Sinclair verdict clears oilman in Teapot Dome case
Washington April 21 Harry F Sinclair was found not guilty of conspiring to defraud the government in the Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve matter. The jury deliberated about two hours then delivered a quiet not guilty verdict at 12 24 PM. Sinclair left the courtroom with his wife and mother present, while legal staff and supporters celebrated outside.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Justice Bailey
Sinclair
Jennings Bailey
Daniel Thew Wright
Harry
Sinclar
New York
Genjamin Anderson
Anderson
Justice Rakey
WonK the Blot on Sewage Plant Progress
The region for the sewage disposal plant becomes a hive of activity. Water was struck at 33 feet with strong flow for construction, drilling continued to 60 feet with no gain. Water appears clean and flavorless, found between two shale layers. Two shafts sunk, tunnel work started, three eight hour shifts to begin Monday.
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Montag
Polar flight by Wilkins completes 2200 mile Arctic trek
Captain George H. Wilkins and crew flew from Point Barrow, Alaska to Spitzbergen in about 21 hours, landing near the Svalbard area after a 3200 mile route with five days on Danholmen. Reports say they landed near a railway station in Spitzbergen in excellent condition.
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Oslo
George H. Wilkins
North Pole
Point Barrow
Spitzbergen
Dagbladrt
Wilkins
Danholmen
Roald Amundsen
Green
Copenhagen
Politiken
Arctic Explorer
Alaska
Svalbard
Doedmanspelra
Isfjord
Doedmansveira Island
Dead Man’s Island
Arctic
Deneen To Lead Illinois 58 Delegates
Senator Charles S. Deneen will lead Illinois 58 delegates to the Republican National Convention to vote for Frank O. Lowden for president. Eleven delegates-at-large headed by Deneen were chosen and instructed to vote for Lowden in Kansas City in June. Democrats at the same convention backed Al Smith.
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Springfield
Ill
Charles S. Deneen
Thompson-Small
Illinois
Frank O. Lowden
Lowden
Deneen
Kansas City
al Smith
New York
Chicken Thieves Raid Abbe Rd Hen House
Bob Jaska reported to sheriff's deputies last night that 160 chickens were stolen from his Abbe Road hen house. The flock was largely Rhodes Island Reds, with the birds belonging to Jaska.
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Bob Jaska
Abbey
Jaska
Sheriff's Deputies
Rhodes Island
Plans for Elyria Spring Cleanup Announced
Elyria will stage its annual spring cleanup from April 23 to May 2. Service Director John XN. Widt says 25 workers and seven trucks will operate, dividing the city into three districts east of the river, between the branches, and west of the river. Rubbish should be placed curbside in boxes barrels or bags for collection.
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John XN. Widt
Elyria
Fifteen Unions Attend WCTU Institute Here
Fifteen unions were represented yesterday at the mid year county institute of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union at the Church of Christ. The morning session opened at 9:30 with tributes to Frances Willard devotionals led by Mrs. Charles Till. Nellie M hi, county president, conducted roll call and appointed committees. Miss Susan Tinman of Oberlin led a Round Table on Our Present Day Task noting the WCTU may need to justify its existence and possibly change methods.
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W.C. T.U
Church of Christ
Frances Willard
Charles Jtill
Nellie M. Hi
Susan Tinman
Oberlin
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Motor Safety Week Proclaimed for Ohio and Elyria
Governor Donahey and Mayor Hewitt announce a statewide and city focus on brake testing and headlight adjustment. The Lotaim County Auto Club leads a campaign April 23 to 28, urging motorists to inspect brakes and correct headlight alignment to reduce traffic accidents. Police will enforce headlight rules.
