Gambling Vessel Resists Raiding on California Coast
Santa Monica Calif The Rex a floating casino run by Tony Cornero Stralla defied a raid by Sheriff deputies and Atty Gen Earl Warren. Deputies sought warrants to close four gambling ships off the southern California coast closing three and forcing patrons ashore while Stralla resisted with water hoses and gates until a truce allowed 500 customers to depart.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Tony Cornero Stralla
Rex
Stralla
Atty
Earl Warren
Deputies
California
Finch Boy Dies After Operation in Aledo Hospital
New Boston born three year old Billy Leroy Finch died at 11 45 p m Wednesday after a tonsil operation at an Aledo hospital The death follows a prior infant sibling death on June 2 His parents Mrs Edith Finch New Boston and Benjamin Johnson Keithsburg and two grandparents survive Funeral plans are indefinite
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New Boston
Billy Leroy Finch
Walter
Georgia Johnson Finch
Aledo Hospital
Edith Finch
Benjamin Mohnson
Keithsburg
Dreher’s Name Found on Repair Bills in Dreher Slaying Case
Police announced found Wednesday night two blocks outside Des Moines west limits that repair bills bearing Harold J. Dreher’s name, a Mason City salesman slain a week earlier, along with two small change purses and a key case. Also recovered were gloves, canned heat, empty bottles, a screwdriver, matches, maps of Iowa and Illinois, a black comb, and a plank check from the First National.
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Des Moines
Harold J. Dreher
Mason City
West City
Drener
Iowa
Illinois
Armour Group Votes on Bargaining Unit in Chicago
More than 800 Armour and soap auxiliary employees qualified to vote on whether the United Packinghouse Workers CIO should be their bargaining agency. The NLRB opened the 12 hour election at 6 a.m. amid a PWOC threat to strike for a national contract.
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Chicago
Armour and Company
Soap Auxiliary
United Packing House Workers
CIO
National Attor Relations Board
Packing House
NLRB
Packing House Workers Organizing Committee
Kansas City
South St. Paul
Sioux City
PWOC
Armour
Bank of Mason City Writ Found Among Odd Items
A four napkin wadded bundle and a grease stained cloth accompany a pencil writ noting No 653 from the Bank of Mason City. The improvised evidence suggests a makeshift filing or note pad used in a historical office setting.
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Bank of
Mason City
Mystery Swans Drank From Ale Barrel in Pond
In Hudson New Hampshire workers at an animal farm solved why swans acted wobbly after submerging. The owner said swans dunked to reach a barrel of ale connected to a drainage pipe feeding their pond, while several stayed underwater nearly drowning and all became very under the influence.
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Hudson
N. H
Pick Your Partner and Take Off New Dances Are Ready
In New York a new dance craze features the boomps a-daisy and the Castle Rock and roll, with one phase highlighted as the lead. The item notes fresh partner dances ready for dancers to adopt.
Hay Fever Relief Ad From McDaniel Drug Store
An old advertisement touts PO-TAS-A-FRAS as a rapid hay fever remedy. It promises relief from choking and sneezing, dry eyes, and nasal irritation with a claim of exclusive local sale by McDaniel Drug Store.
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McDaniel Drug Store
Dancing Masters tout new Castle rock and rolls and boompsa-daisy
At a convention Irene Castle unveiled the Castle rock and rolls, a three phase dance with banking the turn side slip and kicking the bucket. The boompsa-daisy drew consternation from ballroom purists as couples sing yodeled lines amid the lively display. Scientists note ancient oceans formed about 1.3 billion years ago and classify Earthquake waves into two body types and one surface type with known speeds for locating quakes.
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Dancing Masters of America Hope
Irene Castle
Castle
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Tilde Re
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