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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1926

Page

5

Green on Trial for Embezzling Government Liquor

Ned M. Green former prohibition chief for Northern California and Nevada faced trial on charges of embezzling liquor from the sub-treasury storehouse in San Francisco. Witness Jouenh Bernhard testified Green allegedly removed bottles of rum brandy and Scotch claiming they were for a friend, and suggested watering down whiskey from barrels.

San Franco Ned M. Green California Nevada Sub-Treasury Jouenh Bernhard Colonel Grecn Colonel Green Bernhard Green Witess Eugene Bennett United States District Attorney

Mystery Writer Agatha Shrishe Still Missing

Mrs Agatha Shrishe, noted mystery writer, vanished after her car was found at the edge of a precipice near the Surrey woods. Five hundred men searched woods and streams as police pursued the husband’s claim that the author may have memory loss.

Us Universal Service London Agatha Shrishe Surrey

Search for Agatha Christie Spreads to London Suburbs

Police extended the dragnet to suburban London after sightings of a woman resembling Agatha Christie near Newland Corner and in Horey. A reward of 500 pounds was offered for information leading to the novelist's discovery, with distress and frost on the scene described by witnesses.

Agatha Christie London Horey Gays Lerigeth Ake Newland Corner Christie

Joyful Ball Splitter style blocks in many sizes

The item is described as an entertaining building block in a Joy form echoing the great Ball Splitter. It offers small or large sets priced from $1 up to $d, suggesting a flexible range and playful construction potential.

France must sacrifice to stabilize the franc in 1927

Premier Poincare says France must endure sacrifice before franc stability and warns against opponents while detailing plans to meet foreign commitments. He cites the Dawes plan covering two thirds of next year's domestic bond amortization and frames inflation as a hurdle to legalizing film center funding.

Poincare M. Petnenre Centme Serted France Dawes

Cousin of Durkin Slays Wife and Flees

Howard West, cousin of Martin Durkin, already serving 35 years for murder, fatally wounds his wife Margaret West, 22, and escapes. West had helped drive Durkin to a hiding place in Indiana after Durkin killed Edward C. Shaneshan, a U S Justice Department agent, and West faced prior arrests in auto theft cases.

Chicagl Howard West Martin Durkin Mourderer Margaret West West Indiana Edward C. Shaneshan United States Department of Justice

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