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...year-old next door neighbor in Surrey. When aged Mrs. Tarratt built a fence on property adjoining Mr. Snowden's Eden Lodge, the wizened Chancellor promptly had it chopped down, declared it was on public land. Mrs. Tarratt went to the rural council, received a writ declaring that the land was not public but her very own. Last week she ordered a new, indestructible wire fence erected, dared Mr. Snowden to lay a finger...
Miami put "Scarface Al" into jail as an undesirable resident. Two hours and a half later Capone, raging with anger, was out again on a writ of habeas corpus...
Capone's lawyers went before circuit Judge Uly O. Thompson, obtained a writ that released their client because no formal charges had been filed against him. City Manager Frank H. Wharton announced that Miami would adopt Chicago's policy and arrest Capone on sight until he left town. Federal District Judge Halsted L. Ritter who had granted Capone an injunction against warrantless arrest by Florida sheriffs refused to broaden his order to include the Miami police. But Capone was temporarily free to fight the city's padlock petition against his Palm Island home...
Members of this organization designate themselves as Bible Students. Their creed holds that Biblical prophecies govern all earthly events. By careful scrutiny of Holy Writ, the Bible Students have discerned that three periods of time, termed "cosmos," prevail in human affairs. Cosmos I began with Adam, ended with the Flood. Cosmos II began with the Flood, ended with the World War. Cosmos III, begun in 1914, will end in 2874, when "The Kingdom of God" will fill the whole world. An erroneous prophecy that the year 1928 would provide a cataclysm- ''Nations will battle; the dead will...
Soprano Claudia Muzio (Mrs. Renato Liberti) wore diamonds in the ballroom scene of La Traviata. The same afternoon a writ of attachment had been filed on all her gowns and jewels by the Phillip Barnett Co., jewelers, who complained that she owed them...