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...must be noted that the Janinn, murder was morally a blow against the Council of Ambassadors who had set up the Greco-Albanian Delimitation Commission, and this explains to some extent the Council's virtual affirmation of the Italian ultimatum...
...light cruiser Aurora was "adopted" by the Central Executive Committee of the Russian Socialist Union. Reason given: The cruiser (of its own accord) struck the decisive blow in the 1917 Bolshevik revolution. Apparently some sentimental feeling on the part of Moscow caused this "adoption" to be made, for it was stated that a cowardly band of counter-revolutionaries tried to blow up the Aurora in a fit of blind rage...
...Indianapolis Firpo staggered under the first serious blow he has encountered in the U. S.-a $2,000 jolt in the pocketbook from Jack Druley, who promoted his exhibition with Joe Downey, of Columbus, O. The furry financier, who saw this wallop coming when Druley paid only half of his $4,000 guarantee before the gong clanged, tried to dodge it by sulking in his corner and refusing to box more than four rounds unless the balance forthcame. This sulkiness prompted more than 10,000 Indianapolitans (already infuriated by Governor McCray's decree that the go must...
...blow that staggered Firpo...
...labyrinthine plot centers about the murder of a Bootlegger King. His daughter's fiancé is accused; suspicion shifts suddenly to the daughter herself. Finally the winds of evidence blow up from a totally different quarter and point the weathercock of circumstance toward the least expected actor. Although the solution is fairly ingenious it is not worth waiting for through two Plundering hours of gunplay, tears and tired old jokes...