Brain Teaser Quiz From Classified Page
A noisy quiz tests readers memory with ten questions on politics literature geography and history. It asks about Jackson Day dinners names of British essayists Balikpapan harbor and Arthurian legends and mentions a mercy death murder charge and Dartmouth College Case as well as a famous American orator.
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Democratic Party
Balikpapan
Java
Sumabsa
Borneo
Celebes
Yasmin
Manchester
N. J
Gake Wind
Dartmouth College
Removal of Lake Jamestown Weed Bar Proposal
Dr William E Goucher proposes removing a weed bar at Lake Jamestown near Boatlanding Bridge and dredging the Chadakoin River to accelerate lake discharge. He cites observed weed reduction in Crystal Lake Wisconsin as supporting evidence from his 50 years on the lake and boat ownership.
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Jamestown
William E. Goucher
Chautauqua Lake
Goucher
Chadshoin
Crystal Lake
Wis
Roy Aikens Denies Early Morning Fracas With Wife
A letter from Roy Aikens of Marion Street denies accusations of a focal attack with his estranged wife Mrs Roy Alkens. He claims he was not in the city at the stated hour and invites accusers to confront him in person to settle the matter.
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Tus
Roy Alkens
Marion Street
49Th Street
Roy Aikens
Winter storm halts roads and injuries and court acquits
A severe winter storm left highways drifted and roads impassable with Findley Lake road buried two to three feet. W Gibbs fell from a ladder at Raymond Manufacturing, breaking tiles and injuring him. Raymond Sandburg bought an Oakland roadster and Almon Cummings fractured his right wrist. A church service at Hirst M E welcomed 25 new members, the largest in months. G E Votre narrowly escaped a railroad accident. Charles Burrell of Pittsburgh was acquitted of murder charges in the slaying of Louis Jamieson after a self defense plea.
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Findley Lake
W. Gibbs
Raymond Manufacturing Company
Mr. Gibbs
Hirst Methodist Episcopal Church
Frank A. Wimner
Pittsburgh
Charles Burrell
Louis Jamieson
Keerby Monongehela
Allegheny County Criminal Court
Jamieson
Burrell
Erie Gamblers Close Up Shop
Erie police raided gambling dens and punch boards as numbers books and lottery tickets vanished from counters. Albert Scalise and Lester Williams were arrested. Scalise faced lottery ticket charges and Williams faced charges for possessing tickets and running a gambling establishment.
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ERIE
Treasury
Herbert Foster
Albert Scalise
26Th
Cascade Streets
Lester Williams
Williams Cigar
17Th
State Street
Scalise
Williams
New York to push sex offender reform with state report
Gov. Dewey plans a special message to the Legislature with a new bill to combat sex crimes. A 16 year Sing Sing study report accompanies the plan, asserting current sex psychopath laws are inadequate. Other states already explore specialized commitment and long term psychiatric treatment to prevent recidivism among offenders.
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Dewey
New York
Sing Sing Prison
New Jersey
Trenton
Statewide sex crime study urges combined reform effort
A commission notes the breadth of sex practices and argues legal action alone cannot fix the issue. It calls for a sociological, medical, and psychiatric approach with scientists, lawmakers, law enforcement, and the public collaborating to address the problem.
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Gov
Dewey
Bashful Bandit Eludes Police After Downtown Robbery
In Pylttsburgh on February 10 a bashful bandit escaped after a nighttime hold up at a downtown supermarket. A youth witness saw the suspect near the store hours earlier and later the robber spoke little to the cashier who, understanding the demand, handed over the money.
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Pylttsburgh
Tookig
Worker Falls Two Stories In Mor gan Mohawk Plant
Andrew X. Graham 36 of Williamsville lies critically injured after slipping through a steel grating opening and falling two stories at the Morgan Mohawk Power Company's new plant. The Ernst Construction Co. employed Graham Buffalo. Two oil workers have been on site since October 7, 1949 Albert Fitch 38 Austin Pa and Joseph Julian 40 Buffalo.
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Duneire
Andrew x. Graham
Williamsville
Morgan Mohawk Power Company
Here
Brooks Memorial Hospital
Mead
Graham
Ernst Construction Co
Buffalo
Albert Fitch
Austin
Joseph [Dulian
Luke Shreve Dies Sudden at Sparta Township
Luke Shreve 65 lifelong Sparta resident died suddenly of a heart attack at 3 40 p m while carrying a sack of feed to the barn. Survived by wife Clara and children Gerry Dorus Pauline Lane and Letha with siblings Lyle and Belle. Services Sunday 2 p m at Torrey Funeral Home Spar tansburg Rev Thompson. burial Rose Hill Cemetery. Approximately 0 000 000 tons of ice were manufactured in the United States during 1949.
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Luke Shreve
Sparta Lake
Shreve
Sparta Township
Clara
Gerry Shreve
Spartansburg
Dorus Shreve
Pauline Rigard
Trie
Lane Shreve
Adena, O
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Voice of the People
Raymond Sandburg
Oakland
Star Garage
Almon Cummings
Spring Street
A. L. Smith
Pennsylvania Railroad
G. E.' ‘Votre
Postal Telegraph Company
Young
Topp
Corry
North Center Street
Denier
Roos
Meerdink
W. Main & Spring Sts
Yardley
Tigress
USL Py
ALUMARK _VALENTINES
SEA
Desert Flower
Bond Street
Kensington
Cologne
United States
Auer Agency
General Insurance
J. Paul Pizor
Center St
Yana Ctls
Clover Springs
Glendora Milk
Grackers i. Chet Boy-ArDen
Tvory Soap
Crisco
Dole
Suntiwest Prunes
Fon
Camay Soap
Bing Tabet
Teehorse
Page & Nichols
E. Main St
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