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Air Piracy Case Is Lost

Zenith Concern Wins Against Government in Suit (By The Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Ill., April 16,.—The government lost its first air piracy case today when Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson found…
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Superpower System To Girdle Country

Minnesota Power Light Company Part of Huge Transmission System.

Announcement was made last week that the Minnesota Power Light company is one unit in a great superpower system, which will link up all power lines of importance in the eastern half of the United States. When these connections are complete, it will be possible for power generating stations in Minnesota to come to the aid of power generating stations on the Gulf of Mexico, and vice versa. Thus the surplus power generated in Minnesota when waters are high here can be used to come to the aid of sections of the country where there is a generating power shortage. Instead of a huge power trust, the plan is being worked out through arrangements between the large power companies, and physical connection between their systems.

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Squibb’s Liquor 330 Cases Short

Check Shows Stock in Federal Bldg. Depleted, Sargent Tells Representative La Guardia After Inquiry.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY INFORMED

Ward Told to Take Criminal Action If He Feels It Necessary.

By Roscoe B. Fleming
Times Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, April 13.—The Squibb liquor stock in the Indianapolis Federal Bldg, is 330 cases short, Attorney General Sargent reported to Representative La Guardia, New York, today.

Sargent added that the shortage had been reported to District Attorney Albert Ward in Indianapolis, and that Ward had been instructed to review all the facts and to take criminal action if he felt it necessary.

Sargent’s letter follows a charge made by La Guardia several weeks ago that part of the liquor, transferred from the Squibb distillery in Lawrenceburg, Ind., had been removed from the Indianapolis building, while under charge of Federal Marshal Linus P. Meredith.

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Scientist Explains Extinction Of Bird

Heath Hens Practically All Gone Despite Efforts, Dr. Gross Says.

Illustration of male and female heath hens (James Turvey, 1835)

The several causes of the practical extinction of the heath hen, a game bird closely resembling the grouse, were set forth by Dr. Alfred O. Gross of Bowdoin College, at a joint meeting of the Audubon Society and the Biological Society of Washington in the National Museum last night.

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Uncle of President Fails to Qualify in Lewiston Fiddlers

Lewiston, Me., April 7 —(AP)— “Uncle John” Wilder of Plymouth, Vt., uncle of President Coolidge, was given an ovation when he appeared as a contestant in the world-wide fiddlers’ contest at the Armory tonight. He played the time limit, but failed to qualify for the finals. This honor was won by John McKenney of Lewiston, who wore a flannel shirt and bow and was more of the Mellie Dunham type.

Joseph Haskell of Brookline. Mass., “Boy Wonder Fiddler of the Civil War,” a prominent G. A R. man, was such a close second that he was requested by the judges to play a second time for two minutes, before they rendered their decision in favor of the Farmington bowman.