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October 28, 1927

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FALL KINSMAN WON'T TELL WHERE THE EX-SECRETARY GOT $230,500 LIBERTY BONDS; EVERHART BALKS ON STAND Son-in-Law Tells Court That to Answer Might Incriminate Him. JUDGE RESERVES RULING Meanwhile Prosecution Shows Deposits in Pueblo, Col., Soon After Teapot Dome Deal. BATTLE NOW IN FULL SWING Fall's Wife and Daughters in Tears -- Sinclair's Senate Testimony Excluded. Fall's Company Liquidated Notes After Teapot Dome Lease

By Special to The New York Times

L T Rule testifies on Continental Trading Co transactions; M T Everhart refuses to give testimony on Liberty Bonds on ground of self-incrimination; Justice Siddons rules for defense that Sinclair evidence before investigating com cannot be used in criminal action against him

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Cleo Laine

1927Cleo Laine, English singer and actress (died 2025)[†]

Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth was an English singer and actress known for her scat singing. She was the wife of jazz composer and musician Sir John Dankworth and the mother of bassist Alec and singer Jacqui Dankworth. Laine had popular success with singles such as "You'll Answer To Me" and appeared in a range of musical theatre productions. She received a number of awards and honours including appointment as an OBE in 1979, and a Grammy in 1986; she became a dame in 1997.