Sleuth Curates A Grim Global Crime Relic Collection
Merle A. Gill of Kansas City owns a renowned crime relic collection begun after a 1930s sea incident in Shanghai. His museum features handcuffs, leg irons, shackles, and weapons dating to 1620, with items from Billy the Kid to the Maine. Gill, a former naval sailor and U S labor agent, tours states and public shows and has exhibited at peace officers conferences.
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Kansas City
Shanghai
Merle A. Gill
Kenagington Avenue
Gill
Navy
Swope Park
Kangaa City
Peace Officers’ Associations
Chicago
Jesse James
Cole Younger
Henry Starr
Sam Carr
Billy the Kid
Hig
United States
Oregon
England
Plymouth Rock
Guild Hall Mouseum
London
Linden County
Texas
Maine
Leverett
Boston
Git
United States Department of Labor
Middle West
Peace Officers’ Association of
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
International Association For Identification
Gill Haa
Pollen
Kangas
Armateat
Parachute jumper funds schooling in Kentucky
Hopkinsville reports sixteen year old Hugh Thomason earns tuition by parachute jumping on Sundays and holidays for crowds. He says he has nearly saved enough for a course at the University of Southern California and is described as the youngest professional parachute jumper in the country.
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Hopkinsville
Hugh Thomasson
University of Southern California
A museum curator and a jeweled .88 caliber Colt pistol
A curator speaks of his museum pieces noting a unique .88 caliber Colt automatic pistol made for exhibition. The gun features a mother of pearl handle with amethysts and emeralds and ornate hand engraving. Gill says it would be a pleasure to be shot by such beauty.
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Gill
Man Divorced 14th Time Says How to Win Wife
El Paso plumber Bruce Steele, divorced 14 times, declares he can win another wife quickly and keep her. He attributes divorces to jealousy and says women love him and he knows their weaknesses. Steele cites multiple remarriages involving former spouses and asserts his knack for romance.
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el Paso
Texas
Bruce Steele
Fannie K. Steele
Mra. Steele
Fanny
Steele
Students Contribute to Washington Cathedral Fund
Washington Right Rev James E Freeman says 76 high schools from 15 states donated to the Washington Cathedral during a two month period. Visiting students offered gifts in school names for stones for the north transept and for National Cathedral Association memberships. Names of schools will be listed in the Cathedral Book of Remembrance.
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Washington
James EK
Freeman
National Capital
Mount Saint Alban
National Cathedral Association
Syria in Transit: Trans Asia Expedition Notes Historic Scene
The National Geographic Trans Asia expedition travels from Beyrouth through Damascus into Iraq, logging six thousand miles to Peiping with tractor cars and on board labs. Damascus markets show a blend of ancient trade and modern goods, while Syria’s diverse religions shape its political geography and future tourism prospects.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D
Trans-Asia
Beyrouth
Beirut
Syria
Peiping
Peking
Damascus
Iraq
Bagdad
Syrsa
Mediterranean
Turkey
Palestine
Arabia
Republic of
France
Liban
Lebanon
Mandate
Diebe Druze
United States
Asia
Persia
Europe
New World
Arabian Peninsula
Berlin
Asia Minor
Cairo
Calais
Hope
America
Thoussoda
South America
Brazil
Baalbek
Athens
Acropolis
Kalat el Husn
Cedars of
Atil
Abraham
Algiers
Manchester
Birmingham
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Washington Cathedral
Floyd Bennett Airport
New York
James J. Walker
Germany
Derb-el-Mustakim
Saul of
Tarsus
Araby
Bokhara
Damascue
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