French drug scandals widen as Riviera crime centers emerge
Report from France dated February 7 notes a spike in drug deaths and a growing narcotics network across the Riviera. It describes wealthy figures from Nice and connections reaching into the United States and Canada, with opium halls near villas and luxurious hideouts along Toulon and Marseille. Police raids reveal a dispersed supply chain, complicating prosecutions as authorities eye Port Said and Marseille as crime hubs under Premier Tardieu’s push to crack down.
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Singapore
Bombay
Ipsum
Orient
Toulon
Riviera
Marseilles
France
Mediterranean
Port Said
Tardieu
Woman jailed for life under Baumes Act in New York
New York February 7 Halen sosen a 20 year old shoplifter was sentenced to life under the Baumes habitual criminal law after a short deliberation of 16 minutes. The defendant denied four guilty pleas and faced the maximum term for a fourth offense.
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New York
Halen Sosen
Aem
Serum For Parrot Fever From Recovered Patient
Baltimore February 7 A United press report says William Hoya RTokes, director of the city health department bacteriology bureau, has been given a serum made from the blood of a person who recovered from parrot fever. The development marks a step in treatment efforts for the disease.
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Baltimore
William Hoya
Rtokes
City Health Department
Baeau
Bacteriology
Secretary Stimson Takes to Snuff in London Memoir Scene
London reports Secretary Stimson has begun snuff use, taking a pinch from a hoof-wood box tied to Napoleon’s horse. The Boote guards entertained him at St James's Palace as he followed a curious custom in early February.
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Stimson
London
Simson
Napoleon
Cera
Total Boote Guards
St. James's Valace
Cuntam
Fort Worth Club Man Drops Dead During Game
Fort Worth on February 7 0 Haney longtime manager and secretary of the Fort Worth club collapsed and died while playing medicine wall at the club. The incident ends a 13 year tenure with the organization.
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Fort Worth
Haney
Soldiers On Ow Contentment In Twenty Third Infantry
Eighteen months without a desertion marks the Twenty-third Infantry’s record of service. First Sergeant W. T. Dunbar earns praise for his role in keeping morale high and homesickness manageable through steady leadership and kind treatment. Dunbar entered service in 1908 in the Philippine Islands with Company I. He rose to first sergeant in 1917 and served 22 years entirely with the Twenty-third Infantry, including World War I campaigns.
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Twenty-third Infantry
W. T. Dunbar
Dunbar
San Antonia
Lie
Philippine Islands
Stephen O. Fugue
Chateau-Thierry
St. Mihiel
Boissons
Seargeant
Berkeley Measure Regulates Grazing
AMLID February 7 a bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator B F Berkeley Alpine to regulate grazing. It provides fences on land adjacent to highways to protect motorists and cattle owners.
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AMLID
UFI
Senate
B. F. Berkeley
Alpine
Heavy Iron Presses Life From Boy of 7
In St Joseph Missouri on February 1 a 7 year old boy named Donald Fearer suffocated when a 1200 pound iron piece toppled from a pile at the Berry foundry yard. A bystander and a junior helper attempted to aid him but the heavy object trapped his chest preventing respiration. He suffered no broken bones.
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ST. Joseph
Donald
Fearer
Jusior Smith
Berry Foundry
Lonald
General Sneed 84 Seeks State Post in Local Race
General R A Sneed, 84, announces candidacy for secretary of state amid duties as retiree and national commander of the Confederate veterans group. He plans to address state issues once golf is finished and he resumes campaign efforts.
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General Sneed
Prince En Route to African Hunt on Reinforc Ball Flag
Prince of Wales travels aboard a vessel from Beira to Rombasa en route to an African hunt. The royal party, aboard a British ship, sails under reinforcements and flags as it passes through Beira, Portuguese East Africa.
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Mombrara
Rombasa
Prince of Wales
Beira
Yugoslavia Fires Censor News Amid Commemoration
At Kelghade on February 7 a censorship action touched the Yugoslav coast as authorities prepared to honor Archduke Ferdinand’s assassin Princip in 1914. The brief notice notes measures affecting reporting and public mourning events along the sea.
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Kelghade
Princip
Ferdinand
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