Escape Attempt Brings Prison Sentence for Loomis
Harold Loomis alias Harold Kam sky, 32, of the city, was sentenced to one to three years in state's prison after an attempted jail escape at Vall- Nelda county jail on February 17, 1928. Loomis and John Smith, both held for other offenses, attempted to flee from the attic via a window to reach a shed roof. a deputy’s alarm led to their capture. Loomis pleaded guilty to attempted escape. Smith received 60 days to be served after his existing sentence. Loomis argued he should not be punished twice. the judge noted Loomis’s prior behavior and solitary confinement. Loomis had a wife and child in Waterbury. the sheriff cited Loomis’s ongoing warrants for auto theft.
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Vall- Nelda County
Harold Loomis
Harold Kamsky
Newell Jennings
Criminal Superior Court
Loomis
Simeon Pease
John Smith
Mqnor
Smith
Jennings
Wes
Ling
Waterbury
Pease
Springfield
Relief from Gas Stomach Pains and Dizziness
Doctors say most sickness stems from digestion and Tanlac claims relief for years of digestive troubles. Mrs. Dora Robillard of Bellingham Massachusetts reports improved digestion appetite and ability to cook and clean after using Tanlac. It targets gas stomach bowels dizziness nausea constipation and insomnia with a money back guarantee.
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Tanlac
Dora Robillard
Bellinghom
Mass
R.F.D. 1
Eoen
Court decision on blank ballot ties in town of Tewksbury
Boston March 6 Associated Press reports a tie vote for town tree warden after a court order required counting a disputed ballot for Harry Biggs vs Thomas Sawyer. The recount gave Sawyer 247 to Biggs 245. a single blank ballot was debated as intended for Briggs. Judge Carroll granted the writ to record the ballot for Biggs, leaving Briggs challenging the outcome.
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Boston
Associated Press
Tewksbury
Supreme Court
Caroll
Harry M. Briges Biggs
Thomas FE. Sawyer
Sawyer
Briers
Briggs
Fridge Carrol
House Committee Rejects Move to Ban Submarines
Washington March 8. By a one vote margin the House Foreign Affairs committee refused to approve the Frothingham resolution calling on Congress to record support for international abolition of submarines. Porter led the opposition arguing submarines are vital for small nations defense and that a ban would weaken national defense. Kellogg said the administration would back abolition by international agreement.
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Washington
Associated Press
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Frothingham
Congress
Porter
Massachusetts
United States
Kellogg
France
Italy
Indemnity Firm Named in 83000 Damages Suit
The Royal Indemnity Company of New York was named as defendant in a 830000 damage action brought by McKesson and Robbins of Fairfield. The plaintiff alleges Morris G. Lewin, former employee of Girard, as purchasing agent, obtained a 6000 pound letter of credit and diverted funds, causing losses over 24000.
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Royal Indemnity Company
New York City
McKesson and Robbins Company
Fairfield
Plainder
Morris G. Lewin
Frauc
Lewin
Girard Company
McKesson and Robbing Company
McKeseon and Robbins Company
Bismuth AB Bolivin
Boy Leaves Home Over 38 Cents Telegram
Eight year old Alfred Curtis left Evanston with his father’s injunction to return only after collecting 38 cents. He did not come home, though a midnight call to the Curtis residence was abruptly cut off as the father W. Esty Curtiss answered. The incident was reported from Chicago with Associated Press attribution.
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Chicago
Associated + Prusu
Alfred Curtis
Alfred
Evanston
Roy
Curtis
W. Esty Curtiss
Doctor's Advice on Rum Ake and Fuwel ale
A garbled medical ad urges readers to use a treatment named Vascara to establish regularity. It hints at taking the medicine several times, increasing the amount as needed to achieve results and to seek it at the first drugstore encountered.
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Nevi
Vascara
Prohibition foes clash at Houston convention debate
In St Petersburg on March 6 Associated Press reports Anti-Saloon League leader F Scott McBride branding Al Smith the froth of the Democratic party and predicts a dry victory in the 1928 race. He argues a wet president would delay prohibition for a quarter century and details how a president shapes enforcement and policy. He cites Reed as a foe and notes wet and dry stances among candidates from both parties as the Southeastern states prohibition convention prepares a resolutions committee.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Associated Press
al Smith
Democratic Party
Houston
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Vanderbilt
New York
New Jersey
Smith
White House
McBride
Supreme Court
Congress
Reed
Ritchie
McAdoo
Donahey
Meredith
Young
George
Hull
Walsh Wooten
Yeung Wet
Curtis
Watson
Wilks
Glen
Hoover
Borah
Dawes
Lowden
Coolidge
Senator Reed
United States
District of Columbia
Siity-Ninth Congress
P. D. Committee Organizes Today For Post Office Plan
A 21 member special Postoffice committee named by Mayor Behrens meets at 5 p m in Guy hall to organize and set a motion to secure hearings in Washington on a federal building. The group aims to speed action on a new Uniserity post office and includes city officials and local leaders such as Engelhard Hawley Harrison Wheeler Frenel Sienon DeForest Flicker McGovern Jones Taylor Connor Challenger Meyer Burdick Wolfe Bodine Ludlum Lambert De Laney.
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Behrens
Guy Hall
Washington
City Plan Commission
August M. Engelhard
George &. Hawley
Fred W. Harrison
Charles A. Wheeler
Veteran Patients Held for Smuggling Liquor
Worcester Mass March 6 AP John A Mann and Joseph F Rane patients at the U S Veterans Bureau hospital were held on 650 bonds each after a hearing before US Commissioner Edwin H Crandell on March 9 at 10 am arraigned on charges of violating the national prohibition act. They were taken into custody by hospital police March 4 charged with possessing and transporting a quantity of sealed spirits on a U S government reservation.
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Worcester
Mass
John A. Mann
U.S Government
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Mtbride
Wets
P. D. Committee
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Steiger Poole Company
AM and Fairfield
Service
Phore Noble
New Spring
Charmeuse
Galey and Lord
Challis
National Electric Sewing Machines
Haowa
Lesco
Jergen
Bread Board
Femo
Zac
Jersey
Parc
Fem Weure
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