Expert Charge: Gang Movies Breed Crime Across Europe
London reports criminologist Dr. L Vernon Briggs, touring Europe’s prisons, cites undeniable evidence that gangster films with sexual spice fuel crime. He warns youths see crime as a game after exposure, noting rising young prisoner ages and citing Two-Gun Crowley and Vincent Coll as film-driven examples.
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London
U.P
Europe
L. Vernon Briges
America
Briggs
Crowley
Vincent Col
Coll
Fire narrowly saves London's Dirty Dick inn
Fire at the cellar of Dirty Dick’s in London threatened the famous saloon near the wine vaults. A patrolman called the fire department, saving the 18th century inn and its historic bar, once linked to Nathaniel Bentley who earned the nickname Dirty Dick after personal tragedy.
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London
U.P
Nathaniel Bentley
Lobe
Assumption College earns French honor amid US college scene
Worcester Massachusetts Assumption College President Rev Crescent L Armanet named Officier dAcademie by the French Ministry of Education and Fine Arts. In Washington a man claimed to have nitroglycerin at a bank and extorted $100 before leaving.
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Worcester
Mass
U.P
Assumption College
United States
Crescent L
Armanet
Officier d'Academie
Ministry of Education
Gold hunted in old Humboldt wreck
San Francisco March 17. Wrecking crews close to finishing their dismantling of the old steamship Humboldt, hoping to uncover about 80000 dollars in gold specie believed secreted in her hull. The Humboldt, a veteran of nearly forty years in Alaska trade, was recently sold by Cooper Iron & Metal Co to J C Morris of San Pedro, a fisherman, who planned to convert her.
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San Francisco
U.P
Humboldt
Alaska
Cooper Iron & Metal Company
J.C. Morris
San Pedro
Cal
Castor Union Game Postponed in Junction City
In Junction City Arkansas March 17 postponement of the Castor Union girls basketball game was ordered due to Arkansas athletic officials arranging a state tournament for girls in Little Rock. Coach Bledsoe of Union said the game with the Castor girls would be rescheduled, with a likely deciding fifth game to be played here after the A A U meet in Shreveport next week.
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Junction City
Ark
U.P
Arkansas
Little Rock
Bledsoe
Union
Saster
Shreveport
Tax Revenues Shrink in Olympia Amid Decline Since 1929
In Olympia Washington tax revenues from all sources have fallen by nearly seven million dollars from a peak reached in 1929. An Abate ecllos report issued for 19 2 Wee shows a revenue total of 74,056,713.
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Olympia, Wash, CO
Wash- Inston
Arts
Abate Ecllos
Gopher Starts Legal Battle Over Fur-Bearing Status
In Topeka Kansas a legal clash questions whether the pocket gopher is a fur-bearing animal. If so farmers need a $30 trapper license to exterminate the pest, with counties paying cash for control. County attorney Paul Wunsch argues licensure may apply. assistant AG Walter Griffin cites a statute exempting the gopher from trap limits, implying fur-bearing status.
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Topeka
Kan
U.P
Paul R. Wunsch
Kingman
Walter Griffin
Sheriff Arrests Lawrence Kay On Assault Charge
Sheriff A J Thigpen and Deputy Clyde Frasier arrested Lawrence Kay of Ward 2 yesterday afternoon on a charge of assault with intent to kill. Kay was brought to the parish jail where he is being held for further investigation today.
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A. J. Thigpen
Clyde Frasier
Lawrence Kay
Kay
Women Voters Protest School Board Meal Expense
Cambridge Massachusetts The League of Women Voters blasts the Cambridge school committee for 4 meals at 4 dollars each on city funds. Committeeman Raymond A. FitzGerald cites a 1648 blue law granting a free monthly meal to citizens, claiming the statute was never rescinded.
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Cambridge
Masa
U.P
League of Women Voters
Raymond A. FitzGerald
FitzGerald
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