Teapot Dome Panel Expands Probe Into Harding Estate
Washington March 20 The Senate Teapot Dome Committee will extend its inquiry beyond Liberty Bond profits of the Continental Trading Company of Canada to include possible oil stocks or other securities linked to the dealings in question It will also reopen the Marion Star sale and send an investigator to Marion to consult with Harding estate executors The inquiry is nearing its end amid political strife and will resume in Chicago after a three day interlude with continued focus on Harding s records and the estate Continued on Page 12
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Harding
Senate
Marion Star
Th Harding
Ann
Marion
Liberty Bond
Continental Trade Us
First Woman Condemned to the Gallows in Arizona
In a historic first for Arizona a woman faces the gallows. Eva Dugan, 50, mother of two, was sentenced in Florence to be hanged June 1 for murdering her former employer A J Mathis, an elderly rancher. She was arrested in White Plains New York on related robbery charges and brought back for the trial.
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Tucson
Ariz
Arizona
Eva Dugan
Florence, Ariz
A. J. Mathis
Mathis
Parachute test fatal leap from Eiffel Tower
Paris march 20 A balloon jumper named Botal died after plunging 380 feet from the Eiffel Tower when a new parachute failed to open during a test from the second platform. He was the second fatality in such jumps from the tower after prior sandbag tests and dummies.
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Paris
Botal
Eiffel Tower
Signs point to worst of wheat years in county
County Agent Milton D. Moores warns Washington County faces a severe wheat crop year. A fall survey shows Hessian Fly infestation in wheat stubbles over ten times higher than last year, about 30 percent versus the normal two percent. Farmers report worsening conditions despite limited inspection so far. The heavy fly presence threatens a heavy siege on the wheat crop.
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Washington County
Milton D. Moores
Mr. Moore
Reed campaign to avoid large donations via dollar subs
The Kansas City Star reports Senator James A Reed's presidential bid will start a dollar subscription drive to curb large contributions. As prosecutor in the Senate slush fund probe, Reed's team declines substantial offers, including a Chicago proposal for up to 500000 dollars, prompting a low dollar campaign plan.
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Kansas City
The
Kansas City Star
James A. Reed
Senate
Missourian
the Star
Chicago
Rabbit Escapes Gunners To Fall Victim Of Car
A wild rabbit sheltered within the city limits dodged hunters due to an ordinance banning firearms. It was struck by an automobile on Potomac avenue while crossing the street, likely driven from fields by snow. Rural areas report many rabbit fatalities from cars.
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Rabbit
Potomac Avenue
River normal for season in Potomac Valley observation
Temperature drop last night ended flood chances as Potomac River Valley ran at only 3 feet 3 inches above normal at noon. Cumberland Edison station reported a normal rise, while Williamsport four years ago saw 32 feet above normal in March. J A Millar notes slow snowmelt benefits soil. sudden thaws rush water away, but slow thawing allows seepage.
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Potomac River
Cumberland
Potomac Edison
Williamsport
J. A. Millar
Keulesils
Chinese Guilty Of Tong Murder To Hang
The Arizona Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and death sentences of five Chinese men for the murder of Tome King, a Chinese restaurant keeper from Kingman, tying the case to a Pacific tong war. The court set three Friday mornings beginning May 25 as the execution dates for Arizona’s first Chinese murder convicts.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Tome King
Kingman
Arizona
State Supreme Court
Campaign cost nearly all of 2 year salary
SEATTLE March 20 Mayor Bercha Landes received 15000 dollars for serving as Seattle mayor over two years. Her unsuccessful bid for reelection cost 12853 dollars, highlighting the strain on city leadership funds and the high cost of campaigns in local politics.
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Seattle
Bercha. K. Landes
City Hall Remodeling Aims at Police HQ Move
Acting on Mayor Bowman’s suggestion the City Council will start remodeling city hall to house the police department on the first floor and move the council chamber to the third floor. The project includes converting the former market space into police headquarters and reshaping offices with bids to be invited soon. City Engineer Slee prepared plans and the council recently approved them.
