Thoughtfully curated historical journalism
NEW YORK. March 18.—The newspaper polls on prohibition continue to attract an increasing number of votes daily as the largest unofficial referendum ever taken on a public question approaches its close.
With the climax of the balloting set for Saturday, reports to the United Press today showed that within 24 hours 416,591 votes had been cast in the polls being conducted by more than 400 newspapers throughout the country.
Ex-Soldier Declares He Acquired Gallic Appetite With New Set of Digestive Paraphernalia, and Can’t Stay Sober in Spite of Inhibitions.
LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 17—Local physicians have become intensely interested in the strange case of Victor Murdock, former soldier, who claims a French stomach which he secured as the result of an operation following serious injury in the World War has given him a desire for liquor.
They have asked Murdock to enter a hospital, where he can lie carefully observed and possibly treated so that he will have less trouble in living with his “light wines” digestive organ in this Volsteadian country.
Italy Will Have No Election Until Then, When an All-Fascist Group Will Be Named.
By the Associated Press.
CREMONA, Italy. March 12.—Italy will not have political elections until 1929, when an all-Fascist Chamber of Deputies will be elected. This announcement is made by Secretary Farinacci of the Fascist party. The present chamber, he said, has carried out its work so well that it will be continued until 1929.
Camden, N. J., Mar. 9.—(AP)—Suit to force a husband to pay more “table money” for his board was argued today in the chancery court here. The case was regarded as without precedent in this tribunal.
Mrs. Aida O. Smith, Palmyra, N. J., complainant in the suit, testified she demanded a minimum of $20 weekly from her husband, Walter E. Smith, a druggist, employed at Roebling, N. J. The husband testified his wife threatened to consider him “only a boarder” if he fell below her minimum. Smith declared his wife owned their home and possessed property.
Smash Bar, Mirror, Glasses, Etc., and Pour Beer Into the Gutter
Chicago, March 9.—(AP)—Police, armed with hatchets, raided a near northside saloon last night and wrecked it after the manner made famous by Carrie Nation.
In spite of the fact that the establishment had obtained an injunction against police interference, the raiders smashed the bar, smashing the mirror, glasses and other equipment and then, emptied beer into the gutters.
PARIS, Mar. 4—By the simple process of flying over Mount Everest, tallest mountain in the world, M. Callizo, daring French flier, hopes to accomplish what climbers have failed many times to do.
Numerous expeditions have fought their way through the lower recess the Himalayas only to be compelled to turn back when they were within striking distance of the top. The last such expedition ended tragically. Everest is still unconquered—the world’s last rebel.
Callizo holds the world’s altitude record of 39,586 feet, the mark Lieut. MacReady, of the United States army, recently endeavored to better in a test at Dayton, Ohio. Everest is 10,000 feet lower than this, being 29,140 feet above sea level. However, exploring the summit by air is not merely a matter of achieving altitude. That would be simple enough.