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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first time, Oilman Harry F. Sinclair appeared before a court fortnight ago to answer criminal charges arising from his leasing of the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve. This was the result of U. S. Supreme Court's unanimous decision (TIME, Jan. 31) that witnesses who refused to answer proper and pertinent questions when summoned by Congress, may be punished for contempt. Mr. Sinclair had defied a Senate investigating committee in 1924. That was why he found himself in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. After a ten-day trial and acting under specific, simple instruction from Judge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: Minor Conviction | 3/28/1927 | See Source »

Others of the clay frontierswomen are as frail as Lillian Gish (F. Lynn Jenkins'), as strong as Abe Lincoln (James Fraser's), cute as Ann Pennington (Mario Korbel's), homely as Will Rogers (Mahonri Young's), expressionless as the Venus de Milo (Arthur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Pioneer | 3/28/1927 | See Source »

Died. Augustus F. Kountze, 57, of Kountze Bros, (international bankers); at Atlantic City, of apoplexy. Recently his adopted son Leslie Bartindale Kountze, eloped and was still awaiting forgiveness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Mar. 28, 1927 | 3/28/1927 | See Source »

...F. Damon '14, president of the New England Poetry Club and assistant professor in English will read his "Beethoven: An Ode" tonight in Symphony Hall. The reading will be a part of the Beethoven services now being held in Boston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Damon to Read Beethoven Ode | 3/28/1927 | See Source »

There are three men back this year who have won straight "H's" in tennis, J. F. W. Whitbeck '27, L. H. Gordon '27, and P. M. Lenhart '27. Whitbeck, who recently won the indoor intercollegiate title, is captain of the team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TENNIS PLAYERS TO GATHER TODAY FOR SEASON'S OPENING | 3/28/1927 | See Source »

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