Woman held in extortion letter to Betty Grable
A 20 year old housewife, Mrs. Jane Beam, was jailed on a federal charge for sending an extortion letter to actress Betty Grable. She was arraigned and held on $1,000 bond, with a hearing set for January 15. The letter demanded $5,000 to prevent kidnapping of Grable and bandleader Harry James’s youngest child.
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Betty Grable
Jane Beam
U. S
David B. Head
Richard B. Hood
FBI
Miss Grable
Harry James
Hood
Beam
Kaufman
Texas
Wilford E. Beam
Glass Company
James
Victoria
Jessica
Stop Gas Pressure Pains With Scalf's Indian River Medicine
Excess stomach acids cause painful gas and heartburn. Scalf's Indian River Medicine is a time tested appetizer and stomach tonic not a laxative and offers relief or money back on the first bottle. On sale at Caddell's Drug Store. Hear Scalf's Harmoneers quartet over WSGN at 12:30 P. M. Monthru Fri.
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Caddell’s Drug Store
Harmoneers
WSGN
Dial 610
Denials on Stalin Met with Doubt in Bern
In Bern two newspapers questioned reports of Joseph Stalin's death. Der Bund headlined denials but not from Moscow, while Berner Tagwacht described the denials as not true. The Soviet news agency called the reports nonsense and a Soviet diplomat dismissed them as a monstrous provocation.
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Switzerland
Joseph Stalin
Russia
London
New York
der Bund
Moscow
Berner Tagwacht
Stalin
Vliadimir Pavlov
Telephone Conversation At Pay Station Echoes City Fair Noise
The text sketches a street scene with a pay station operator demanding a five cent deposit and a souse reacting with annoyance. It references a state fair and a noisy midway with both male and female barkers contributing to the din.
Crosby's Open Starts Today in California Golf Tourney
Crooner Bing Crosby launches a three day tourney at Cypress Point and Pebble Beach with pros vying for 10000 and amateurs for merchandise prizes. Notables include Sam Snead Johnny Dawson Ben Hogan Lew Worsham and celebrity attendees Dennis O'Keefe Randolph Scott Hodiak and Edgar Kennedy with proceeds to Sister Kenny Foundation and Monterey Community Chest.
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Calif
Bing Crosby
Crosby
Sister Kenny Foundation
Monterey, Calif
Sam Snead
Roger Kelly
California
Los Angeles
Pebble Beach
Bobby Locke
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
al Zimmerman
Portland
Ore
Marvin
Bud) Ward
Spokane
Wash
Ward
Monterey
Cam Puget
Lew Worsham
del Webb
Phoenix
Ariz
New York Yankees
Dennis O'Keefe
Randolph Scott
John Hodiak
Edgar
Kennedy
Freeman Gosden
Amos
Andy
Eight year old stuck finger in soda dispenser frostbit at church center
Donald Neil, an eight year old in Philadelphia, frostbitten fingers after his hand was trapped by a soda bottle dispenser at a recreation center. Police and firefighters freed him by prying off the metal top.
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Philadelphia
Donald
Neil
Vanilla made into lignin from wood components
Vanillin can be produced by converting wood-derived lignin into flavor compounds. This process leverages lignin breakdown to yield vanilla-like notes for use in foods and fragrances.
Phipps Chips and Telegraph Tales of Love and Lion
A compilation of short, humorous vignettes includes a salesman named Phipps who dies at the sight of six chips, a telegram tale from Africa about Bob and Elvina, and a quip about community property laws. The items showcase brisk wit and period-voiced punchlines.
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Phipps
Black
Witty snippets on life love and misreads from a social page
A collection of ironic quips about world power, marriage, golf, and domestic life. Jokes touch on aging, envy, price rises, and misheard advice. The banter moves from philosophical questions to humorous misunderstandings in social settings.
Community Hails Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Cooperation
Clyde F. Maples on behalf of Nance Ford residents lauds Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation for extending service to the area. He praises cooperative work by the company and community, noting early membership and strong system from labor to office. He expresses full support for Mr. Anderson and the organization.