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Charles E. Bowman
City Hall
City Market
City Police Department
Council
Council Chamber
Slee
Painter overcomes handicap at design academy show
New York on March 20 reports Robert Reid, who lost use of his right arm to paralysis a year ago and taught himself to paint with his left, is among exhibitors at the National Academy of Design annual exhibition.
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New York
Robert Reid
National Academy of Design
Arrival of Spring Figures in Forecast for Today
Spring is scheduled to arrive this afternoon at 3.45 o'clock with forecasts suggesting cool wearables like overcoats and galoshes to prevent catching cold.
Street Board to Plan Work on West Washington Street
The Board of Street Commissioners meets tonight to hear complaints on the White Way assessments for West Washington Street. Residents object to the charge as assessments were recently made. The board will also discuss planned street work for the coming summer to start soon, aimed at easing city unemployment.
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West Washington Street
Navy panel inspects S-4 wreck in Boston dry dock
Secretary Wilbur will visit Boston to inspect submarine S-4 in dry dock after a board began a detailed examination of the vessel. They focused on the torpedo compartment where six survivors and the missing eight bodies were found, noting a flashlight and watch stopped at 319 and a wall clock halted at 5.28 as evidence of timekeeping during the disaster.
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Boston
Curtis D. Wilbur
Navy Department
Philip Andrews
Boston Navy Yard
Board of Investigation
Coast Guard
Paulding
Provincetown
Doris Spiegel Sketches In Subway For Guggenheim Study
New York March 20 Miss Doris Spiegel wins a $2500 Guggenheim fellowship for art study abroad. She sketch queenly scenes during subway rides, drawing all types she encounters to fuel her work.
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New York
Doris Spiegel
Trailed Wife To Get A Divorce
Chicago judge grants divorce to Walter J. Stein after he trailed his wife 400 miles in a taxi at a cost of 200 dollars. The testimony highlights pursuit as the key factor in the case.
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Chicago
Walter J. Stein
Divorces Rise 23 Percent in Canada in 1927
Ottawa report shows divorces granted in 1927 climbed 23 percent over 1926, according to Dominion Bureau of Statistics figures. Increase reflects shifts in family law and societal trends across provinces, with details pending fuller breakdown by region and court.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Russell Hawse Fatally Hurt In Collision
Russell Hawse age 39 of 248 Prospect avenue was fatally injured when a Martin Bros moving van he rode in collided with a southbound Pennsylvania train at Halfway crossing. Lovell H. Martin and Harry B. Kline sustained minor bruises as the truck was hurled against the embankment. Hawse died en route to hospital. Martin escaped after seeing the crash. the men were en route to Williamsport for a moving job. The train pilot could not hear due to snow and ice on the road.
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Russell Hawse
Prospect Avenue
Martin Bros
Pennsylvania
Hawse
Lovell H. Martin
Harry B. Kline
West Church Street
Martin
Williamsport
Herald Mail
County Declines To Offer Reward
State's Attorney Harper and officials discuss a fugitive bandit Basehour who escaped Washington County Hospital last Friday. The County Commissioners reportedly declined a reward, while authorities pursue a trail to Baltimore linked to his wife and an apparent escape plan involving a hired automobile.
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Harper Sballentine
Most
Basehour
Washington County
Baltimore
Reserve Flier Dies in Crash at Fort Sam Houston
First Lieut. William C Williams, an air corps reserve officer with a junior training unit in Atlantic Iowa, was killed when his plane struck a telephone post near the Second Division air field at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio Texas. The accident occurred today during routine operations.
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San Antonio
Texas
William C
Co-education in Local High School a Success
A year into the new mixed sex system at Hagerstown High School, Superintendent Byron J. Grimes reports that coeducation yields morally, physically, and mentally superior students and a healthier relation between sexes. Parents and Board initially opposed the radical change, fearing distractions, but Grimes asserts the daily classroom contact promotes natural, constructive interactions. Continued on Page 12.
