Murderer Invents Toy Which May Net a Fortune
Clyde Wagner, a 32 year old murderer at Menard Prison, has created the toy Kongo Safari a push pull elephant train and filed 70 patents since 1941. Five toys are in production and his royalty on Kongo Safari could total 21000 if 700000 units are sold. Wagner hopes to keep inventing while serving a 400 year term.
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Clyde Wagner
Wagner
New York
Allen
Gotling
Menard
Transient Confesses He Set Eight Fires In Colorado Springs
John Rollins Cundiff, a 30 year old Miami Florida transient, confessed to eight arson fires in Colorado Springs since May. He admitted selling two fires including a $200000 blaze at Puffy Mercantile Co and a smaller fire at Crissey Fowler Lumber Co where he worked. He said he set fires with paper and matches to relieve tension after drinks.
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J. B. Bruce
Colorado Springs
John Rollins Cundiff
Miami
Fla
Bruce
Cundiff
Puffy Mercantile Co
Crissey Fowler Lumber Co
Bruce S Aid
August Draft Call Drives 10000 Men In Washington
The Army released a draft call for 10,000 men to be inducted in August, reaffirming the same quota set for June and July. India designates Karwar in Mysore State as a major port for seeagoing freighters, signaling strategic maritime interests.
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Washington
Army
India
Karwar
Mysore
Dispute Keeps Checks from County Employes
TRINIDAD AP Twenty employees of Las Animas county did not receive pay Monday due to a board dispute over imitating money for road work. Two weeks earlier the board voted 2 to 1 to cap payrolls for the first half of June at 2500 per district. Foster and Winter backed the limit while Like opposed. Payrolls in Like’s district reached 3832.29, and vouchers needed two signatures but were blocked.
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Wilburn E. Davidson
Los Angeles
Calif
Shariff
W. H. Salyers
Mel
Kathy Crosby
Bing Crosby
Wewaka
Okla
Mrs. Crosby
Lt. Saleyers
Davidson
Trinidad
APY
Las Animas
Board of County Commissioners
Ooney
Sioners
Claud Foster
Art Winter
Alex Like
Piotrict
Foster
Winter
Like
Payroll Cut Might Hit CE District Second Half
Payroll reductions could total 91 200 for the CE district’s second half of the month, leaving the month’s payroll at 5 000.
Family Cruises Home From Montana to Cincinnati
Mrs Carol Speling sails with four children from Benton Montana toward Cincinnati aboard a cruiser. The journey covers about 3000 miles with three sons and a daughter aged two among the crew as they travel the nation’s midsection toward home.
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Ort Benton
Mont
Cincinnati
Tivers
Carol Speling
Family sails Missouri River voyage to honor a mother
A Cincinnati family travels in a cabin cruiser down the Missouri River with a crowd cheering from shore. The shipper, an experienced small-boat writer, notes the trip for the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Louisville Courier-Journal. Family includes Wayne 15, Christine 9, Chris Arthur 6. Father works as a Cincinnati sales engineer.
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Missouri River
Marayan
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Louisville Courier-Journal
Wayne
Christine
Chris Arthur
Cincinnati
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