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...obvious. As all the world knows, the ragged squadron comprising Rum Row lurks twelve miles off New York Harbor. But no one on the tug M. Moran, which towed the E, or on barge P, which was part of the tow, had seen anything untoward happen. A Federal inspector stationed on the M. Moran to see that the swill was dumped out far enough had nothing to report, but was exonerated by the harbor authorities because after the dumping he slept "as is the custom of Federal inspectors on such duty...
Zing!?a paving stone knocked out Inspector of Police T. W. Fitzpatrick...
...limousine collided with a small two-seater at the gate of London's Hyde Park. Out of the limousine jumped King Alfonso XIII of Spain, unhurt by flying glass. He shook hands with the young woman driver of the two-seater, handed his card to a police inspector, got back into the limousine, sped on to Bucking ham Palace, arrived punctually for lunch with King George & Queen Mary...
More newsworthy than what Mr. McCampbell did was what Major Campbell last week said. The Treasury Department, still his employer, ordered him to Boston as Alcohol Permit Inspector. He refused to go, resigned from the service, issued a bristling statement: "I have . . . revoked . . . many permits with political backing and have thus trod on many political toes. . . . There are certain brewery permits, whiskey permits and alcohol permits that local politicians and certain Administration officials in Washington feel must be restored in order to secure necessary support for the Republican ticket in New York this fall. With me in charge of permits...
...together! Her monocoupe sport plane was on the sidelines. In they jumped with Designer Fokker at the controls, up and around they darted in joyful banks, slips, spins and curleycues, all beautifully executed, all less than 500 ft. from the ground. When they landed, a Department of Commerce inspector approached. "Where," he asked, "is your license?" Mr. Fokker, designer & builder of some 40,000 planes since 1911, possessor of license No. 3 of the Féderation Aéronautique Internationale, had no U. S. license. His fine for unlicensed stunting...