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Robert E. Harp

Full name:Robert Harp
Era:1930s
State:Ohio
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Biography

Robert E. Harp was an overseas veteran expelled from the National Military Home at Dayton under the economy program. The September 7, 1933 report says military officials arrested him after he ate in its dining room and turned him over to civil authorities on a charge of defrauding the government of food. The episode occurred amid removal of disabled veterans and armed exclusion from meals. No exact arrest day, sentence, discharge or complete custody length is printed. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1933/v10-n215-sep-07-1933-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3

Case

Charges: Defrauding the government of food after eating at the National Military Home following expulsion.
Sentence: Actually arrested by military officials and delivered to civil authorities; later disposition and complete duration unstated.