Davey aides deny charges in civil service probe
Seven persons indicted by a special grand jury pleaded innocent to charges of violating state civil service laws tied to alleged solicitation of classified workers for contributions to Gov. Martin L. Davey's campaign fund. Indicted are M. Ray Allison, J. Freer Bittinger, Thomas E. Dye, Daniel S. Earheart, Charles O. Wilson, J. L. Kennedy, and Frank Mowery. The judge set July 16 for action on the indictments. the grand jury questioned more than 400 people during two months of inquiry into civil service solicitations for five percent of salaries.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
M. Ray Allson
J. Freer Bittinger
Davey
Thomas E. Dye
Daniel S. Earheart
Tax Commission
Charles O. Wilson
Thomas raps city's mayor in Chicago letter
Norman Thomas, Socialist party leader, questioned Mayor Robert Macetri of New Orleans in a letter from Chicago about his stance on the Hague era. Thomas asked if Macetri and his machine back the Democratic administration to wield local power while maintaining a national agenda. Hague, Jersey City mayor Frank Hague, is noted as a Democratic national committee officer.
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Chicago
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Robert Macetri
New Orleans
Southern Hague
Frank Hague
Jersey City
N. J
Thomas
Macetri
New Orleans Police Chief Accused of I am the Law Stance
A reader questions Mayor Grosch about actions against CIO leaders accused of preaching racial equality and communist ideas. The correspondent notes fascist tendencies and corruption in New Orleans and lauds federal judicial action while urging decisive mayoral response.
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Hermes Case
New Orleans
Wives Seek Linoleum Polish Aids From State Dept
A fragment notes the New Jersey State Department of Agriculture recommending ether, sweet or sour milk as polishing aids for linoleum floors. The item reflects home care guidance circulated in an era of domestic housekeeping tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sava
New Jersey
Circus Plans to Bar Union Ends Summer Tour
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey unloads in Sarasota ending a summer tour cut short by labor trouble. General Manager George Smith says the demoralized organization will not road again this summer and officials vow no union labor on the next tour. John Ringling North did not accompany the show to New York. Personnel manager McCormick Steele says unions will not be employed on the next season.
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Sarasota
Fla
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
George Smith
John Ringling North
John Ringling
New York
McCormick Steele
Navy Honors Panay Crew for Bravery and Service
The navy awarded decorations and citations to 24 officers and men of the gunboat Panay, bombed and sunk by the Japanese last December 12. Secretary Swanson sent a letter of appreciation to Lieutenant Commander James J. Hughes, wounded while commanding the vessel.
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Washington
Navy
Panay
Swanson
James J. Hughes
Outlaw Iron Guard members jailed by military tribunal
In Bucharest a military tribunal jailed 20 members of the outlawed Iron Guard for one to six years, fined them, and revoked civil rights. Leader Corneliu Zelea Codreanu had already been convicted of espionage and high treason and sentenced to ten years forced labor. Absentia convictions for Prince Cantacuzino and Vasile Krisescu listed nine years in jail, six years rights loss, and a $100 fine. they are said to be in Germany.
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Bucharest
Iron Guard
Corneliu Zelea Cordeanu
Alexander Cantacuzino
Vasile Krisescu
Germany
Royal Party at Hyde Park
Swedish royalty visited Hyde Park New York to be hosted by President Roosevelt at his home. Crown Princess Louise planned an American style picnic and an overnight visit with a morning hillside picnic nearby. Also present were the Swedish minister and Mrs M Bostrom, Miss Breta Steuch, Count Nils Fersen Gypdenstolpe, and George T Summerlin. Prince Gustav Adolf, ill with a kidney ailment, had a brief visit with the president at the Medical Center in New York yesterday. The president’s day remained largely free of appointments besides planning a dig site visit for a new cottage on Dutchell Hill near Mrs Roosevelt’s cottage.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Louise
Roosevelt Hudson River
M. Bostrom
Breta Steuch
Dutchell Hill
Trio Held For Boy's Murder In Waycross
Harvey Nelson roadhouse operator and two female workers were ordered held for grand jury action July 25 in an insured murder of his 10 year old son J C Nelson. Nelson confessed a plot to kill the boy and named Verna Mae Fowler and Mary Kent as conspirators who drew straws to decide who would shoot. He said Verna Mae Fowler drew the fatal straw and shot the boy as he returned from school on May 26 after they met to plan the act.
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Waycross
Harvey Nelson
Solicitor General
Gibson
J. C. Nelson
Ibson
Nelson
Verna Mae Fowler
Mary Kent
Swatow Air Raids and Local Death Case Report
Officers described the death scene as initially suicide on a back porch at Nelson's business. Verna Mae Fowler, under oath, claimed Nelson killed the boy. Japanese raids on Swatow began June 22, with the gun boat Asheville nearby to shield Americans. 69 in Swatow district and 25 in Swatow city.
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Anvigen
Nelson
Verna Mae Fowler
Swatow
Canton
United States
Asheville
Swatow City
Nine Jap Bombers Raid Swatow Port
Nine big Japanese bombers attacked Swatow, South China, for 90 minutes dropping over 100 bombs. The raid caused terrible destruction and high casualties as hospitals overflowed with wounded and many women and children were affected.
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Swatow
South China Port
Hong Kong
South China
Here
Habitual Jail Breaker Flees From Cell Again
Weston sheriff pursues Osborne Smith, a 30 year old known jailbreaker, after he and Dempsey Norman escaped early this morning from Lewis County temporary jail. Norman was recaptured within an hour, but Smith vanished into the hills as authorities extend the manhunt.
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Weston
Robert C. Blair
Osborne Smith
Blair
Smith
Dempsey Norman
Lewis County
Norman
Smith Freed After Three Weeks In Liberty
A defendant named Smith who faced charges has been released after three weeks of liberty. The case details and charges are not fully clear from the fragment.
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Smith
Notice to debtors of George L Jolliffe trustee
James C Holt trustee announces all indebted parties must settle at his office in the Jarrett building with dates July 1 8 16 and 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Jolliffe
Jarrett Building
James C. Holt
Farm for sale by decree of circuit court
Special Commissioner W. Ford will sell at public auction on July 9, 1988 at 1 PM at the Taylor County Courthouse front door the 61 acre Boothscreek District farm near Hepaibah Church and school. Five adjoining parcels total 61 acres. partial oil, gas, coal rights reserved on one parcel. Terms: one third cash, balance in 1 and 2 years with interest bearing notes and approved surety. Bond of $1000 posted. Clerk Frank M. Hollis Jr.出
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Circuit Court of
Taylor County
J. E. Hibbs
Samuel Robinson
Boothscreek
Hepaibah Church
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United Cratee
Circus
Ringling
Arthur F. Anders
Weimar
Clark C. Grazier
Medical Corps
Ingomar
Edgar William George Hulsebus
Outlaw Iron Guard
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Manhattan
Florsheim
Klein & Co
West Main Street
Grafton
Betsy Ross
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Fort Pitt Shoe Stores
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