Mooney Case Cited In Plea For Justice
Washington July 15 The Wickersham Commission denounced the laws under which the Mooney Billings case was conducted as shocking to justice The report cites the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco and says motions for a new trial were inadequate to prevent injustice It urges divorce of justice from politics and selection of judges by fitness only It notes Mooney Billings discussions and criticizes state court decisions while proposing reforms and 14 recommendations to strengthen criminal procedure
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Washington
Wickersham Commission
Mooney- Billings
Hoover
San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
Warren K. Billings
California Supreme Court
Fliers Ready for Ford Hop to Texas Field
Motors hummed at Municipal Airport as filers in the National Ford reliability air tour prepared for their take-off for Houston the next stop in the 7000 mile classic. Officials and pilots active. Russell leads Ford reliability scores while others trail. Dedication ceremonies and races featured Army planes and aerial events attracting thousands in Shreveport. Electra veteran Richard N. Davis dies at 89. burial planned in Logtown Mississippi.
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Shreveport
U.P
Houston
New Orleans
Lewis A. Yancey
George Dickson
Jack Story
Harry L. Russell
Ford
James H. Smart
Lowell R. Bayles
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Russell
United States
Fort Crockett
Galveston
Joe Meehan
Great Lakes
John van Buren
Howard Ayler
Texarkana
Waco
Ayler
Electra
Texas
Richard N. Davis
Logtown
Migs
Amarillo’s 65 Sanitary Soda Fountains Urged
The health unit notes about 65 soda fountains serve Amarillo’s summer thirsts. It emphasizes strict sanitation, hot-water sterilization, and clean utensils. Inspectors warn that contaminated glasses by unhealthy customers pose a health risk and urge public enforcement.
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Amarillo
Three Children Face Liquor Violations in Atlanta
Atlanta July 15 Three children aged 11 to 16 were arrested for liquor violations. Blanche Cobb 11 was charged with selling whiskey. Edward Awtry 13 faced charges of delivering whiskey for his father John Awtry. Gray Thompson 16 was arrested in a raid in which his mother Mrs M B Witt and sisters Mrs Mae Adams and Miss Nina B Thompson were also taken into custody.
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Atlanta
Blanche Cobb
Edward Awtry
John Awtry
Gray Thompson
M. B. Witt
Mae Adams
Missi
Nina B. Thompson
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Monte Lemann
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the American Law Institute
Texas Field
Ray Collins
E. W. “Pop” Cleveland
Walter E. Lees
Thomas B. Colby
Lees
Ecro
Levine
Our Lady
Levine's
Sixth
Taylor Streets
Vannette Hose
Taylor ST
Taylor
Rach
Toggery
Silk Bayon
Polk ST
TOY
Paramount Ivory
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