Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...HARRY KIMS C. Harry Nims Co., Detroit, Mich...
Last year William Larsen, a Department of Justice secret agent, changed his name, on orders from Washington, to Peter Hansen. As Hansen, he secured, in an as-yet-unexplained manner, papers from the U. S. District Court in Detroit, Mich., committing him to the Atlanta Penitentiary for a liquor law violation which he had not committed. Warden John W. Snook received him as any other prisoner...
Chicago, as usual, had the lead in numbers-498. But Chicago's rate per 100,000 was only 15.8, letting it out of first place among the six largest U. S. cities. Big Detroit committed 16.5 murders for each 100,000 of its population. Across the river, Windsor, Ont, had an estimated rate of only 9. Bloodthirsty Negroes were what boosted Detroit's figures...
...Detroit...
...anyone can keep a glider, i.e., a motorless airplane, in the air for 20 hours, he can win a $3,000 prize and kudos; for ten hours, $2,000 and cheers. Such were the offers made last week by Edward S. Evans, Detroit manufacturer and founder of the National Glider Association...