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Repeal of Prohibition in the U. S., legalizing of horse racing in California and the sudden suppression of public gambling in Mexico have reduced the border town of Tijuana (literally "Aunty Jane") from an egregious haunt for U. S. tourists to a bedraggled ghost city of boarded-up saloons and flapping signs. Some excitement occurred two months ago when 400 unemployed barricaded themselves in the big Agua Caliente (literally "Hot Water") hotel and defied the garrison of 28 soldiers to oust them. Since then Aunty Jane has been tomb-quiet...
...approved of Carry Nation's activities two generations ago, the Ministerial Association of Alton backed up Mrs. Kite last week. Its 16 members announced that they "endorsed and appreciated" her accomplishments, declaring: "We note that this lady with the ax is to be prosecuted. . . . We wonder at the sudden zeal of the officials...
...Sudden and unexpected reversals followed the hitherto successful drive to repeal the Teachers' Oath Law yesterday when the Massachusetts Senate refused to carry the third reading of the bill by a tie vote...
Individual scoring means little in the Fesler system which depends on fast, clever ball-handling working in toward the basket. Sudden breaks by one of the forwards provide the scoring punch, with tall John Herrick stationed under the basket to tip in any shot that misses he center of the rim. When the players have the "eye", the system is unbeatable. In the same way, a great deal of the team's success depends on whether Herrick has the touch to bat the ball...
Mooney inserted into his starting lineup Sophomores Jack Naylor and Sam Retano. Both underclassmen are last and alert but it took them a while to fit into the Varsity picture. Wednesday night they proved they were out of the apprentice class with Naylor very effective on the offense on sudden dashes and Retano outstanding on the defense...