Stewart to challenge senate over Teapot Dome testimony
Robert W. Stewart head of Standard Oil of Indiana travels to the District of Columbia Supreme Court to contest senate authority to compel him to answer Teapot Dome questions about bond dealings with Harry F. Sinclair. The case tests senate jurisdiction and could lead to contempt procedures if Stewart refuses to testify. The probe also reviews profits from Continental Trading and contracts involving Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing.
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United Press Transcontinental Wire
Washington
Robert W.stewart
Standard Oil
Indiana
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Senate
Teapot ‘Dome Committee
Harry F. Sinclair
Stewart
Justice Bailey
District of Columbia Supreme Court
George W. “Wickersham
Taft
Jesse Adkins
Bar Association
John T. Barnatt
Colorado
Gyles
Senate Teapot Dome
Continental Trading Company
H. J. Phillips
Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Company
Continental
Sinclair
Movie Extras Injured In Automobile Wreck
Two motion picture extras suffered serious injuries and six others minor injuries when a bus carrying performers collided head on with a filling station structure. The group, said to be employed by Harold Lloyd, was en route to a location. Edith Green, 40, and Mercue Genner, 20, sustained broken bones and internal injuries.
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United Press
Hollywood
Harold Lloyd
Edith Green
Mercue Genner
Fifty-Four Arrested in Mexico City Religious Worship Case
In Mexico City on February 6 thirty four Catholic women and eleven men including two priests were arrested on charges of conducting religious worship. All the women and many men were released shortly after.
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Mexico City
Former Alien Property Custodian Loses Battle To Escape Prison
Thomas W. Miller former alien property custodian under Harding lost his appeal and will surrender to federal prison for 15 months after the U S circuit court affirmed his conspiracy conviction over the transfer of American Metal assets valued at 7 million to Swiss claimants The case cited Teapot Dome precedent and named Richard Merton as claimant while noting alleged gifts from Merton to named politicians
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United Press
New York
Thomas W. Miller
Harding
Federal
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Weol
Miller
Atlanta
Harry M. Daugherty
John C. Knox
Daugherty
United States Marshal’s Office
Supreme Court
Martin T. Manton
Thomas D. Swan
A. N. Hand
Manton
United States
Metal Company
Richard Merton
German Industralist
Suisse Pour Valeurs de’ Meteaux
Basle
Switzerland
Jesse W. Smith
John T. Jing
Merton
Press urged to cling to fearless standards in critique
Oswald Garrison Villard, editor of the Nation, urged American newspapers to resist becoming the “standardized drug store or cigar store” in response to President Coolidge. Speaking at the New Jersey Press Association, he argued Coolidge cannot read early American history and warned that criticism is a legitimate weapon when leaders are below scrutiny.
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United Press Transcontinental
Trenton
N. J
Collidge
Oswald Garrison Villard
The
Nation
Willard
New Jersey Press Association
Calvin Coolidge
Kresge magnate accused of infidelity and divorce case
United Prose reports that Sebastian Kresge, a billionaire store magnate, faces a spectacular divorce and allegations of infidelity after a Detroit suit and New York countersuit. The jury verdict on personal matters and a possible interlocutory decree hint at months of court action ahead as Mrs Doris Mercer seeks final relief.
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United Prose
Transcontinental Wire
New York
Sebastian ‘S
Kresge
Supreme Court
Tierney
Doris’ Mercer
Kiesge
Merle Bliss
Hattle
Detroit
Arhion Alte
Amake
Kreege
Sebasting
Amall
Gladys
Adele Fish
Maniea
Murder in New York Grand Hotel: Mrs James Found Dead
A Troy woman registered as Mrs T W James was beaten to death in a Grand Hotel room on Broadway New York. A maid found the body in bed beside a man who registered as James. The hammer used was bought at a ten cent store. The man left the hotel after 9 am and has not been seen.
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United Press
New York
T. W. James
Troy
Grand Hotel
Broadway
Mamie Lott
James
State Withholds Hunter's Pay Amid Commission Squabble
Phoenix Feb 6 United Press reports W E Hunter successor to H S McCluskey on the state industrial commission will not receive state pay warrants until the controversy over his appointment is settled. Attorney General Murphy advised hold on warrants. McCluskey supporters say illegal removal by acting governor James Kerby. Hunter has filed a claim for pay.
