DRINK-RIDDEN LAND
RUSSIA’S DREADFUL STATE MAN RUNS BERSERK (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) (United Service) RIGA, Thursday. The anti-driuk campaign in Leningrad has led to the arrest of 53 tavern keepers. An inspection carried out in the schools revealed the fact that 74 per cent, of the children have been addicted to drink for three years. They have largely been encouraged by their parents. Maisnudoff, a member of the League of Communist Youth, ran amok while he was intoxicated in Leningrad. He shot and killed his you#; wife. T’.en he followed the ambulance in which her body was taken to hospital, and killed a doctor. The crazed man next rushed through the streets firing wild fusilades, until he was mortally wounded by a militiaman.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 442, 25 August 1928, Page 9
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128DRINK-RIDDEN LAND Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 442, 25 August 1928, Page 9
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