Mad sniper hunt draws veterans and police together
Philadelphia police expand a wide search for a elusive marksman after a string of shootings and a woman's death. Veterans of Foreign Wars units and off duty police and firemen assist in patrolling, while a $5,000 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction. A 11 year old boy later admits accidental shooting amid the fear.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Claire Cohan
George Haller, Jr
Old Buffalo Woman Donates $109 to Red Cross
A 70 year old Buffalo woman volunteering to aid soldiers abroad made a $109 contribution to the Red Cross blood program after being told her age barred donation. Her name was not disclosed.
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Buffalo
Red Cross Blood
Kansas Girl Dies In Auto Accident
Fort Scott Kansas December reports Patricia Leu Sutcliffe sixteen of Fort Scott dies in a hospital after an auto wreck in Missouri. identified by patrol.
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Kansas
Fort Scott
Kas
Missouri Highway Patrol
Patricia Leu Sutcliffe
Kolar Fined Five Dollars in Traffic Case
J C Kolar of 222 East Aspley street was fined $5 in police court for failing to yield right of way after a truck car collision Tuesday. He pleaded guilty and paid about $200 in damages to Johnny Dale Guage. KWTO radio in Springfield, Missouri won FCC permission to boost its power from one kilowatt night to five kilowatts, after previously using five kilowatts by day.
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FCC
Washington
KWTO
Springfield
Federal Communications Commission
A. O.kolar
East Aspley Street
Kolar
Johnny Dale Guage
Prichard Freed After Presidential Commute
Edward F. Prichard Jr a Paris Kentucky attorney and Roosevelt aide was released from federal prison in Ashland after President Truman commuted his two year ballot stuffing sentence to time already served. Warden Culver confirmed the order and release followed reports in his hometown.
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Ashland
Edward F. Prichard, Jr
Paris
Roosevelt
Federal Correctional Institution
Truman
BR. ©. Culver
Prichard
Bourbon County
Culver
James W. Bennett
Federal Prisons
Edward F. Prichard
Deputies Arrest Four Men in Revenue Agents Misunderstanding
In Ballston Spa New York on December 22 AP reports deputies detained four men deemed suspicious by locals. They were released quickly after sheriff Frank Hathorn revealed the men were internal revenue agents investigating a suspected still operation.
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Ballston Spa
N. Y
Frank Hathorn
Internal Revenue
Nationalists Report Ching Suffers Famine
The Chinese nationalists report famine in Riangsi caused by Communist requisitioning of food and farmer passive resistance. The dispatch notes food shortages amid harsh wartime controls and discontent across Formosa.
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Ching
Taipei
Formosa
Riangsi
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