Fatal Double Shooting Near Logan West Virginia
Mildred Hunter and her boyfriend M Bowling were at the Jitterbug Inn when he drew a target pistol and fired three shots killing Hunter and then fatally wounding himself. Deputies Porter and Manns report Bowling died on the way to a hospital. Hunter, about 27, had dated Bowling for two to three years and he had been away from Logan for several months. The motive is not yet clear.
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Camino Placerville & Lake Tahoe Railroad Sold for Not
In Sacramento the eight mile logging line Camino Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad proved nearly unsellable as buyers failed to appear and the line remained unsold.
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Camino, Placerville & Lake Tahoe Railroad
Chevalier Denied U S Entry Halts Movie Plans
Hollywood reports Maurice Chevalier cannot enter the United States as the State Department refuses a visa. Producer William Goetz of Columbia Pictures says the decision likely ends plans for a film on the French entertainer’s career, previously to star Danny Kaye.
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William Goetz
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Una
Stockholm
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Railroad expansion plans discussed with Pacific owners
D. J. Russell, SP President, stated the railroad would need new rails and straightened curves between Placerville and Camino to proceed with expansion offered free by its owners to the Pacific region.
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Fragments From a Busy Read Including Greenwich Clock and Puzzles
A mosaic of items appears from the Greenwich master clock test to social slang in Palm Beach, plus items on a Pittsburgh door incident and George Washington legend jokes. Other notes cover bankers, farmers eyewear, Miami fathers council water, and thoughts on Scrabble and jigsaw puzzles.
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Greenwich
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Palm Beach
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
George Washington
Carl Sands
Hisa
Gaga
Smith — Aame
American Optometric Ass
Miami
Fla
Wordplay and typographic tricks in a reader's note
A fragment describes playful typography such as leg end and enny. It mentions phonetic word puzzles from alphabet letter shifts and a note about forging as a blacksmith’s act, ending with a crude aside about social standing.
Breakfast Back To 40 Cents After Price War
In Mount Royal Montreal breakfast prices returned to 40 cents after a three day price war between rival shopkeepers. The dispute left some meals as low as 17 cents before a truce restored regular pricing. The two rivals were Robert Schachter and Bernard De Guire.
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Bernard de Guire
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New England Fishing Fleet Moves South to Shrimp Grounds
Segments of the New England fishing fleet from New Bedford and Gloucester head south to shrimping grounds in the Gulf of Mexico amid tax and insurance pressures and foreign competition. Gloucester captains report lower costs and no Canadian competition in Alabama as New Bedford vessels follow warmer weather, with several boats already offshore.
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Gloucester
Gulf Shores
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Canada
Tony Frontiero
Alabama
New Bedford
Florida
Texas
Gulf
Jens Larsen
Fair, Mild Weather Across Most of Nation
The Associated Press reports generally fair and mild winter weather across much of the United States with snow confined to the Northeast. Caribou Maine logged over 9 inches since yesterday while northern New York cleared after two days of snow and rain. Southerly winds warmed the Midwest as westward regions remained cold with rain in the West and fresh snow near Reno Nevada.
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Careless Drivers Are Lucky in Grand Junction
The Daily Sentinel surveyed nine hours of traffic at seven downtown intersections and found 13 350 violations. Mesa Junior College students observed 12 251 drivers who showed no signal and 1 105 cases of rule violations. The report notes drivers are as lucky as they are careless. After oil is pressed from copra, the dried meat of coconuts yields valuable stock feed and fertilizer residue.
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