Stewart Reelects Chairman as Standard Oil of Indiana Reports
Stockholders meeting at Whiting Indiana re elected Col Robert W Stewart to the board and as chairman. The 1927 net earnings fell to 33.2 million from 62.6 million as demoralization of the oil industry pressured profits. The company cited inventory carryover and higher costs, yet said assets reached 462.6 million and per share earnings were 3.26 with a 0.86 dividend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Fadiagna
Whiting
Ind
Robert W. Stewart
Rockefeller
Colonel Stewart
Standard Oil
E. G. Seibert
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Board of Directors
Three Reunited After Twenty Years Seek Siblings
Milwaukee area report tells of three of seven Jensen siblings reunited after twenty years. Adopted child Mrs. Fred Shaver of Sheddorgan learned her birth name and located sister Anne Jensen in Milwaukee and brother Louis in Marinette. Other siblings were placed with relatives in Racine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Racine
Fred Shaver
Sheddorgan
Jensen
Haskins
Anne Jensen
Milweukee
Louis
Marinette
Wis
Mrs Cal Coolidge Visits Mother in Northampton
Mrs Cal Coolidge arrived in Northampton at 9 30 a m to visit her mother Mrs Lemira Goodhue who is hospitalized in Dickinson hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Mass
Calwin Coolidge
Daday
Lemira Goodhue
Dickinson Hospital
Lindbergh Arrives in Boston to Attend Education Convention
Charles A. Lindbergh landed at Boston airport at 1 58 a m to honor his mother at the national educational convention. The famed aviator had completed a cross country flight in his Ryan cabin monoplane covering a shorter time than usual, despite heat and fatigue.
Prove Alibi in $70,000 Superior Post Office Robbery
William Duren Kanner on trial for complicity in a $70,000 robbery. attorneys push alibi evidence as Delia Neudeau testifies she accompanied Kanner to the Stenger place near Stillwater Minnesota the night of the crime. Witnesses recount dates and appearance changes. barber notes facial hair in 1924 to 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
William“Duren" Kanner
Superior Post Office
Kanner
Delia Neudeau
Stenger
Stillwater
Minny
Mike O'Dowd
George Grenville
O'Dowd
Grenville
Arthur W. Steffen
Mission House College urged to relocate to Sheboygan
A joint meeting of 20 civic groups in Sheboygan Wisconsin formed a 12 member committee to raise funds and induce Mission House College to move its operations from Franklin to Sheboygan. The reform church college includes an academy seminary and college preparatory department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheboygan
Wwis
Mission House College
Franklin
Mission House
Reformed Church College
Copper the police dog saves neighbor's home from fire
In Darlington Wisconsin Copper a German police dog owned by Mrs Earl Hughes barked loudly attracting attention to a blaze at the home of P F Fitzpatrick. Mrs Hughes investigation led to calling the fire department which extinguished the flames before major damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlington
Wis
Earl Hughes
Today in Congress Debates on Norris Muxcle and Lands Bills
Senate continues debate on Norris Muxcle Shoals resolution and public lands committee resumes Teapot Dome hearings. Committees reopen on Shinstead anti injunction Copper stockyards Brookhart moving picture Harris Mexican quota bills. House debates agriculture department appropriation, Tremigrationn committee on hex bill. Naval affairs panel discusses battleship reconstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris Muxcle Shoals
Public Lands Committee
Teapot Dome
Brookhart Moving Picture
HOUSE
Agriculture Department
Naval Affairs Committee
Mayville Iron Mines to be Abandoned Amid Low Prices
Mayville Wisconsin preparations are under way to abandon the Mayville Iron company mines four miles north of town as the low price of orvey iron hurts the plant. Pumps and equipment have been removed. smelters and buildings are being boarded up with hopes of a buyer. About 300 miners and smelter workers face unlikely reemployment as flooding increases and ore supply was once ample for 190 years if prices permitted continuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayville
Wis
Mayville Iron Company
Orvey Iron
Airship Los Angeles Leaves Cuba Mooring for Lakehurst
The airship Los Angeles lies its mooring mast aboard the tender Patoka in Guacanayaba bay Cuba at 10 43 a m eastern time for the flight back to its hangar at Lakehurst New Jersey the Navy Department was informed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cuba
Lakehurst
W. J
Washington
Guacanayaba Bay
N. J
Navy Department
Tadia
Taking on Hew Employes At IRT Amid Strike Pressure
New York IRT admitted hundreds of new subway and elevated line workers to 147th street car barns as strike talks faltered. Observers note many arrived with bundled clothes suggesting out of town origins. The standoff followed a Walker office conference failing to resolve IT workers joining the AF of L union versus the company union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Walker
R. T. Employes
A. F. of L
Beck Attacks Gov Zimmerman At Manitowoc Rally
Congressman Joseph D. Beck assailed Governor Zimmerman and the Coolidge administration during a speech to about 200 supporters of Progressive Republicanism in Manitowoc Wisconsin. He labeled the aluminum trust a war profiteer and called Zimmerman a traitor within the Progressive ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitowoc
