Supreme Court upholds Sinclair verdicts in Teapot Dome case
The U S Supreme Court affirms the sentences of Harry F Sinclair Henry Mason Day and W Sherman Burns for shadowing the jury in the Teapot Dome affair while William J Burns gets a reduced sentence. Sinclair remains jailed for contempt and Day receives four months.
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Washington
Harry F
Sinclair
Henry Mason Day
W.sherman Burns
Sinclair Teapot Dome
Supreme Court
William J. Burns
W. Sherman Burns
Burns
District of Columbia
Senate
Senate Oil Committee
Day
Justice McReynolds
Justice Stone
Supreme Court upholds contempt sentences in Teapot Dome case
The U S Supreme Court affirmed contempt sentences and fines against Harry F. Sinclair and associates for attempting to influence the Sinclair Pall jury during the Teapot Dome trial. Justice McReynolds limited blame for elder Burns, noting no required direct contact proved. The ruling emphasizes juries as essential to justice and rejects juror bias as a defense.
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Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Supreme Court of the United States
Sinclair
Albert B. Fair
Secretary of the Interior
Wyoming
McReynolds
Department—Of Justice
Justice McReynolds
Burns
Sinclair-Pall
Day
Fall
Vesuvius Erupts Again Near Naples Amid Lava Surge
News reports Mount Vesuvius erupted this afternoon on the southeast crater, sending molten lava toward Pompeii. The eruption recalls ancient destructions of the famed site as residents observe the ash and lava activity.
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Naples
Italy
Vesuvius
Durat
Leaders aim to advance recess plan this week amid farm bill talks
Washington reports Congressional leaders expect to move toward a summer recess this week by satisfying key admin vacation demands. Efforts focus on farm relief legislation and the census and reapportionment bill as debates on tariffs and Senate action unfold.
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Senate
House
Joint Conference Committee
Borah
Idaho
Two Innocent Men Fall Victims in Philadelphia Gang Warfare
Philadelphia reports show two innocent men, Harry Hewitt and Harry J. Rodenbaugh, killed and wounded when a gangster-filled car opened fire. A racketeer, William Scheer, was found dead in Germantown amid stray bullets striking bystanders. Police suspect mistaken identity between victims and rival gang members.
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Harry Hewitt
Harry J. Rodenbaugh
Hewit
Rodenbaugh
William “Bill” Scheer
Germantown
Gangsters Torture Chicago Man Then Dump Him From Car
Chicago authorities report Mat thew Zimmerman a local druggist was kidnapped Tuesday night by several men. He was taken to a shack near Gary Indiana where captors beat him with glass and burned him with cigarettes to reveal the location of a still. He escaped and staggered home bruised and bleeding after being dumped near Hammond Indiana.
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Matthew Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Gary
Ind
Hammond
Transatlantic fliers to lead memorial air parade over Liberty
Amelia Earhart Bert Acosta and Clarence Chamberlin will head an air parade over the Statue of Liberty in a Memorial service arranged by the National Broadcasting Company to honor those who attempted the trans Atlantic crossing and did not succeed.
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Washington
Amelia Earhart
Bert Acosta
Clarence Chamberlin
National Broadcasting Company
Coldest June Day Recorded in New York History
New York on June 3 registered 44 degrees at 5 a.m., the coldest June day on record for the New York Weather Bureau. The prior June 2 low was 45 degrees in 1907, and the chill followed a heat wave that peaked at 90 degrees last Friday.
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New York
New York Weather Bureau
Favorable Senate report on Simmons bill for diversified farming
The Simmons bill to authorize a 12 million dollar appropriation to promote diversified farming in ten southern states was favorably reported to the Senate. It would authorize the interior secretary to organize one rural community in each state including Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Texas with land for 200 farms and loan funds to farmers to develop diversified crops.
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Simmons
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Smoot Seeks Open Hearings on House Tariff Bill
Senate finance chairman Smoot said the committee would approve late today a plan for open hearings on the House tariff bill to be conducted by five or six subcommittees. Republicans oppose open hearings but Smoot argued this is needed to make progress and run through the summer with hearings set to begin June 11.
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Washington
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Utah
Germany Belgium Split Reparations Talks Proposed
Berlin June 3 and Brussels sources report the German government formally proposed Belgium hold separate negotiations on the mark question to settle before the Paris reparations plan. Belgian officials doubt the proposal, insisting the mark issue must be tied to the Paris conference.
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Berlin
Belgium
Paris
Brussels
Robert Everts
Helef
Investigation of Mrs Powers Past Pushed Forward
Authorities in Macon Georgia moved to complete an inquiry into Mrs J C Powers past crimes as grand jurors prepare for a special session. Earl Manchester confessed to killing James Parks for 1000 dollars tied to a 14000 life insurance policy Powers hoped to claim. Police say she had preyed on insurers for fifteen years amid other death investigations.
