Government Wins Point on Sinclair Oil Trial
In Washington the government scored in the Teapot Dome case as Justice Bailey barred defense testimony on oil drainage to link Teapot Dome leasing to Edward Denby and Albert Fall. The ruling limited drainage evidence while allowing a Teapot Dome model for illustration and a brief explanation of a saddle in Wyoming fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Justice Bailey
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Teapot Dome Naval
Owen J. Roberts
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Hoover
George Hoover
Secrtary
Navy
Edwin Denby
One Teapot Dome
Albert B. Fall
Denby
E. C. Finney
Interior
A. C. Veatch
Carroll J. Weremann
Bailey
Arthur W. Ambrose
Interior Department
Wyoming
Ambrose
Roberts
Fall
Senate passes agriculture aid bill to president
A Senate bill authorizing federal aid for agricultural extension work and home economics was approved and sent to the President. The appropriation scales from 1.46 million dollars in year one to 6.96 million in year eleven and subsequent years, with states required to match similar sums to receive federal funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Bulgarian quake devastates thousands of homes
A powerful earthquake struck Bulgaria near Sofia on April 16, destroying about 3000 houses and causing extensive damage across the region. Local authorities coordinate relief efforts as residents assess losses.
Italia dirigible lands after pole flight in Prussia
Commander Umberto Nobile's Italia arrives at Seddin airdrome Stolp after a perilous flight through thunderstorms over Silesia. The airship with one broken fin weathered a fierce storm despite snow and cold and is hailed by officials and thousands of spectators.
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Pole Lands
Prussia
Stolp
Mso
Umberto No- 3
North Pole
Seddin
Nobile
Italia
Silesia
Iowa Democrats to Convene as Smith-Meredith Drive Intensifies
Iowa Democrats prepare for Friday state convention in Des Moines amid factional battles between Alfred Smith supporters led by Frank Miles James Parsons and Walter Maley and E T Meredith backers. Delegations from Des Moines Sioux City remain contested while 551 Smith votes and 106 Meredith votes figure in the lineup. U S Senator Dan Steck arrives as keynote while Meredith recovers in Baltimore Johns Hopkins hospital from a rest cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Alfred Smith
New York
E. T. Meredith
Smith
Frank Miles
James Parsons
Walter Maley
New Yorker
Sioux City
Oth
Meredith
U. S
Dan Steck
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Robinson Charges Democrats Leased Rich Salt Creek Oil Lands
Senator Robinson of Indiana told the Senate that the Wilson administration leased the Rich Salt Creek Wyoming oil field despite Assistant Attorney General Bell warnings that lease applications were fraudulent. He said the Midwest Refining Co used subsidiaries to obtain leases, and that by March 4, 1921 the land had passed from U.S. control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Salt Creek
Wyo
Robert C. Bell
Interior Department
Robinson
Indiana
Senate
Bell
Midwest Refining Company
United States
Bulgaria Earthquake Destroys Thousands of Homes
The severest Bulgaria quake destroyed 3000 houses in the Carpan and Borisovgrad provinces. Premier Liapcheff, in the affected area, telegraphed that 20 people are known dead.
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Bulgaria
Carpan
Borissovgrad
Boris
Liapcheff
Police Patrols Pursue Bandits in Toledo Mail Truck Robbery
In Toledo two Marine policemen battled bandits who hijacked a 200000 dollar mail truck. Patrolman George Zientara was fatally shot during a garage pursuit after a police gunfight. bandits escaped, loot left in a car. Four express messengers were kidnapped and later freed by police and federal officers.
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Toledo
George Zientara
Zientara
John Bukupski
Toledo. O
Twive
Union Station
University of Toledo
Junior College Oratorical Contest Announced
Dean Harlan Mead of Washington Junior College announces an oratorical contest open to all students. Entrants must write and deliver an original speech on a self chosen theme. Speeches occur late May with prizes from the Rotary Club a medal for first place to a boy or pin to a girl and a cash prize for second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Mead
Washington Junior College
Rotary Club
Granddaughter Wilma Rickey Shows Slight Improvement in California
Word reached Mrs. Harry Rittenhouse last Saturday that Wilma Rickey, who has been very ill with spinal meningitis in Hollywood California, has been moved from isolation. Her mother Mrs. Bessie Rickey can now be near her as a small improvement is reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Rittenhouse
Wilma Rickey
Hollywood Hospital
California
Bessie Rickey
Brookhart Proposes U S Purchase of Nicaraguan Bonds
Senator Brookhart of Iowa introduced a bill to have the United States buy 18.7 million dollars of Nicaraguan bonds to safeguard U S interests in Nicaragua as a canal site. Senator Blaine of Wisconsin moved a resolution demanding Navy reports on the cost of the marine occupation before action on the naval appropriation bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Blaine
Wis
Secretary of Navy
Brookhart
Ren
Iowa
U. S
Dynamite suspected in West Plains dance hall tragedy
West Plains Missouri on April 16 investigated a dance hall fire that killed 39 people. Authorities ruled out a gas explosion and found the gasoline tank intact, suggesting dynamite or nitro glycerin caused the blast. The garage owner J W Wiser was killed, with a blood clot on the brain noted. Eighteen victims remained unidentified as a community funeral was planned and a mass burial arranged at Oak Lawn cemetery.
