Prison break bandits hunted after Mississippi raid
Three young San Quentin convicts who escaped December 26 scale a wall and abduct a 16 year old girl, shooting her father and evading capture through west central Mississippi. Motari and Drake were captured near Greenwood after a gun battle. Ward evaded early cordons and forced a Greenwood man to drive toward Tchula. The trio had held a farmer’s family at a Belzoni plantation for about ten hours before surrender.
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Greenwood
Miss
Mississippi
Lawrence Motari
Roy Drake
Ward
Hinds County
Phillip Lee
Tchula
Lee
Arlene McKnight
Cleveland
Esca
Joe McKnight
Wooster Henry
Henry
Jackson
San Quentin
Calif
Beverly Hills
Debates on Cousin Marriages and Inherited Traits
A medical column discusses cousin marriages, noting mixed outcomes from history. It cites the Jukes family case of crime and defect and contrasts with families like Ed wards and Wedgewoods, suggesting outcomes depend on inbreeding levels and traits.
Ships Sunk and Damaged in Truk Raid Report
U S Pacific Fleet announces updated figures from the Truk raid showing 23 ships sunk, six probably sunk, and 11 damaged after reconnaissance. New aerial strikes target Ponape Kasai Nauru and Marshall islands with additional enemy planes confirmed destroyed.
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Charles McMurtry
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Truk
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
United States Pacific Fleet
Ag Gg
Nimitz
United States
Marshall Islands
Central Pacific Islands
Ponape
Liberators
Army
Kasai
Nauru
Marshalls
Marshall Atolls
Riddles and Etiquette Bits With War News Snippets
A mixed page item features old rhyme trivia questions with answers about Monday's child and Tom the Piper's Son, plus a humorous dog alimony snippet. It also includes a brief war casualty note from Binghamton and a Red Cross donation appeal.
Two Post Bonds For Appearance On Ration Counts
Fayetteville February 28. T. S. Johnson of the Raleigh office of price administration said M. D. Bennett and Thad H. Whittington posted bonds of 15000 each and David Surles 12000 for appearances before U S Commissioner John Downing to answer charges of illegal possession and transfer of gasol ine and sugar ration coupons. E. K eynea and Ralph Metin of Benson were arrested Friday on warrants issued by Downing and posted 7000 bonds for appearance before U S Commissioner A B Adams in Dunn March 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
T. S. Johnson
Raleigh
OPA
E. ¥. Keynea
Ralph Metin
Benson
Downing
U. S
A. B. Adams
Dunn
Plenty Of Wool In Nation Now But Curbs Not To Be Lifted
The article explains wartime wool stockpiles and rationing limits at Pearl Harbor time and afterward. It notes restrictions remain due to manpower and rayon shortages, with no expected lifting soon. It cites production, imports, and a current stockpile around 300 million pounds of foreign wool. It also highlights women delivering groceries for Jewel Tea Co. routes in Chicago.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Australia
New Zealand
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Nippon
Cleveland Hospital
Belzoni
Iss
Logan Clendening
M. D. Fffp
Dr. Clendening
R. L. Dugdale
New York
Rocky Hills
Dugdale
Martha’s Vineyard
Edwards
New England
Darwins
Wedgewoods
England
Ficks
Germany
Shetland
L. A
America
Peter
Peter Pumpkin Eater
James Cardinal Gibbons
Tom
Cristina
Paris
Los Angeles
Binghamton
N. Y
War Department
Italy
Frederick J. Judge
RED Cross
INS
Ciurry Zacky
Chicago
The
Jewel Tea Co
Ays
Lake Simen
International
North Carolina
United States Navy
Anne Tisdale
Rocky Mount
Faye White
Gastonia
Eula Lipe
Winston-Salem
Helen Hull Jacobs
U. S. Naval Training School
Marjorie Guillory
Whiteville
Mainbacher
Ion
WAVES
Paw
Navy
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Beso Inc
North Main
Monthew Ave
South Main and
Clay Streets
English and
Phillips Streets
Teague
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