ANTI-DRINK DRIVE.
At Leningrad. JUVENILE INTOXICATION REPORTED. (United Service.) (Received August 24 at 7.4 C p m.) RIGA, August 23 In connection with an anti-drink campaign in Leningrad, ( the authorities have arrested fifty-three tavern keep -rs. Inspectors of schools reveal that seventy-four per cent, of the children have been addicted to drink for three years, having largely been encouraged by their parents. Miasnudov, a member of the League of Communist Youth, ran amok while intoxicated in Leningrad. He shot and killed his young wife, and followed the ambulance to the hospital and killed a doctor. Then he rushed into the streets, firing wild fusiiades until he was mortally wounded by a militiaman.
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Grey River Argus, 25 August 1928, Page 5
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