Judge Musmanno's New Year DUI Crusade Returns
The story recalls Judge Angelo Musmanno’s anti drunk driving campaign that reduced Pittsburgh area DUI incidents by 80 percent, mandating jail terms from 30 days to two years and requiring pledges not to drive alcohol impaired. He staged public funerals and sweeps to deter offenders, warning of the danger and urging responsible celebration.
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Angelo Musmanno
Black Fury
Pittsburg
Musmanne
Here s Why It s Hard To Poison Cockroaches
Philadelphia reports the secret is out on why cockroaches resist poisons. Studies by four U S Bureau of Entomology scientists show stomach parasites that feed on poison. Dyeing reveals multiple parasite types each specialized to a certain poison, explaining varied resistance.
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Philadelphia
American Association For the Advancement of Science
States Bureau of Entomology
Beltsville
J. F. Yeager
E. R. McGorran
Sam C. Munson
E. L. Mayer
Topmost Women in U S Named for 1940
A committee at Webber College named ten outstanding American women for 1940. Honorees include Clare Boothe, Marian Anderson, Anne Lindbergh, Carson McCullers, Alice Marble, Deanna Durbin, and Mildred MacFee among others. No honoree born before 1900.
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Webber College
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Mildred H. McaFee
Wellesley College
Belen Hayes
Clare Boothe
Marion Janet Harroon
United States Board of Tax Appeals
Marian Anderson
Anne Lindbergh
Helen Flanders Dunbar
Columbia University
American Medical Association
American Psychiatric Association
Deanna Durbin
Carson McCullers
Alice Marble
Errol Flynn yacht returns to Avalon after storm
Errol Flynn's yacht Sirroco reached Avalon California after a voyage toward Honolulu ended by heavy winds. Cameraman Al Wetzel said gales of six miles an hour battered the craft on December 24 about 600 miles from California. the crew turned back after reports of more storms. The radio equipment failed early, preventing reports of its position. Flynn did not accompany the trip. Seagulls drop shellfish on tracks.
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Catalina Island
Calif
Errol Flynn
Sirroco
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al Wetzel
Warner Brothers Studio
California
William Keil
Flynn
Ireland Faces Blockade Tension With Britain and U S
The Rome report quotes Berlin warning that American ships aiding Britain to reach Ireland face warlike action even if neutrality laws exclude Ireland. Britain imposes restrictions on trade to Eire, risking an economic crisis and reigniting Anglo Irish tensions. De Valera warns America of danger if the blockade tightens.
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Associated Press
Rome
Berlin
Ireland
Irish
Britain
United States
Eire
Eamon Devalera
Columbia Broadcasting System
America
Cevalera
Dublin
Devalera
England
Abolition of tipping urged by U S workers chief
Mary Anderson director of the U S women's bureau urged abolishing tipping at a Chicago address before labor legislation leaders. She cited irregular employment and income instability for tipped workers while Mary Barnett Gilson of the University of Chicago argued tipping corrupts both tipper and recipient and should not be treated as wages.
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Mary Anderson
United States Women’s Bureau
American Association For Labor
Mary Barnett Gilson
University of Chicago
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