Friday, April 7, 1922

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The Headlines

INDICT 19 FOR FRAUD IN OIL STOCK SALES; New York and Boston Men Accased in Operations of Petroleum Company of America. INVESTORS LOSE MILLIONS Company's Rosy Claims False, Declares Boston Grand Jury--C.R. Flint Among Accused.

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On This Day

• Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms.

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You Share a Birthday With

• William Wordsworth (1770)
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• Billie Holiday (1915)
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Technicolor Films, Water Skiing & Audiometer.

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