Juvenile Crime Up, FBI Chief Says Facing Delinquency
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warned Congress of an alarming rise in juvenile crime with substantial increases in female prostitution under 21, female sex crimes, and male under 21 assaults. He cited high youth pay, few recreational facilities, and reduced home influence from working parents as contributing factors.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Turkish General Predicts Victory For Allied Forces
Turkish General Salem Oumertak, leading a military delegation, toured Allied bases in the Mediterranean and said Allies are stronger in arms, production, and morale. He praised Allied war effort, noted high morale, and wished the Allies victory during a four day visit with eight staff officers.
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U. S
Tunisia
Salem Oumertak
Mediterranean
Egypt
Oumertak
15 Per Cent Cut In Draft Quota Reported
Major Charles R. Jonas said Washington ordered a 15 percent reduction in North Carolina April draft quota. The Raleigh state selective service headquarters reported the action, noting that some details remained unclear.
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Charlotte
Charles R. Jonas
State Selective Service
Raleigh
The
Observer
Washington
Soaring carnival trials Pat Finday and Jimmy Carr love hope
In Phoenix Pat Finday pursues Jimmy Carr amid a soaring carnival with officials and media present. Ed Bryan counsels Pat while Loraine Stuart exerts steady competition as Carr affirms devotion to Loraine, leaving Pat heartbroken yet determined as the scene ends.
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Major Hale
Pat
Phoenix
Captain Carr
Ed Bryan
Jim Carr
Jimmy
Loraine Stuart
Loraine
Sky Harbor
Larry
Fet
Big Ed
Lorry
Jim
Jimmy Carr
Jimmee
Jans
Put
Lorain
Big Ed Bryan
Stuart Dame
Bryan
Draft reductions possible for local area through May
Major Jonas said the 15 per cent cut might not take full effect immediately and a clearer local picture could emerge by April 15 with reductions possibly arriving in May and later. Washington officials clarified the nationwide draft cut is administrative and does not reduce armed forces size.
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Jonas
Washington
War rationing board warns against curses in Tell City
In Tell City Indiana Perry county, war rationing board chairman posts a warning that applicants for rationed tires and other goods must refrain from cursing. He notes meat shortages provoke stronger epithets and threatens prosecution for offenders.
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Tell City
Ind
Race Track Folk Can Turn Back To Track
New York story notes Bay Meadows in California opens a 25 day session allowing racing to resume. Jamaica will start eastern season with a 5900 handicap headlined by Blue Swords versus Slide Rule. War relief profits and religious notes follow in a scrambled closing paragraph.
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New York
Bay Meadows
San Mateo
Calif
Cavie Fleen
Jamaica
Calfornia
Navy
Blue Swords
W. E. Boeing
Word Puzzle: Alphabetic Clues and Answers List
A compact clue list presents numbered hints and thematic abbreviations for a word puzzle. Entries cover letters, symbols, and brief definitions, including chemical marks and Latin references, with respuestas ranging across biology, geography, and language.
Reminiscence on Omnibuses and O Henry’s Texas Years
The piece recalls the old omnibus as a grand hotel train meet service and contrasts it with modern city buses. It then summarizes O Henry’s life, noting William Sydney Porter’s Greensboro birth on September 11, 1862, his Austin Texas banking and publishing career, embezzlement charge, imprisonment, and eventual move to New York where his stories appeared after gaining freedom.
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O. Henry
Moscow
High Point
William Sydney Porter
F. Logan Porter
Greensboro
New York
la Salle County
Texas
Austin
Tex
General Land Office
Iconoclast
Houston Post
First National Bank of Austin
Houston
Mexico
West Indies
South American
Ohio
Henry
Puzzle and musings on memory and opportunity in early 20th century lore
This item blends tales of Ali Khasim from Kairouan who suffered total amnesia yet recalled the Kalevala, with reflections on memory, fate, and opportunity. It weaves historical personalities and quotes, including O Henry and Edison, into a collage exploring imagination, science, and growth amid wartime tides.
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Ali Khasim
Kairouan
Tunisia
Ali
1912
Heidebrecht urged to stay as town official amid Navy entry
In Buhlers Kas Carl G Heidebrecht prepared to enter the Navy. A delegation sought to keep him by offering a fifty dollar monthly raise while he remains marshal waterworks superintendent acting mayor fire chief street superintendent and cemetery caretaker. In his leisure time Heidebrecht is OCD chairman. Pegler Vubeaye pp the na
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Buhler
Kas
Carl G. Heidebrecht
Navy
Heidebrecht
OCD
Pegler Vubeaye
The
Three Fliers Safe After Ten Months
Three members of an American B 26 crew survived ten months in the New Britain jungle after their aircraft crashed. They were rescued by an American plane and described surviving on lizards tree grubs rats and cassowaries with help from friendly natives. They credited an Australian with feeding them and even offering his last razor blade.
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Tom Yarbrough
New Guinea
New Britain
Rabaul
Lecs
Eugene D. Wallace
Los Angeles
Marvin C. Hughes
Baird
Tex
Dale FE
Bordner
Chillicothe
Obie
Yey
Gioro lomoni fights 87500 action over walling press blasts
Angelo Gioro lomoni sues over destructive blasts from a neighboring 30 ton press. He claims the 87,500 foundation and walls of his West Haven home are collapsing each time the machine operates, asserting damage from the routine production work.
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West Haven
Conn
Angelo Giorolomoni
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