Call for Mr Holmes 17 Deaths Mysteries in France
Paris reports three baffling cases of violent death. Ergot in bread may have killed four and sickened others in Pont Saint Esprit. Marie Besnard, 58, stands accused of arsenic murders across 1927 to 1947, and a suspected corpse under a bridge near Cros d Atelle is linked to Madame Smigly Rycz.
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Paris
France
Pont- Saint-Esprit
Madame ‘Besnard
Madame Marie Smiply-Rydz
Edward Smigly-Rycz
Riviere
Raid Kentucky clubs in biggest state police operation
NewPort Kentucky August 31 AP state police led by Guthrie Crows raided two northern Kentucky night clubs Wilder rounding up 60 people and seizing gambling gear at the Latin Quarter and Club Manana. A Manana operator was charged with running a disorderly house and four women were charged for breach of peace. The action follows Senate crime committee focus on widespread gambling and a Henderson County scare after a blackout.
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Kentucky
Guthrie Crows
Latin Quarter
Club Manana
Wilder
Senate Crime Committee
Henderson County
Burdick Targets Fees for Jobs on War Projects
Rep Burdick says a tie up between defense contractors and private employment agencies costs taxpayers and job seekers billions. He will push a bill to ban fees for government financed project jobs, extending a pending measure to private agencies. He cites agency charges of 5 to 10 percent, while taxpayers fund the U S Employment Bureau.
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Washington
Burdick
Stan
United States
Truman
Civil Service Commission
Construction Men’s Association, Inc
New York
U. S. Employment Bureau
Louisiana Officials Press Ban on Lake Charles Newsmen
The People’s Action Group urged Governor Earl Long to suspend Calcasieu Parish officials and to have the attorney general appoint assistants to handle indictments against five Lake Charles newspapermen. Indicted figures include Kenneth Dixon, Thomas B. Shearman, William Hugh Shearman, James Norton, and Carter George for alleged defamation of public officials and gamblers.
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Lake Charles
Ear
Long
Calcasieu Parish
People's Action Group
Citizens
Dist
Athy Griffin Hawkins
Henry Reit
Hawkins
Reid
Kenneth Dixon
Opening Day Breaks Attendance Record At State Fair
California State Fair reports 41 633 visitors on opening day the largest in history. Santa Clara County supervisors and Farm Bureau honored. Alameda County won multiple floriculture prizes while Yolo and Butte counties also praised for 4 H and agricultural products. State police say gambling was curtailed at the fair.
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California
Alameda County
Alameda
Santa Cruz
Contra Costa Counties
Stanislaus County
Sacramento
Yolo County
Ucts
Butte
San
Yasterday
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Leon Besnard
Madanne Besnard
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Palice
Madame Besnard
Cros d’Atelle
Madame Smighty-Rydz
U. S
Barney Livingstone
Louisiana
Nina Marie Rice
Los Angeles
Rivera
Norwalk
Bice
J. J. Rogers
Cecil Weaver
St. Louis Jr
D. Ebright
Rogers
Maine
Bodil Miller
Copenhagen National Theater
Hollywood
Universal-International
Mexico
Arizona
Air Base
the Lake Air Force Base
White Tank Mountains
Phoenix
Indianapalk
Divena
Jo Ann Evans
Divana
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