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...granted habeas corpus to two prisoners, holding that a state of war no longer existed. The 11,998 other prisoners could have been released prior to the elections which will take place in the Fall, so the bill was hastily passed and the Free State elections will be rid of this many presumably hostile voters...
Mussolini has discovered a new way of getting rid of members of his Cabinet...
...Lewis' request was the climax?or almost the climax?of an attempt to rid the union of communists masquerading under various titles: " The Progressive International Committee of the United Mine Workers of America," " The Trades Union Educational League" and others. Previously in an official statement the United Mine Workers denounced these groups as their arch enemies?the creatures of William Z. Foster...
Said one steamship official: "We have been asked to purchase single bottles of liquors, of which we never heard. To arrange for the supply of cocktails requested would entail the stocking of a vast quantity of alcoholic materials we should never get rid of. One woman has ordered five bottles of stout, and another half a bottle of gin. On the other hand, a well-known millionaire, who is the leader of a considerable party, has ordered ten cases of magnums of champagne. But the great demand is for whisky. Scotch and Irish, in that order of preference...
...Jewish Tribune (New York) published an open letter to Mr. Hearst: "Surely you must know that Mr. Ford has not yet rid himself of the 'Jewish peril' obsession. How can you, who have so repeatedly condemned this monomania, now seriously propose for President...