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Clyde F. Maples
Nance Ford
Hartseller
Joe Wheeler Electric
Anderson
Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation
Tomorrow’s Future Fizzles in Circles and Glass Forecasts
HAL BOYLE muses that tomorrow will resemble today with odd predictions from breadboard horoscopes to a 2004 with flying handbags and self cooling clothes. The piece playfully questions optimism for the future while noting fashion, tech and sport myths, ending with a wry acceptance of today’s world.
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Advertising Club of
New York
Faraway
Dame of Tomorrow
Joe
Junior
Notice of Suit to Quiet Title in Morgan County Alabama
Nellie P. Holland files in the Morgan County Circuit Court an equity suit to quiet title to Lot 1 Block 7 Addition 4 of the Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company addition in Decatur Alabama. The case names Elma A. Baker and unknown heirs of H S Baker plus any potential claimants, with a 60 day deadline to present claims. The filing date is January 8 1948 and Bryan McAfee is the court clerk.
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State OF Alabama
Morgan County
Circuit Court
Nellie P. Holland
Alabama
Code of Alabama
Elma A. Baker
H. S. Baker
Decatur
Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company
Bill
Bryan McAfee
Circuit Court of
Notice in Probate Court of W S Roberts Estate
J L Roberts as administrator filed accounts for final settlement of the W S Roberts estate. The court fixed February 4 1948 as the hearing date for the settlement of the administration at Gan County Pro bate Court.
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Alabama
Morgan County
W.S. Roberts
J. L. Roberts
W. S. Roberts
Brazil Severs Ties With Moscow Over Communists
Mackenzie notes Marshall plan urging Europe recovery and warns of Soviet opposition. He cites Brazil’s move to outlaw the communist party and Brazil’s break with Moscow as Western allies move to curb communism while debates about a Russia excluding United Nations persist.
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Marshall
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Foreign Office
London
United Nations
State Department
Russia
U. N
Moscow
Brazil
North
South America
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Milan
Italy
Harry Pollitt
Maurice Thorez
Pollitt
Stalin
Thorez
Cominform
Court probate settlement allowed by Judge Almon
The judge orders a settlement to be passed and allowed after a show cause in open court. The order is dated January 8 1948 with publication January 9 16 and 23 1948. The closing line notes a historical remark about pilgrims and log cabins in New England.
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T. C. Almon
New England
Lad Is Saved From Death
Walla Walla Washington January 9 An hour and a half before execution Joseph Maish 17 was granted clemency by Gov Mon C Wallgren his death sentence for first degree murder was commuted to 99 years life Maish had stabbed Ladonna Toscas to death in Vancouver December 21 1946 After mercy Maish received his last meal a cream puff and was told he might not leave prison again The Governor cited numerous petitions and jurors who urged clemency the case marked a rare instance of a young offender avoiding execution
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Walla Walla
Wash
Joseph Maish
Washington State
Mon C. Wallgren
Maish
Vancouver
STSL
RPO
Tom Smith
Peter Kelly
Marsh
Ladonna Toscas
Warden Smith
Smith
Governor Opposes Hanging of a Child in Society's Best Interests
The governor questions whether the hanging of a child serves the best interests of society. He notes the moral complexity and urges caution in capital punishment decisions affecting youth.
Color weight bias study shows perception skew
Researchers find people overestimate the heft of dark colored objects and underestimate light colored items. The bias affects judgments of weight across various colors and surfaces.
Balance Sheet Details for a Morgan County Bank in 1947
The document lists assets liabilities and capital accounts for a Morgan County bank in Alabama. It shows totals for liabilities 9 374 716 86 capital accounts including capital stock surplus and undivided profits with a 1948 notary sworn statement by cashier J W Darrah and directors Ewell Gregg E W Strother Chas H Eyster.
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Capital
State OF
Alabama
County OF Morgan
L. J W Darrah
J W. Carrah
Loretto Curtiss
Ewell K. Gregg
E. W. Strother
Chas H. Eyster
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