Julie Conover Faces Danger At Mathewson Ranch
Julie Conover reassesses trust at a remote Texas ranch during wartime. Norcross shadows her movements as she plots a risky telegram to Amalgamated Processing Co. while Mel Sayers tries to shield her. A late-night abduction attempt foreshadows a dangerous transcontinental twist in the mystery.
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Julie Conover
Amalgamated Processing Co
T. H. Nestor
Department
Mranch
Julie
Nestor
Annie Minor
Amalgamated
Dirk Norcross
Charl
The
Teston Gazette
Sule
Annie
Nercross
Norcross
Sayers
Navy
Mel Sayers
Tony
Westor
Oregon Supreme Court upholds Lower 13 murder conviction
The Oregon supreme court affirmed Robert E. Lee Falkes death sentence in the Lower 13 case for slashing Martha Virginia James aboard a Southern Pacific train on January 23, 1941. The 3 to 2 ruling rejects defense claims against admitted confessions, which were oral and unsigned. A stay was granted for Richard Harry Layton, former Monmouth town marshal, facing a rape slaying conviction and slated for execution. he plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court alleging intimidation and coercion.
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Salem
Ore
Insi
Oregon Supreme Court
Robert E. Lee Falkes
Martha Virginia James
Falkes
Richard Harry Layton
Monmouth
Ruth Hildebrand
Dallas
Layton
United States Supreme Court
Oregon
State Supreme Court
New Allied Equipment Blasts Nazi Defenses
The War Department reports newly developed explosives and submersible demolition kits were used by Allied forces to blast Nazi defenses on the French invasion coast. Built by the ordnance department with Fort Pierce engineers, these kits enable underwater explosive contact to breach heavy obstructions and concrete barriers, allowing tanks to pass through breaches in minutes.
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Washington
INS
War Department
Ordnance Department
Fort Pierce
Fla
19 Year Old Infantry Not Sent Overseas
Washington reports Lt. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, army deputy chief of staff, announced a rule barring overseas deployment for soldiers under 19 assigned to infantry. He noted exceptions for artillery or service units and said efforts focus on keeping younger troops in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Senate
Joseph T. McNarney
Army
Senate Appropriations Committee
McNarney
United States
OPA Per Capita Cost Called Law at $1.33
Price Administrator Chester Bowles announced on a nationwide radio talk that OPA's operating cost last year equaled 1.33 per person. The breakdown covered rationing 41 cents, rent control 11 cents, information 2 cents, price control 28 cents, and local boards 41 cents per capita. He framed the total as astonishingly low as a million pounds of rice moved from Nicaragua to Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Chester Bowles
Blue Network
Bowles
OPA
Wesleyan Hosts Summer Religious Conference at Buckhannon
Wesleyan college Buckhannon hosts a four day summer conference and youth assembly from June 28 to July 1. Bishop James H. Straughn will lead chapel addresses with a fourteen member ministerial faculty from Erie Pittsburgh and West Virginia conferences guiding classes.
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Wesleyan
West Virginia
Fred G. Holloway
Western Maryland College
Edward Mi
Vanderbilt University
William KE. Anderson
Commission On
Nashville
Tenn
J. W. Thompson
Drew University
Harry Woolever
Dewitt
New York
Mary MacNichol
New Jersey
Barnett. Spratt
Raleigh
A. J. Walton
Board of Home Missions
Philadelphia
Frank S. McKnight
Ralph C. Brown
School of Christian Workers
J. W. Broyles
Board of Education of the
M. ©. Miles
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London
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Fort Wayne, Indiana
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