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As printed: 500 HUNT BANDITS WITH GAS BOMBS
ContextElizabeth is a city in northern New Jersey, a few miles from the wooded Watchung ridge that runs west and north of it, with Somerville beyond it. Harry S. New is the Postmaster General, head of the Post Office Department, and a capital offense is one punishable by death.
As printed: LABOR BANK SHUTS, AS CASH IS MISSED
ContextA labor bank is one owned by a trade union or its members; several were founded by the railroad brotherhoods in the early 1920s to hold workers' savings. Pennsylvania's state banking department can order a bank closed and take over its affairs.
As printed: AIMEE WILL OPEN DEFENSE ON HOAX ACCUSATION TODAY
ContextAimee Semple McPherson is the pastor of Angelus Temple in Los Angeles, who vanished from a Southern California beach in May and reappeared in June at Douglas, Arizona, saying she had been kidnapped; Minnie Kennedy is her mother. A preliminary hearing decides whether the evidence is enough to hold the accused for trial, and post office inspectors investigate crimes involving the mails.
As printed: LEGION CLOSES ANNUAL MEET
ContextThe American Legion is the veterans' organization founded in 1919 by men who served in the World War; the A. E. F. was the American Expeditionary Forces sent to France. A national commander is chosen by delegates voting by state, ballot after ballot, until one man has a majority.
As printed: AMERICAN CHARGES PARIS DRESSMAKERS USE "LYING MIRROR"
ContextParis is the center of the couture dress trade, and American women travelled there to buy gowns. Diana is the Roman goddess of the hunt, usually pictured as slender.
The defense carries on in Los Angeles, where the evangelist may take the witness stand, while the armed patrols keep the Watchung roads closed.