The Fat Man Attacks a City Journalist in Courtrooms
A police court tale follows a reporter who covered narcotics cases and survives a silenced gun attack. The fat man, Arthur Poole, ties to Surika, a Jap-Canadian drug runner, secures bail, then corners the author at home. A confession later reveals Poole as head of a dope ring. Surika dies in a suspected gas incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morality Squad
Surika
Arthur Poole
Surka
Weill
Satine
Poole
Homicide
Parlor organ a symbol of gracious living in past days
The parlor organ was a centerpiece of home life 40 or 50 years ago, requiring pumping and learning many steps. It stood with the piano as a family esteem item, demanding time, expense, and skill. Today many sing and play less, relying on switches and recorded music, and seldom engage in making music themselves.
Side Notes Revealing Quirks and Quick Bargains
A Milwaukee dealer touts a sale with used cars at 9.85 dollars and promises good running order. The column jokes about long-standing prices from a nickel fare to the Staten Island ferry and recounts a Maine of quirky tips, including egg age tests and marriage screening for US troops abroad.
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Milwaukee
Once Upon a Time and the Office Tonight
A humorous vignette emerges from mixed scenes of letters and misadventures. A suitor boasts of $3,000 in the bank and is advised the man will borrow it. Nearby, a country traveler faces danger on the tracks while asking for the Empire City Express. A joke ends with a husband blamed for a broken window and two charwomen vent about unsuitable spouses.
Montreal man quits attempting to tame Newfoundland moose
Charlie Charlebois of Montreal says he will not try talking to a moose again after a roadside incident in central Newfoundland. He stepped out to pet the animal and called to it, prompting a head on collision that damaged his car. He reports being frightened but unharmed and vows not to repeat the experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Charlebois
Montreal
Floor Sander
Newfoundland
Charlie
Nineteen Fleets Prepare for Antarctic Whaling Season
Nineteen whaling fleets from six countries gear up for the new Antarctic summer season. The International Whaling Commission caps the haul at 15 000 blue whale units to curb whale decline. Fleets from Britain Norway Holland Japan Russia and South Africa compete while Greek owned Onassis fleet sails under Panama’s flag. Modern tech like electronic spotters and helicopter scouting aids speed operations. observers may join ships next season to monitor compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuters
Capetown
Douia Arica
International Whaling Commission
Britain
Norway
Holland
Japan
Russia
South Africa
Onassis
Panama
Moscow
Elderly couple finds security in cave life in Germany
In Heidelberg a 73 year old man Adolph Ellerbrook his wife and their daughter Ute claim safety from war taxes unemployment and hunger by living in a cave. They drink rain water harvest and store it in a reservoir and well and rely on a pure vegetarian diet for health.
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Heidelberg
Germany
Adolph Ellerbrook
Ute
Ellerbrook
4-H Club Work Emphasizes Learning by Doing
The principle of 4 H Club Work is to learn to do by doing and each boy or girl is personally responsible for a project in farming or homemaking which he or she carries out on the home farm.
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Samuel Campbell
Dodd
Bozo
By Foxo Reardon
Hyde Park
London
Ogerr
Staten Island
New York City
America
Belmont Race Track
New York
Mae
Brush Fire
Great Britain
U.S. Army
Willie
Ree
Moose
Benson's
Canada
Jane Ashley
Home Service Department
THE
Canada Starch Company Limited
P.O. Box
P.Q
Bensons Corn
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