Husbands Fail to Leap at Chain Letter’s Bait
New York gossip column notes a viral chain letter aimed at henpecked husbands promising many wives in return for forwarding copies, but the scheme collapses as no one wants to swap wives. The piece also touches on a fortune-telling parrot, a Broadway eggs tale, and a Times Square real estate note on Lenox property later worth millions.
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Manhattan
America
Uura State Department
Fifth Ave
Broadway
Tunnel Forties
Times’ Square
Helen
Hayes
Jersey
Lewat
Times Square
Robert Lenox
Press-Telegram Printer Named on I. T. U. Ticket
Long Beach veteran linotype operator WinLiam R K Bloom of Local 650 ITU has been placed on the Independent Party slate in May 1948 for trustee of the Union Printers Home. He joined the Press-Telegram mechanical department in 1930s and has attended numerous international conventions as a delegate and visitor. The Independent Party slate opposes the Progres sive Party and will be voted on by ITU members in a nationwide referendum in February with the May election.
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WinLiam RK. Bloom
Press-Telegram
Long Beach
International Typographical Union
International Union
Independent Party
Union Printers’ Home
Lee M Bloom
I.T. U
Press-Telegram Mechanical
St.Joseph
New Orleans
Bloom
Indianapolis
Progressive Party
T. WU
Woodruff Handolph
The
John R. Evans
Wash
William H. Minise
Denver
Leland Shores
St. Louis
Alfred H. Edwards
Los Angeles
Board of ‘Auditors
Independent’ Party
Randolph
Progressives
Amvets to Hear Marine Veteran Fred Edmunds
Amvets Post 1a will host Marine Corps World War II veteran Fred Edmunds at a meeting tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Veterans Memorial. A sound picture will be shown. Amvets Post 13 commander James B. Buehler said members and auxiliaries from Amvets posts in West Long Beach North Long Beach Lakewood and Belmont were invited.
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Fred Edmunds
Marine Corps
Amvets
Veterans Memorial
James B. Buehler
Long Beach
North
Lakewood
Belmont
Track Over Admits Slaying In Indianapolis Case
Captain Robert O Neal of the state police announced that Robert A Watts a 25 year old Negro city truck driver confessed to the shotgun slaying of Mrs Mary Lols Burney in her north side home last Wednesday Watts said to have admitted that Burney was killed during a struggle over the gun after he attempted to attack her He led police to the Weed Patch where the gun was discarded Watts was arrested the day of the slaying in connection with an attempted attack on another woman in her home less than a half mile away.
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Indianapolis
Robert O'Neal
State Police
Robert A. Watts
Mary Lols, Burney
North’ Side
O’neal
Watts
O'Neal
Burney
British Ponder Tax Boost Bill Ponders Budget Changes
London Nov 18 The House of Commons approved on first reading a new emergency budget proposing higher purchase taxes increased levies on wines liquors beer doubled profits taxes and new taxes on dog racing and football pools The move followed Chancellor Sir Stafford Cripps signing off on the plan aligning with the anti inflation budget previously put forward by Hugh Dalton
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London
House of Commons
Sir Stafford
Cripps
Exchequer
Hugh Dalion
Ducks Flood Rice Fields Draw Massive Harvest Quarantine
In ENNINGS Louisiana on November 18, about 80 000 ducks settled on farmer Peloquin s flooded rice fields after a hurricane, prompting the state and federal wildlife agencies to declare a no hunting zone to protect the birds.
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Ennings
Louisiana
United States
Alba
Peloquin
Louisiana: Fish and Wildlife ‘Commission
Commission
United States Fish ‘and Wildlife Service
Federal Service
Navy auxiliary calls for can goods at initiation night
Members of the Fleet Reserve Auxiliary Branch 48 are urged to bring canned foods for the Navy chapel kitchen to Veterans Memorial on Thursday at 8 p m for the group initiation. Clothing donations will also be welcomed, Mary Baker, president, said.
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Fleet Reserve Auxiliary
Branch 48
Navy Chapel
Veterans Memorial
Mary Baker
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