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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1940
Page
3
A digest of quirky micro items from across the nation including Memphis driving noise exemptions, Pasadena illness affecting 300 of 6000 students leading to exam cancellation, a Columbus woman retrieving car keys via her dog, and Vancouver’s Marion Sexton winning a state legislative seat in a brief Associated Press roundup.
In a country home near Atlanta Sally and Bill host a weekend party for Bob and Claire. Aunt Maggie is found murdered as the guest list stirs suspicion on Eve or Alice. The narrator discovers clues in a hidden room connected to the crime while voices and secrets swirl around the stormy night. A red light outside hints at unseen players.
A frustrated woman legislator suggested sharing a room with 220-pound former amateur wrestler amid a personal crisis over his first name. In Minneapolis a 14-year-old, George Lanhart, escaped a hospital after being coaxed into a night shirt, dashing away until an orderly halted him a block away. His mother returned him home, and his father warned the next visit would end with tonsil removal.
A southbound train halted in Watseka Illinois when a female passenger urged conductor Harry Durkee to pause so she could call her Chicago building janitor and have him shut off the gas in her apartment.
Three letters mailed at an old city postoffice building at least seven years after the postoffice moved have been delivered to their destinations. The letters were found by a city tax collector.
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