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Elyria
Vic Donahey
James A. Hewitt
Third Street
Court Street
West Avenue
He Witt
Lotaim County Auto Club
Donahey
Ohio
Ohio State Automobile Association
Automobile Clubs
Tornado Hits Memphis Suburbs Early Today
Suburban residential sections of Memphis were struck by a tornado with heavy rain and widespread communication outages. Police reported one death amid damage to the southeast city area near the Mississippi, with the fair grounds and play center suffering heavy destruction and over twenty houses hit.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Fair Grounds
Tri-States
Delays Flight to Aid Plane Bremen in Quebec
In Murr ay Bay on April 21 illness kept both pilots Floyd Bennett and Bernt Balchen from leaving Detroit for the Ford relief plane bound for Greenly Island with repairs and supplies. The two pilots fell ill overnight, delaying the final leg of the northward trip and prompting revised plans as the crew recovered.
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Floyd Bennet
Ieff
Bernt Balchen
Detroit
Wich
Bremen
Greenly Island
Labrador
St. Agnes
Montreal
Que
Ford
Greenly
Floyd Bennett
Grippe
Bennett
United Press
Lake St. Agnes
Senator Rennehan Dies in Dayton at 69
State Senator A. B. Rennehan of Santa Fe New Mexico died at Milami Valley hospital Dayton Ohio from a heart attack just after arriving two weeks earlier. He had suffered a second heart attack since his Dayton arrival. Mrs Rennehan and two sons Dr Lord Rennehan of Santa Fe and Neil Rennehan of New York were at his bedside. The body will be returned to Santa Fe for burial.
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Dayton
A. B. Rennehan
Santa Fe
N. M
Milami Valley Hospital
Rennehan
Florida
Santa Ife
Weather Again Delays Kite Contest
The kite flying contest, promoted by the Young Men's Club and the Rotary Club, was postponed again due to rare and inclement weather. If conditions improve, the event will be held next Saturday, announced Ralph Standen, chairman of the kite flying committee.
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Ralph Standen
Young Men's Club
Rotary Club
Treaty Would Renounce War of Aggression
Washington report details a French drafted multilateral pact to renounce aggressive war. The draft binds signatories to refrain from attacking or invading each other while preserving the right to wage war to enforce peace under the league covenant Locarno and neutrality treaties.
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Washington
United States
Feisinger Leaves Thompson Returns to Erie County Court
Judge W. J. Feisinger of the Erie county common pleas bench returned to Sandusky after completing a week of work in Lorain county court. He exchanged pleasantries with Judge W. B. Thompson. Indee Thompson, who handled several Erie county cases this week, was back in the county court there today.
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W. J. Feisinger
Erie County Common Pleas Bench
Sandusky
Lorain County
Juder W. B. Thompson
Indee Thompson
Erie
Set Date For Boys Week Activities In City
City officials and civic groups meet at the Y M C A to set the schedule for Boys Week from May 2 to May 8. Activities include a school children parade, M C A circus, Boy Scouts events, church services, and daily boys days hosted by various clubs to emphasize youth importance.
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Boss Weel
Y. M. CA
Ingles, Elks
Agenda Club
Rotary Club
Young Men's Club
Scouts
Kiwanis Club
Knights of Columbus
Boy Scouts
Ministerial Association Young Men's Club
Rotary
Ohio Crime Wave At High Tide Says Report
Ohio's crime wave is at high tide with peak not yet reached, per a semi annual report of the state board of clemency filed with Welfare Director John W Marper. The six month data covers prisons and reformatories, notes 1657 total population increase led by the pen, cites 2880 names on rolls marked absent without leave, 416 escapes, and records rising banditry and auto theft while warning on paring interference and neglect in Sunday schools and religious teaching.
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Columbus
State Board of Clemency
State Welfare
John W.marper
State
Ohio Reformatory
Ohio Reformatory For Women
London Prison Farm
Pen and
Mansfield
Manafield Reformatory
Otto Penitentiary
Ohio
North
Aute Thinwee
Lorain County Sheriff vows continued Prohibition enforcement
Sheriff H G Mathews announced his office will keep enforcing Prohibition laws in Lorain County. He urged careful, specific complaints to provide tangible basis for action and noted warrants should be obtained before daytime searches to avoid court delays.
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H. G. Mathews
Lorain County
Mathews
Iff
Mat
Warren
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