Upper Classmen Sentenced to a Month on Campus
The article notes a hazing incident at a Virginia college, with upperclassmen sentenced to one month on campus. It cites admissions and denials from families, mentions Johns Hopkins observation, and references actions by Supt. Cocke to curb hazing. A Virginia delegate considered legislative inquiry, but the crackdown seems to deter further steps.
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Johns. Hopkins
Baltimore
Lexington
Griffith
Griffith As the Man Who Hated Him. His Dismissal By Supt. Cocke
Supt. Cocke
W. Wo Ie
Nehemiah Kelly
House of Delegates
Shenandoah County
Dr. Dingess
Kelly
Court Starled By Fall Teapot Dome Case Start
Washington October 18 1930 The government opened its Teapot Dome oil reserve fraud case against Albert B Fall and Harry F Sinclair with a push to prove conspiracy to defraud the government. Defense attorney Martin W Littleton argued no link to Liberty Bonds amid the early testimony from Edward C Finney interior department official.
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Roberts
Justice Siddons
Interior Department
Washington
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Albert B. Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
Martin W. Littleton
Sinclair
Fall
Littleton
Edward C. Finney
Teapot Dome
Finney
Owen J. Roberts
Fall and Teapot Dome Lease Case Details Emerge
Finney testifies that Fall controlled the Teapot Dome reserves and dictated lease terms with Sinclair. The government shows Fall pressed secrecy and bypassed bidding, while royalities differed between Sinclair and Salt Creek field lands. Separate notes mention a naval oil exchange plan and a crashed Marine plane tied to a bandit pursuit with no independent confirmation.
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Finney
Fall
Teapot Dome
Sinclair
Salt Creek Field
Butler
Supreme Court
Edward L. Doheny
Interior
Naval
Denby
Edward Denby
Navy
John K. Robinson
Standard Oil Company
Airplane Patrols Seek Missing Marine Officers
Airplane patrols have been sent to the Dell of Nueva Segovia in an effort to locate missing Marine Corps aviators. The AP dispatch from Managua notes ongoing search operations by air across the region.
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Marine Corps
Associated Press
Managua
Nicaragua
Dell of Neuva Segovia
May Succeed Wood Eskimos find fishhooks useful as money
A collage of punchy quotes from sources notes Eskimos use fishhooks as money and suggest easy bargaining while humorous admonitions advise wives about growth and stock holes, reflecting era wisecracks and regional editorial humor.
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Manchester Union
Fugitive claims jail doors opened by prayer
In Shenandoah County Virginia a fugitive says fifteen minutes of prayer opened the city jail doors. The report compares his claim to the biblical incident of Paul and Silas. No further details are provided about the suspect or corroborating evidence.
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Loo Kkwa Sit
Chinatown Telephone Exchange
San Francisco
Kern Loo
Florence Loo
Chinatown
Paul
Silas
Philippi
Shenandoah
Rearrested Black man escapes jail by dashing through streets
A railroad officer recaptured a Black man an hour after locking him for trespassing in Shenandoah. The inmate had been loitering near the yards, and the escape occurred when the jail door was found ajar and the lock unbroken.
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Shenandoah
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Trihat
Emmert’s
Coats
Ladies Winter Union
K. A. Thomas
F.K. Dowdell
National Guards
Thomas
Dowdell
Jicardo
Frank R. McCoy
Pennsylvania
Wood
The
Philippines
Parent’s Place
Senorita Guiomar Noaves
United States
Lieut
Charles Benter
Navy Band
William J. Stannard
Army Band
Luray, Va
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