Wis
Joseph D. Beck
Zimmerman
Coolidge
Beck
Aluminum Trust
Curtain Raiser in West Allis Campaign
Otto Conrad a Milwaukee suburb mayoral candidate draws crowds in West Allis with a curtain raiser act. His campaign manager presents a young woman performing a red hot imitation of Gilda Gray to thrill attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Otto Conrad
West Allis
Conrad
Gilda Gray
Two Day Prohibition Tickets Filed at Madison
Two national Prohibition party tickets filed with the secretary of state at Madison list Charles R. Randal of Los Angeles for president with Adolph R. Bucknam of Kempster Wisconsin for vice president. A second ticket names D Leigh Colvin of New York for president and G C Stuntington of Williamsport Pennsylvania for vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Idi
Charles R. Randal
Los Angeles
Adolph R. Bucknam
Kempster
Wis
D. Leigh Colvin
New York
Gc. W. Stuntington
Williamsport
Senate approves Blaine River bridge project approval
Washington senate passed a bill authorizing construction of a bridge across the Mississippi near Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. The measure was brought to a vote on the motion of Senator Blaine Republican of Wisconsin with sponsors J H Peacock FG Bell V Taylor BC Amann and C E Ferris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Blaine
Wisconsin
Senate
Mississippi River
Prairie du Chien
Wis
J. H. Peacock
FG. Bell
V. Taylor
B.C. Amann
C. E. Ferris
West Allis race highlights courtesy platform and hush money
Otto Conrad uses the campaign to promote courtesy and noblesse oblige while courting votes. He puts pressure on rival Mayor Del Miller and Rev. Inman, touts tenant families to counter housing claims, and distributes 14 cent campaign tacks. In Washington, Will Hays reveals Harry Sinclair donated 160000 dollars to the Republican national committee after 1920, with bonds tracing to Continental Trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P—Chivelry
West Allis
Otto Conrad
Otto
del Miller
Miller
Rev
Inman
Mr. Inman
Otto Ellins
Greater Rioress
Conrad
Washington, D. C
Will H. Hays
Congress
Harry F. Sinclair
Republican National Committee
Hays
Malcolm Campbell
Florida
Dawes
Daytona Beach
Pla
Harry P. Sinclair
Senate Oil Committee
Continental Trading Company
Continental Trading ‘Company
Republican National
Sinclair
Sinclair Inter
Battle of Alienists Looms in Hickman Trial
In Los Angeles a two defendant murder case heads toward insanity arguments as 25 attorneys for William Edward Hickman prepare to call alienists. Judge Craig allows insanity as relevant to Hickman's not guilty plea. The defense had planned to reserve the sanity issue for a later trial. Hickman’s mother Eva Hickman testified about her 1911 commitment to an Arkansas asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
Lpi
William Edward Hickman
Hickimans
Welby Hunt
Ivy Toms
Craig
Richard Cantillon
Jerome Walsh
Hickman
Eva Hickman
Arkansas Insane Asylum
Hockford
Iei
Kenry P. Olson
Rockford
George Billsiss
Maurice Mahan
Chicago
Axe
Bklof
Hklof
Olson
Supreme Court
Stotler
William Whitlock
Osborne of
Milwaukee Attorney Koenig to face potential code violation probe
The Milwaukee district attorney's office will investigate whether attorney Louis Koenig violated Wisconsin criminal code if requested by the Milwaukee circuit court. Koenig is one of three Milwaukee lawyers whose disbarment was recommended for ambulance chasing and soliciting practices. The decision noted possible criminal law violations and potential further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
District Attorney's Office
Louis Koenig
Milwaukee Circuit Court
George A. Bowman
Koenig
Circuit
Yadge Aarons
Kornig
Thirteen Miners Die in German Mine Accident
Thirteen miners were killed and thirty five injured when two cages broke away and plunged to the shaft bottom at a mine near Recklinghausen Westfalen Prussia. Authorities investigated the cause of the incident and emergency crews responded to the shaft collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Reckllog
Hausen
Westfalen
Prussia
Delegation Selections Attend National Conventions
United Press reports the Tanunaung delegation to the Democratic national convention was selected, while Senators Royal Copeland and Robert F. Wagener were not chosen. Petitions to qualify Hoover for the Republican nomination circulated in Michigan and Wyoming, with North Dakota moving to put Alfred E. Smith on the primary ballot. The ninth district Republicans of Missouri will send two delegates to the GOP convention instructed for Frank H. Tawdan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
We United Press
Tanunaung
Royal
Copeland
Robert F. Wagener
South
Ater James 4
Dinesperet S Angeles
Cramton
Michigan
Monver
House of Representatives
Tillson
Skanoerat
Artansag
Hoover
Emily Newell Blair
Democratc
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Z. E. Hanway
Casper
Wyn
Puh- Usher
Noover
Soba
Wyoming
Ciov
Alfred E Smith
North Dakota
Missouri
Frank
Tawdan
Witness Testimony Shapes School Board Dispute Trial
During the injunction suit to block Cadahy school board from replacing ousted superintendent Edward C. Seifert, witnesses described heated disputes and insults at a school meeting. testimony cited harsh epithets, Seifert’s alleged "damnable lie," and mixed accounts of confrontations and visits by Seifert to grade schools.
