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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1950
Page
7
New York report describes how housewives use legal avenues to reclaim gambling debts from bookies. Hannah Kartiganer wins $11 195 from Jules H Render, illustrating a method to expose and disrupt illegal racing networks.
In Trenton on May 1, Jack Walsh, weighing 100 pounds reportedly, lifted two men and an elephant four inches off the ground during a Lions club benefit staged by the Hunt Brothers Circus. Eyewitnesses and WBUD radio reporters noted no signs of trickery as Walsh balanced the platform beneath them while lifting the trio to showcase strength and rely on the crowd.
A fragment reflects on returning inmates rejoining gambling, noting women after jail are human and may bet on horses. the piece warns about gambling as a disease and suggests exposure to the gem as a cure, describing a flawed but alluring plan.
Rh Alfred Oscar Anderson, 75, founder of the Dallas Dispatch in 1906 and the Houston Press in 1911, died at his La Jolla home after a long illness.
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