NAB A DRUG KING
New York police seized a vast narcotics cache worth about 2.62 million dollars in an upper east side tenement after arresting Joseph Basile a 39 year old man described as one of the country s largest drug dealers. Detectives tracked him for weeks after a tip about a heroin and cocaine shipment and found 125 5 16 ounces of drugs and equipment to dilute them ready for retail sale. Basile faces unlawful possession charges and denied involvement in a police lineup remark.
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New York
Upper East Side
Joseph Basile
Basile
William J. O’grady
United States
Mendel Schein
Turner Ends Quest for 38000 Dollar Prize Bull
Des Moines reports Prince Rupert the Hereford, once a record price bull, will be slaughtered after five years of sterile trials and a pituitary operation failed to produce offspring. Gov Roy Turner of Oklahoma ordered the dispatch as a postmortem and veterinary science hope.
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Des Moines
Prince Rupert
Rupert
Roy Turner
Oklahoma
Turner
T. Rupert
Hamburger
Plan A Church Dinner at First Presbyterian
A rally dinner of Presbyterian men will be held at the First Presbyterian church on Wednesday at 6:80. Neal M. Wherry is dinner chairman. A five man symposium will speak on the topic now Your Church. Wayne Nelson will lead group singing. Reservations to Wherry at 3000. The February Calendar Women’s Guild will serve. Mrs. Travis and Mrs. V C Fishel are co chairmen.
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First Presbyterian Church
Neal M. Wherry
Wayne Nelson
Liberty Memorial High School
Wherry
Women's Guild
Travis
V. C. Fishel
Ice jam blamed on river revetments in Atchison region
Landowners along the Missouri River bottom lands in Atchison Kansas blame revetments in river bends for a large ice jam that threatens flooding. A property owners committee led by Roy Johnson telegrammed President Truman and Missouri legislators asking aid to remove the pilings. The group plans to raise $1,000 to fund motion pictures supporting their claim.
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Atchison, Kan
Missouri River
Truman
Missouri
Roy Johnson
Kansas memorial scholarship honors late Dad Butcher
Five children of the late F. S. Dad Butcher announce a University of Kansas memorial scholarship in his name. The $100 yearly award for at least five years will aid a farm home student beginning college, supporting parental effort and rural youth education.
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F. S
Dad” Butcher
University of Kansas
Irvin “Youngberg
Endowment Association
Lawrence
K. U
F. Butcher
Mississippi
Margaret Butcher Coghill
St. Cloud
Minn
Manhattan
F. Gray Butcher
the Agricultural College
Fargo
N. C
Lynn Butcher
Blackwell
Oka
Seldon Butcher
Oklahoma City
Coghill
Minnesota State Teachers College
Retired Gen Chennault’s Daughter Born in Canton
In Canton, Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault, 59, became a father today to a baby girl named Claire Anna. The mother, former Anna Chan, a Chinese newspaper woman, was reported in good condition. The Barmerstal Airline office in Shanghai advised the birth.
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Shanghai
Claire Chennault
Canton
Barmerstal
Claire Anna
Anna Chan
Administration backs charges to curb rent black market
The administration said it would back new powers to roll back illegal rents and enforce treble damages and criminal penalties against landlords who charge above the legal ceiling. Housing official Tighe Teese testified that tenants face eviction threats, fueling widespread overcharges and a rental market under strain. Realtors urged ending rent control to restore market prices and housing availability.
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Washington
Feb
Congress
Tighe E. Teese Housing
House Banking Committee
Woods
Realtors’ Washington Committee
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Sunland Dial System Brings Florida Prefix Next Week
In Sunland California residents react to the Sunland Tujunga Telephone Co switching to a dial system with the exchange prefix set to Florida. Cries of heresy and traitor echo the change as installation nears completion next Sunday in the loyal southern California community.
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Sunland
Calif
Sunland-Tujunga Telephone Co
California
Florida
Rath Gagliardo Chosen by Boys Club of America
Rath Gagliardo of Lawrence from the Kansas State Teachers Association was chosen by the Boys Club of America to serve on a committee selecting five outstanding boys books published during the war. The awards will be presented during Boy Club week March 28 to April 3.
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Boys Club of America
Rath Gagliardo
Lawrence
Kansas State Teachers Association
Pick returns to snow relief desk amid Nebraska tour
Very Well Omaha reports Major General Lewis A. Pick resumed operation center duties after a snow relief tour over Nebraska and South Dakota. He noted improving conditions in Nebraska as snow troubles spread to Wyoming, while bulldozer crews mapped routes to reconnect isolated farms. Eisenhower takes leave from Columbia to advise national military establishment. seven to eight weekends away with university trustees’ OK.
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Omaha
Lewis A. Pick
Nebraska
South Dakotan
Wyoming
Fifth Army
Eisenhower
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
National Military Establishment
Washington
University
Lisenquewes
Eight Airmens Bodies Recovered After B-25 Crash
Eight crew members died when a B-25 bomber crashed into Lake Pontchartrain last Friday near New Orleans. Major C. W. Gist of Manhattan Kaw was aboard, and the naval air station reported the scattered wreckage has been located and bodies recovered.
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New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Naval Air Station
Ere
Maj. C. W. Gist
Manhattan
Kaw
Wreckage Scattered Over 100 Yard Radius After Crash
The wreckage and bodies were strewn over a 100 yard radius from the crash center at a depth of 15 feet, as recovery efforts proceeded piecemeal.
A Case of True Love in Garden City
Garden City Kan February 8 Jimmy Mulch a local sixth grader jumped the gun on Valentine’s Day here yesterday but it is doubtful his competition can top his mammoth display of affection at school and in the classroom chatter McMulch’s Valentine gesture drew praise from teachers and classmates alike highlighting a big-hearted prank with lasting memories
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Garden City
Kan
Jimmy Mulch
Local boy grants record valentine to teacher
Jimmy Mulch, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin E Mulch, presented a five by four foot valentine to Miss Bessie Deceuen, his teacher. The gift, described as the largest valentine ever received by a local schoolteacher, was mounted on a wooden stand and given with a week's advance notice.
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Jimme
Bessie Deceuen
Jimmy
Melvin E. Mulch
Farmhouses Lacking Modern Baths in 1947 April
A historical note shows four-fifths of U S farm houses had no modern bath facilities in April 1947. This reflects widespread rural amenities gaps and housing conditions documented in the period.
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U.S
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