Senate Teapot Dome hearings stir oil politics fallout
Senator Robinson declares new evidence tying Democrats to the oil lease law under which naval reserves were leased to oil men. He aims to smear Democrats with oil money links as the Teapot Dome saga widens. The probe also explores Sinclair ties to Governor Al Smith and figures like Hays and Fall. President Harding era details surface as court actions unfold.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Senate
Arthur Robinson
Indiana
Robinson
Interior
Harry Sinclair
Teapot Dome
al Smith
New York
Sinclair
Merrit Baldwin
Interior Fall
Fall
Russia
Fail
New Mexico
Sam Hildreth
Baldwin
Hildreth
Ragland
Harding
Teapot
Elk Hills
Navy
Liberty
Retrial Set for Duncan and Tilton Conspiracy Case
Federal Judge Baltzell scheduled a second trial for Indianapolis attorney Russell V. Duncan and former IRS employee Charles W. Tilton for May 14. Baltzell disqualified himself and a special judge will be named. They face charges of conspiring to steal a $2 000 check from the Internal Revenue Bureau office. They were previously convicted, but the verdict was appealed over instruction errors.
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Russell V. Duncan
Indianapolis
Marion County
Charles W. Tilton
Internal Revenue Bureau
Robert C. Baltzell
Baltzell
Duncan
Tilton
June Collyer Plans to Become Air Commuter
New York March 23 Miss June Collyer film actress plans to break commuting records if she finds a capable pilot. She rode in a Fairchild cabin monoplane over New York and cherishes the big plane hoping to buy one. After west coast shoots she would fly east to rest avoiding railroad noise and soot.
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Collyer
Air Commuter
York
June Collyer
New York
Light Opera Contest Offers Free Gilbert and Sullivan Tickets
Indiana students are invited to win one of 32 free tickets to Winthrop Ames Gilbert and Sullivan performances at the English Theater the week of April 2. Read the school page story under the two column headline for rules and eligibility.
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Indiana
Winthrop Ames
Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company
English Theater
Indianapolis Times
Soviet Proposes Immediate Global Disarmament Plan
The Soviet delegation at Geneva announces a new project for immediate worldwide disarmament. Maxim Litvinoff, deputy foreign minister, says the plan would abolish naval, military and air forces within four years, leaving only policing forces. sixteen nations oppose, Germany and Turkey back the proposal.
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United Press
Geneva
League of Nations Preparatory Disarmament Commission
Maxim Litvinoff
England
United States
Lord Cushendun
Hugh S. Gibson
Farm Bill Vote Planned After Committee Actions
Washington March 23 The House Agriculture Committee set a final vote on the McNary Haugen bill for Monday after it also votes on the Ketcham debenture plan for farm relief. The Ketcham plan is expected to be defeated and the McNary Haugen measure reported favorably. Raymond F Murray Democratic candidate for prosecuting attorney urged Democrats to pressure Republicans at a Blaine Avenue meeting with speakers E E Marker W T Blasengym and Harry Andrews.
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United Press
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Raymond F. Murray
Blaine Ave
E. E. Marker
W. T. Blasengym
Harry Andrews
U S Senator Ferris Dies of Pneumonia in Washington
Senator Woodbridge N Ferris of Michigan died in Washington at 6 15 am after a bout of bronchial pneumonia aged 75 He had served as governor and was the first Democrat elected to the U S Senate from Michigan in seventy years The funeral plans include a possible special train to Big Rapids Michigan with burial set for Tuesday.
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United Press
Washington
Woodbridge N. Ferris
Michigan
C. W. Culver
Ferris
Cary T. Grayson
Woodrow Wilson
Big Rapids
Mich
Governor Green
Grand Rapids
Green
Senate
Smith
Illinois
Ware
Pennsylvania
Jones
New Mexico
Couzens
United States Senate
Woodbridge Ferris
Spencer
Tioga County
New York
Spencer Union Academy
Candor Union Academy
Oswego Academy
Oswego Normal and Training School
University of Michigan
Senator Ferris
Ferris Industrial School
Congress
Alex J. Groesbeck
Charles E. Townsend
Helen Frances Gillespie
Lynchings in U S Fall to Sixteen in 1927
The Federal Council of Churches race relations commission reports sixteen lynchings in 1927, fourteen fewer than in 1926, noting nationwide racial violence and the ongoing civil rights struggle.
