Importer Jailed in Miami for Smuggling
New York importer Raul H. Jiminez was jailed in Miami on smuggling charges after customs officials seized more than $50,000 worth of drugs at the airport. Two pounds of cocaine heroin and opium were strapped to his waist. Inspector Henry C. Griffin said Jimenez, a Puerto Rican native who had lived in New York since 1920, waived further hearing before U.S. Commissioner Roger Davis.
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Miami
Fla
New York
International
Raul H. Jiminez
Henry C. Griffin
Jimenez
U.S
Roger Davis
Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler Year 1947 Notes
A spoofish holiday letter by Westbrook Pegler recounts rambling, humorous exchanges among notable figures and fictionalized party guests. The piece lampoons social pretensions and public personas with references to royalty journalism and the era’s celebrity culture.
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Westbrook Pegler
King Features Syndicate
Notice of Sale in Mermosteid Chancery Court
Decree and order compel sale of Lot Two in Black One of Allen's Addition to Flope Arkansas. Commissioner to sell at public auction at the eastern wing of Mempstead County Courthouse to the highest bidder with payment on a three month credit at five percent interest. sale date near end of November 1948.
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Mermosteid
Allen
Flope
Arkansas
Entertainer With Burt Lancaster Show Arrested
Nick Cravat a 26 year old acrobat appearing with Burt Lancaster was arraigned on assault charges in New York after allegedly beating an 18 year old delivery boy outside the Capitol theater. The delivery boy William Miller testified Cravat attacked him as he questioned Cravat and Lancaster about the death of Miller’s father.
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New York
Nick Cravat
Burt Lancaster
Cravat
Lancaster
Abner Surpress
Wiliam Miller
Cravet
Capitol Theater
Miller
Nick
Davenport
Tawa
Ann Sheridan Sidelined by Pleurisy at Savoy Hotel
London December 30 UP Ann Sheridan is seriously ill with pleurisy in her Savoy hotel suite and cannot be moved to hospital. She collapsed on set during filming of Was It a Male War Bride ten days ago, with X rays showing pleurisy and lung complications. Her condition prompted rest and special treatment. recovery expected to take weeks, delaying a key outdoor rain scene and the shooting schedule.
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Alwys
John Foster Dulles
Jim Farley
Duke of Windsor
Veeskey-Sada
Buckingham Palace
Empire
Paris
Jef Commons
Hollywood
Chilcago
Hall-Mills
Ben
Laustrich
Joe
Aftry
Esnerly
Walter
Joe Sither
Snd
Winer
Eureka General Products
Darling
Elwood K. Lynen
South Ely
Apt. G
Willis Molgyn Jones, Jr
Jack
London
Elress
Ann Sheridan
Savoy
Miss Sheridan
Germany
Britain
Cary Grant
Shepperton Studios
20Th Tentacy
Fox Film Corp
Community Dem onstration Club Meeting at Mrs Downs Home
The Shower Sprites Home Demonstration Club met Tuesday December 21 at Mrs John Downs home with 20 members and 5 visitors. A noon meal followed a day of quilting and craft activities. Key events included a Christmas program with Silent Night, a fund drive plan, committee appointments, and fundraising ideas for next year. The group elected a community building committee and set goals such as a birthday penny fund and baking sales. A surprise package prize and charity gifts occurred, and the January meeting is planned at Mrs Robert Garveit's home.
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Shower Sprites Home Demonstration Club
John Downs
Lorraine Blackwood
Jat England
Gills
Rodgers
Card
Wetge
Robert Garveit
New Year Toast Messy Memoir in a Noisy Scene
A rambling, informal note mixes混乱 chatter about names like Will and Oliver with a drunken toast. The speaker mentions a front sloop, a 96th precinct, a shop of shaving cream, and a jumble of relationships as they wish happiness and luck for the coming year. The tone is comic and disjointed, with repeated greetings and awkward humor.
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Will
Wil
Oliver
Othe
96Th Precinct
Various church group meetings and civic notices posted
A listing of January 3 and 4 church society meetings at First Baptist Presbyterian and Methodist churches. Circles and auxiliaries meet at homes, with times in the afternoon and evening. Includes a long roster of Grand and Polit Timers selected for the January term of Nevada County.
