Missing Heiress Mystery Baffles Authorities
Federal agents stay tight lipped on the case of 38 year old Mrs Parsons as questions linger about voluntary disappearance murder or kidnapping for a $100 000 inheritance and a $25 000 ransom note while Chilmark Mass and Martha’s Vineyard searches yield no trace. State and local police favor a murder theory but offer no decisive leads as reports of an anonymous tip circulate.
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Parsons
Yale
Chilmark
Mass
Mrs. Parsons
Martha's Vineyard
Disappearance of Mrs Parsons Sparks Kidnap Clues
Police probe surrounds the missing Mrs Parsons who left home at 1115 a m on June 9 with a middle aged couple in a car. A ransom note was found in the Parsons car and the FBI was notified. Howard McDonald, her brother, traveled from Los Angeles amid speculation of mysterious personal ads and possible contact with kidnapers.
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New York
Howard McDonald
Los Angeles
Tennessee River Petticoat Biffle dredging completed
Notice to navigation interests states that channel maintenance dredging on the Tennessee River at Petticoat Biffle by the United States Army Corps of Engineers is finished. The navigation channel now has a minimum depth of six feet below ordinary low water, equivalent to 0.0 on the Jacksonville gage. C. E. Perry lieutenant colonel district engineer.
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Tennessee River
Petticoat Biffle
United States Engineer Department
Jacksonville
C. E. Perry
Corps of Engineers
Retail Output Rises in Week Amid Warmer Weather
New York reports indicate most trade divisions advanced this week as Dunn & Bradstreet notes summer needs and warmer weather boosted retail activity. Reorders to wholesalers for seasonal goods show merchants pursuing cautious stock builds while extended strike maps caused temporary shifts in production, others held steady.
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New York
Dunn& Bradstreet
Weekly Review of Business
Riefenstahl Denounced At Nazi Social Event
The report says Leni Riefenstahl was denounced for not proving pure Aryan descent at a social gathering. It claims Goebbels announced documentary proof of Jewish blood, while a Reich film chamber Aryan affidavit was cited by a spokesman.
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Leni Rieffenstahl
Adolf Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Miss Rieffenstahl
Rieffenstahl
Reich Film Chamber
Visitors and relatives fill Mt Hope area during autumn week
Mrs Thornborough and Jackie Counts visit Rev and Mrs Crawford. Counts family from Decatur and Birmingham visit relatives. Several locals including Robersons, Smiths, Sparkmans, and others host or travel for weekend gatherings. multiple trips to Decatur and Haleyville noted.
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Thornborough
Jackie
Birmingham
Crawford
Thomas Glenn
Marion Lee Counts
Decatur
Guy Counts
Allen Boyce
Gip Roberson
Haleyville
W. R. Martin
Ruby Roberson
Allen
James Jackson
Florence Moore
Mae
Dell Pless
Alice
Florence
William Smith
Tuscumbia
Leon Cunningham
Dee Stenson
Gordon Parker
Artie Jackson
Jack
Cullman Peeved Over Road Camps Disparities
The Cullman Democrat reports Cullman county residents protest state road projects with cries of unequal treatment. It notes Cullman pays 80 000 for a convict camp while Morgan county with a larger camp pays 2 500 and Blount county pays nothing though the state has spent 90 574. Jackson county also contributes nothing for its camp maintenance.
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Cullman County
Cullman Democrat
Cullman
Morgan County
Blount County
Jackson County
Nebraska Capitol Too Small, State Engineer Says
State Engineer A Tilley complains Nebraska's 10 million capitol building is inadequate. The four block site with a 14 story tower forces the tabulation division to be moved into a rest room for space.
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Lincoln
Neb
Tilley
Nebraska
Capitol
Ark and the Rainbow sermon at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist
Rev. Frank T. Smith preached on The Ark and the Rainbow at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church. He cited Genesis nine on the Flood and argued the ark shows salvation through faith in Christ, warning that those outside the Ark face eternal separation without Jesus.
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Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Frank T. Smith
Smith
God
Noah
Lord Jesus Christ
Rev. Smith
Jesus
Annual Picnic Of St. John’s Episcopal Church Enjoyed
The annual picnic of St. John’s Episcopal Church was enjoyed Thursday afternoon. Attendees gathered at the Gilbert White Plantation grove but rain caused adjournment to the parish house where the feast was served. Despite the downpour, the occasion was reported as most enjoyable.
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St. John’s Episcopal Church
Gilbert White
Apple Peels Said To Hold More Vitamin C Than Core
A reading notes that apple peels may contain six times as much vitamin C as the pulp near the core, suggesting peels offer the higher nutrient content.
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A&p
Sunnyfield
Reichert
Oleo
RED Circle
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NBC
RITZ
Iona
Ann Page
Pt. Jak
Clapp’s
Wisconsin
Putnam’s
White House
Black Hawk
Old Man River
Leni ‘Rieffenstahl
MT. Hope
J. A. Counts
Rountree Lumber CO
ST. John’s
Ballard
Ballards
Walang
Hill’s
Borden
Ernst
Wale
Armour’s Star
Sunkist
Ian
Hill’s Mayonnaise
H. G. Hill Stores
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