Local court convicts bellhop in Volstead conspiracy case
The United States district court in regular June term heard numerous criminal cases with about sixty docketed. Negro bellhop Houston Linkford of the New Altamont Hotel was found guilty of conspiring to violate the Volstead Act and sentenced to two years in Atlanta federal prison with a $5,000 bond and a 30 day stay for appeal. Grace Brewer, a seventeen year old white girl, testified and was convicted in state court for liquor transport.
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United States District Court
Houston Linkford
New
Altamont Hotel
Linkford
Atlanta
Grace Brewer
Mercer County
Roanoke
Bluefield
Laquor
Sinkford
Herbert H. Chark
First National ‘Bank
Ma‘tonka
McClintle
Oo Louis Feldman
Alias Sol .Feldman
Sophia Feldman
Michael Cotlyn
Baltimore
Michael Cohen
Cohen
Louis Feldman
Ted H. Lusk
Herndon
Wyoming County
McDowell County
Margarette Jocinaky
N. B. Hensley
Victor Munday
Clarence Sanda
National Training School
Washington, D.C
Ua. Milam
G. W. Cox
Charley“‘Beaman
Tara McLacon
BE. T. Rose
J. W. Blakely
Welch
Reverement
Mayon
Page
MacMillan Starts Ninth Arctic Voyage With Amundsen Search
Lt. Cmdr. Donald B. MacMillan sails from Charlestown aboard the Peary on the ninth Arctic expedition. The Bowdoin awaits in Wiscasset Maine as planes will aid hydrographic surveying and possibly search for Roald Amundsen if contact is not re established by August. The mission targets Crocker Land and the unknown polar continent while weighing territorial claims.
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Boston
Donald B. MacMillan
Charlestown Navy Yard
Arctic
MacMillan
Wiscasset
Maine
Bunker Hill
Crocker Land
Roald Amundsen
Etar
Greenland
Flyera
Amundsen
Cape Columbia
Gald
United States
Peary
Charles H. Byrd
Navy
North Pole
Alaska
Ellesmere Island
Grant Island
Baffin Island
Labrador
Axel Heiberg
Washington
Ottawa
Dorth
Arctle Circle
Htah
Chicago Trial Hears Doubtful Star Witness In Shepherd Case
In Chicago guard William Darling Shepherd's typhoid case, State's Attorney Crowe declined to vouch for key witness Farman citing unreliability. Judge Lynch plans to compel examination amid defense protests as courtroom moves extend into tomorrow morning.
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Chicago
William Darling Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Charles. C. Farman
Robert H. Crowe
Faiman
Thomas J. Lynch
Willam Scott Stewart
Lynch
Farman
Crowe
O’brien
Municipal Court of Chicago
Young McClintock
Shepherd
Declding
National University of Sciences
Patrick J. McMahon
John .P .Marchand
Marchand
Ike
Lighting disaster at Lisbon festival leaves many dead
An explosion at a festival near Real, Lisbon, kills several and wounds twenty four. Victims include men women and children as emergency crews respond to the scene.
Young New York girl found guilty of manslaughter in first degree
Seventeen year old Dorothy Perkins fainted as the verdict of manslaughter in the first degree was announced for the shooting of her sweetheart Thomas Templeton. Judge McIntyre warned against letting age or sex influence the verdict and reserved motions until sentencing Monday.
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New York
Dorothy Perkina
Dorothy
Thomas Templeton
Dorothy Perkins
McIntyre
Lash
Coungel
Third Cromwell Family Drowned In Ocean Tragedy
New York dispatch reports the third member of the prominent Cromwell family has drowned at sea aboard the Holland America Veendam en route to Europe. Elizabeth Mary Cromwell, debutante and Junior League member, fell overboard and could not be saved. Her parents received a wireless notice confirming the tragedy.
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New York
Cromwell
Elizabeth Mary Cromwell
Wireless
Iner
Veendam
Europe
Lincoln Cromwell
Dorothan
Gladys. Cromwell
Nner
la Lorraine
Red Cross
Wreck Toll Set at Forty-Four in New Jersey Rail Disaster
The casualties from the Delaware Lackawanna and Western special immigrant train wreck near Rockport rise to forty four, with twenty three bodies in Easton, eight in Hackettstown, seven in Dover, three in Morristown, and three in Phillipsburg. Dozens injured, many in critical condition, as investigations by Warren County officials proceed and railroad officials deny boiler explosion.
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Hackettstown
N. J
Delaware, Lackawanna and 'Western
Haston
Phillipsburg
Dover
Warren County
CO. Smith Jr
Justice of the Peace
J. Wildrick
G. W. Cummings
Belvidere
Willam Fiecher
Izetta Jewel Brown Plans Asia Tour This Fall
Mrs Izetta Jewel Brown of Kingwood announces during the June festival address that she will tour Asia this fall. She will be accompanied by her sister Mrs D C Godwin and Godwins husband Commander Godwin of the United States Navy.
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Izetta Jewel Brown
Asia
Clarksburg
W. Va
Kingwood
United States Senate
D. C. Godwin
Commander Godwin
United States ‘Navy
Insanity Plea Planned in Grace Grogan Young Case
Los Angeles dentist Thomas W. Young, under arrest for his wife Grace Grogan Young’s death, plans an insanity defense after retracting confessions about lethal gas. Related reports cite prior killings by relatives of Young and mention a 1903 case involving his brother.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Grace Grogan Young
Thomas ‘W. Young
John Gray
Grogan Ranch
Washington
Thomas W. Young
Young
Alexander B. Young
T. W. Young
Grove City College
Western Theological Seminary
iPtteburg
North Dakota
Consolidation of Coal Mining Companies Urged for Economy
Chicago June 17. National Coal Association executive secretary Harry A Gandy says merging operators will lower consumer coal prices. Philadelphia banker Robert K Cassatt argues larger companies cut overhead purchasing costs and stabilize pricing while addressing labor and credit factors.
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Chicago
Harry ‘A. Gandy
Washington
National Coal Association
America
Gandy
National Coal “Association
Ars
Cunninghaw Sof
Duatings Ag
Robert K. Cassatt
Philadelphia
Casastt
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Matoaka Bank
M Millan
Capt
Wites
George ¥. Fosberg
Dorothy Perking
Anuions
Mr. Cassatt
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