Oil Investigation Faces Difficult Prosecution for Conspiracy
Washington reports on the oil lease case as government lawyers weigh conspiracy charges against Fall Doheny and others. Defense hints Fall did not directly lease Doheny, suggesting navy secretary and staff involvement. Walsh committee results praised, with Fall and Sinclair’s refusals and prosecutions noted.
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Mark Sullaivan
Washington, D. C
Fall
Doheny
Secretary of the Navy
Interior Department
Drere
Walsh
Denby
Washington
Walsh Committee
Sinclair
Oro
Martin Invincible
San Felice Cigars
Courier Delivery Timings and Replacement Process
The Courier is delivered before 6 30 each day. If the paper does not arrive due to carrier error or other cause call 5100 and a copy will be cut. Phone calls must reach the Ynts office before 6 36 p m.
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Ynts
Planned Edsel Ford extortion plot exposed in Detroit
In Detroit one man and two women were arrested after the man picked up a box of stage money amid an alleged plot to force Edsel Ford to pay 1,006,000 dollars to shield his three children. William H. Anderson, former Antisaloon League leader, is sent to Ossining Sing Sing for forgery for one to two years. Dorothy Gordon, Boston heiress, released from McLean asylum after three years amid a guardian dispute. Fred W. Upham, Republican treasurer, summoned to Washington for oil lease probe but could not reach the committee.
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Edsel Ford
Henry Ford
Detroit
William H. Anderson
New York
Ossining Sing Sing
Dorothy Gordon
Boston
McLean Asylum
Weverly
Fred W. Upham
Repubican National Committee
Washington
Senate
Americans Escape Death in Landslide
AP dispatch from Salerno Italy reports a massive Amalfi coast landslide with about 30 killed in coastal villages though the count is uncertain due to blocked roads and wires. Most victims center on Vetticaz while a large tourist convoy had left for Amalfi and American and German visitors were evacuated from hotels as slides struck.
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Associated Press
Salerno
Italy
Amalfi
Vetticaz
Rame
Veitlea
Ban on Barefoot Dancing at St Marks In The Bouwerie
Bishop Manning bans Episcopal visitations and ministrations to St Marks in the Bowery after barefoot dances defy orders. Rector Rev. William Norman Guthrie favored the dances and is in retreat in New Jersey. Wardens and vestrymen must choose independence of ritual or obedience to episcopal guidance. The measure halts confirmation candidates and leaves the parish without visitation until compliance.
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United Press i
New York
Manning
St. Marks-in-the- Bouwerie
William Norman Guthrie
New Jersey
St. Mark's
Guthrie
Future cow faces rival oil well in forecasts
Chicago on March 27 Floyd Parsons engineer and writer predicts the cow of the future will compete with oil wells. He says unheard of uses will emerge with kerosene milk made by removing fat and odor then adding water sugar and minerals, a cheap simple process.
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Chicago
Floyd
Parsons
Watchman Burned in Fire at W C F N Substation Shops
Charles A. Straub night watchman at the W C F N shops near the north city limits was burned on arm and shoulder when his coat caught fire during a blaze in the substation about 300 feet from the main shops shortly before midnight. Firemen arrived after Straub called the alarm and saved him from serious injury. The damage was slight according to Maurice Welsh traffic superintendent. Origin traced to electrical equipment for drying filters that overheated. a window gash was turned and the filters destroyed.
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Charles A. Straub
Straub
Maurice Welsh
Boy shoots father after beating in Milford Nebraska
Milford Nebraska March 27 Glen West 13 son of Guy West confessed to shooting his father at home to get even for a beating given Tuesday. He fled Tuesday morning after an argument and returned shortly before the shooting. Toronto banker dies of pneumonia at 76, Edward Walker longtime Canadian Bank of Commerce president and art connoisseur. Mother dies of grief over missing Dr C F Byte Geddes missing since last year in Brantford Ontario.
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Milford
Neb
Glen West
Guy West
Glen
Toronto
THES
Edward Walker
Ile
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Motbrer
Sioux City
C. F. Byte
Geddes
S. D
Brantford
Des Moines
Altho
Hammond
John MacVicar
S. T. Howard
Civil Service
Commission
MacVicar
Finsard
Johnsons lead in South Dakota grows on late returns
In the March 27 South Dakota Republican presidential primary Hiram Johnson widened his statewide lead to 207 votes after additional precincts reported. Returns showed Johnson ahead by 35 votes in 1,363 precincts, with Johnson at 35,458 and Coolidge at 35,422 as late tallies continued. In the Senate race McMaster led Sterling 27,759 to 28,421 across 1,281 precincts. Johnson charged that money influenced the campaign in South Dakota.
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Associated Press
Sioux
S. D
Hiram Johnson
President Coolidge
South Dakota
California
Johnson
Coolidge
McAdoo
W. H. McMaster
Thomas Sterling
McMaster
Sterlide
Williams G. McAdoo
New York
St. Louis
West
Cleveland
Bascom Stemp
Toithe
N“Orna
Hoover Opposes Radio Censors Over Fear of Probe
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover argues against radio censorship citing widespread complaints about commercial programs. He says censorship would provoke a surge in public outcry and demand a senatorial investigation.
