The news, as printed onWednesday, September 29, 1926
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As printed: Reverses Decision of District Court in Matter Sinclair and Associates
ContextTeapot Dome is a naval oil reserve in Wyoming set aside as a fuel supply for the Navy; Albert B. Fall, President Harding's secretary of the interior, leased it in 1922 to the Mammoth Oil Company of Harry F. Sinclair, and the government sued to annul the lease as fraudulent.
ContextVera Cruz is Mexico's principal port on the Gulf of Mexico, connected by rail and telegraph to Mexico City. The United States Weather Bureau in Washington is the federal agency that tracks tropical disturbances.
ContextHarry M. Daugherty was attorney general under President Harding and Thomas W. Miller the alien property custodian, the official holding property seized from enemy nationals during the World War, including shares of the American Metal Company. Julian Mack is the federal judge presiding and Emory R. Buckner the United States attorney in New York.
ContextAimee Semple McPherson is the evangelist of Angelus Temple in Los Angeles, who vanished from a beach in May and reappeared in Mexico in June saying she had been kidnapped; Kenneth Ormiston was the temple's radio operator. Asa Keyes is the district attorney of Los Angeles County, and a preliminary hearing is where a judge decides whether the evidence is enough to hold the accused for trial.
As printed: Suzanne Arrives in U. S., Recommending Champagne as Cure for Seasickness
ContextSuzanne Lenglen of France, six times the Wimbledon singles champion, gave up her amateur standing this year to tour for the promoter C. C. Pyle, who earlier signed the football star Harold "Red" Grange. Jack Dempsey lost the heavyweight championship to Gene Tunney in Philadelphia last week.
New York waits on Judge Mack's ruling on the defense motions to dismiss, while the Weather Bureau tracks the disturbance moving west-northwestward from north of Porto Rico.