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J. C. Powers
Earl Manchester
Manchester
James Parks
Powers
Park
Jury Completes for Trial of Mrs Grantham in Americus
In Americus Georgia on June 3 the jury was seated for the murder trial of Mrs Idelle Grantham accused of killing her husband Oscar Grantham in their home. The state argues murder while the defense cites death by own action suggesting no witness to the slaying.
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Idelle Grantham
Oscar Grantham
Sumter Superior Court
F. E. Bass
J. A.daniel
L. R. Wright
B. T. Marshall
D. P. Mills
Wade Morris
W. B. Mills
Kinyard Griffin
W. A. Moore
Will Chambliss
Ernest L. Green
T. B
Ansford
Hollis Fort
Grantham
A Littlejohn
Waterboro
D. C
Transatlantic fliers halted by storms at Old Orchard
Storms blocked the planned takeoffs of the Green Flash and the Yellow Bird at Old Orchard Me. on June 3. Crews considered no departures for Romfé and Paris, respectively, as weather grounded the cross ocean effort.
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Orchard
Romfé
Paris
Notable Business Leaders Call for Honest Prohibition Trial
A nationwide message urging that prohibition be given an honest trial circulated in New York with signatures from Henry Ford Thomas Edison Captain Robert Dollar and other prominent business figures. It cites Hoover's inaugural call for law observance and seeks collective support to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment.
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Henry Ford
Thomas A. Edison
Robert Dollar
J. ©. Penny
Hoover
R. Fulton
Cutting
San Francisco
West Orange
N. J
Detroit
Alfred C. Fuller
Hartford
Conn
James N. Jarvie
R. A. Long
Kansas City
George F. Milton
Chattanooga
Tenn
J. Ci
Penny
George A. Plimpton
Alferd P. Sloan, Jr
Baldwin To Resign As Prime Minister Of England Soon
London June 34 Premier Baldwin who has led England since October 1924 will place the resignation of his ministry before King George tomorrow at Windsor Castle. The move follows Conservative electoral defeat and aligns with constitutional practice and Conservative leadership. Ramsay MacDonald expected to assume control as first Labour premier.
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Baldwin
England
King George
Windsor Castle
J.J. Ramsay MacDonald
Baldwin to resign as Conservatives lose general election
London reports 3 June note Premier Baldwin will quit after the party’s defeat in last week’s general elections. By 13 June Britain faces a possible Labour government led by Ramsay MacDonald or a Conservative reshuffle. Current roll shows Labour 287, Conservatives 254, Liberals 57, Nationalists 3, Independents 4, Prohibitionists 1.
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London
Baldwin
Great Britain
Stanley Baldwin
Ramsay MacDonald
Chequers Court
MacDonald
Labor
Babe Ruth Hospitalized For Cold Treatment
New York June 3 Babe Ruth was taken to a hospital for treatment of a heavy cold that kept him from the Yankees lineup yesterday. Officials described the step as precautionary to prevent pneumonia and expect he will be out about a week.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Yankees
State offices closed for Jefferson Davis birthday
Atlanta June 3. Official observance by the state government of Jefferson Davis birth anniversary confined to closing all offices at the state capitol.
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Atlanta
Jefferson Davis
Lindbergh Honeymoon Yacht Seen Near New London
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and wife Anne Morrow were cruising their 38 foot motor boat Mouette in Long Island Sound on honeymoon. At Block Island a captain helped dock the vessel after the yachtsman, wearing dark glasses, identified himself as Lindbergh.
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Conn
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne. Morrow
Long Island Sound
Long Island
Montauk Point
Rounds
Raymond Adell
Port Jefferson
S. I
Bridgeport
Block Island
Colonel Lindbergh
Louis Rounds
Elizabeth Ann
Captain Rounds
Boston
Lindbergh sighting at Block Island aboard Mouquette
Adrian Mitchell, a Block Island taxi driver, confirmed a man in dark glasses seen Saturday afternoon resembled Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. The yacht Mouquette reportedly stopped for water and gas, with the man claiming to be Lindbergh and stating the vessel was bound for Boston.
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R. I
Charles A. Lindbergh
Adrian Mitchell
Mitchell
Colonel Lindbergh
Boston
Lindbergh Buys Mouette Yacht Before Honeymoon
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh reportedly bought a 38 foot double cabin motor yacht named Mouette two weeks before his marriage and honeymoon. Elco Boat Works declined to confirm the sale saying they could not discuss the matter, noting the vessel’s modest design and $10 750 price with accommodations for six and a top speed of 15 to 17 mph.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Elco Boat Works
Bayonne
N. J
Irwin Chase
Elco
Cail Lindbergh
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