Mystery package case sparks Teapot Dome session
A Telegram tied to a misdirected package from Sinclair Oil to a Washington judge triggers a Senate Teapot Dome inquiry. Justice Siddons denies knowledge. Nye delays comment as investigators probe alleged misaddressed mail and possible court implications. Charleston flight news and a Fletcher Cafeteria ad conclude the page.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Senate
Sinclair Oil Company
Washington, D. C
Justice Siddons
Washington
F. L. Siddons
Harry Sinclair
Chicago
Subcommittee
Sinclair Consolidated Oil
Washington, Ill
Sinclair
Nye
Senate Committee
Dever Shuns Big Bill's Handshake at Funeral
Chicago report recounts a tense meeting at the funeral of Joseph F. Haas between former Mayor William E. Dever and Mayor William Hale Thompson. Thomspon allegedly offered a handshake that Dever refused, citing an improper setting.
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Dever
Big Bill
United Press Chicago
William
Bill
William E. Dever
William Hale Thompson
Joseph F. Haas
Thompson
Packers Lose Trust Fight in Supreme Court Ruling
Washington march 19 swift and Armour packing interests lost in the united states supreme court an attempt to cancel the famous 1920 packers consent decree justice brandeis announced the court decision the decree barred stock holdings in public stockyard market firms and terminal railroads and impeded merchandising of wholesale groceries and canned goods tied to the meat packing industry
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Washington
Swift and Armour
United States Supreme Court
Justice Brandeis
District of Columbia Court
Swift Armour
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Swift, Armour, Cudahy
Wilson and
Morris
United States
Train Collision Kills Three Near Lafayette Street Crossing
Three men from Bremen Indiana were killed when their car was struck by a westbound New York Central freight train at the Lafayette Street crossing in South Bend. Aldin Weaver, 29, survived by grabbing the locomotive cowcatcher and riding it for several blocks. Crews extricated the bodies from beneath the train after two hours. a concrete abutment under construction impeded visibility.
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United Press
South Bend
Ind
New York Central
Lafayette St
Benjamin Drake
Sam
Bremen
Aldin Weaver
Mayor Walker Comes to Palm Beach for Restful Visit
Palm Beach reports Mayor Jimmy Walker of New York arriving for a rest stay. He is hosted by Mayor Barley Warburton and attended a dinner, saying the trip is for relaxation with little fishing.
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United Press
Palm Beach
Fla
Jimmy Walker
New York
Barley Warburton
Lindbergh to Receive Wilson Medal at New York Banquet
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh will receive the Woodrow Wilson medal and $25,000 at a banquet in the Hotel Astor tonight. Fifteen hundred guests will attend with John W. Davis and Cuban ambassador Orestes Ferrara as speakers. The bronze medal bears the inscription honoring Lindbergh for international friendship. Later in Washington the House Military Affairs Committee invited Lindbergh to testify on the Furlow bill for a separate promotion list for the Army air corps, citing his concerns over aviator pay.
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United Press
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Woodrow Wilson Foundation Fund
Hotel Astor
John W. Davis
Orestes Ferrara
United States
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
Col
Army Air Corps
Lindbergh
Army
Spring Nears as Indy's Weather Buoyed by Warm Tuesday
The forecast from Weather Man J. H. Armington notes a 60 degree high in Indianapolis Tuesday with 2:45 p m arrival. Day and night are nearly equal that day with sunrise at 5:48 a m and sunset at 5:57 p m. Summer officially begins June 21 as days lengthen.
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Indianapolis
J. H. Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Seven Hurt In Blast Destroys Kansas City Apartment
Seven persons were injured when a mysterious explosion demolished a three story apartment building in Kansas City Missouri. The blast damaged nearby structures within five blocks and caused about 50000 dollars in damage.
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Kansas City
United Press
Worcester Woman Dies Saving Birds In Snowfall
In Worcester Massachusetts on March 19 Mary Nolan died after leaning over a railing to feed starving birds during a snowstorm and falling twenty five feet.
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United Press
Worcester
Mass
Mary Nolan
Boy Held as Patricide in Alphabetta Case
Marvin Barrett a 12 year old boy is held in Alphabetta Georgia after his father Robert L Barrett is found dead from a shotgun wound in the farm home. The boy says he fired in self defense when his intoxicated father threatened him.
