Body of murdered bookie found in trunk of his car
Studio City police report the 1939 case of Maurice Harold Goldsworth, known bookmaker, murdered for a $4,000 debt. The body was discovered in a white sedan trunk in a fashionable neighborhood. He was shot in the chest, bludgeoned, with keys missing and no money. A special homicide squad investigated the killing.
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New Vegas
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Goldsworth
Maurice Harold
Goldie
Geldswarths
William H. Parker
Tdeputy
Thad Brown
Tees
Arthritis Pains Long Beach Treatment Leads to Energy Boost
A fragment from a Long Beach notice describes arthritis treatment claims by Dr. Duncan offering joint relief and improved digestion and sleep. The ad lists office contact at 2501 Broadway and reports general health improvement aims.
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Long Beach
Duncan
D.C
B. Broadway
Radioactivity in Tea Denied by Food Commissioner
Washington said Monday there is no cause for alarm about radioactivity in tea. George P. Larrick, food and drug commissioner, noted the claim was unsubstantiated after a congressional committee reported questionable activity in a tea sample from a Clinton County home. The briefing did not identify which party solicited absentee ballots, though attorneys said both parties involved sought votes from mentally deranged residents.
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UFI
Food and Drug
George P. Larrick
Larrick
Pating Committee
Monweek
Clinton County
Dor Swanson
Bear attacks chicken yard as Arkansas resident fights back
Retired postman Lotus Cooksey chased a 300-pound black bear from his chicken yard with a shovel after the animal swiped at him through a mesh fence. The bear climbed trees and prowled for hours before heading toward the river bottoms, as bears in the area were recently imported from Minnesota.
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Arkansas
Cooksey
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State
Bomb Scares Across York All Proved Hoaxes
Police were kept busy Monday by three hoax bomb threats targeting a Chrysler building, two public shops, and the main New York Public Library branch. No devices found. no injuries reported.
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UPI
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Cerbers
New York
Pstille Library
West Coast Conference Aims to Curb Inflation
A Pacific Coast regional conference to curb inflation will be held in San Francisco on Thursday. Representatives from San Francisco Seattle Portland and Los Angeles will attend along with officials from other West Coast cities hosted by four Chambers of Commerce.
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UPI
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West Coast
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Portland
Los Angeles
Elephant in a bar stuns Chesterfield crowd
Gosta Kruse a circus trainer led an eight year old Burmese elephant named Nera into the Portland Hotel bar in Chesterfield England. The animal sat to drink beer while Kruse explained the elephant loves beer. The odd scene drew curious onlookers as Kruse and the elephant occupied the bar space.
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England
Gosta Kruse
Kruse
Portland
Nera Ping
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