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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1939
Page
5
The article notes that cacao seeds were once used as money in parts of Mexico and that cocoa beverages were affordable only to royalty. It also explains that a ten year old dog is roughly equivalent to a 70 year old human, with one dog year equal to about seven human years.
A portrait of Prince Victor Emmanuel, son of Crown Prince Umberto and grandson of King Victor Emmanuel, described as blue-eyed and golden-haired, seen as a future king of Italy.
General Malinowsky, a top Polish military leader, is reported to have prepared the Polish army for immediate action. All leaves are canceled and the border is strengthened to ensure readiness.
In Harrisburg Illinois police hold Mrs Alice Austin 35 and Theo dore Simmons 30 after a dynamite blast killed Earl Austin and critically wounded Lacence McDowell. The Austins resided at Cave in Rock Illinois. Jerome N Frank a Securities and Exchange Commission member is discussed as a possible successor to William O Douglas as head of the commission. Douglas has been named to the U S Supreme Court by President Roosevelt.
J Richard Dixie Davis, once a mouthpiece for policy king Dutch Behultz, is sentenced to one year in jail minus six months for criminal conspiracy. District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey secured leniency citing Davis helped convict Tammany leader James J. Hines amid Schultz racket prosecutions.
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