02 Mar 1950
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1950
Page
1
A reformed bootlegger recalls a raid era crime in which an old East Side candy store keeper Ronowitz hides a mobster in a cellar mattress to escape a Jersey faction. The ambush ends with the mobster killed and the old man saved by a brutal but dramatic mercy.
Sheriff Felix Brendling rushes to Rowland camp after a burglar steals negotiable bonds from a safe. Chris Verne, the caretaker, is knocked unconscious in a struggle but justice looms as investigators seek the thief who vanished in the night.
Felix confronts caretaker Chris after a blackout in a dim library as they search for bonds and agents. The scene unfolds with a six shooter, a halted dial tone, and suspicions rising about who stole the bonds and cracked the lock. The confrontation ends with Chris being accused and ordered to come along for questioning.
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Puzzle note lists cryptic clues and wordplay items titled Last Week's 47 By Way Of Bitter Vetch Play On Words No 4. Readers are invited to solve a themed set of wordplay prompts spanning lines 47 48 and 50 with no explicit answers provided in the fragment.
An old man braces for the next day while a gangster, grinning, undoes chains and declares that the confrontation answered his own past remark about the mattress. The dialogue hints at fear, control, and a looming reckoning in a tense street scene.
The article notes CBS Saturday night broadcasts of The Goldbergs featuring Gertrude Berg and a live studio audience. Viewers demand to see characters Molly Jake Rosalie and Sammy in person, proving the illusion remains strong. It also mentions casting news for Three Husbands with Vanessa Brown and Emlyn Williams, and other film updates including Pierre the chimpanzee in My Friend Irma Goes West and Cornel Wilde Maureen O Haras fencing scene in Sons of the Musketeers.
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