Word: ganges
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hassan Birr, which has been terrorizing Baltic seacoast villages for over a month, escaped for the eleventh time, after being sighted, fired at and chased by the wallowing President Smetona. Fisherfolk who have been piratically molested by the Hassan Birr describe her crew as a rollicking, unblood-thirsty gang of Finns, Poles, Germans, Swedes led by a fierce red-bearded swashbuckler who claims to be a Lithuanian...
...mills, racketeers, grafters were not all. Bordellos, roulette wheels & lottery dens also figured in the testimony. From time to time Philadelphians were treated to the graphic evidence of a gang murder, racketeer ructions in the purlieus of the city. Never before had Pennsylvanians read of such corruption in city government. It was enough to give any voter pause. Varedom was in jeopardy...
Such atrocities would more than justify U. S. intervention. They are ascribed by the McCoy report to a "gang led by Pedro Altamirano, trusted lieutenant of Sandino." The latter is of course General Augusto Calderon Sandino, who has raised the standard of revolt against U. S. occupation (TIME, Aug. 1 et seq.) and is still successfully defying capture by U. S. marines. Since Sandino depends wholly upon his fellow-countrymen for contributions to support his army, the news that he is cutting off the hands that feed him is peculiarly challenging to alert belief...
...Hall! Hall! The gang's all here!" Yes, indeed, they are all here but Mr. Thomas. Alas! Mr. Cohen, why have you not informed us of the activities and qualifications of your own candidate? In your next missive to the CRIMSON we think you might mention some of them, for we are afraid you will prejudice us in favor of his rivals...
...series of tense sequences, finely directed and photographed, the story moves to the scene in which the inevitable machine rifle volleys death from a second-story window at the gang attempting a getaway. But the gang differs from past cinema gangs in that its members are not millionaires but needy-looking fellows; the good girl would certainly have been bad if she hadn't been watched...