Word: civile
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Sullivan County, Ind. and for some six to eight months in Terre Haute. Under this, a major of militia had power superior to all local authorities and courts; he could and did order men to be held for various alleged offenses, including street corner speaking, subject, not to civil law, but to a military court...
Actually, I suspended no civil processes in any instance. The courts remained open and functioned in a normal way. Troops were sent to Sullivan and Vigo counties as a symbol of the authority of the State and its determination to preserve order. Over a period of time there was a progressive reduction of the number of troops until finally we had only one squad on duty, although martial law technically was continued...
...bill attend a political rally? he asked. If his good friend were running for office, might that employe sit on the platform? Make a supporting speech? A voluntary contribution? In reply, Senator Hatch patiently reminded people (and the President) that all such questions are already answered by Civil Service regulations, whose language he used verbatim in his act (Attorney-General Murphy last week informally opined it was Constitutional). Net answer: Federal employes may participate in politics except as officers of political organizations or delegates to conventions-which doesn't leave much...
...infrequent. The Court is peripatetic, traveling between the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix. As it goes, its criteria must change, for until a few years ago St. Thomas and St. Croix had separate assemblies, separate laws. St. Thomas, for example, does not provide capital punishment for murder. Civil cases (including probate) outrank criminal cases two to one. Contract claims and damages run in hundreds rather than thousands of dollars, but last week a new vista opened for lawing in the Virgin Islands. A soda water manufacturer and a merchant on St. Croix reported bringing in two oil wells...
...police inspectors. The trucks carried $40,000,000 in gold bullion, and its passing from French to Spanish hands ended a long dispute. Bank of France vaults having held it for years, the Spanish Republican Government and Generalissimo Francisco Franco's Government fought over its ownership during the Civil War. When the war ended, the French were reluctant to relinquish the gold until Spain paid for the board and lodging of some 400,000 refugees quartered in France. Last week the Generalissimo won the argument...