Sunday, January 6, 1929

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The Headlines

UNDERWORLD SURVEY AND A NEW ROUND-UP ORDERED BY WHALEN; Commissioner Tells Borough Chiefs to Report Full Data on Hangouts of Gunmen. REPORTS 'CRIME FREE' DAY Asserts Criminals Are on Run and Will Be "Kept Hopping" by Week-End Dragnet. 65 MORE LIQUOR RAIDS Jansen's Hofbrau at 30th Street Among Places Invaded as Police. Keep Up Dry Drive. More Raids on Speakeasies. De Groot Fails to Pledge Help. GANGSTER SURVEY ORDERD BY WHALEN Underworld Survey Ordered. Text of Whalen's Order. Low Crime Record for Day. 118 in Court in Liqnor Cases. LIQUOR RAIDS NOW CITY-WIDE. With 700 Arrests Since Clean-Up Began, Speakeasy Drive Is Pushed.

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On This Day

• Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.

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• King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution, starting the January 6th Dictatorship.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Joan of Arc (1412)
• Kahlil Gibran (1883)
• Kim Dae-jung (1924)
• Carl Sandburg (1878)
• Gustave Doré (1832)

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Tech Check

Car Radio, Sunglasses (Mass Produced) & Coaxial Cable.

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