Sinclair gets six months jail for conspiracy case shadowing
In Washington DC Justice Siddons sentences Harry F. Sinclair to six months for criminal contempt linked to the Fall Sinclair conspiracy trial. W J Burns receives fifteen days, Henry Mason Day four months, while W Sherman Burns pays a $1000 fine. Sinclair faces April 2 trial on Teapot Dome lease conspiracy charges and already has a three month sentence for refusing Senate testimony.
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D. C
Sinclair
Harry F. Sinclair
Justice Siddons
District of Columbia Supreme Court
W. J. Burns
Henry Mason Day
Burns
W. Sherman Burns
Burns Detective Agency
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Senate
Unlawful to Shadow a Jury in Federal Court
Defense counsel filed a notice of appeal after the ruling. Sinclair was released on 5000 dollar bond, Day on 3000, and Burns on 1000 dollars each.
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Sinclair
Day
Burns
Defense grants change of venue in Woods ouster suit
In Corsicana the court granted a motion for a change of venue to Waxahachie Ellis County in the ouster suit against county attorney L J Woods. The court overruled a bid to disqualify the court after witness examination and postponed six Woods cases to 10 a m Monday.
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L. J. Woods
Hawkins Scarborough
Waxahachie
Ellis County
Woods
al J. Gibson
T. W. Lovett
Norris Lovett
Sol Gottlieb
W. A. Tarver
B. H. Jester
Scarborough
Richard Mays
Impeachment of Dry Law Witness Sought
TEXARKANA. H T Prudhomme star witness for the Government in the trial of 13 Miller County men on charges of conspiring to assassinate federal prohibition agents admitted under cross examination an indictment in Louisiana for impersonating a federal officer to obtain 700 dollars. He also admitted another indictment later dismissed and the defense sought to impeach his testimony. The prosecution claimed Prudhomme was used by the defendants to lure the agents to a still he built and to kill them.
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Texarkana
H. T. Prudhomme
Miller County
Louisiana
Prudhomme
Prohibition
British Racer Sets 206 MPH World Speed Record at Daytona
British driver Malcolm Campbell piloted the Napier Bluebird Special on Daytona Beach to an average 206 mph, breaking Maj. H. O. D. Segraves' 203.79 mph mark. The run included a 214 mph first mile with the wind and a 199 mph return against the wind. Campbell earned a $5,000 cup from Sir Charles Wakefield for beating the record.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Malcolm Campbell
Maj
H. O. D. Segraves
England
Campbell
Maj. Segraves
Sir Charles Wakefield
Mothers to Visit Veterans Graves in Europe Bill Passes
The House approved a measure allowing mothers and widows of U.S. veterans buried in Europe to visit American cemeteries overseas at government expense. Groups would travel for two to three weeks with first class accommodations. passports arranged by the State Department and immigration laws suspended for aliens. An estimated 3,000 mothers might undertake the pilgrimage among about 30,000 buried service members.
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Washington
House
Europe
Senate
American Red Cross
State Department
Butler
House Naval Committee
House Military Committee
Mathilda A. Burling
Gold Star Mothers’ Association of America
Anti Creager Forces Organizing Texas Counties
In Texas a movement of anti Creager Republicans aims to send an uninstructed delegation to the Kansas City convention and seize party control from R B Creager. Harry M Wurzbach of Seguin leads the drive with C C Littleton Fort Worth as temporary chair and other supporters from San Antonio Dallas Temple and Fort Worth at a two day conference.
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Dallas
Texas
Kansas City
R. B. Creager
Harry M. Wurzbach
Seguin
C. C. Littleton
Fort Worth
E. E. Seabey
Anniversary of Coldest Day in Country’s History
Last Sunday marked twenty nine years since the nation endured its coldest known day. Old Signal files record the temperature at 13 degrees below zero on February 12, 1899, with the era’s oldest residents recalling no similar extremity.
Political candidate slate for July 1928 Democratic primary
The Sun lists announced candidates for Democratic primary in July 1928. For Tax Assessor: W J Hogan J H Kimbrough O T Davis R W May C H Durning. For County Clerk: J L Wim Doggett Mrs C C Langford T L Tennison C W Billy Batsell. For County Judge: Ed Westbrook J S Kane.
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Sun
W. J
Bud) Hogan
J. H
Jim) Kimbrough O. T
Orph) Davis
R. W
Bob) May
C. H. Durning
J. L. Wim Doggett
C. C
Alice) Langford
T. L. Tennison
C. W
Billy) Bats
Frigid Night Hits Town as Thermometer Drops
The Honey Grove Signal reports a brutal cold spell that left households unable to stay warm all night. Residents wrapped in covers found one side of the body freezing while the other burned near stoves and lamps. kitchenware and oil lamps froze. coal oil froze in burning lamps. wells and kettles froze. homes barely breakfasted as the mercury dipped to seven above zero, with fears of deeper cold if temperatures fell further.
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Selfs
H. R. Smith
C. B. Lochridge
Honey Grove
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