Day Violations Increase in Year End Report
Washington June 3 Prohibition violations entering federal courts rose by about one thousand in the last six months of 1928 versus 1927. Convictions fell by about four hundred and fines dropped by about $200,000, while imprisonment totals rose to 8,205 years. Compared with 1925 and 1926, instituted cases increased by about five thousand and nine thousand respectively. Regional trends show declines in southern California, western North Carolina, middle Tennessee, and Alaska districts, with rises in Connecticut, middle Georgia, northern and eastern Illinois, and Hawaii.
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Washington
Deent of Justice
California
North Carolina
Middle Tennesse
Alaska
Connecticut
Middle Georgia
Illinois
Hawaii
Sweethearts slain in Moorestown bedroom tragedy
In Moorestown New Jersey on June 2 Ruth Wilson 25 daughter of a Camden financier and real estate broker and her fiancé Horace Roberts 25 were found fatally shot in the young woman's bedroom. Wilson had three shots to the left temple and Roberts three to the right temple. Both died without regaining consciousness, Wilson on the bed Roberts on the floor, and both were fully clothed.
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Moorestown
N. J
Ruth Wilson
Camden
Horace Roberts
Miss Wilson
Roberts
Missing four days girl found in woods near Idlewild
Dorothy Nerschel four, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Doreschel of Green Bay, was found alive by local boys near Tdlewood after a four day disappearance. She spent three nights in dense woods two miles from the picnic site, with near freezing temperatures raising pneumonia fears. she was taken to Leasum hospital in a dazed state.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Dorothy Nerschel
Ed Doreschel
Green Bay
Tdlewood
Michael Sekey
Idlewild
Leasum Hospital
Mayor Claude Gregg Sues Globe Construction for 7000 Damages
Vincennes Indiana June 3 Mayor Claude F B Gregg filed suit against Globe Construction Co in Knox Superior Court seeking 7000 for injuries from a 1928 accident on a new State Road 67 project near Bruceville. He alleges no warning lights or signs on a dangerous embankment caused his car to overturn, injuring him and impairing his ability to work.
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Vincennes
Ind
Claude FB. Gregg
Superior Court of
Knox County
Globe Construction Co
Bruceville
Bicknell
Plaintiff
Gregg
Vincennes Packing Co
Indianapolis Hog and Cattle Market Report June 8
Hog receipts 7,000 with holdovers 858. market steady to 10c up. Weights 250-350 Ibs $10.75-$11.15, 200-260 Ibs $11.10-$11.20, 460-200 Ibs $11.10-$11.80, 130-160 Ibs $10.65-$10.85, 90-130 Ibs $9.75-$10.50, packing sows $9-$10. Cattle receipts 1,000 and calves 500. beef steers $12.50-$14.50, beef cows $8.50-$11.50, low cutter $6.50-$8, feeders $18.50-$14.50, heavy calves $7.50-$12, bulk stock and feeder steers $9.50-$12.50. Sheep receipts 150. top fat lambs $16.50, bulk fat lambs $14.50-$16, cull lambs $10-$18, fat ewes $4.50-$6.50.
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Indianapolis
Battlefields Still Taking Many Victims
Paris reports the scarred red zone a decade after the Armistice continues to claim lives and injuries. Ministry figures for United Press show 2545 people harmed by shells left on fields, with 320 deaths and 600 injuries from unexploded ordnance and mines. cleanup deaths total 525, injuries 1100 as shells are separated for steel. Many children also suffered while ignoring danger signs.
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Paris
Ministry of Liberated Regions
United Press
Dry Killers Face Trial in Old Dominion
ABINGDON Va June 8 The echo of three pistol shots that killed ten year old J D M Kendrick May 6 will echo in circuit court today as Policeman James McReynolds Deputy Sheriff James Crowe and Deputy Sheriff William Worley go on trial for murder The youth a student at Emory and Henry College near here was riding in an automobile with two companions when the officers fired at the tires and a bullet killed Kendrick The motive given is that the officers believed the youths were drinking
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Abindon
Jd. M. Kendrick
James McReynolds
James Crowe
William Worley
Emory and Henry College
Kendrick
Notorious Woman Faces Old Accusations Again
The 40 year old Mrs Cassler, once jailed for 28 months and 11 days, defiantly rejects new murder and gun accusations. She says her husband is lying about her having a weapon and vows not to frown, noting life has cheated her.
Imprisoned in clay hopper Ray Tribble survives ordeal
Brazil Ind June 3 United Press Dispatch Ray Tribble crawled into a clay hopper to unclog it but slipped and was buried under several tons of clay for about an hour. He was rescued unharmed despite the dangerous fall and pressure.
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Brazil
Ind
Ray Tribble
Tribble
His Part Friend
Sandy MacTight discusses his son pursuing art. He plans to let the boy grow his hair and rely on himself to progress, signaling a hands off approach to his artistic ambitions.
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Sandy MacTight
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