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Daily the suave Mexicans who work the "Morelos racket" in the U. S. have tried to soothe irate clients, threatening clients, clients who pushed into their offices and had hysterics. Reason: The Supreme Court of Mexico recently declared null and void the Puente Code or Divorce Law of Morelos which was promulgated in 1927 by Provisional Governor Ambrosia Puente without being approved by the State Legislature...
...Nicholas, who telegraphed the signal for his return was created "Chief Inspector of the Army and Navy." Said Carol of Nicholas last week: "He is more than a brother! ... He hourly does me splendid service." Nicholas told reporters that during his brother's exile they used an affectionate telegraphic code in which "Mary" stood for Carol. Without translating it Nicholas quoted one code message: "TELL TITKUS KISS FROM SOPHIE...
...Capitol's legislative and judicial laboratories, a decade of scrutiny and debate has been expended upon those cloudy tinctures, the 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act. Since the Volstead Act (1919) the only major refinement of the Federal liquor code was the Jones Act (1929), denning violations as felonies (instead of misdemeanors) and establishing maximum penalties (five years, $10,000). Under President Hoover's urging, further refinements progressed last week in Congress and Supreme Court...
Bill No. 2 amends Section 335 of the U. S. Criminal Code by defining a "petty offense" as one punishable by not more than six months in jail and a $500 fine (misdemeanors are offenses punishable by imprisonment of one year or less). Under this bill U. S. District attorneys may not switch to a felony charge before a Grand Jury after a defendant has been prosecuted as a "petty" offender...
When birth control is viewed from the perspective of Humanity in general the matter assumes a different tinge. The Industrial Revolution and its later ramifications extending well into the Twentieth Century have introduced for all practical purposes a new code of morals Separated from the agricultural system where a literal interpretation of Christian tradition could well have been enforced, Youth is bound either to remain celibate under the pressure of the Factory Age or to draw up its own moral code. It prefers the latter, but is hampered by superstition and Victorian prejudice. The paradox of the educated classes with...