Michigan Governor Backs Change to Life for a Pint Law
Governor Green urges passage of amendments to the life for a pint statute modeled on New York Baumes law. The measure targets repeat liquor offenders, with debates over retroactive applicability and which crimes should qualify for life imprisonment. The Anti-Saloon League backs change while lawmakers weigh narrowing or excluding liquor offenses from life terms.
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Green
New York
Fred Palm
Lansing
Michigan
Palm
Etta Mae Miller
Channie Tripp
Flint
Muskegon County
Alev Zach
State Anti-Saloon League
Taxes and roads tax revenue report from 1928 district summaries
Receipts from gas tax total 3485.56 with monthly figures and detailed district breakdowns for road and bridge expenditures. The report covers district commissioners, a mule convict crew, and a proposed midwinter halt to machine work to cover past due bills. It lists Beat by Beat collections and payments for 1928 plus notes on penalties and new January road tax. A Salem, Virginia item notes junior women’s club under 18 preparing for spring baseball games with Miss Virginia Little participating.
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Salem
Virginia Little
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Byrd Flier Once Landed Plane On Cow
Dean C. Smith a former air mail pilot recounts landing his plane on a cow during early aviation days. He also holds a unique accident record with the post office department after flying 365,719 miles. The Bird Antarctic Expedition team now travels toward the South Pole sharing air experiences.
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Byrd Flier
Bird Antarctic Expedition
South ‘Pole
Air Mail
Post Office Department
Dean C. Smith
Air mail pioneer recalls near miss in early service
Seven years of government air mail service yielded a single accident. The pilot described the incident as a near-crash with a cow-killed plane. He joined the air mail service on May 21, 1920, and the report notes a fearsome moment of dead-stick flying low over a cow-killed wrecked aircraft.
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Air Mail
Announcements in Spanish and English Planned for Cincinnati
Announcements in Spanish and English will be made during the Cincinnati program intended for Cuban and Mexican listeners from 10 to 11 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on January 8.
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G. J. Geysendorster
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Scholte
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Los Angeles
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Anills Levy Cobeetwaesen
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Alabama
Banking House & Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
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Houston
B. P. Poyner, Jr
S. G. Knowles
J. L. Crawford
C. L. Tompkins
W. C. Fenn
McPeak
Texas Service Station
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Riegels
California
Roy Riegels
Golden Bear
Benny Lom
Georgia Tech
Studebaker
Malone Motor Company
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