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United Press New York
United States
Race Relations Commission of
The
Federal Council of Church
Ball players in auto crash near Plant City Florida
Two Indianapolis baseball players Pitcher Ford Schupp and Third Baseman Fred Haney escaped with minor bruises after their Mormon sedan wrecked near Plant City en route from Tampa to the Indians' training base. The other driver was a Negro man. the wrecked car was Yole's, though he was not in the vehicle.
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Timea
Palmetto
Fla
Indianapolis
Ford Schupp
Fred Haney
Plant City
Tampa
Yole
Stocks On Rampage On Wall Street Boom Continues
New York March 23 Prices on the New York Stock Exchange remained buoyant as the 3,000,000 share boom pressed on. Early trading saw heavy profit taking but turnover stayed high while some brokers left town for relief from the enervating pressure.
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Provo
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Nine Die in Indiana as Safety Council Reports
The Indiana Safety Council lists nine violent deaths across Indianapolis Franklin New Albany Marion Fort Wayne Scottsburg Greenfield Richmond and South Bend. Five deaths were automobile accidents one from a train one from a wagon fall and one from a telephone pole.
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Indiana
Indiana Safety Council
Meyer-Kiser Bank
Indianapolis
Franklin
New Albany
Marion
Ft. Wayne
Scottsburg
Greenfield
Richmond
South Bend
State boards review county official salaries across ninety-two counties
The State board of accounts is compiling a salary survey from ninety two counties to be presented at the next Legislature. The 1927 session directed the effort to standardize county official pay while township trustees salaries are excluded.
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State Board of Accounts
Tragic Runover Fatalities Frances Madley Dies
Julia Madley 17 watched as a car swerved and toppled onto her sister Frances 7 on the sidewalk near their home at 2710 West Tenth Street. Frances died at City Hospital after being crushed, with Archie Freeman 25 driving the vehicle. Funeral services set for Holy Trinity Church.
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Julia Madley
Julia
Tenth St
Frances
N. Warman Ave
Frank Madley
Archie Freeman
Haugh St
Esides
Alice
Adolph
Clara
Elmer
Frank Darago
Jugo-Slovakia
Holy Trinity School
Holy Trinity Church
Bribe Case Closes As Jury Sees Dual Moore Portraits
Jurors in the Moore bribery trial weighed two closing pictures of Councilman Boynton J. Moore crafted by Special Prosecutor Emsley W. Johnson and Defense Attorney Henry W. Winkler. Johnson painted Moore as a bribe taker. Winkler as a victim of political pressure, with Albertson amid the accusations. The state seeks a guilty verdict with potential prison and fine.
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Moore
Boynton J. Moore
Emsley W. Johnson
Henry W. Winkler
Marion County
Winkler
Angel Albertson
Johnson
Ira M. Holmes
William H. Remy
Ray Seibert
Henry
Seibert
Robert Springsteen
Don Roberts
Indianapolis
Medina
Duvall
O. Ray Albertson
Albertson
John
Canada
Henry Winkler
Marion
Park Board
Remy
Ben
Thirty- Eighth St
Central Ave
Howe
Thomas Howe
Irving Lemaux
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Nye
Robert W. Stewart
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Hays
Albert B. Fall
el Paso
Texas
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Jennings Bailey
Reginald W. Ragland
Missouri
John W. Davis
House of Morgan
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Montana
Senate Teapot Dome Committee
New York State Racing Commission
New York Democratic Committee
Madison Square
Harry F. Sinclair
Democratic Committee
Republican Party
Continental Trading Company
New York City
Norris
Duncan-Tilton
Dune Collyer
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George M’donald
James R. Kelly
Valley Field
Quebec
George McDonald
Bordeaux
Doris
Women’s Prison
Montreal
Adelard Bouchard
Lachine
McDonald
Jack McDonald
Sydney
N.S
Portland
Maine
Father Verschelden
U. S
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Haney
Probe County
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Emsley Johnson
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