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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1924
Page
8
Dr and Mrs John A Rey of Ashland Virginia arrive for their yearly visit. Eugene Ferguson of Richmond stops by to see his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs L H Stokes on West Leicester Street.
Georges Carpentier the French heavyweight meets Gene Tunney American light heavyweight champion in a key bout at the Polo Grounds Thursday night. The undercard features Berlenbach vs Ratner and Harry Mason vs Paul Fritsch in international matchups.
Richmond July 22 Morgan P Robinson archivist at the state library has been suspended pending action by the library board executive committee Dr H R Mellwaine librarian said Robinson was suspended for the general good of the service He is a prominent archivist who has figured in controversies and his friends expect a fight for reinstatement The executive committee is expected to meet Friday
Richmond July 22 Aubrey Barrett a negro convict sentenced for murder in Charlotte County receives a conditional pardon from the governor while still serving his term under the order.
Gov. Trinkle grants conditional pardon to Barrett, once aged 15 to 17 at his 1916 first degree murder conviction with his father. Elder was to die by electrocution. youth sentence commuted to life. Clemency efforts by Senator Cannon and K. T. Crawley preceded the governor’s action.
Virginia and North Carolina authorities press on in a search for Mabel Strickland an 18 year old girl who vanished from Louisburg North Carolina Saturday night relatives say a man with a wife and five children also disappeared from Fremont North Carolina in the same period a warrant has been sworn for his arrest. Letters indicate he promised to marry her if she joined him in Virginia.
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