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Because the cotton came from a bonded warehouse, licensed under a Federal law passed in 1916, white man and Negro were indicted for Federal crimes. Jed Earner pleaded guilty, was sentenced to eight months in jail, was later released when Fred Hastings, who fought the case, got the law declared unconstitutional by a Federal judge. Last week Fred Hastings had famed counsel to plead his case before the top court of the U. S.: ex-Solicitor General James M. Beck...
...Jews who are rated as Germans. Scathingly London's Times commented that these laws make Germany a "paradise for black-mailers." Even before it went into effect British Jew Rudolph Selz had been arrested for "racial defilement" of a German woman and non-Jew Edmond Thomas is in jail for consorting with a Jewess...
...many a locality, newspapers are accustomed not to report church gambling parties. In Grand Rapids, Mich, last fortnight, however, the newspapers had no choice. Clapped into jail for violating State gambling laws was a Mrs. Eleanor...
Girodat, 60, undertaker and seasoned Catholic charitarian. Mrs. Girodat's jailing was less a result of her own recalcitrance than of the vacillation of local officials. After Michigan's Governor Frank D. Fitzgerald vetoed a bill legalizing beano games, the Grand Rapids prosecutor decided to allow charity games, stamp out commercial ones. He reversed his stand shortly after Mrs. Girodat sponsored a game with 400 players which netted $110 for the Catholic Daughters of America. He not only had Mrs. Girodat arrested but issued a warrant for one of her morgue employes, who was picked up while attending...
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