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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1929
Page
7
A 1929 prohibition measure grants automatic revocation of drivers licenses upon conviction for drunk driving. It tightens penalties for sale or transport of unlawful mixtures, allows arrest at sight by prohibition officers, and expands enforcement to include home brew offenses with stiffer fines and potential jail time.
Convictions for prohibition violations were reported to Rose Wells state prohibition commissioner. Pearl Haim mondgs of Charleston was fined 100 and 30 days in jail for possessing whiskey dash Deckie Wilson of Cedar Grove was fined 150 and 80 days in jail for selling whiskey. Kelrie A Cox North East Md Lonnie Warden Prosperity and Marie Allen Wheeling were held for US court on dry law charges. John Garber Parkersburg will have a hearing before Justice R E Mamaugh. Agents seized mash and liquor.
Harrisburg June 3 Governor Fisher appointed Inesco F Roby of Allport and Richard Edward George of Allport to fill vacancies as bituminous mine inspectors for the twenty fourth and thirteenth districts. Roby will be stationed at Latrobe and George at Tyrone.
The state Secretary of State issued a certificate of incorporation to a new oil company based in Shinnston. The firm, capitalized at 325000, will operate in Eagle and Clay districts, Hurricane county, with Clark J Robinson Katherine Robinson James H H Lumberport Louis Wilson and Elinor Wilson Clarksburg as incorporators.
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