Colonel Lawrence Is Translating the 'Odyssey' Into English Verse, But He May Not Publish It
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T E Lawrence translating it into Eng verse
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December 27, 1930
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Philadelphia Rid of Rackets; Official Credits Fear of Chair
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City rid of "racketeers,"
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HEARING ON GOODMAN ORDERED BY SEABURY; VICE VERDICT UPSET; Magistrate's Decisions, Bank Account and Appointment Investigated by Kresel. GAMBLING CASE UNDER FIRE All but One of Group Freed by Judge Later Pleaded Guilty to Indictments. NURSE WINS A NEW TRIAL Reversal of Brooklyn Verdict Increases Demand for Wide Inquiry--Another Woman Freed.
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Pub hearing for Magistrate Goodman ordered; reversal of vagrancy conviction of Mrs M Crow, Bklyn nurse, increases demand for inquiry in all boroughs
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SEEK EX-PRESIDENT IN NEW CUBAN PLOT; Police Say Menocal and Many Friends Planned Rebellion on Christmas Eve. FORMER MINISTER SEIZED Colonel Hevia and a Lieutenant Are Jailed--Editor Is Ordered Expelled.
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Threatened revolt foiled by arrest of Nationalist party leaders; Col A Hevia arrested and former Pres M Menocal sought; Baroni ordered expelled
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NEW DENATURANTS GO INTO USE JAN. 1; Non-Poisonous By-Products of Petroleum Will Take the Place of Wood Alcohol. SAVING OF LIVES SOUGHT Dry Bureau Also Expects Bootleggers to Quit Redistilling,as Process Is Too Costly.
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New non-poisonous denaturant to go into use Jan 1
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Notable Births
1930Marshall Sahlins, American anthropologist and academic (died 2021)[†]
Marshall David Sahlins was an American cultural anthropologist best known for his ethnographic work in the Pacific and for his contributions to anthropological theory. He was the Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Social Sciences at the University of Chicago.
1930Wilfrid Sheed, English-born American novelist and essayist (died 2011)[†]
Wilfrid John Joseph Sheed was an English-born American novelist and essayist.