Count Polignac Arrest Ties to $3 Million Liquor Ring S
New York reports the arrest of Count Francis de Maxene da Polignac and about thirty others in raids that seized ten tons of wines and spirits. Federal agents say the operation targeted a high level liquor ring linked to New York's social elite.
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New York
Park Avenue
Francis de Maxene da Polignac
Park and Fifth Avenue
Count Polignac
Savoy Plaza
Fifth Avenue
Cecil Griffin
Yarchsman
Boy Scouts of America
William J. Calhoun
Calhoun
Paris
Polignac
Ring
Jack Hawley
Armour and Company
U. S
Cotter
Arctic Tern Band Reveals Farflung Ocean Routes
A dead Arctic tern found on a South African beach bears a U S Department of Agriculture band number 548158. Banded at Turnevik Bay Labrador on July 28 1928 the bird traveled about 11 000 miles to a wintering site in the Antarctic with new evidence suggesting a route via Portugal Africa and a direct hop to the south. Naturalists note the tern’s extraordinary migration and discuss broader bird travel patterns and the growth of banding stations across the United States.
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Washington
South Africa
Bureau of Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
L. Austin
Turnevik Bay
Labrador
Arctic
Antarctic
North Pole
H. J
Heather
Durban
Natal
National Geographic Society
Wackrill
Johannesburg
Port Shepstone
Biological Survey
North America
Portugal
Africa
Equator
Ungava
Bermuda
Bahamas
Lesser Antilles
South America
Paraguay
Argentine
Pampas
West Indies
Mexico
Central America
Caribbean Sea
Pacific
Alaska
Aleutians
Hawaii
Hawaiian
Australia
Asia
E. W. Nelson
National Geographic Magazine
Bureau
Ohio farmer Charles Law foiled by cornfield
Charles Law a young Ohio farmer who robbed a bank cashier of 4000 dollars found his way out of a cornfield near the town edge and was captured near the crime scene. He was jailed after the escape attempt.
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Charles Law
Ohio
Diseases Telephone Service Expands After Hours
The telephonic disease service will provide 100 house calls at higher speed after office hours for those not available during the day. This expansion aims to improve access to medical help for patients unable to visit clinics regular hours.
Farmer fined for muskrat without permit in Billings
F. G. Kell of Billings Montana was fined 25 dollars for possessing a fur bearing animal without a proper permit after catching a muskrat by the tail and impounding it in a box to start a farm. The muskrat was in Kell's barn when captured.
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Billings
Mont
F. G. Kell
Kell
Large Whale School Spotted Off Eureka Coast
Captain Willard Cousins reports a large school of about fifty whales off Eureka California. The sighting described a prominent spout curtain as the creatures moved offshore in a rare, sizable gathering.
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Eureka
Calif
Willard Cousins
Cousins
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