violations and conspiracy. Prosecutors claim Walb took thousands for his construction firm and Weaver forged notes to conceal losses as the bank closed in 1927. If a Congressional bill reshapes the district, trial timing may shift amid district attorney changes.
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Times Special
FT. Wayne
Ind
Clyde A. Walb
Valentine Weaver
First National Bank of
United States
John Voegtlin
Homer Elliott
Walb
la Grange
Albert S Ward
Weaver
Walb Construction Company
Federal Grand Jury
Indianapolis
Hammond
South Bend
Indiana Federal Court
Ward
Attorney General
Save the Union Committee denounced as anti union
The Mine Workers executive board adopted a resolution charging that the so called save the union committee and the Ohio Pennsylvania relief committee are actually aimed at destroying the union. They said the groups are controlled by communists barred from union membership and are backed by anti union coal operators.
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Washington
Save the Union Committee
United Mine Workers of America
Ohio-Pennsylvania Relief Committee
Senate
Big Ben Broadcast Reaches Midwest via KMOX
In St Louis on April 21 a special radio link brought the London Big Ben clock's midnight toll into Middle West homes. Engineer William West picked up station 5FW Chelmsford England and relayed it to KMOX where it was rebroadcast. Reception was unusually clear.
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United Press
ST. Louis
London Tower
Middle West
KMOX
William West
Chelmsford
England
Hoover Posters Boost Indiana Newspaper Endorsements
Indiana newspapers backing Herbert C Hoover now total 111, up from 35 a week after his Indiana primary entry, reported from Hoover state headquarters in Claypool. Circulation figures show Hoover papers at 531,327 statewide versus 402,261 for Watson supporters, with outside Indianapolis Hoover at 335,261 to Watsons 167,200.
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Indiana
Herbert C. Hoover
Hoovers
Claypool
Oli’ Ward
Don Ewing
Hoover
James E. Watson
Indianapolis
Watson
First Arrest in Siren Restrictions Citywide Campaign
Frank Hennen faces a municipal court charge for unlawful use of a siren as part of a police drive to limit siren and red light use to emergency vehicles. Sergeants Halstead and McCarthy arrested him Friday night. Police report 157 speeders and hundreds fined for parking and light violations in recent weeks.
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Frank Hennen
Drexel Ave
Hennen
Sergt
Charles Halstead
Lawrence McCarthy
Claude M. Worley
Jennie Piggett
New York St
Jay Powell
College Ave
Buchard Carr
E. Fiftieth St
Joseph Tracy
Adams St
Famed Beauty to Be Guest in City in Indianapolis
Miss Universe 1927 will arrive at Union Station in Indianapolis at 2 25 a m Sunday greeted by The Times. She will be introduced at the Indiana Theater and presented at Indiana Ballroom during the evening. The visit promotes the Times-Indiana bathing beauty contest, with the Miss Indianapolis event next week. An automobile escort will take her to the Indiana Ballroom.
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Indianapolis
Union Station
Indianapolis Times
Indiana Theater
Indiana
Times-Indiana
Galveston
Texas
Indiana Ballroom
Scientist reinterprets ages of Genesis patriarchs
At an American Philosophical Society meeting in Philadelphia Robert P Field proposed that biblical ages reflect clan lifetimes rather than individual ages. He argued Israel was a founder and union of tribes, shifting dating of Old Testament events to extend the timeline beyond Usher. Adam’s 930 years would mark a clan’s duration, not a single man’s life.
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Science Service
Jpacadelphia
Methuselah
Adam
American Philosophical Society
Vine
Robert P. Field
Field
Israel
Seth
Ussher
Abraham
U. S. Taxi Rates High Survey Shows Paris Low
A Don dispatch reports taxicab fares comparing six tenth miles for two passengers. Paris charges 54 cents, Brussels 58, Berlin 1.04, Rome 1.08, Madrid 1.10, London 1.16, New York 1.41. The survey finds Paris lowest and American rates among the highest.
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America
Paris
United Press Don
Europe
Great Britain
Brussels
Berlin
Rome
Madrid
London
New York
Butler to present Fairview Follies at Murat Theater
Butler University will stage The Fairview Follies this evening at the Murat Theater for the Men's League. The student produced show features all roles by Butler students with the Butler band in one scene.
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Fairview Follies
Murat
Butler University
Murat Theater
Men’s League of Butler
Butler
Butler Band
Ford Fliers III Rescue Hop Delayed May Take Off Sunday
Murray Bay Quebec April 21 Illness of both pilots delays the Ford relief plane to Greenly Island with repairs and supplies for Bremen The two pilots Floyd Bennett and Bernt Balchen contracted influenza after a long flight from Detroit weakening the crew and postponing the departure possibly to 5 am The plane remains stocked with new parts and benzol for Bremen and the schedule will be revised with further updates.
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United Press
Murray Bay
Quebec
Ford
Greenly Island
Bremen
Floyd Bennett
Bernt Balchen
Bennett
Lake St. Agnes Airdrome
Detroit
Bremen plane bound for Greenly Island prepared for repair
In Montreal on April 21 the Bremen rescue team prepared to launch the huge Ford plane to Greenly Island to replenish Koehl and Huenefeld’s depleted wardrobe and repair the trans Atlantic craft for a trip to New York. The crew packed gear including a propeller, benzol, German beer, cigars, and cigarets. Fraulein Herta Junkers led preparations with German precision while remaining briefly anxious. Major Fitzmaurice and Junkers hoped Bremen could be repaired at Greenly Island for the voyage to Newark.
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NEA Service, Inc
James Fitzmaurice
Herta Junkers
Murray Bay
Quebec
Miss Junkers
Hugo Junkers
North Atlantic
Muray Bay
New York
Montreal
Que
Bremen
Lake St. Agnes
Greenly Island
Herman Koehl
Baron Huenefeld
Koehl
Fraulein Herta Junkers
Fraulein Junksers
Major Fitzmaurice
Greenlyne
Newark
Bremen flight adds little to aviation science says navy official
Washington April 21 a high navy aeronautical expert praised Baron Huenefeld Koehl and Fitzmaurice for their courage in the Bremen westward crossing but judged the feat largely non technical. He noted long duration flights are proven and that westward voyage posed greater hazards than eastward.
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Washington
Atlantic
United Press
Baron Huenefeld
Bremen
Huenefeld
Koehl
Fitzmaurice
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bankers Give Bonds In Bank Embezzlement Case
John F. Wild and three other officials of the defunct J. F. Wild & Co. bank were released on $1,000 bonds by Criminal Judge James A. Collins on indictments returned Friday for bank embezzlement. Wild, former bank president, had bond signed by Union Trust Company. Eastman signed for Otto P. Kern. Remster for John Craig Fisher. McNairy for William F. McNairy.
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John F. Wild
J. F. Wild & Co. Bank
James A. Collins
Wild
Union Trust Company
J. D. Eastman
Otto P. Kern
Charles Remster
John Craig Fisher
William F. McNairy
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Sinclair Oil
Magnate
Doheny
B’nai B'rith
Edwin Meredith
Iowa
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Mary Margaret Hartigan
Baliff
Miss Haltigan
Says Coolidge
Junior C. of C
Bowers
Chiang
Shantung
Walb-Weaver Bank
Venice
RAP ‘Union’ Committee
Fitz
NEA
Big Ben
U. S
Balchen and
Mauritz A. Hallgren
Wild Institution
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