Three Freed of Fraud Charge in Palmyra Oil Case
In Vicksburg Mississippi three defendants Ralph Dudley James Masche and T O Turner were acquitted by a federal jury on conspiracy and mail fraud charges tied to an oil venture on Davis Island. Harry W Elliott and John Buie were tried as mistrials, with W R Simmons also to be tried in May. The defense argued promoters spent thousands drilling a well while the government claimed more than 75000 was defrauded.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Palmyra
Federal District Court
Edwin R. Holmes
Davis Island
Ralph Dudley
James Masche
T. O. Turner
Youth Freed in Girl Death Near Charleston Mississippi
George Spencer Quinton, 17, was acquitted of murder after a four hour jury deliberation in a case tied to a Valentine gumdrop allegedly poisoned with potato bug poison. The 11 year old Marjorie May Scott died March 17 from pneumonia and measles, defense denying poisoning and the state insisting he acted to retaliate over a prior whipping. The trial drew large crowds from Tallahatchie county as relatives and lawyers watched the verdict.
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Charleston
Miss
George Spencer Quinton
Springhill
Here
Marjorie May Scott
Quinton
Irion To Speak On Motorization Of Infantry For Reserve Officers
Captain Val Irion infantry reserve and president of the Shreveport Reserve Officers association will lecture on Motorization of Infantry to local reserve officers Tuesday night. He will travel to Monroe with Col. William S. Woodruff in charge of organized reserve activities in north Louisiana. Irion has previously addressed Shreveport reserve officers on the topic and was asked to repeat it locally. Britain is supplying bicycles to the world except France Germany and the United States.
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Val Irion
Infantry Reserve
Shreveport
Reserve Officers’ Association
Irion
Young Democrats of Louisiana
Monroe
William S. Woodruff
Regular Army
Louisiana
Britain
France
Germany
United States
Across and Down Puzzle Clues Mix in Vintage Word Play
A dense list of crossword style clues spans epochs varnish ingredients maritime terms firsts and common words. The puzzle intertwines archaic phrases with modern hints from locomotives to letters and animals, inviting a broad answer grid.
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Little
Orphan Annie
Kiddies
Harold Gray
Annie
Anniee
Whistle Tooter
Sidney Smith
WWE
Moon Mullins
BY Willard
Lady Plushbottom
Fatty
Emmy
William
Boots
MaRtIn
Mona
Billy
UMNDA
Darlis
NEA Service, Inc
T.M. Reg
U. S. Pat
Tarzan the Invincible
Bob Kitembo
United
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Mississippi
Tallahatchie County
John Kuykendall
Ferguson
Alice
Archimedes
Sicily
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Eget Mountain
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