Peace Brings Sharp Growth In Smuggling
Treasury reports 1945 sees smuggling rise as peacetime trade expands while counterfeit attempts drop. Seizures of watches and other items reach 17 009. liquor seizures fall as supply normalizes. Improved inspection and wartime relaxations cited as factors. secret service notes two counterfeit bills circulated and a coin counterfeit case inside Missouri prison. Losses from counterfeit currency drop to 25 666.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Treasury
Ate
U. S
E. J. Shambart
Watesee D1
St. Peterdincg
Fila
Secret Service
Missouri State Penitentiary
Frank Wilson
Molotov Outlines Five Year Plan for Soviet Union
Soviet Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov announced a five year plan to raise the socialist economy to prewar levels and surpass it. He spoke in a Moscow radio broadcast linking domestic goals with international security and praised the UN as a tool to prevent new wars and curb imperialist aggressors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Moscow Radio
Molotov
UNO
Greece
Pilot flies 640 mph in level flight from LA to San Diego
Lt. Col. John C. Herbst, famed for shooting down 21 Japanese planes, piloted a P-80 jet from Los Angeles Municipal Airport to San Diego, a 110 mile leg, in 10 minutes 17 seconds. The average speed of 640 mph set a new mark for level flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
John C. Herbst
Los Angeles Municipal
San Diego
Snow and Earth Slide Halt Northwest Trains
Deep snow and a new earth slide in the Columbia River Gorge snarled train and bus routes linking the Pacific Northwest to the Midwest. Five dead and missing on the Washington coast. crews faced continued rock and mud slides as lines to Spokane and Portland ran 12 to 24 hours behind schedule. Coast guard searched Grays Harbor for three missing men while prairie blizzards delayed Northern Pacific Great Northern trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Midwest
Columbia River Gorge
Washington Coast
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Columbia
Spokane
Chicago
Salt Lake City
Prairie States
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Milwaukee Railroad
Coast Guard
Grays Harbor
Wash
Appointment of Administrator for G. Owens Estate in Linn County
Notice announces the appointment of an administrator for the estate of G. Owens late of Linn County Iowa deceased. Creditors are asked to present claims promptly to the undersigned at the Linn County clerk office in Iowa and to settle accounts. GEORGE H. OWENS and Fred W. Hann are involved as clerk and attorney respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duis
G. Owens
Linn County
Linncoln
Iowa
George H. Owens
Fred W. Hann
Bodies found after storm touch shore as coastguard losses rise
Two bodies were washed ashore late Tuesday after a violent storm battered two small craft. Four of the missing are coast guard service members, while Nunan Jr., commissioner of internal revenue, reported over $27,000,000 was returned to 600,000 taxpayers in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coastguard
Nunan, Jr
Internal Revenue
Nunan
Refunds on 1945 Tax Returns Speeded Up
Washington AP report says refunds for the 1945 income tax returns will be sped up after a Wednesday night announcement by Joseph D. Invoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph D
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barmont
Service Optical
Second St. SE
Cedar Rapids
J. F. Herbel
F. Herbel
Mckinley Street
N.W
Priscillas
Valentine
Lawson
Were Enac
Peneinit
By Simmons
Newman
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!