Senate Commission to Go Into Canada for Oil Testimony
Washington date: senate committee moves to appoint Vice President Dawes to send a special commission to Canada to compel Henry S. Oster of Continental Company to testify about Teapot Dome profits and related bonds. Stewart case limits reach. Canadian court rulings cited. Burns aid Ruddy incidents noted. document theft reported in McMullen case.
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Washington
Senate
Continental Trading Corporation
Dawes
Canada
Henry S. Oster
Continental Company
Dominion
Spo
Stewart
Robert W. Siwwari
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Havana
Kale
Wil
Liberty
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Done
Interior
Albert B. Fall
Fall
New Mexico
Qsler
Government Ofl
Teapot Dome
Calernust
United States
Burns
William Y. Lenz
Burne
New Jersey
Traveling judge gets Hickman job in Los Angeles case
A California traveling judge from Maripos a county appointed to handle the Hickman murder case faces questions of fairness. Judge J J Traboeco, presiding after Judge Carlos S Hardy disqualified himself, will hear motions as Hickman seeks an insanity defense and challenges to trial impartiality. The judge, known as the traveling judge, has been assigned from a list of Los Angeles and visiting jurists to help crowded courts amid the Hickman case.
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Los Angeles
Calif
California
William Kaward Hickman
Kisdnapper
Revol Mingian Parker
J. J. Traboeco
Meripesa Veanty
Jude
San Fran
Oakland
Mardy
Hickgan Chariies
Himellf
Brooks Takes Off in Flivver Plane from Spartanburg
Flier J Brooks departed from an air mail field at 87.50 oclock for Washington, following the Southern railway route via Gastonia Charlotte Salisbury High Point Greensboro Dunvilla and Lynchburg. He carried 46 gallons of gasoline and aimed to reach his destination despite a head wind slowing speed from about 100 to roughly sixty miles per hour after a smoother takeoff than yesterday in Asheville.
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Spartanburg
S. C
J. Brooks
Washington
Brooks
Southern Railway
Gastonia
Charlotte
Salisbury
High Point
Greensboro
Dunvilla
Lynchburg
Asheville
River bridge collapse blocks Bluff City crossing for days
A heavily loaded Rutherford Brothers Freight Line truck plowed into the Holston River at Bluff City on January 26, collapsing a bridge span and injuring driver Bert Widner of Bristol. The truck side swiped a support. the bridge will be closed for days while a temporary span is installed.
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Bluff City
Travck
Holston
Rutherford Brothers Freight Line
Bert Widner
Bristol
Woman Held After Finding of Dead Man in Lynchburg Cabin
Mrs Nina Allen of Amherst County is held without charges after the burned cabin fatality of Peter Williamson a 61 year old Lynchburg carpenter. An inquest by County Coroner George T Harris will view the remains this afternoon to determine identity amid alleged intoxication and conflicting statements.
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Lynchburg
Nina Allen
Amherst County
Peter Williamson
George T. Haris
R. G. Shelton
Williamson
Boy Sentenced For Murder of Father
Henry Bryant 16 was convicted in Southampton County Circuit Court for the murder of his father Arthur Bryant at their Sedley area home on October 27. The judge sentenced him to one year in the state penitentiary, then commuted to one year in the state reform school due to his age, with a start anticipated soon. Gypsy girl dies after burns in forest camp accident as parents’ gasoline fire injures four others. Rosie George 12, Serbian-born daughter of Eli and Mary George, dies at Virginia Baptist Hospital. two other children and the mother suffer minor burns and are discharged. language barriers hinder details.
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Suffolk
Henry Bryant
Arthur Bryant
Sedley
Southampton County Circuit Court
Courtland
State
McLemore
State Reform School
Lynchburg
Rosie George
Eli
Mary George
Serbia
Virginia Baptist Hospital
Forest
President Coolidge Accepts Annapolis May Celebration Invite
President Coolidge accepted an invitation to attend a patriotic celebration at St. John's College in Annapolis on May 1. The president did not commit to delivering an address. Maryland Senator Bride of Maryland extended the invitation on behalf of the organizers.