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United Press Alphabetta
Marvin Barrett
Robert L. Barrett
S-4 Submarine Opens Tomb of Six Men Dead in Hull
Boston dispatch describes the S-4 torpedo room after the navy board enters the wreck. Six crewmen died in the bunk area as water and slime fill the space. no escape attempts found, bodies located near ladder and tubes. Divers shore up the keel as the dry dock drains and the damaged hull is revealed.
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United Press
Boston
Naval Board of Inspection
Harold E. Saunders
Provincetown
Coast Guard
Paulding
Lieut
A. C. Smith
Fitch
Graham Newell Fitch
Annapolis
Thomas Fulks
Joseph Madden
John Green
George Duke
Pittsburgh Widow Seeks 15000 For Marriage To Pay Debt
Alice Parnaby a 21 year old Pittsburgh widow offers to marry a man aged 30 to 50 for 15000 dollars. She wants mortgage on her mother’s home paid and her four year old son educated, saying the money belongs to no one but her family and the attorney will handle details.
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Pittsburgh Press
NEA
Pittsburgh
Alice Parnaby
Sao
Nobody's Girl adrift Sally leaves orphanage for farm
A short notice invites readers to start the novel Nobody's Girl on the last page of the Indianapolis Times. Sally, an orphan, leaves her only home and meets David, promising adventures and change in her world.
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Sally
David
Indianapolis Times
New Petition Filed By Holmes In Mayor Suit
Amended complaint in the quo warranto case to make Ira M. Holmes mayor of Indianapolis was filed in Circuit Court. The filing does not add facts but counters motions by Mayor L Ert Slack attorneys aiming to tighten the original filing.
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Ira M. Holmes
Indianapolis
L. Ert Slack
Joseph L. Hogue
Montreal Couple Admit Murder to Shield Wife
Quebec set plans for the death of Doris McDonald the province s first female execution in twenty years as her husband George McDonald also on death row claimed responsibility and denied her involvement. A clemency plea was being sought while the gallows were prepared at Valley Field Prison for a Friday execution after their last meeting.
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Montreal
Quebec
Doris McDonald
George McDonald
Valley Field Prison
Denver
Mobile north pole expedition begins from Rome aboard Italia
The dirigible Italia carrying Gen. Umberto Nobile’s party departed Rome after a final test flight for Spezia on Genoa Bay. The craft will spent the night in the bay before continuing. Police fired at a burglar near the Hendrick restaurant but the burglar escaped. patrolman Shaw and De Long fired eight shots at a man seen crawling through a window on Rural and Bloyd Streets Saturday night.
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United Press
Rome
Diribible
Italia
Umberto Nobile
Spezia
Genoa Bay
Shaw
de Long
Hendrick
Bloyd Sts
Radio broadcasts praised for state tourney coverage
Indiana fans unable to attend the state finals praised radio coverage by Blythe and Tommy Hendricks for WPBM and The Indianapolis Times. The event drew 500 telegrams, a flood of calls, and a Dictaphone recording of the Muncie versus Martinsville final. The Hendricks brothers will review the broadcast at the Dictaphone salesroom to critique and improve for next year.
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Indiana
Butler
Blythe
Tommy Hendricks
Indianapolis Power and Light Company
WPBM
Indianapo
Dictaphone Sales Corporation
Ohio St
Tommy
Muncie
Martinsville
WFBM
Dictaphone
Graham McNamee
Hendricks Brothers
Albertson links Moore to bribe scheme in council votes
Albertson testified Moore and boxing promoter Farb offered money for votes on zoning and a fire equipment contract. He described $100 snuck under a phone and $150 to approve rezoning, with further payoffs to park board and garage posts as prosecutors seek to prove intent.
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Boynton J. Moore
O. Ray Albertson
Criminal Court
Albertson
Moore
John L. Duvall
Paul G. Davis
Emsley W. Johnson
William H. Remy
Davis
Otis E. Balthomew
Farb Brothers
Farb
Todd
Remy
Boxing Commission of the City Council
American Legion
Johnson
Twenty-Seventh and
Meridian Sts
Council Chamber
Dorsett
Collins
Ferguson
Walter R. Dorsett
Millard Ferguson
Ray Seibert
Seibert
Union
New Jersey St
Bartholomew
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