Fur Market Slump Hits Local Huntsmen and Traders
A regional fur price downturn hurts Lawrence area traders and trappers. Prices for raw fur drop sharply, with gear and licenses still selling. many hunters rely on trap lines and dogs, while officials note about 200 trapping licenses sold as the season opens. Ogle warns prices may not rebound this winter.
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Lawrence
al Fur Market
Ares
Pkurko
Nenstoor School
Sroorn Vet
Eters
Ogle
Douglas County
Death Strikes Twice Linked To Washington Spy Case
Washington December 22 death shadows the Washington spy affair as two figures tied to the case die. Harry Dexter White collapsed during a public hearing on August 13 after a heart attack while denying Communist ties. He died days later. Laurence Durgan, a 48 year old State Department employee, died on Monday night after a long career of trust, falling from a New York building on the 16th floor drew attention amid the case.
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Washington
Harry Dexter Whites
Paksat
Harvard
White
Miss Bentley
Chambers
Torm United States
Laurence Durgan
Ior
State Department
New York
Gunman Pauses to Pay One Dollar in Robbery
Chicago police report three gunmen halted a stick-up at Vince Auto Sales to collect a weekly vehicle payment. At least one driver offered a one dollar bill as the robbers restrained two owners and fled with cash. suspects named Leonard Caniella and V Ciane, both 24, are noted in the chaotic scene.
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Chicago
Vince Auto Sales Company
Westeriay
Leonard Caniella
V Ciane
Ulan
Chambers Spy Case Ties Diggan to State Dept Allegations
Former diplomat Sumner Welles described the late Diggan as brilliant and devoted. Records show Don Levine testified Chambers named Diggan as one of six in the state department with access to confident information, a claim Chambers denied. Chambers said he never met Diggan and spoke kindly of him. Chambers’ wife faces an automo bile death charge unrelated to the case while she was driving to the station to pick up her husband amid grand jury testimony.
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Diggan
Sumner Welles
Benincretany of
State
un-American Activities Committee
Don Levine
Chambers
Dargan
State Department
Durgan
Maryland
New York
Officials Confer on Cause of Utah Bus Crash
Tooele Utah December 22 CP Ray Gillette Tooele county deputy said he would confer with County Attorney A L Phearis Johnson about the investigation into the Burlington Trailways bus crash Saturday. Fourteen persons were fatally injured and 42 others hurt as the two buses collided on U S Highway 40 sixty three miles west of Salt Lake City. Flames swept both buses.
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Tooele
Utah
Ray Gillette
Tooele County
Scraff
AL Phearis Johnson
Burlington Trailways
Salt Lake City
Neff Denied Bond in Dual Murder Case
Neff, a farmer from Perth, was denied bond after being twice suspected in dual murders. The hearing featured a prosecution claim that the defense lawyers had conceded fraud against the court. The report notes the date as December 22 and references a January 1 deadline for further action.
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Gton
Kan
George Neff
Perth
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