Beer imports aid Mexican air smugglers reach U S
More than 100 federal agents are mobilized along the Mexico Texas border to curb beer and liquor smuggling. Mexican breweries ship beer by carload through Juarez and El Paso for Arizona and Pacific markets under seal and bond. Importers pay a $6000 per car duty.
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EL Paso
Texas
U.P
Mexico and
Republic
United States
Juarez
Arizona
Pacific Coast
San Antonio
J. B. Morgan
Treasury Department
Planes Seized for Border Protection After Valuations
Federal authorities confiscated fenders and airplanes valued at thousands of dollars and pressed them into border protection service. One aircraft worth 65,900 dollars belonged to a millionaire oilman and was seized. The owner faced a 4,000 dollar fine.
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Choice
Indian with Scotchman traits shuns funeral at Stewart School
Carson City reports an Indian man known for odd jobs and begging matching traits of a Scotch character. His mother-in-law died in town and was buried at the Stewart Indian School. He declined attending the funeral saying his wife objects and he would not earn a nickel there.
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Carson City
Nev
Buck
Stewart
Judge Kent’s right to grant divorces upheld
In Austin, the Texas Supreme Court affirmed Judge A. M. Kent of the Joord District Court had authority to grant divorces. The ruling came despite a legislative move creating a criminal district court for the same area aimed at diverting divorce cases away from Kent’s court.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
A. M. Kent
Joord District Court
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Kent
Criminal Court
Student's science paper warns of dust in corners breeding microscopes
A student writes that undusted corners in laboratories enable the growth of tiny organisms. The note cautions teachers to keep study areas clean to avoid contamination and ensure accurate results.
Hope Found Guilty in Second Degree Murder
16 year old Harry Murch of Queens New York convicted in Queens County court of slaying 12 year old Willie Bender, a playmate, last January. He faces a mandatory sentence of twenty years to life at Sing Sing.
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Harry Murch
Queens
N. Y
Queens County
Willie Bender
Gloria Swanson lambasts British film methods in press war
Gloria Swanson, back from London, derides British film production as inefficient calling it like swimming the Channel with hands and feet tied. London critics label her latest talking movie a failure while blasting her as a poor executive for attempting to run a picture solo without proper organization.
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London
Gloria Swanson
Variety
Miss Swanson
United States
France
Britain
Daily Telegraph
Miss Swan
Irving Thalbert
Dancer and Walter West Die at Springfield Gathering
Dancer aged 53 collapsed and died during a neighborhood event in Springfield Missouri. Walter West aged 55 also died after collapsing at the same gathering with physicians citing heart disease and fatal excitement.
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Springfield
Walter West
Washington’s Name Listed In Directory
A Philadelphia directory printed in 1797 lists George Washington, President, among illustrious citizens in alphabetical order with his name in large type. It notes the publisher Cornelius William Stafford and a scarce leather bound edition found by Samuel M. Gargley. The book also lists U.S. and state officials and currency exchange rules.
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Philadelphia
George Washington
United States
Samuel M. Gargley
Cornelius William Stafford
Southern Farm Aids Students
Lanee Ninety youths work at a new 20 acre farm near Louisiana State University to help fund college expenses. Students from agriculture commerce arts and sciences and two prospective lawyers participate, marking a shift from the agricultural school’s prior management.
Farm offers students paid work through strawberry patch
A Tangipahoa farm run by Sewell extends three acres of strawberries to students for pay. The farm supplies the college, faculty, and others. workers earn about $20 monthly by averaging several hours weekly.
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Tara
Sewell Farm
Tangipahoa- Ltish
Takteria
Real
Ulty
Witty royal forum line on infirmities misquoted
An old English regal address line playfully tweaks self awareness of flaws to hint at mutual faults. The quip mirrors courtly wit by swapping possessive reference from our own to each other's, underscoring shared human frailty.
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Firestone
Firestone Sentinel
Firestone Courier
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