Chief Askew's Diary: March 30, 1930

Country and city drunks are arrested, folks drive about, and the rest of Lady Dolores

Chief Askew writes of a couple of arrests of drunken men: “Got one drunk Negro from the county before midnight and Two town Negroes — drunk after midnight.” Prohibition is still in effect, but it made no difference to folks who wanted to drink. He continued, “Lots of People out driving this p.m. Haven’t heard of any wrecks today so far.” That’s optimism.

Thanks to one of my paid subscribers, I have been able to unearth the rest of the Lady Dolores story. You may remember reading a few days ago in this column about the daring aviatrix and endurance driver who wowed the folks in Macon, Georgia by continously driving for 100 hours. She thrilled people in small cities around the country until the end of 1933, when she seemed to have disappeared. Paid subscribers can read on about what happened to the All-American Girl.

The amusing postcard above is being offered by a dealer on eBay.