Americans Aid Illicit Traffic in German Zone Smuggling Ring
U S agents block exits from the U S occupation zone to trap an international smuggling ring allegedly aided by U S personnel. Gen Lucius D Clay says the Anglo American zones lose 200 million dollars annually. Smugglers moved goods from Germany to receive silk currency and other items while Americans with cars aided concealment. French and Italian police cooperated with U S authorities in the crackdown.
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Frankfurt
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Germany
Italy
France
Lucius D. Clay
U S Doctors Study New Chemical Pill Cure For Alcoholism
United States researchers study tetraethyl-thiuram-disulfide pills after Danish doctors report they induce aversion to alcohol. Akron rubber workers and Sharples Chemicals labs noted nausea and breathing issues from exposure. Dr. Heinrich Brieger cautions that US trials pending formal approval.
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New York
U. S
Denmark
Erik Jacobsen
Jens Hald
Copenhagen
Akron
Sharples Chemicals Inc
Philadelphia
Sharples
Heinrich Brieger
Jefferson Medical College
U.S
Brieger
United States
Pioneer North Texas oilman T O Shappell dies at 72
T O Shappell, 72, a Wichita Falls oil industry pioneer, died of a heart attack in Carlsbad New Mexico. He had been drilling three weeks on leases of the Shappell Oil Co. Survivors include his wife, daughter Lurline Frischcorn of San Antonio, and son T Earl Shappell of Wichita Falls.
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T. O. Shappell
North Texas
Carlsbad
N.M
Shappell
New Mexico
Shappell Oil Company
Harold Shappell
Ohio
Indiana
Louisiana
National Supply Company
Lurline Frischcorn
San Antonio
T. Earl Shappell
Expensive Beefsteak on the Hoof at National Western Show
A Hereford steer, grand champion at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, sold for 3217.50 at 2.75 a pound. L. E. Chance of F W Woolworth, Denver, bought the prize animal from Mitchell Munis of Gunnison, who had owned it since two months earlier for 535. Break for commuters follows as Chicago trains get 12 streamlined diesel locomotives for better suburban service.
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L. E. Chance
F. W. Woolworth Company
Mitchell Munis
Gunnison
Sixty Arrested in Czech Spy Case Across Bratislava
Prague reports 60 people held in Bratislava on charges of spying for the U S. intelligence services. Among the detainees are three nuns and a Franciscan monastery head, with other Slovak business and professional figures. The roundup follows signs of church-government tensions and prior arrests of military officers, including Gen. Josef Kuttlwasser, linked to a 1945 Prague uprising.
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Bratislava
U. S
Josef Kuttlwasser
Pankrac
Slovakia
Tech Judging Team For Show Announced
Texas Tech livestock judging team to compete at the Fort Worth Stock Show and exposition Saturday. Team coach R C Mowery announced the members W C Davis Sterling City John Dwyer McLean W J Krueger Clifton Carl James Talpa Doyle Lane O Donnell and Walter Maloney Roscoe. The group leaves Friday for beef cattle hog sheep and quarter horse judging contests with Mowery accompanying.
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Texas Tech
Fort Worth
W. C. Davis
Sterling City
John Dwyer
McLean
W. J. Krueger
Clifton
Carl James
Talpa
Doyle Lane
O'Donnell
Walter Maloney
Roscoe
Tech
Mowery
Texas Construction Shows Good Increase Past Week
Texas building awards totalled 19,195,987 for the week ending Jan 22, rising from 12,874,635 last week. Year to date awards reach 45,694,059 with home building leading at 12,62,300 including 1,448 residences under 7,000 each.
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Texas
Man Falls Six Stories In New York Plunge
A 26 year old Navy veteran plunged six stories from an apartment roof in New York. He tore through tree branches and struck an iron fence before landing in a cement area. Isa dore Kaufman of New York was taken to Knockerbocker hospital and may survive.
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Avalanche-Journal
Sun
Isadore Kaufman
New York
Knockerbocker Hospital
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Kuttlwasser
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