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W.M.S. of the First Baptist Church
Zal Welork
The
Presbyterian Church
U.S
S L. McRae Sr
Women’s Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Horace McCain
Wesleyan Service Guild
First Methodist Church
Unel Chamberlain
J. W. Gist
Central Baptist Church
Thes
Loomis
Leorared Hart
Prescott
A. L
Prescatty
Wo Wray
Rodkaw
Will Crain
Bodeaw
Ar- Inn
Andrey Prescott
Rt. 1
C. da. Wiurrinaili
Hing
Butt
Jelly
Bannee
Cale
Guy Wills
Alain Suitan
Albay
Lanebure
R. Te Wee
David Stuart
Presscott
Louis Cornelius
D. W. Gorham
A.C. Cuimmings
John Jarvis
Rosston
Harold Fairehirds
Joe Hamilton
W. Gram
Rossion
Hope Star notices and local social items
Hope Star from Hope Arkansas reports visitors and travels among local families. Ronnie Rogers and sons Buddy and Jimmie return to San Diego after holidays with Rogers family. Mrs Ronnie Rogers and others visit McComb Mississippi. Pat Combs visits El Dorado then Fayetteville. Harvey Walls and family return to Champagne Illinois. Mrs J H Allen and Mrs Thomas Hesterly return from extended visits.
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Ars
Ronnie Rogers
Buddy
Jimmie
San Diego
Calif
Lee Rogers
Spring Hill Loses Twin Bill in Local Basketball Night
Spring Hill Independent basketball team dropped both games at the Spring Hill gym. Guernsey beat them 42 to 32 as Martin scored 17 for Spring Hill and Downs and Hackett led Guernsey with 10 and 16. In the second game Hope Independent won 6 2a with Turner top for Spring Hill and Byers scoring 20 for the winners with Gordon Maxwell adding 16.
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Spring Hill
James
Twin Hill
Spring HS
Guernsey
Hope
Martin
Downs
Hackett
Turner
Spring Gil
Byers
Tal
Gordon Maxwell
Mysterious Radio Signals May Be From the Stars
New Haven Conn December 30 A California astronomer Dr Jesse L Greenstein of Caltech told the 80th meeting of the American Astronomical Society at Yale University that mysterious radio signals reaching Earth may originate from the stars. He said radial waves could probe dust clouds of the Milky Way and noted cosmic dust clouds come from Sagittarius and Cygnus with signals possibly from peculiar stars emitting in radio frequencies.
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New Haven
Conn
UPJ
California
Earth
Jesse L. Greenstein
Institute of Technology
American Astronomical Society
Yale University
Milky Way
Sagittarius
Constellation
Cygnus
Greenstein
Crosby Still Best at the Boxoffice
Bing Crosby is named the box office champion of all time in the Motion Picture Herald annual poll. Shirley Temple and Mickey Rooney follow in the top spots with Abbott and Costello, Gary Cooper, Bob Hope, Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, and Spencer Tracy also ranking among the top ten stars.
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Virginia Magpherson
Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Totay
Motion Picture Herald
Ole Greaney
Shirley Temple
America
Mickey Rooney
Betty Grabic
Abbott and Costello
Gary Cooper
Bob Hope
Kuphrey Bogart
Hope
Bogart
Clark Gable
Cary Grant
Spencer Tracy
Texarkana and Grand Prairie Travel Notes
Dalrymple and son Carl spent Tuesday in Texarkana. Mr and Mrs Richard Johnson have returned to Grand Prairie Texas after a holiday visit with their parents. Uuel Chamberlain and Mrs Lera Johnson with Miss Faye Loomis returned from Temple Texas where she has been with Mrs Roy Loomis who underwent surgery at Send While Clie. Mrs J M Duke Sr is visiting Jesse Owen Duke and family in Dallas. Mrs Tom Bemis and several Bemis family members spent Tuesday in Texarkana.
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Ned Duncan
Mayho
Jenel White
McComb
Shursday
Pat Combs
el Dorado
C.D. McSwain
Fayelteyile
Richard Johnson
Grand Prairie
Texas
Uuel Chamberlain
Lera Johnson
Faye Loomis
Temple
Roy Loomis
Mrs. J. M. Duke, Sr
Jesse, Owen Duke
Dallas
Pro basketball and bowl chatter touch on old rivals
The note recalls proxy talk involving Mau Rice Poduloff of the Basketball Association of America and Duffey of the National League in Anderson. It mentions the Tournament of Champions clashes with Jack Dempsey and Al Weil, previews Baylor and bowl matchups like Northwestern Californias, Texas Georgia, SMU Oregon, Oklahoma North Carolina, and a sentimental Canzelman moment as a son asks for a hot dog money during a Bears contest.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
al Weill
Jimmy Conasiman
Canzelman
Cardinals
Bears
Jimmy
Canzelmen
Czech Diplomat puzzle hides scattered word clues
A mixed OCR style puzzle presents cross clues and vertical hints with partial words and misprints. The grid lists terms like Burden, Dress edge, Hypothetical force, Varnish ingredient, National bird, and several missing letters, requiring reconstruction of a word matrix and solution of a themed crossword.
