report of receivers of contested leases in Elks Hills dist of Cal shows profits of Doheny were $184,732 for Apr

Profits of Doheny Oil Lease Are $184,732 for One Month

Sen Pepper introduces revised court plan backed by Senators; opposition by Democrats; text of resolution

PEPPER INTRODUCES REVISED COURT PLAN BACKED BY SENATORS; Proposes Election of Judges by "Council of Signatories" and "Assembly of Signatories."

Author, 84 Years Old, Married to Nurse, 40; Laughs Over His Age as He Gets License

enrolls for course in agriculture at Breslau Univ

Ex-Crown Prince Takes Course In German Farming College

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lr to House com in reply to questionnaire; put ratio at 5-4-3

WILBUR ADMITS BRITAIN OUTRANKS OUR NAVY BY 5 T0 4; Secretary, in Report to House, Also Concedes Japan's Superiority in Cruisers by 3 to 1.

obtains divorce; agrees to pay alimony to husband

Chicago Wife to Pay $15 a Week Alimony To Get a Divorce From Her Invalid Husband

MELLON DENOUNCES TAX BILL AGREED TO; SAID TO URGE A VETO; Calls the Measure "Unsatisfactory, Uneconomic and Impracticable."

Olvany boom collapses; will be ruled by Com of Seven until July 15; F J Goodwin titular head; D L Ryan will be spokesman

COMMITTEE TO RULE TAMMANY TO JULY 15; Action, Meant to Aid Smith, Makes F.J. Goodwin Titular Head of Wigwam.

Shenandoah, Damage Repaired, Flies Again; Behaves Perfectly in 2-Hour Night Voyage

fliers arrive at Tokio air base; machines will be overhauled for continuation of flight

U.S. FLIERS GREETED AT TOKIO AIR BASE; Americans, After Covering 720 Miles in a Day, Are Welcomed With Enthusiasm.

Receiver for temple at Tarakeswar prevented by women and other Indians who guard Swami Sachid by sitting 6 deep around entrances

SITTING SIX DEEP, WOMEN GUARD SWAMI; Other Indians, Lying Flat at Entrances, Prevent a Receiver Entering a Temple.

KASUMIGAURA, Japan, May 22 (Associated Press). -- American aviators flying around the world were in as excellent condition upon their arrival here today as were their airplanes. They will stay here a week overhauling their airplanes and installing new engines.  

Airplanes Will Be Overhauled.; U.S. FLIERS GREETED AT TOKIO AIR BASE

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FORD FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER BY FIRE; First Degree Verdict for Killing Father-in-Law in Blaze Which Caused Six Deaths.

murdered by kidnapers who demanded ransom

KIDNAPPERS SLAY RICH CHICAGO BOY; Body of 13-Year-Old Robert Franks Is Found in a Culvert as $10,000 Demand Is Made.

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B Fahs cross-examined; Mrs C Pero, G Corson and G J Cullen testify

POINTS AT HOFFMAN AS MAN WHOSE CAR MRS. BAUER ENTERED; Schoolgirl Witness Positive in Her Identification of Murder Trial Defendant.

cold more troublesome; less pressing engagements canceled

PRESIDENT'S COLD MORE TROUBLESOME; He Has to Forego White House Garden Party and Cancel Engagements.

HAROLD LLOYD A FATHER.; Girl Born to Mildred Davis in Los Angeles Hospital.

Persian Troops Lose Khoremabab.

Urge Harrison as Mississippi Choice.

WILL INVESTIGATE JUDGE.; House Orders Inquiry Into Charges Against W.E. Baker.

All but 25,000 acres reclaimed on Somme; Thiepval only village abandoned

ALL BUT 25,000 ACRES RECLAIMED ON SOMME; French Save 50,000 More Than Estimate and Will Abandon Only One Town as War Loss.

WASHINGTON, May 22. -- John W.H. Crim, an assistant to the Attorney General from the Fall of 1921 to December, 1923, appeared today before the Senate committee investigating the Department of Justice and recommended that sweeping changes be made in the organization and personnel of the department to obtain efficiency of operation.  

May 23, 1924

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Profits of Doheny Oil Lease Are $184,732 for One Month

PEPPER INTRODUCES REVISED COURT PLAN BACKED BY SENATORS; Proposes Election of Judges by "Council of Signatories" and "Assembly of Signatories."

Author, 84 Years Old, Married to Nurse, 40; Laughs Over His Age as He Gets License

Ex-Crown Prince Takes Course In German Farming College

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