Chief Askew's Diary: May 26, 1930

Mayor protem presides at court; Music Defense League declares war on 'robots'

It was a quiet Monday in Chief Askew’s line of work, with nothing going on but a light court session presided over by Newnan’s mayor protem.

Meanwhile, professional musicians began waging a spirited but hopeless campaign against movie theatres that substituted recorded music for live sound. Paid subscribers can read on about the Music Defense League and its war on evil music ‘robots,’ the Artificial Intelligence of its time.

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