Naughty boys derail train scam and penny bank caper
In Newton North Carolina juvenile judges scolded 12 and 14 year olds for piling bolts crossties rocks on a railroad track to test fate. They were ordered to attend church and Sunday school. In Belmont New York 13 year old Ollie Webster sparked a bank penny windfall sting after a bet. thieves turned pennies into dollars, but bank staff foiled the theft and detained him. Weather and tides noted. Kansas City kids celebrate finding a hand grenade in their home.
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Moonshine Note Sparks Wishful Set-Up for Mitchum Film
An odd letter from a Wilkes County bootlegger to actor Robert Mitchum sparks talk of using a moonshine still in a movie. The writer touts Asheville as the Moonshine Capital of the World and asks Mitchum to keep his name out of it due to revenuer scrutiny. Meanwhile a local boy incident sees a grenade found in a vacant lot and safely confiscated after a family scare.
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Terranova
Robert Mitchum
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Prince Charles Returns To Cheam School After Flu
Buckingham Palace announced the 5 year old Prince Charles has fully recovered from influenza and returned to classes at Cheam school after falling ill October 2, ten days after entering the boarding school.
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Suspect Arrested After Service Station Robbery Kidnapping
Police captured 21 year old Charles C. Aldrich after a 3 15 p m robbery at 1300 Magnolia Ave where he threatened attendant Sherrill Hunt with a knife and forced him to drive him around for two hours. Aldrich was arrested in a downtown bar and charged with robbery and kidnapping. The victim was released and $68 plus the knife were found in the robber’s associate apartment.
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Independent Daily Long Beach Notice Adjudicated Decree
A public notice from Long Beach California published daily except Sunday. It names Sixth Street and Pine Avenue as location. Entry shows second class matter date Mar 27 1943 and adjudication by Superior Court Los Angeles County Oct 6 with Decree No G-10280.
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Rain Help Yields Over a Million for Local Crops
A million-dollar rainstorm eased drought concerns in the Southland as officials estimate crop benefits exceed one million dollars. The U S Weather Bureau forecast no more rain for five days, while Long Beach recorded .60 inch over the weekend and the season total stands at 11.6 inches versus 3.9 inches a year ago.
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Officer's Killer Held Insane
Ventura report states Renzee Alameda of Los Angeles had murder charges dismissed after three psychiatrists ruled him insane. Alameda is accused of fatally shooting highway patrolman Robert E. Reed after Reed attempted to place him in a psychopathic ward at the county hospital. Reed stopped Alameda for a minor traffic violation on Highway 101. Gustafson said he would initiate commitment proceedings.
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Sailor Guilty in Ship Killing
Navy court martial on Yerba Buena Island convicts Jimmie L. Henderson, 20, of premeditated murder aboard a supply ship on May 28. A seven officer board deliberated 1 hour 25 minutes and will decide death or life imprisonment for the Negro disbursing clerk, as the only options under the Uniform Code. Henderson heard the verdict neutrally, then returned to his brig cell after the court adjourned.
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Yerba Buena Island
Youth Pleads Guilty in $1.50 Murder Case
Robert Harold Pogue fourteen of Bell Gardens pleaded guilty in Phoenix to a reduced second degree murder charge in the buckeye killing of itinerant cook Al W Jennings sixty. Judge R C Stanford Jr set sentencing for November and the plea came during a conference with attorneys Gladys Towle Root of Los Angeles and the Maricopa County attorney’s office.
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Bell Gardens
Phoenix
Maricopa County
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Gladys Towle Root
Los Angeles
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Arizona
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Veterans urged to settle GI loan risk on sold homes
Veterans with GI home loans face liability for all unpaid balances when selling, warned by the Los Angeles Veterans Service Center. Even if the buyer moves, the seller bears responsibility, potentially incurring back payments after selling with small down payments. The message stresses full repayment liability remains with the veteran homeowner regardless of sale.
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