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West Plains
J. W. Wiser
Wiser
Oak Lawn Cemetery
Thirteen Burned to Death in Blair Four Fire
In Blair Four near Williamsport Blair County, thirteen people died in a two story frame home fire that followed a wedding celebration. Embro Kretachalk escaped as smoke filled the house. authorities fear more deaths among guests and family still inside. No fire protection in the hamlet hindered rescue attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Embro Kretachalk
Blair Four
Williamsburg
Blair County
Kretachalk
Lindbergh Starts Another Leg of Mystery Flight
Col Charles A Lindbergh leaves Lowry Field Denver in his Ryan monoplane at 10 08 am on a new leg of the mystery flight. He is reported to land at Colorado Springs to meet Harry Guggenheim sponsor of the tour. An aviation dinner at the Broadmoor and possible continuation to St Louis are noted.
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Denver
Colo
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lowryfield
Ryan
Lindbergh
Colorado Springs
Harry Guggenheim
Guggenheim Foundation
Guggenheim
Spencer Penrose
Broadmoor Hotel
St. Louis
Atlantic City Fire Claims One Life at Iroquois Hotel
An unidentified man died and seven people were injured as a hotel fire caused about 200000 in damage at the Iroquois hotel in Atlantic City. Authorities investigated the blaze and identified the victims and conditions surrounding the tragedy.
Statler Hotel Leader Mourned in New York Death
M Statler founder of the Statler hotel chain died in his Pennsylvania hotel suite. Cause of death was double pneumonia. He was 64 and famed for originating the slogan perfect service. Mrs Statler was with him at the time of death.
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New York
RE. M. Statler
Statler
Pennsylvania Hotel
Still Hope to Find Harry Brooks Body
Melbourne Florida April 16 revival of search for the body of Harry Brooks pilot of the Word flivver plane after it crashed into the ocean weeks ago. Three boy scouts found a bank book and clothing likely Brooks washed ashore miles from the crash site.
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Melbourne
Fla
LPS
Harry Brooks
Here
Brooks
Electric Shock Kills Young Man in Riverside
Coroner and a jury ruled Raymond Raplinger 19 died of electrocution while repairing Iowa Electric lines in Riverside. The Lone Tree worker had traveled from Cedar Rapids office to locate line trouble when he was shocked on a pole without burns. he died despite medical efforts.
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L. A. Jones
Riverside
Raymond Raplinger
Jane Tree
Iowa Electric Company
Cedar Rapids
Lone Tree
C. A. Swift
R. C. Rummelhart
Raplinger
Keokuk County
Keswick
Chicago
Cedar Rapids Company
One Bremen Crew Member Leaves Island for Repairs
Col James Fitzmaurice boarded a Canadian government plane for Father Point Quebec, leaving behind Baron Von Hueneveld and Captain Koehl. The Bremen crew hoped to repair the plane and fly on to Montreal and New York despite a raging storm and dangerous ice. Duke Schiller, Louis Cuisinier, and Thibault aided the rescue from Murray Bay. The Montcalm and ice cutter faced delays amid heavy ice packs.
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Greenly Island
Dublin
James Fitzmaurice
Father Point
Quebec
Fitzmaurice
Baron von Huenefeld
Koehl
Montreal
New York
Duke Schiller
Murray Bay
Dominion Ship Service Office
Father Pot
St. Lawrence
Bremen
Labrador
Belle Island Straits
Louis Cuisinier
Thibault
Que
Montcalm
Atlantic
Col
Trans-Continental Airways
Father Point Nout
Miss Junkers
Ehrhardt
Fred Melchoir
Junkers Company
America
Baron Gunther von Huenefeld
Hujenefeld
Benzel
Lelose
Bremen air crews seek refuel and New York leg
A German air crew led by Baron von Huenefeld asked the Montreal consul about landing and refueling facilities and supplies for the Bremen during a potential cross Atlantic leg to New York. Irish adventurer Col. James Fitzmaurice and Duke Schiller were reported to have departed Greenly Island for Father Point en route to Quebec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Baron Gunther von Huenefeld
Bremen
Greenly Island
New York
von Huenefeld
Postpone Lowden Iowa City Banquet
Illness of Frank O. Lowden, Illinois presidential candidate, forces postponement of a banquet in his honor by Sigma Delta Chi in Lowden. The event may be rescheduled for April 20 due to excitement and communication issues in the small town.
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Iowa City
Frank O. Lowden
Sigma Delta Chi
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OWA
Wall Street
Pennsylvania
DENCE
Lindy
Atlantic City
United Press
Seven Islands
Blane Sablon
North Atlantic Ocean
Hermann Koehl
Gunther von Waenefeld
Baldonnell Airdrome
Ireland
mid-Atlantic
North American
Newfoundland
St. Johns
Lowden
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