Frank Johnson Convicted On Liquor Charge
In Circuit Court of County Frank Johnson was found guilty of manufacturing intoxicants. He received six months in jail a $350 fine and court costs. The docket also included the start of James Hardin’s trial for assault with a deadly weapon on Claude Dix after a reported August 30 incident.
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Circuit Court of County
Frank Johnson
Johnson
James Hardin
Claude Dix
Hardin
Dix
Floyd M. Brill
Commonwealth
Harrison
Shenandoah Seeks $25 000 for Jobless Road Work
Shenandoah county Board of Supervisors plans to apply to Gov. John Garland Pollard and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for 25000 to fund employment on county roads during the pending winter season.
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Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors
John Garland Pollard
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
State economy group proposes cuts of 750000 in state budget
State Sen Robert Norris chair of the Senate economy committee says a package of economies would reduce state expenditures by at least 750000, chiefly from education and the Layman Act enforcement changes. The plan also targets judges expenses, fee agents, and potential constitutional salary changes.
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Robert O. Norris
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Governor
General Assembly
Department of Education
Prohibition Department
Supreme Court of Appeals
Norris
Railroads Seek Freedom in Competition Policy
New York December 8 rail industry asks for freer handling of truck and water competition before the National Transportation Committee. Internal rifts erupt as railroad labor balks at participating, arguing the committee represents bondholders. The panel weighs wages authority and the scope of track competition amid disputes over joint highway and rail policy.
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National Transportation Committee
Coolidge
Rilroad
Calvin Coolidge
Chicago
Highway Users Association
Hether
American Railway Association
Deer Outrun Car After Front-End Collision
A Canadian motorist traveling at 55 mph caught up to a deer which kept ahead and then bolted into the underbrush. No injuries or further details reported.
One of Our Cases One of Our Cases
A Frederick county man with advanced tuberculosis dies at Catawba after his wife and his mother struggle to fund his care. The story frames the tragedy as a white plague tale and urges readers to buy Christmas seals to help.
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John
Frederick County
Catawba
Lower Wages Condemned By Labor Director
Richmond December 8 Informed that a North Carolina contractor offered 7 1 2 cents an hour for building a school house at Waverly John Hopkins Hall Jr state commissioner of labor and industry condemned forcing common laborers to a starvation wage He reported findings to Governor Pollard Sidney B Hall and Virginia Federation of Labor He urged use of Virginia labor and materials for public works and stated ample Virginia labor and material supply exists on a competitive basis.
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North Carolina
Waverley
John Hopkins Hall
Labor and Industry
Pollard
Sidney B. Hall
Virginia Federation of Labor
Waverly
Hall
Virginia
State Board of Education
State Literary Fund
Fingerprint science highlighted for police officers
Chief of Police C. W. Hollis hosted an on campus police training session with Inspector John R. Keith of the U S Bureau of Investigation as the speaker on fingerprints Keith stressed the need for fingerprint equipment and noted the national push to build a large shared record A few notable cases were cited including the Lamar Bank robbery and a misidentification of the Two West brothers Keith showed a photostatic copy of Al Capone's fingerprints and explained the data kept with each record The session drew the attention of city and county law enforcement officials and will continue with several criminologists addressing the class
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Bureau of Investigation
United States Department of Justice
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Washington
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Colorado
Bank of Lamar
West Brothers
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West
al Capone
Chicago
Atlanta
Hollis
C. Lee Barr
Luther Pannett
Robert DeHaven
Man In Gray Center Of Vanderwell Slaying Probe
Long Beach police probe the murder of Captain Walter Wanderwell aboard the Carma as 24 year old Walter J. Guy, a Welsh adventurer, is arrested after re enforcing alibi and conflicting accounts. Witnesses recall a gray clothed man near the dining saloon and a German style accent.
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Long Beach
Cal
Walter Vanderwell
Walter J. Guy
Guy
Quick
Vanderwell
Edward O. Delarm
South Seas
Wanderwell
Cuthbert Wills
Gambling croupier links stranger to docks shooting
Harry Greenwood, a croupier, recalls a man in gray near the docks after the shooting and suspects Guy as the stranger. Guy was nabbed after quarrels with Manderwell and Alpha Vanderwell, the captain’s widow, claimed he had threatened her husband two weeks ago.
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Harry Greenwood
Guy
Manderwell
Alpha Vanderwell
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