Elaborate Plans For Fourth Of July Independence Day Races
Bluefield and nearby coal region prepare for a major Independence Day event at the fairgrounds. G L Farr and Herbert May lead about 50 American Legion members organizing a full program of auto races and entertainment to avoid past accidents. Race cars will run from early morning to afternoon with drivers eager for fierce, high speed competition and strong safety measures planned.
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Bluefield
Fair Grounds
American Legion
G. L. Farr
Herbert May
Hub Hunter
Telegraph
Legion
Canine Rum Runners Appear at Brownsville
Brownsville Texas on June 19 reports a four footed bootlegger crossing the international bridge at 11 PM with a bottle of tequila tied to its collar. The inspector halted the animal and found the bottle on examination. The dog was released but its owner is sought.
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Brownsville
Tex
International Bridge
State says murder case unfair in Colosi death
Wheeling West Virginia June 19 declares the state had been unfair in the Angelo Colosi murder case.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Angelo Colosi
Teen Colosi to Stand Trial in Ohio County Murder Case
Sixteen year old Angelo Lucifero known as Colosi faces first degree murder in the fatal May 3 shooting of Tillie Gesualdo at her East Wheeling home. Attorney R H Jackson said defense ready for trial in Ohio County intermediate court Monday and warned against propaganda stoking prejudice.
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R. H. Jackson
Colosi
Ohio County Intermediate Court
Tillie Gesualdo
East Wheeling
Jackson
Angelo Lucifero
Jury Is Censured After Miller Murder Trial
Beaver Pennsylvania June 19 A jury that acquitted Willis Miller of his brother Joe Miller s murder was censured from the bench by Judge Frank B Reader after the verdict. The judge ordered Miller held for good behavior and noted public criticism of the court. Commonwealth witnesses testified Miller shot his brother and kicked the dying man in the face. Miller claimed self defense in a struggle with his older brother. Miller was arrested weeks ago in Ironton Ohio for the September shooting. The jury of eleven men and one woman returned the verdict.
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Beaver
Willis Miller
Joe Miller
Frank
Leader
Miller
Commonwealth
Ironton
Ohio
Opera Singer awarded 35000 damages for lost voice
Madame Dorothy Derriuss, former opera concert singer, received 35000 damages from the Chicago Rapid Transit Company for injuries including loss of voice after an elevated train collision. She had sought 100000 and claimed other injuries from the crash.
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Chicago
Dorothy Derriuss
Chicago Rapid Transit Company
Remand Motion Contested in Eli Watkins Case
Motion to remand Eli Watkins case was not argued and remains disputed. The petition claims Watkins aided federal officers G J Simmons and L N Lambert, while Watkins asserts he acted under West Virginia authority as deputy prohibition commissioner. The filing challenges jurisdiction and alleges the petition misstates facts surrounding Watkins duties and the Jim Harman killing.
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Ell Watkins
G. J. Simons
L. N. Lambert
United States
Eli Watkins
G. J. Simmons
Prohibition
West Virginia
Jim Harmon
Jim Harman
Criminal Court
McDowell County
W. Va
T United States
First mandamus case heard in Southern District West Virginia
The petition seeks to authorize a writ against the McDowell County judge and clerk in a historic first in the U S district court for the southern district of West Virginia. Citing a February Supreme Court decision on Judge Soper, observers debate removability and the petition’s sufficiency, noting the Maryland ruling did not settle the issue.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Taft
Soper
District of the United States Court For District of Maryland
Circuit Court
Hartford County
Maryland
Watkins
United Supreme Court
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