Million Dollar Rag Bag recovers lost riches in NYC waste paper
Report by David Quinlan details Rockefeller Center waste paper operation run by Dominick Serrantino where over 5 million dollars in valuables were recovered. Items include speaking teeth, a Fred Allen radio script, and bank drafts lost by a firm in India.
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New York
Front Street
Brooklyn Bridge
Rockefeller Center
Fred Allen
Dominick Serrantino
India
Serrantino
Servantino
Uphill Climb Too Much for Little Ben
Beaumont clocks face trouble as the Little Ben atop the San Jacinto Building runs off center. Superintendent Marvin Pugh says the clock struggles climbing from 6 to 12 while it works well downhill. In the meantime residents learn to read a half past eight when the hands align oddly. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Jacobs tour Yellowstone then Canada after a bear incident during a photo attempt. Dallas State Fair weighs a difficult feature choice for its next exhibit.
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Jack Rutledge
Associated Press
Little Ben
Beaumont
San Jacinto Building
Supt
Marvin Pugh
Mr. Pugh
Mrs. Jacobs
Mr. Jacobs
Jacobs
Lake Louise
Canada
Escapes Parking Ticket but Wrecks His Ankle in Waco
Asher Lowich, chair man of the city planning commission, tried to stop a double parking ticket in front of a Waco store. He dashed, tripped on a box, and tore ligaments in his right ankle. Police drove him and his car home, but he later required hospital care with a $10 daily bill. He rued that crime does not pay.
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WACO
A.P
Asher Lowich
City Planning Commission
Lowich
Collingsworth County Veterans Resume Agricultural Studies
Collingsworth County veterans have resumed agricultural schooling as part of a local retraining effort. The initiative supports veterans in pursuing farming and related agricultural careers within the region.
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Collingsworth County
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By David Quinlan
Gerald Wise
Gerald
Douglas R. Jackson
Dallas
Trigg Bell
Bell
Texas
Belkaniabieta
Reme Kol
WAV
Ion, Carl’ S
Seiwell
N. Fillmore
Sandies
Schedulf
Childress
Abilene
Rei
Paschal
Ft. Worth
Denison
Odessa
Veate
Lubbock
Borger
Pampa
Plainview
Amarillo Motor Co., Inc
Oldsmobile
Cadillac
Age Ees
Butler Memorial Field
United States
Amarillo Sandies
Howard Lynch
T. G. Hull
John Whinnery
Amarillo
Childress Bobcats
Amarillo Furniture Co
Interstate Theaters
Cunningham Floral Co
Fox Drug Company
Virgil Realers Market
Freeman's Auto Loan Service
Whiteway Food Stores
First National Bank
C. E. Neel Automobiles
Glen L. Casey
Realtor Plains Chevrolet Co
Freeman Motor Co
Amarillo Auto Exchange
Ideal Food Stores
Bentley
Amarillo Bus Co
Amarillo Hardware Co
Tabor
Ben Smith
Crouch Appliance Co
J. & R. Builders Supply
Cretney Drug Stores
The
Stork Shop
London-Alaska Fur Co
Diamond Shop
Bat's Liquors
Amarillo Gas Company
Borden & Company
Pat's Warehouse Liquor Stores
Haley Furniture Company
Doc's
Osgood Monument Co
M&l Transfer & Storage
Lucille Shoppe
Curry Motor Freight Lines, Inc
Acme Cleaners
W. L. Taylor & Co. McBride
Hedgecoke Motor Co
Safeway Cab Co
the Trading Post Canton Cafe
Mead's Fine Bread
Marizon
Fyfe Cement & Supply Co
Jones-Roberts Shoe Store
Brooks Drug Stores
Sale Jewelry Co
Dettman Electric Co
Moxor Drug
Fisk
Herbert Drug
Cretney Drug
Washington
Horace Mann
Sam Houston
Amarillo High School
Amarillo College Book Store
Sandie
West Texas Equipment CO
Fourth &I
N.F. 8Th & Grand Ave
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