Ragen Shot In Midnight Assault By Fruit Truck Bandits
Police report the New West News owner James Ragen was ambushed during rush hour as a fruit truck paused. Gunmen fired from between crates injuring Ragen and wounding his bodyguards. Detectives seek five Capone associates linked to the targeted attack.
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Scarface
al Capone
Ragen
Capone
Levin
Jake
Greasy Thumb
Guzik
Murray
Humphreys
Joseph Marcangelo
Tony Accardo
Joe Batters
Mid West News Service
Walter Pelletier
Martin Walsh
Girl recounts sinking boat tragedy and survival
A survivor tells of a night voyage where breakers overwhelmed the sloop and all life belts washed away except one. She describes the crew's panicked scramble, two men sinking, a friend Mary Lou Loomis drowning, and her own harrowing swim to shore aided by a distant light and rescuers.
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Mary Lou Loomis
Winnetka
Ill
Alvin Washburn
Mary Lou
Howard Hand
Sturgeon Bay
Dad
Mary
Chicago racing warfare feared grips city
Police sought five former Capone era leaders in the ambush shooting of James M. Ragen Sr a wealthy racing information tycoon. Ragen was wounded as he stopped at a red light in his car the attack carried out from a tarpaulin covered fruit truck suggesting careful planning and possible foreign involvement.
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Chicago
U.P
Ragen
Hengh
Anti flood plan will be pushed in Susquehanna valley
Pennsylvania accelerates flood-control efforts as high water threats return. Williamsport dike work will be sped up when materials allow while Sunbury advances a 2.185 million federal flood-control program. The Sunbury Daily Item urges state cooperation to finish protective systems and dam projects along the Susquehanna and its tributaries.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna River
Susquehanna Valley
Williamsport
Williamsport Sun
Sunbury
Sunbury Daily Item
Susquehanna
E. C. Allison
Renovo, Pa
Tokyo Zoo Feeds Animals With Potatoes Amid Shortage
Tokyo Ueno Zoo relies on daily 550 pounds of potato peels and kitchen scraps from SCAP to feed animals during a citywide food shortage. Inner Mongolians note humps fading on two elephants, while 30 giraffes and 110 species cope with reduced rations. Zoo officials may hike admission from 15 sen to help cover costs.
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Tokyo
U.R
Ueno Zoo
Tadamichi Koga
Zoo
Koga
Zoological Gardens
Indianapolis Man Arrested in Eel River Cabin Burglaries
Brazil Ind June 25 Clay county authorities held James H. McCarson from Indianapolis on burglary charges connected to burglaries in cabins on Eel river. Sheriff Maurice Tilley brought him to face counts for entries at Port Hicks and Homer McSullough properties with shoes canned food and a row boat stolen.
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Brazil
Ind
Clay County
Indianapolis
Eel River
Maurice Tilley
James H. McCarson
Port Hicks
Homer McSullough
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F&amers Tankake Company
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Mull Grocery
Doc Sparks
Johnson
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Linton Taxi
East Vincennes
Home Loan & Finance Co
N. Main St
6Th St
Sam Bohley
Boston
Linton
Farmer’s Hardware
Lee Richardson
St. N.W
Eureka Chevrolet CO
America
Rosville & Hui
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Shakamak State Park
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S. Main St
Ladie
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John’s Barsain Store
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Ches
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Donald O’toole
Brooklyn
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Congress
Nice
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J. C. Penney CO
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Third Street
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Berrien Taxi Co
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Linton, Indiana
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