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Cudahy
Seifert
Wilfred O'Dell
McUmber
T the School Board
Hugin Ea
O'Dell
Ames
Aldevinnn
MM. Schranck
Bud Milter
Passage of flood bill expected in two weeks
Commerce Committee chairman says flood control legislation is likely to reach the Senate within two weeks after a conference with President Coolidge. Opponents study levee district bonds to gauge impact if the government covers flood control costs, with bonds totaling about 800 million dollars in affected states. House leaders favor Senate action on flood relief before other measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
House
Senate
Dean of United Press Associations Dies in Los Angeles
Edward T. Conkly longtime dean of United Press Associations and central division manager of United Press died at his Los Angeles home after years of declining health. He had retired from active work about a year ago and was known as a leading figure among newspaper publishers across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Edward T. Conkly
Wie
United Press
California
New York City
AED
Conkle
Chinato
Fir
United States
Misconduct Charge May Die in Courts
Clayton, Ga. miscondue charge against Mrs. Clande Moody, also known as Ruth Elder, may be dropped from records. Elder did not appear in court and her bond of 500 dollars was forfeited. She was accused in one indictment of misconduct with Rev Hubert Jenkins, an itinerant evangelist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton
lPi
Clande i
Moody
Ruth Elder
Edurh
Mise Elder
Forday
McAndrews Ouster Trial Ends With Bang
Chicago report on William McAndrews, suspended Chicago schools superintendent, ending after five months as his lawyers walk out during trial. He seeks back salary of over five thousand dollars. board to hear summations and rule on his innocence claim. No successor named. McAndrews has been without pay since suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Wicolet
United Press
Chicago
George Washington
William McAndrews
McAndrews
Board of Education
Sthaal
Stalker bill advances with harsh penalties proposed
The Judiciary urges passage of the Stalker bill setting maximum penalties at five years in prison and a $10 000 fine for day violations of prohi jon law, replacing the current one year and $1 000 fine. Second offenses would lose compulsory jail sentences, becoming discretionary. Few votes opposed the favorable report as officials say the act targets large violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Judiciary
Perantetoe
Justice Department Oficials
Fire destroys two story storehouse in Milwaukee loss over dollars
A fire caused about 23 thousand five hundred dollars in damage to a two story frame storehouse in Milwaukee housing Urban Dinner Company contractors said tile valued for Terrasse flooring contributed to the loss. Officials warned the final figure could rise due to the tile's high value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Terrasse Flo
Urban-Dinner Company
Ile Contractors
Confession of Hiram Reed Read in Court Outlaws
Hiram Reed admitted dynamiting the Pleasant Valley schoolhouse in a three day court fight over a bombing charge. He described meeting Iola Bradford, the injured teacher, and detailed placing dynamite in her school stove. Police and sheriff corroborated Reed’s statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Reed
Pleasant Valley
Frank Hayes
Reed
Hiram
Iola Bradford
Iola
Howard Clegg
Fiee
Peoria
Yola
Tola
Dooley Brothers
Dooleys
Store Proprietor Dies In Gravel Pit Accident
Otto Tharinger 43, proprietor of a general store at Bowers seven miles east of Elkhorn, was fatally injured Wednesday when a chunk of frozen earth fell from the pit wall in a gravel operation near East Troy. He died minutes later in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhorn, Wis
Otto Tharinger
Bowers
Here
Withile
East Troy
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Stewart
Standard Oil Annual Report
Mrs. Coolidge
Lindbergh
Boston
Denis
William T. Kemper
Kansas City
Charles RB. Faris
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Sfo
Induse Mission College
Wy United Presses
Gov
Blaine River
Republican Committee
United Press Associations
Indore
Tukoji Rao Holkyar
Mize
Nancy Ann Miller
Seate, Wash
Barhwai
Bang
McCh Cis
Pisa
fewa—Generitty
Kgorteney Po
Diane
Upper Wiehtzai
Minnesota
Gesterny Fair Tenight
Hiram ED
Joseph Ward
Floyd S. Clark
Ward
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