Radio Schedule Highlights Jan 1 2 1949
A Sunday and Monday program lineup lists dozens of shows and guests across morning and afternoon slots. Names include William L. Shirer John B. Kennedy Cole Clee Carle Nick Carter and Jimmie Fidler with musical hosts Ray Rogers Nora Morales and Bill McCune.
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Chicago Theatre of Air
Warney Ruhi
Emil Coleman
Mutual Reports
astWest
Meet the Band
Russ Hodges
Lew White
Four Knights
Strings
Voice of Prophecy
Stans
Flrst Christian Church Y
Dan
William L. Shirer
John B. Kennedy
Cole Clee
Saenger
Gospel Hour
Nates Uy Carle
Juvenile Trusty
Mysteco
Quick As A Flash
Nick Carter
M the Falcon
Ray Rogers
M A. L. Alexander
Memos
Jimmie Fidler
M 4
Congressional
William Hillmen
Bill McCune
Orch
Nora Morales
Mutual
Jailer Beaten by Six White Prisoners in Louisiana
Six white prisoners attacked the parish jailer in Lake Charles Louisiana, taking his keys and injuring him into semiconsciousness. The group included Raymond TL Ivey 19 of Houston Texas and George W Clark 17 of Houston charged with robbery. Others named were Hermon Webb 22 of New Orleans for forgery and auto theft Joe Stoddard Westlake La for burglary Prentice Groves 18 of Starks La burglary and George F P Fowler 64 formerly of New Orleans for forgery and theft. The escapee group dispersed with searches centered around the area.
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Lake Charles
UPI
Caleassey Parish
Raymond Tl, Ivey
Hortston
Tex
George W. Clark
Houston
Hermon Webb
New Orleans
Joe Stoddard
Westlake
Prentice Groves
Starks
George FP. Fowler
Barkley Confined With Cold Now Unable to Attend Conference
Vice President elect Barkley is bedridden with a cold and may miss President Teuman's conference of legislative leaders. The article notes late-season standings with mentions of Taysid Bergman slipping to eighth or ninth place, and references past years in 1947 and 1946.
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Washington
Des
UPI
Barkley
Aldey
Teuman
Legislative Leaders
Taysid Bergman
Fist—Frean
Hele
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Rescott
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Columbus Highway
R. M. Rogers
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White House
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Add Turner
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Hempstead County
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A. Lewis
Memphis
Tenn
Texarkana
Guy M. Grigg
East 15Th St
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Garda
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Alao
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McPherson Appliance Co
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Fairbanks
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D. C
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J. B. Heslerly
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E. E. Shell
H. A. McKenzie
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Hope Star
Star of Hope
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C. & Palmer
Alex, H. Washburn
Star Building
Hope, Ark
Paul H. Jones
George W. Hosmer
Medh
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APJ
Associated Press
EAI
Mains Newspaper Enterprise Association
Carriee
Hempstead
Nevada
Howard
LaFayette
National Advertising
Arkansas Dollis, Inc
Memphis, Tenn
AP News
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Leake
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Docket
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Laymon_ Dickinton
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Bussey Tee
R. C Harris
Charlie Pye
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Parker
Hilder Atond
Tom Brysop
Alfred Maat
Walerlan
George Ehnore
Taylor Toy
R Ie
Stewnet
Laneburg
Guy Bradshmy
Waldo
Taylor
WM Winbewy
AL Tey Prescott
Huet McKelvey
Bint
Iy Haley
Harvey Walls
Dr. A. S. Buch
Crosby
Dalrymple
Carl Spent
Tom Bemis
Kate Sparks Bemis
Ethel McRae Bemis
Hervey Bemis
Mildred Baisils
Texackuba
Hugh & Fullerton, Jr
Northwestern
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Wally
Czech
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Jie
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