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Hoover
Fashington
D. G
Marely
Herbert Hoover
Prison Labor Plan Applies to Iowa Inmates After July 1 1927
Inmates of town penal institutions will be employed wholly in state use manufacture after July 1 1927 under a house committee report and a joint resolution by the attorney general. The plan aims to end private contracting and place prisoner work in existing or newly established state factories with near-cost pricing for public bodies and a modest state profit.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
House Board of Central Committee
Board of Control
Atorney
Gibson
Altho
Potts
Lee County
Althot
Patté
Arigoneré
Board of Contrat
Board of ¢Antra
Eunis
Lake
Woodbury County
House
Commissien
Fair Ren
Tage Fivo
Poincare Seeks New French Cabinet After Resignation
Raymond Poincare agreed to resume the premiership and form a new government after a cabinet defeat. He visited friends and department heads while officials urged a rapid completion and the crisis appeared near resolution.
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Poincare
United Press
Paris
Raymond Poincare
Louch
Miller
France
de la Croix
Foreign Office
Christen Planes for World Flight Named for Regional Cities
Mon presented ceremonies at Sand Point aviation field near Seattle to christen four army air cruisers before a world flight leg to Prince Rupert B C. Major Frederick L. Martin led naming of the flagship Seattle while other planes carry the names Boston and New Orleans to be painted in air service colors.
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Seattle
Wash
United States Army Air
Sand Point Avation Field
Prince Rupert
B. G
Boston
New Orleans
Air Service
Registration at University of Iowa totals 7385
The University of Iowa reports total registration for the year at 7385, up 448 from last year and 115 above advance estimates. The registrar notes a sizable rise in enrollment, with attendance nearly trebling in ten years and more than doubling in six years.
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University of Iowa
Towa City
University of Town
Pacifist Student Stand Linked to Northwestern Actions
Bishop Nicholson cautions that student pacifist pledges at Northwestern University and Northwestern College do not reflect the Methodist Episcopal Church stance. About 140 theology students signed pledges to oppose war, prompting moves to end ROTC. Nicholson warns of disciplinary steps after investigations into pacifist activities at both schools.
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Nicholson
M.E. Church
United Press
Chicago
Thomas Nicholson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Northwestern United
Northwestern College
Eva ‘Ton
Northwestern
Univerity
Yale
World Moviement For Peace
University
Officer Reserve Training Corps
Bishop Nicholson
Bishons
Hishon Nicholson
Epworth Teague
Evanston
Former train robber tells Chicago convention money tale
Al Jennings testifies about a 1920 Chicago Republican convention money scheme linked to Warren G Harding and several national figures. He claims Hamon paid various sums to push Harding’s nomination, with Daugherty Hays Penrose and others named in a complex payoff plan.
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Washington, D. C
Chicago
al Jennings
Jennings
Jake Hamon
Oklahoma
Clara Smith Hamon
Wamon
Harding
Hamon
Warren G. Warding
Harry M.daugherty
Boies J Penrose
Pennsylvania
Will WH. Hays
Repu Pais
Peus
Haman
Soilventan O
Boies Penrose
Daugherty
Will Hay
Ohio
Interfier
Fall
Paulherty
Spencer
Missouri
Hannon
Interior
Marsh Subpoenaed by Oil Committee
Subpoenas were issued for George White former chairman of the Democratic national committee Wilbur Marsh and J L Doheny as the Senate inquiry into Democratic campaign funds moves forward. Senator Spencer of Missouri urged the investigation to proceed and calls attention to the hearing amid Democratic convention plans.
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Marsh
Senate of Inquiry
Hope
Washington, D. C
Senate
Spencer
Missour
George White
Democratic National Committee
Wilbur Marsh
J. L. Doheny
Daugherty Exit From Cabinet Possible Soon
President Coolidge weighs Attorney General Daugherty’s future as mounting charges against the justice department spark serious consideration of a resignation. Indications today show agreement among aides on an early move.
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Washington, D. C
Daugherty
Coolidge
Department of Justice
Reds Open Prison Cell for Head of Fugoian Catholics
Warsaw reports Zeptiak head of the Roman Catholic church in Russia has been released from Moscow prison. Polish minister Louis Darowski is to arrange rapid transport to Poland to avoid expulsion. Zeptiak, sentenced to death in 1923 for resisting the Bolshevik government, had the sentence commuted to lengthy confinement.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Zeptiak
Russia
Moscow
Louis Darowski
Zepliak
United States
La Follette Stricken with Pneumonia
Washington March 27 Senator Robert M La Follette of Wisconsin the insurgent Republican leader has been stricken with pneumonia but his condition is satisfactory according to his physicians today
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Washington, D.C
Robert M. la Folette
Wisconsin
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St. Marks-in-the-Bouwerie
D. Dakota
Paioun
House Committee
Ministry
Socltet Presa
Chamber of Deputies
the Elysee
Christen
World Flight
Jake Hanon
Bares
AU Jennings
Penrose
Daugherty, Hays
Pomerene and Roberts
Gordon
Prand
Senator Oil
Hammon
Hanson
Plamon
Ardmore
Wood
Senator Bursum
New Mexico
Inings
Theodore Roosevelt
Oil Committee
REDS
la Follette
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