This bookmark was a gift from a friend, Neil Whaley, who is aware of my affection for ephemera of First Baptist Church, Vancouver. This was produced near the end of the term of minister J. Neither of us had heard of this shop before, so it certainly seemed worthy of a historical scrounge! In , the bookstore was at the SE corner of Pender and Homer at West Pender, just steps from what would become, decades later, the home of Paper Hound.
The original proprietor was a former sheet metal worker named Thomas R. The shop plainly had a Communist perspective. In , the shop was located at A East Hastings. In , the shop changed hands and locations one last time. Ravenor was found guilty and sentenced to 14 months in the clink. The conviction was upheld on appeal, although the sentence was reduced to 8 months Sun 11 Jan Of the seized books, were ordered to be destroyed. He died in In many cases communist leaders were interned in camps, long before fascistsβ¦.
The CPC reversed its opposition to the war and argued the danger to the working class on the international level superseded its interests nationally. All of the men received sentences of about one year. All of these records are part of the Vancouver Police Department fonds and each consists of a mug shot and the date on which it was taken. Most were identified with a name and sometimes also an alias; a few were not. The incarcerated included women, men, caucasians, Asians, blacks, and indigenous people.
Percy Smith and then selling them to a Mr. Rita King was sentenced to five years for unlawfully wounding Tessie McDonald in a fight over the affections of Bert Washington. King and McDonald were both residents of Mrs. King, secreting a revolver in her clothes, followed the two to the saloon and shot and wounded McDonald.
Washington was not hit Province 21 Jul Charles A. The judge gave Schroeder a suspended sentence in this case. Richard Fleming was sentenced to 18 months. The goods were nicked from the safe by Fleming, who claimed in court that the cash was spent on liquor Province 12 May Walter Bradley was sentenced to three months for theft.
