Racketeer Higgins Shot Dead in Brooklyn as Family Watches
In Brooklyn a notorious gambler known as Charles Higgins was shot dead by two cars' occupants as he left the Knights of Columbus with his wife, mother-in-law, and young daughter who was grazed. Higgins had promised to avenge rivals, had prior police trouble, and led a liquor running operation with a seaplane and fleet. A later Greensville price survey notes a 67 percent drop in commodity prices over three years.
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New York
Charles
Vannie) Higgins
Brooklyn
Higgins
Jean
Knights of Columbus
Vannie
Strange Cathedral Secrets and a Bantam Title Fight
The German Cathedral on Berlin's Gendarmenmarkt was built as a nonreligious storehouse and later rebuilt after a collapse in 1781, with domes that hid no sacred function. Also noted is J try McGovern's quick bantamweight victory over Pedlar Palmer in Tuckahoe, famed for a short, sharp bout.
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Orderrederick
Prussia
Gat
J. Try McGovern
Palmer
McGovern
Tuckahoe
Tarzan the Terrible and the Lady’s Escape
Jane, Lady Greystroke, slips from a canoe into a moonlit lake, swims toward the southern shore alone and unarmed in a hostile land, feeling elation and relief at last after months of captivity.
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Jane
Greystroke
S B A Outing Attracts Big Crowd At Hill's Grove
Security Benefit Association picnic drew over a thousand attendees near Amarillo with Gene West performing dance steps, Hugh Roden's string orchestra providing music, and Miss Peggy Fowler winning first prize among 22 bathing beauties. Winners included Frank Lopez and Jack West in horseshoe, Miss Bessie Baker in the egg race, Erick Peterson in the sack race, Joe Doerfler in the fat man's race, and Mrs Frank Lopez in the stout woman race. Charles Borden did athletic stunts under organizers M L Caldwell and George Runyon.
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Security Benefit Association
Hill's Grove
Amarillo
Gene West
Hugh Roden
Peggy Fowler
Loot Filling Station Robbery Reported in Henderson
Three unmasked men robbed the Beacon Refining Company station on Sunday, stealing 940 dollars from an iron box in a closet. A youth attendant was taken three miles into the country before being released. Fire toll in Lubbock rises as Mrs. A Scott and daughter Ruth Mae Scott die from injuries. Russia's population is estimated at 147,013,609.
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Lubbock
Here
Hockle County
A. Scott
Ruth Mae Scott
Russia
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