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...afternoon of June 3, Arthur Maillefert, 22. of Westfield. N. J., serving nine years for stealing $30. was found strangled to death in the "sweatbox" of Duval County's Sunbeam prison camp. A sweatbox is a windowless outdoor solitary confinement cell little bigger than a coffin. According to Florida law it should be 3 ft. broad. There should be ventilation. Arthur Maillefert. called "Jersey" by his prison mates, had passed the previous evening in the sweatbox naked and inside a barrel out of which he tried to gnaw. He had also used a trusty's knife...
Commander Edward Ellsberg, U. S. Naval Reserve, whose work in raising the S-4 and S-51 won him the Distinguished Service Medal (TIME, Sept. 9, 1929) said at Westfield...
...Casale, New Britain, Conn., R. T. Cassidy, Marblehead, H. R. Chalke, Plainville, Conn., C. R. Cherington, N. Y. City, J. A. Christenson, Concord, F. F. Clapp, Cambridge, E. W. Clark, West Roxbury, D. C. Clos, New York City, E. A. Crane, Cambridge, H. Crocker, Brookline, J. Depopolo, Westfield, D. B. Doherty, Jr., Cambridge, J. V. Doolin, Somerville, P. F. Dur. Toronto, Canada, J. S. Egel, Lynn...
...privilege of selecting your correspondence to appear in the Letter column but we did give you credit for not only a more discriminating taste but also better judgment. Has real news reached such a low ebb that you must resort to matters of this kind? NATHALIE M. THOMPKINS Westfield...
Fifty next Washington's Birthday, Governor Ely, able lawyer of Westfield. bears a strange resemblance to the State's last Democratic Governor ? that great vote-getter, big-faced, handsome David Ignatius Walsh, now U. S. Senator. Of middling height and weight, Governor Ely violates all rules of Massachusetts Democracy by smoking cigarets instead of rancid cigars. A quick, flashy smile has rendered him immensely popular. As Governor, he transferred from his own Chrysler to the Chrysler sedan furnished by the State but kept his private chauffeur. At the State House he received, among many another, a great floral tribute...