Sinclair Acquitted Shocks Washington in Teapot Dome Case
Washington reels after the jury acquits Harry F. Sinclair of conspiracy to defraud the federal government in Teapot Dome lease dealings. The verdict sparks Senate debate and calls for stronger laws as lawmakers condemn the influence of wealth in justice. Sinclair faces separate bribery charges and contempt penalties still pending.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Senate Oil Committee
United States Supreme Court
Fall
Liberty
Senate
Morris
Nye
Public Lands Committee
United States
Supreme Court
Norris
Nebraska
Sun Chuan-Fang’s Northern Army Annihilated in Week
Reports from Shantung indicate 50,000 men of Gen Sun Chuan Fang’s northern defense army were wiped out in battles with Nationalist forces over the past week. Survivors are cut off from retreat toward Yenh on fu as Gen Sun’s forces desert in large numbers and the seventh army corps defects to the invaders. Nationalist vanguards approach Tsinan, capital of Shantung and a treaty city.
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Sun
Shanghai
Shantung
Sun Chuan-Fang
Chang Tsung-Ching
Yenehonfu
Wills to Meet Dutch Tennis Stars in Scheveningen
The Dutch players Ken Bowman and Miss Cant ers plus Miss Conquerque will face Helen Wills and Miss Anderson at Scheveningen on May 12 and 13, announced today in The Hague.
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the Hague
Helen Wills
Miss Anderson
Ken Bowman
Miss Canters
Miss Conquerque
Scheveningen
Seventy three outlaws slain by Mexican troops in four battles
Mexico City dispatches report 73 insurgents killed in Jalisco in four engagements. Gen Escalanta defeated Jose Trinidad Guillen’s band at Las Habillas with 26 dead, 19 captured. later nine insurgents died at Ojo de Agua. Large arms losses noted and a priest and laymen faced potential penal colony transport.
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Mexico City
Jalisco
Guadalajara
Ascenscion Escalanta
Jose Trinidad Guillen
Las Habillas
Guillen
Ojo de Agua
Los Altos
Calles
Tres Marias Island
Pacific
Martinus Tristehler
Yucatan
Carlos Menendez
el Diario de
Senor Menendez
Havana
United States
Miners End Illinois Strike After Vote to Return to Work
About 1,000 miners from seven United Mine Workers locals voted to resume work at the old wage scale of 36 a day and 1.37 a ton in La Salle and neighboring counties. A fourteen member committee was formed to negotiate with operators about resuming production.
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Ikely
la Salle
Borean
Putnam Counties
Patchwork of Nebraska Local News Highlights
Reports from Custer, Gage and surrounding counties cover election quirks, fires, and property deals. Highlights include a Creston chairman race decided by one vote, a 160 acre James Prebyl farm sale for 27500 dollars, and a Chadron prairie fire sparked by a cigarette threatening pasture areas.
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Custer County
Sargent
Broken Bow
Filley
Creston
Arthur Softley
Verne Cashman
Softley
Cashman
James Prebyl
Barneston
Sarah A. Jones
Gage County
No Marked Acreage Changes in Nebraska Crops
Lincoln reports that Nebraska farmers plan no major shifts in crop land this spring with only barley and potatoes showing changes. Potato growers in western Nebraska cut acreage while some winter wheat may be abandoned, a trend mirrored by national forecasts of higher potato acreage.
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Lincoln
Federal Bureau of Agriculture Statistics
Nebraska
Dollar Corn Reaches Dollar Mark in Omaha Market
Omaha cash grain prices hit 98c to $1.02 per bushel with 17 of 24 railcars selling at or above $1. This marks the first time the dollar level was reached in Omaha since last August.
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Omaha
Stocking The Blue Wymore State Fish Car Visit
The state fish car Waltonian visited Wymore and was greeted by Izaak Walton league members who received 35 ten gallon cans of bull heads and catfish. The fish were planted in Indian Creek and the Blue River near Wymore.
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Pender
Sugar Beet Growers Association
Oshkosh
Sugar Company
Thayer County
Williams
Beatrice
Isaak Walton League
Blue River
DeWitt
Holmesville
Chadron
Ak-Sar-Ben
Omaha
John Carey
J. J. Murphy
Court House
Albion
Theie
North Platte Highway
Broadwater
Bridgeport
Bridgeport Lions Club
Cochran
Lincoln
Wymore
Waltonian
Izaak Walton League
Indian Creek
Newman Grove Seeks Veterans Bureau Hospital Site
Mayor F L Frink traveled to Washington with a local American Legion delegation to push for a veterans bureau hospital. George H Gutry banker donated a northeast city tract for the site calling it high and sightly and ideal for the project.
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Newman Grove
F. L. Frink
Washington
American Legion Post
Veterans’ Bureau Hospital
George H. Gutry
Work Starts At Victoria Springs Dam Project
State Senator E. R. Purcell and W. J. O'Brien oversee construction at Victoria Springs state park. A dam will form a large lake on the creek to support a bass hatchery.
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Broken Bow
Victoria Springs
E. R. Purcell
W. J. O’brien
Beavercrossing Herald Change in Ownership
In Beaver Crossing the Herald changes hands from the estate of Charles Wasmer to former owner Mr. Scheibel who will retain the existing office staff and continue as managing editor.
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Beaver Crossing
Herald
Charles Wasmer
Scheibel
Mr. Wasmer
Eagles remodel contract awarded for Ella Street building
Beatrice Robertson brothers receive a remodeling contract for the Ella Street building recently purchased by the local Eagles aerie. Work starts immediately with a projected cost of about $5,000 to create a premier club room in the region.
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Beatrice—Robertson Bros
Ella Street
Aerie of Eagles
Oshkosh Creamery Plan Gains Favor After Tour
A Oshkosh chamber committee traveled 615 miles visiting six creameries in operation and reported favorably on organizing a local cooperative creamery. Cows have been pledged to supply milk and the six visited institutions are all successful cooperatives.
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Bridgeport
Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce
Plan Pair Grounds Improve Bridgeport Morrill Fair
The county fair ground in Bridgeport Morrill will receive significant upgrades this season to beautify and enhance facilities. The project aims to improve access, seating, and landscape features for visitors and participants.
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Bridgeport
Morrill County
Bonds For Court House Defeated In North Platte Vote
North Platte Lincoln county voters rejected a $175,000 bond issue to finish the courthouse. Every city precinct supported the proposal, while outside the city only one precinct voted in favor.
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Court House
North Platte
Lincoln County
Flood bill action halted in House after stalemate
Negotiations on flood control legislation collapsed as Rep. Tilson refused to accept administration provisions for purchasing lands, easements, or flowage rights. The dispute centered on local districts funding rights along floodways and spillways and guarantees for New Orleans Bonnet Carre and New Madrid projects.
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Washington
House Flood Control Committee
Tilson
Rep
House
Coolidge
President Coolidge
Edgar Jadwin
Mississippi
Army
United States
Secretary of War
Flood Control Committee
New Madrid
Missouri
Depew Leaves Yale One Million in Will
Chauncey M. Depew estate valued between five and fifteen million with bequests of over 2.2 million. The largest gift is a million to Yale University for unrestricted use. Peekskill New York, Depew’s birthplace, receives 100 thousand in trust for education and public uses.
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New York
Chauncey M. Depew
Yale University
Peekskill
N. Y
Mr. Depew
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