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5-CENT PAPER COSTS 2 MEN$30.50 FINE*Third Man Acquitted; Circulation Manager Pushes Prosecution of News ThievesOne man was a quitted but twocompanions were found guilty of stealing one edition of the Regis- ' ter from a box in Magistrate J.1*. Meadows’ court in the past jtwo days.*Frank Wood and Hal Meador paid fines tc taling $30.50 for tak- !' mg a five-cent paper. Junior! Adams, of East Gulf, was found not guilty.Wood had taken the newspaper, Meadows said, but Meador was found guilty because he a -isted in the theft. Meador stopped his ear for Wood to get the paper andread it afterwards.Adams, the three young men testified, had been picked up at Sophia as a hitch-hiker.B. F. Stout, circulation manager’ j of the Berkley Newspapers, said ' today that all such acts will beprosecuted whenever discovered.! It not only causes trouble for the ,* 1^; subscriber to It se his newspaper, i Stout explained, but means ex-’ pense and extra work to the cir- ,culntion staff. ’
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Beckley Raleigh Register
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Wed, Jun 30, 1937
Page 5
Full Page
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