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January 30, 1924
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SENATE DEBATES SIX HOURS; Lenroot Backs Walsh in Declaring Oil Leases Illegal.
selected by Pres Coolidge as special counsel to Govt in investigation and prosecution of naval oil reserve lease scandal; career
COOLIDGE PICKS LAWYERS
STATE ACTS TO STOP COPPER STOCK SALE; Prosecutor Says Central Company of Arizona Took In $5,100,000. ASKS FOR AN INJUNCTION Declares Action the Most Important So Far Taken Under the Martin Law. STATE ACTS TO STOP COPPER STOCK SALE
institutes injunction proceedings against Central Copper Co of Ariz, charging fraudulent practices in stock sales
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COOLIDGE PICKS LAWYERS; Both Men Agree to Act as Prosecutors in Oil Cases.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. -- President Coolidge announced tonight the selection of Silas H. Strawn of Chicago, a Republican, and Thomas W. Gregory of New York City, a Democrat, to be counsel for the Government in the scandal growing out of the leasing of naval reserve oil lands.
MAN POSED AS MAID IN $50,000 ROBBERY; Investigators Believe Thief Who Got Jewels at Ambassador Worked in Disguise.
Mrs. Throop fails to identify her, says thief was man disguised as maid
NEW HOUSE PROPOSAL TO CANCEL LEASES; Fairchild Offers Joint Resolution Amid Debate on the Oil Scandal. DENBY TO BE HEARD TODAY Summoned by Naval Committee -- Daugherty Asked to Account for War Case Funds. NEW HOUSE PROPOSAL TO CANCEL LEASES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. -- Revelations relating to the leasing of the naval oil reserves were brought into the debate in the lower House of Congress today.
Germans Demand Lost African Colonies As Price for Sleeping Sickness Remedy
German Colonial Soc demands restoration of Germany's African colonies and pre-war rights as price for sleeping sickness remedy