Wireless Radio Key To Rum Runner Operations
In a Coast Guard profile, radio intercepts reveal how rum ships like Elsie K relay plans to land contraband liquor off the U S East Coast. The tale covers coded messages, a drowning mystery aboard a collier, stowaway tales, and the role of cryptographer Elizabeth Smith Friedman in decoding tactics.
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Coast Guard
Morris Gilbert
NEA
Washington
Bermuda
D. Coast Guard
Newark
Acushmet
Newport News
Moka
Congreve
Elsie K
Big Roover
North Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Slorifying Yourself by Alicia Hert
Spring fingernails bring detachable nail pastes and new care tips. The piece advises cuticle oil or Vaseline, daily cuticle work, remover at night, and a rosy mother of pearl polish with a stiffened dress. It urges hand creams, avoiding stains from housework and smoking, plus a finishing perfume before dancing.
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Mother of Pearl
Mass Meeting Set Next Monday in Thomasville
Special to the Enterprise reports a mass meeting for all Thomasville citizens to discuss city government and the tax situation in the graded school building on Main Street. Several speakers will address the gathering at 8 p.m. and the public is invited to attend and participate.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Citi
Zens
Main Street
Souvenir Bottle of Beer Costly To Its Carriers
Alex Shafer, manager of a Knoxville auto agency, said a bottle of beer brought from Middlesboro Ky cost him a night in jail and a 66.50 fine. Shafer and another man were arrested by Virginia officers on Cumberland Gap where Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee meet. They were jailed in Jonesville Va overnight and fined 66.50 each for a souvenir beer.
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Knoxville
Jonesville
Shafer
Official Flower of State Still Matter of Much Discussion
Raleigh April 12 A long running debate over a state flower continues with no official designation. The daisy is widely considered NC’s flower, but a legislative vote has been blocked by budget concerns and action on other bills. Some favor trumpet vine, but Kentucky already uses it.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Kentucky
Bath coup in bridge hand sparks discussion at Albany tourney
In a rubber game from the Northeastern New York Championship, the declarer uses a Bath coup to invite a misstep by opponents. The sequence features hearts as the main suit, an overcall, and a clever endplay to secure the extra trick and game despite a strategic two-spade overcall.
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WM. E. McKenney
Albany
N. Y
New York
Ague
Big South
West
North
East
South
Hearts
Declarer
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Wireless
Delaware Bay
Percy Congreve
Collier
Man
Coller
Percy
New York Harbor
Narrows
Moka Headland
Imart
Elizabeth Smith Friedman
Intelligence
Francis Bacon
United States
Mexican Gulf
Customs Escadrille
Alicia
East Indies
Maen
Beavans
Annew
Cheney
Ree
Odc
SeLing
Seaneias
Archer
Mrs. Jones
Beavan
Ladies’ Store
Just
Nelly
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