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United Press
Phoenix
Ariz
W. E. ‘Hunter
H. S. McCluskey
State Industrial Commission
Murphy
McCluskey
James Kerby
Ann Frohmiller
Hunter
Airplane Rushes Cash To Banks In Miami Deposit
Miami banks faced runs after Southern Bank and Trust failed to open. Air carriers moved about 1.5 million dollars in cash from Jacksonville to reassure depositors at First National Bank of Miami as runs hit Citizens Bank and Bank of Allapattah. State Comptroller Ernest Amos took charge of the Southern Bank and Trust.
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United Press
Miami
Fla
Southern Bank’ & Trust Company
Citizens Bank
Bank
Allapattah
First National Bank of Miami
Jacksonville
Sixth District ‘Federal Reserve Bank
First Natural’ Bank of Miami
C. Romsh
First ‘National
First National Bank
Romfth
J. E. Lummus
Southern Bank and Trust. Company
Ernest Amos
Southern Bank and Trust Company
Amos
Bank of Allapattah
Phelps Discharges Deming Trial Jury
Judge M T Phelps discharged the jurors in the Paul H Deming case after they could not reach a verdict. Deming, Jerome banker, faced charges tied to the Bank of Jerome collapse that cost about $2 million to six thousand depositors in Yavapai County. Jurors remained deliberating for nearly two days before dismissal at 10:30 p m.
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United Press Transcontinental Wire
Phoenix
Ariz
M. T. Phelps
Paul H. Deming
Jerome
Deming
Bank of Jerome
Yavapai County
New Hampshire RNC Woman Endorses Hoover for President
M. J. Glessner, Republican National Committee woman from New Hampshire, issued a statement here tonight endorsing Herbert Hoover for president.
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New York
Lindbergh Nears End of Long Goodwill Flight
Charles A. Lindbergh neared the end of his goodwill tour flying 160 miles from Santo Domingo to Haiti where he was warmly greeted by American officials Marines and locals. He will move on to Havana for the Pan American conference ending a long flight from Washington through Mexico Central America and the Caribbean.
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United Press
Au-Prince
Haiti
Charles A. Lindbergh
Santo Domingo
Havana
Washington
Bourne Field
Lindbergh
St. Louis
Lone Eagle
Unclear confession alleged in Dan gerous Sark letters
Fragmentary OCR notes claim Mrs. Faye Brimberry of Frankfort Indiana confessed writing and mailing threatening letters signed Dangerous Sark promising harm to recipients and their families unless certain demands were met.
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Faye Brimberry
Frankfort
Ind
Indict Wealthy LA race-track owner in immoral charge
The grand jury indicted Daniel Brown a wealthy Los Angeles race track owner on transporting a 16 year old Salt Lake City school girl from Florida to the District of Columbia for immoral purposes. The girl now married was brought here in April 1925 and registered at a hotel during a trip with other school girls en route to Havana. The couple stopped in Washington on the return from Cuba.
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United Press
Washington
Grand Jury
Daniel Brown
Justice Department
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Florida
District of Columbia
Brown
Havana
Cuba
Bitter Debates Over England's Religious Question Revived
England faces sharp clashes as 25th anniversary of Archbishop Randall Davidson's Canterbury leadership rekindles debate over Anglo Catholicism and Protestantism. The revised prayer book prompts opposition, with Canon Guy Rogers warning protestant feeling remains strong. Debate to continue in the church's three houses amid calls to repudiate unofficial talks with Rome.
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United Press
London
Randall Thomas Davidson
Church of England
Canterbury
Church Assembly
Guy Rogers
Birmingham
Great Britain
England
Canon Rogers
House of Commons
Church Cecil
Trial Testimony Reveals Hickman Motivation and Alibi Gaps
United Press reporting from the courtroom describes psychiatrist Dr. Mikels detailing Hickman's cynical view of killing and robbery. The testimony highlights a desire for quick money via kidnapping and notes procedural delays as witnesses repeated questions before Judge Trabue.
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J. J. Trabueéco
Hickman
Mikels
French Aviators Land Airplane In Alabama
Captain Dieudonne Costes and El. Joseph Le Brix, French aviators, landed at Maxwell Field in Montgomery Alabama at 4 22 p m. today after a trip from New Orleans lasting 2 hours and 47 minutes They planned to depart Tuesday for Washington.
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United Press
Montgomery
Ala
Dieudonne Costes
Joseph le Brix
Maxwell Field
New Orleans
Washington
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Saratoga
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United States Supreme Court
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Wotan
Phelps
Hoover
House of Bishops
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Trane
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Ihe
Marion
Parker
Alabama
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