Word: station
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Policemen. In the downtown district a 75-gallon still was raided. A little black notebook was seized. Acting on the contents of this book, District Attorney Monaghan summoned 23 policemen to his office. They were Capt. Charles Cohen of the 20th & Berks Streets Station, seven sergeants, three detectives, twelve patrol men. For hours Mr. Monaghan was a menacing interlocutor; it was then that he lost sleep. Several of the catechized broke down, one wept convulsively. All were arrested on bribery and extortion charges. Toward midnight they lined up in the City Hall corridors. They marched to jail, ironically...
Bound back to Washington, the President was moved by a demonstration at the Bennington, Vt, railroad station, to make an extemporaneous speech. He said...
When the Smith Special arrived at Newton, Kan., it found a newsboy at the station distributing, free, copies of the Fellowship Forum which announced: "Roman Catholic Clerical Party opens big drive to capture America for the Pope...
...Oklahoma City, the restless tension of the packed streets was punctuated by pistol shots as a policeman shot down a pickpocket. When the special pulled in, there was yelling and tumult from the railroad station to the hotel. The Nominee shaved and received newsgatherers in his bathrobe...
...voice now crosses the Atlantic eastward by radio from Rocky Pt., L. I. (or Deal, N. J.); is received at the radio station at Cupar, Scotland; then goes by wire to London; from there to any of the "opened" cities and countries of Europe. Westward from Europe, the answering voice is sent by radio from Rugby, England; received in Houlton, Maine (or Netcong, N. J.), then goes by wire to Manhattan; from there anywhere in the U. S. or Canada...