Alcatraz Pardee recalls life on Sam's Devil's Island on the West Coast
The account by Bigfoot Davis, a former inmate, offers early parolee perspectives from Alcatraz Rock. He references infamous figures like Al Capone and Birdman of Alcatraz era lore, detailing gates, guards, and escape myths while recounting his seven year sentence and path from Texas to federal confinement.
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St Alcatraz Pardee
Sam’s Devil’s Island
Bigfoot
Davis Old
Douglas Hickst
NEA Service, Inc
Alca- Rock
Necisco Bay
Alcatraz
al Capone
Machine Fly
Alvin Karpis
Harnley
Dec Barker
Bates
John Paul Chaseey
Davis
Texas
Bigfoot Davis
Arthur, Tex
Wheater
Alcatraz Arrival: A First Night In The Rock
May 31 1936 a transport brought five inmates to Alcatraz including the narrator Deputy Warden Shuttleworth guides the intake. They are processed in the east building then housed in the “flag” cells on Broadway with strict silence rules and meals in a tight 20 minute window. Notable inmates observed include Al Capone and what appears to be George Machine Gun Kelly.
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Pier
Oakland
Shuttleworth
Alcatraz
Wardes James A. Johnston
al Capone
George
George Kelly
Indiana Gov. Townsend Urged to End Calumet Strike
Independent workers in Indianapolis appeal to Governor M Clifford Townsend to craft a quick peaceful settlement of the Calumet steel strike. After a conference the governor expects a plea ready soon to amicably conclude the dispute affecting Youngstown Sheet and Tube plants Inland Steel Indiana Harbor. He has been in telephonic contact with strike and company leaders in Chicago and Indiana Harbor and with Chicago Mayor in efforts to mediate.
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Indianapolis
M. Clifford Townsend
Indiana
Calumet
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Inland Steel Company Mille
Indiana Harbor
Scouts Head to National Jamboree and International Meet
Seventy three Boy Scouts and leaders from the Uwharrie Council depart for the National Jamboree in Washington. Six delegates from High Point Asheboro and Thomasville join the group for the International Jamboree in Amsterdam sailing July 14 from New York. Scout leaders Hackney and Smith lead the expedition with travel to Switzerland Belgium France and Holland included.
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Washington
Uwharrie Council
Holland
New York
Amsterdam
Jimmie Millis
Robert Amos, Jr
Charles Ward
Bobby Stroupe
High Point
David Stedman
Asheboro
Bobby Carpenter
Thomasville
Bunn W. Hackney, Jr
O. Delk Smith
Salisbury
Lexington
Felton Girl Is Back Home
Bernice Felton an 18 year old from Felton Illinois formerly held on a federal charge of transporting a stolen car from Arkansas to Tennessee returned to Rockford Illinois with bond set at 1500 dollars. She had been freed on charges of aiding a crime tourist in the slaying near Lonoke on May 6. The bondsman posted bail hours after U S Commissioner Rankin ordered her held to the October grand jury. Deputy U S Marshal Reaves released her to her parents Mr and Mrs Abraham Felton. The family planned to begin the journey home to Rockford immediately.
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Little Rock
Ark
Bernice Felton
Lester Brockelhurst
Victor A. Gates
Lonoke
Rockford
Arkansas
Tennessee
U. S
W. M. Rankin
U. 8
B. J. Reaves
Abraham Felton
Three Men Injured in Auto Collision Near Norway
Three men were hurt in a motor collision near Norway and taken to hospitals in Columbia. W. R. Sanford of Norway was admitted to the U S Veterans Hospital. I A Jordan of Columbia sustained a fractured left arm and shock and E B Comings of Meggett was also hospitalized. Jordan was reported as the most seriously injured.
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Columbia, &. C
Norway
W. R. Sanford
U. S. Veterans Hospital
I. A. Jordan
Columbia
E. B. Comings
Meggett
Columbia Hospital
Jordan
Bethlehem Steel resumes operations at Cambria works
Bethlehem Steel Corp resumes operations under peaceful conditions at Cambria works in Johnstown Pa after a two week strike over labor contracts. Police report 4000 to 6000 workers returned to jobs while governor lifted martial law and miners plan a mass meeting in support of the steel workers.
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Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cambria
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Bethlehem
Conemaugh
Slack Lick
William Clark
James Mark
Great Coal
Pennsylvania
Mark
George H. Earle
United Mine Workers
Former Furman U President Dr E M Poteat Dies
Durham June 26 Dr E McNeill Poteat 76 former Furman University president and Baptist church leader died after a long illness in a hospital. He led Furman 1903 1918 and taught ethics at Shanghai Baptist College and Mercer University. Survivors include four sons and three daughters. Funeral in Greenville Monday morning.
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Durham
E. McNeill Poteat
Furman University
Greenville
S. C
Baptist Church
Baltimore
New Haven
Jackson
Miss
Clarissa Poteat
Atlanta
William Louis Poteat
Wake Forest College
Greenville, D. C
The Average Man’s Lungs Contain About Five Quarts of Air
A brief health fact notes that an average adult lungs hold roughly five quarts of air. It explains the figure as part of a general lesson on human respiration and lung capacity.
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UOT Davis
Deral
Bullett and
Port Arthur
Fedge Randolph Bryant
Leavenworth
Kooshi A
James A. Johnston
Prison Island
Martin Dry Cleaning Company
South Main Street
Cleaners
Sartin Day Cleaning CO
Phont
Lependent Steel Workers
Felton
Brockelhurst
Tsunder Bond
Greensboro Co
Prexy Furman U
Jones Business College
P. P. Jones
W. Commerce Street
Batiste
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