Monte Carlo Casino Crime Nets Revelations From Police
An army of casino police and detectives guard France’s 180 casinos and 2 000 private gaming circles. A British Italian gang used chemically treated cards and tinted glasses to cheat, but secret police exposed the scheme in minutes. Other tricks include sandpapered wheels and talcum finger tricks, with women named as more dishonest gamblers.
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Monte Carlo
France
Deauville
Cannes
Nice
Unemployed Man Sells Goods On Foot Across Six States
Detroit man Charles H. Williams aged 70 finds work by travel selling shoe strings handkerchiefs and small knick knacks. He walked over 2 500 miles with his wife in a cart to rural districts where farmers needed shoe laces and handkerchiefs. He plans a second trip next spring into the eastern states.
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Detroit
Charles H. Williams
Williams
Boss Love Letters Battle Hits Berlin Court
In Berlin the labor arbitration court split over whether a secretary must record and write love notes dictated by her boss. Fraulein Else Klein refused, was fired, and initially won on illegality, but the higher court ruled she must take letters unless the boss dictates to avoid chicanery.
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Berlin
INS
Labor Arbitration Court
Fraulein Else Klein
Ilegally
Fraulein
Valley settler sees her first automobile at last
Mrs. John Huelsdonk, a 1892 pioneer in the upper Hoh valley, came out for the second time in 40 years to see civilization and enjoy a ride in an automobile. She had previously gone Alaska Yukon Expo in Seattle and vowed to stay in the wilderness. Her daughter Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher persuaded her to return, despite a sprained ankle, with a rough sled ride pulled by a horse over mountain trails to reach the highway.
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Aberdeen
Wash
John Huelsdonk
Hoh River Valley
The
Hoh
Seattle
Elizabeth Fletcher
Huelsdonk
Men Not Only Ones To Wear Pantaloons
In Dallas American Airways crews faced confusion over an order to remove pants for winter. The so called pants referred to the streamlined coverings on aircraft wheels, not clothing.
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Dallas
Tex
INS
American Airways
Shot Ends Cat's Poaching Career
Greensburg, Pa. reports the state fish commission watching a stocked stream for violators. A black cat named Izaak Walton was seen munching a trout near the water when a shot ended its fishing career.
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Greensburg, Pa
Greensburg
Izaak Walton
State Fish Commission
Sam Henderson
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Srecinaty
A&p
RED Circle Coffee
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Aittle
Lee
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