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Hagerstown
Byron J. Grimes
Grimes
Board of Education
Chicago Not So Bad After All
Chicago prints a defense of its spiritual life as Dr Henry Seymour Brown, head of the Presbyterian Board of Church Extension, calls Chicago a religious center. He argues the city’s size and modernization support a robust, modern program for its people.
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Chicago
Henry Seymour Brown
Presbyterian Board of Church Extension
Dr Brown
Williamsport appoints three new town officials
Williamsport held a special council meeting last night naming Charles C. Pool as policeman succeeding A. D. Hawbaker, Joseph Wiederhold as electrician, and Joseph W. Nave as police justice. William B. Mentzer was reappointed tax collector, Charles W. Lizer clerk to the Council, and C. R. Cleggert Jr. electric light collector. Mayor Byron formed committees for the year and appointed two Park Board members to oversee a seven acre Springfield farm playground project with G Arthur Miller as chairman. other members to be named.
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Williamsport
Charles C. Pool
A. D. Hawbaker
Joseph Wiederhold
Joseph W. Nave
William B. Mentzer
Charles W.lizer
C. R. Cleggett, Jr
W. D. Byron
R. A. Pofenberger
S. L. McClannahan
George Newcomer
L McClannahan
R. A. Poffenberger
Benj. C. Harsh
Sidney J. Conley
Benj.c. Harsh
Nuts offer help to a young author in New York
New York records show two replies to H. L. Mencken’s appeal for 10,900 dollars to aid a young acquaintance aiming to write a history of human thought in a specific field. Both responses are described as coming from “nuts.”
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New York
H. L. Mencken
Nine Days on Witness Stand in Oil Patent Case
New York March 20 Robert E. Wilson expert witness has been on the stand nine days in a case over an oil cracking patent. He has answered 197 questions in direct testimony and 2644 in cross examination.
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New York
Robert E. Wilson
Secretary Remembered In Will For Services
NEW YORK March 20 For energy fidelity and service as secretary for many years Miss May Moon has been willed 50000 dollars in addition to radium objects of art and other articles in the estate of Dr. Robert Abbe cancer specialist
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New York
May Moon
Robert Abbe
Water system pipe arrives for Williamsport project
Two carloads of iron pipe for the Williamsport water distribution system have arrived and will be unloaded and stored for use by contractor W. H. Angle, who holds the contract to build the system. He plans to start work within a week or ten days.
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Williamsport
W. H. Angle
Ex-Congressman Lewis to Address Hagerstown Rotary
Ex congressman David J. Lewis of Cumberland will address the Rotary Club of Hagerstown at the Y M C A luncheon tomorrow noon. He will speak on the World Court.
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David J. Lewis
Cumberland
Rotary Club of
Hagerstown
Mr. Lewis
World Court
Authorities pursue theory on Francis dam collapse
Los Angeles authorities continue an investigation into the Francis dam disaster on the theory that dynamite caused the collapse. Evidence pointing to the act is said to be in the hands of District Attorney Asa Keyes as the inquest proceeds with over forty witnesses expected. The city distributes a million dollar relief fund to establish four camps at Santa Paula, Bardsdale, Piru, and Fillmore to aid affected residents.
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Los Angeles
Cal
St. Francis
San Francisquito
Canyon
City Bureau of Power and Light
Nesses
Angeles
Frank
Santa Paula
Bardsdale
Piru
Fillmore
Atracken
Bids Sought for New U S Sports Field at Hagerstown High
Bids asked for the proposed athletic complex north of Hagerstown High School includes a football field a soccer field and a surrounding track. Bids must be submitted within two weeks for contract award and completion planned before fall football and soccer games.
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Hagerstewnt High School
John D. Zentmyer
Husband seeks writ to reunite with St Patrick’s Day bride
In Chicago on March 20, Andrew Pratt 24 used habeas corpus to retrieve his 18 year old wife Edna V Eastwood after their marriage. They reported to her parents but only the bride’s father came out. Pratt argued no one can keep a man from one wife. the judge ordered the father-in-law to produce the bride in court.
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Chicago
Todas
Andrew Pratt
St. Patrick's Day
Edna V. Eastwood
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