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...approving of Mr. Andrews' intents, showed not a little hostility especially because their recommendations for appointments were not accepted with alacrity. "It was said here today," declared a news dispatch written as from Mr. Andrews' office, "that before he would undertake to enforce Prohibition with an outfit com- posed of one part fanatics and one part politicians, he would give up his job." The spirit was amplified by Mrs. Mabel W. Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney General in charge of Prohibition cases (a job parallel to Mr. Andrews' in the Treasury Department...
...then he was just in time, for the trunk was filled with his valuables. After tapping his hip pocket to gauge his courage, M. Duflos let himself into the house. Placed conspicuously on a table was a letter addressed to his wife, Mme. Hugette Duflos, once a Comédie Francaise beauty about whom half Paris raved and about whom the other half would have raved had it not been raving about other beauties. M. Duflos, visibly agitated, tore open the letter, read...
Died. James W. Ellsworth, 76, financier of the Amundsen flight and father of Lincoln Ellsworth, com-mander of one of the planes in that flight; in Florence, Italy, of bronchial pneumonia (see SCIENCE...
Since April, 1924, Mrs. Earl P. Huff has not received her monthly alimony of $145 from her divorced husband who is a Lieutenant Com mander stationed at the submarine base, New London, Conn. The civil courts cannot help her, because the officer is beyond their jurisdiction. Secretary Wilbur has repeatedly admonished him to pay up. Last week, the Secretary decided to bring him before a court martial on a charge of "conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman." The case is unique in naval history...
...Secretary, issued a declaration on behalf of his Government: "His Majesty's Government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people ... it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish com- munities in Palestine...