Extradition case on Johnson stirs West Virginia politics
Federal authorities seek Johnson, a Charleston Negro leader, on a fugitive charge. Governor McCall delays extradition citing possible mob violence and unfair local prosecution. Attorney Lewis calls it a political frameup and says Johnson may face a U S commissioner hearing if arrested.
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West Virginia
McCall
Nelson Brown
Charleston
Lewis
United States
William A. Hayes
Sparks
Italy
Circuit Court of Appeals
Lowell
Ayer
State Refuses to Send Man to Kanawha County Trial
Assistant Attorney General Brown says the state cannot be party to a conviction for a crime never committed. Governor McCall cites mob fear, misrepresentation, hostile Charleston press, lack of quick police inquiry, and Massachusetts rights in denying the requisition as reasons for refusing to return John Johnson for trial in Kanawha County.
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Johnson
Charleston
Littlepage
McCall
Nelson P. Brown
Brown
Massachusetts
Cornwall
Red Light
Boston
Congregational
W. Va
John Johnson
Kanawha County
Commonwealth
West Virginia
Oil King Owes Lucky Strike to Girl's Pluck
Attorney-General Brown denies any white slave activity by Johnson. The piece argues the first charge was political theater, accusing Democrats and racial tensions in the South. It warns Johnson faces lynching risk if extradited, claiming locals would ruin him before trial.
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Oil King
Brown
Johnson
West Virginia
Miss Flanery and Parker Find Fortune After Trial
Miss Tennyson Dawn Flanery of Catlettsburg Kentucky stood by her fiancé H Leslie Parker through six years of oil venture failures in Wyoming. His persistence paid off when he struck it rich, crediting her simple slogan Try, try again. They are married and on their honeymoon in New York.
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H. Leslie Parker
Tennyson
Dawn Flanery
Kentucky
New York
Parker
Extradition dispute over West Virginia fugitive Johnson case
The report details multiple arrests for complicity in a crime and discusses extradition, court rulings, and potential sentences. It notes Johnson left Charleston without a warrant, cites Massachusetts and West Virginia actions, and critiques federal involvement as partisan politics while highlighting justice and race concerns.
Means Trial Begins Today in King Murder Case
Gaston Bullock Means faces trial in Concord North Carolina for the August 29 murder of Mrs Maude A King near Blackwelder Springs. A panel of thirty six jurors is drawn with Judge E B Cline presiding. Prosecutor Hayden Clement and New York official John T Dooling join the defense team along with witnesses.
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Concord
N. C
Gaston Bullock Means
Maude A. King
New York
Blackwelder Springs
Here
Cabarrus County
E. B. Cline
Frank I. Osborne
Hayden Clement
John T. Dooling
Cambridge Elks Unfurl 45 Star Service Flag
A 45 star service flag was unfurled in front of the Cambridge Elks building in Central Square to honor members in the service. Edwin A. Counihand, five year old son of the lodge’s exalted ruler, released the flag. The event featured the Harvard Radio School and Commonwealth Pier bands playing the Star Spangled Banner with remarks by Mayor Edwin O Childs and others in the Elks hall.
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Elks
Central Square
Cambridge
Newton
The
Newton Elks
John F. Fitzgerald
Billy Burns
Commonwealth Pier
John Murphy
Plan For 1000 Food Co-ops To Cut Middlemen
Delegates from Eastern States consumers’ cooperative societies propose a nationwide system to eliminate middlemen by linking about 1000 co-ops with central offices. The plan envisions unions forming centers and expanding into mutual and cooperative banks with support from trade unions. James W. Sullivan of the AFL endorses the plan.
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New York
Wfth
United States
James W. Sullivan
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Boston Typographical Union condemns gambling on food prices
In Faneuil Hall the Boston Typographical Union 18 adopts resolutions denouncing gambling in foodstuffs and urging fair turkey prices for Thanksgiving. They call for government ownership of storage plants elevators mines and railroads and ask publicity to Wilson and Massachusetts congressmen. A service flag is planned for the headquarters and an old age pension is approved for one member.
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Boston Typographical Union
Faneuil Hall
Bostonapers
Wilson
Massachusetts
Union
Plant Juice touted as relief for stomach ailments
An advertisement touts Plant Juice as a universal stomach remedy. It features a local testimonial from Henry Schrow of Everett Massachusetts a former Perry era sailor and Civil War veteran who credits Plant Juice with eliminating stomach problems improving sleep and appetite and restoring health.
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Henry Schrow
Hancock Stree Everett
Mass
Schrow
Commodore Perry
Mississippi
Japan
Massachusetts
New England
Houghto & Dutton Co
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