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Coolidge
Annapolis
Washington
St. John's
Bride F
Maryland
Eastern storms bring severe winds across eastern states
New York reports six deaths and extensive damage as a historic wind storm sweeps from Cape Hatteras to Newfoundland. The gale disrupted communications and traffic, slowed land transport, and curtailed shipping with winds up to 72 miles per hour in New York City.
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New York
Cape Hatteras
New Woundland
New York City
Assembly Mourns Lindy Resumes Loss Of Member
Richmond January 26 The General Assembly mourns the sudden death of Senator J M Beatty of the seventeenth district heart failure. This vacancy follows a second call. France Field Colon January AP Col Charles A Lindbergh resumes his goodwill tour taking off from France Field at 9 23 this morning for Cartagena Colombia.
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Lindy
Good Will
Richmond
General Assembly
J. M. Beatty
France Field
Colon
Jan
Charles A. Lintbergh
Welock
Cartagena
Colombia
Lindbergh
Acosta Jailed for Stunt Flying Over Naugatuck City
Bert Acosta famed trans Atlantic flyer was sentenced to five days in New Haven County jail for violating Connecticut aircraft laws. He also owes 19.51 dollars in costs after flying over Naugatuck stunting and near house taps, then over Waterbury. Chief aviation inspector George Parnartis arrested him at the Sirdrome Inn Bethany after failed bond.
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Naugatuck
Conn
Bert Acosta
New Haven County
Connecticut
Acosta
Naugatuck River
Waterbury
George Parnartis
Sirdrome Inn
Bethany
New Jersey
Hackensack
N. J
Lindbergh Eyes New Conquests Amid Panama Mission
In Panama the Lindbergh story continues as the Spirit of St. Louis awaits further tests after two failed takeoffs from Perlas Islands. Crowds worry during a gear jam incident as Lindbergh swaps planes for a successful return to sea and continues toward North American routes with a French companion and an alligator mascot.
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Golon
Panama
Darien
Balboa
Pacific
Gulf of Darien
Cartagena
Colombia
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Perlas Islands
Lindbergh
France Field
Limon Bay
New York
Costes
LaBrix
Guatemala City
Lindberg Jes Slone
Earry
Alligator
Barranquila
Guatemala
Les Brix
Mexico
Relative of Barnett's Wife Is Chief Witness in Scott County Court
Ely Sons stepfather of John Barnett's wife testified as the chief witness in the Scott County circuit court trial over the September double murder at a sawmill. He described the quarrel over timber land, Barnett's threats to kill, and the moments leading to the shooting, with other witnesses corroborating the sequence of events.
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Barnett
Scott County
Gate Clix
Ely
John Barnett
Creed
Wil Fraaier
Lash
Sens
J. H
Amos Irvin
O. Palmer
Sherif
Speer's Ferry
Frazier
Will Frazier
Sons
Fraziers
John
Ivins
Will
Will Sons
Roy
Fyugiey Ivf
Invins
Amos
Irvin
Secree
Grevil
Mahone
Roy Frazier
Will Sens
Creed Frazier
Creel
Richmond Girl Remains in Coma After Disappearance
Nancy Davison a 16 year old Richmond girl lay unconscious three days after collapsing on a West Franklin Street porch. Police seek clues to her disappearance from eight o clock Monday to four o clock Tuesday morning. A fractured skull may indicate a blow or automobile collision.
Weather summaries for Virginia and Tennessee
Partly cloudy for Virginia with colder conditions tonight and Friday in east and central portions. Northwest winds shift to variable Friday. Tennessee also partly cloudy tonight and Friday with a colder night and slowly rising temperatures in extreme northwest areas.
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Virginia
Tennessee
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