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Widow's flight ends in deadly trap on dark road
Ulie Serriani plans to flee with $1,500 hidden in her dress after a payoff from Old Man Turner. Her brother Daniel Conceña arranges a shotgun and instructs her to discard it before dawn. Confronted by Bert Rankin, Serriani shoots a masked assailant and discovers the body of Daniel Conceña at the scene.
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Ulie Serriani
Julie
Daniel Concénia
Dan
Turner
Daniel
Unc
Onc
Dan'l
O.K
Rankin
Jule
Bert Rankin
Daniel Concenia
Selected Recipes Black and White Cup Cakes
Recipe for chocolate and vanilla cup cakes with white and dark batter, includes sugar, flour, cocoa, shortening, eggs, milk, vanilla and baking powder. Bake at 375 F for about 20 minutes yields 16 cupcakes. frosting suggested. substitutions with corn syrup or honey noted.
Britain Faces Labor Shortage Hindering Industrial Growth
Sir Stafford Cripps, president of the Board of Trade, warns Britain lacks sufficient workers to drive expansion. He cites a postwar shortfall of 100,000 cotton workers and 57,000 wool workers versus prewar levels, highlighting an overall labor crunch across sectors.
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Stafford Cripps
Board of Trade
Massacre Report Alleges 150000 Chinese Killings in Singapore
A secret atrocity report read at the International War Crimes Court alleges Japanese forces massacred more than 150 000 Chinese in Singapore and that many were tortured or punished to death by the Japanese secret police. The document's authorship was disputed and presented by Col. Cyril Hew Dalrymple Wild of the British Army.
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Tokyo
Singapore
International War Crimes Court
Cyril Hew Dalrymple Wild
Heart Lasts Nearly a Century Says English Specialist
Dr Josiah Oldfield of Chestnut Herts England states the normal human heart beats about 2.5 billion times, implying a 95 to 100 year life span. He says diet and strenuous activity hasten its end while he, aged 83, avoids meat and alcohol and mostly eats fruit.
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Josiah Oldfield
Chestnut
Herts
England
Dr. Oldfield
Bronze Queen Victoria statue looted from Hong Kong
From the Osaka arsenal Japanese craftsmen produced a bronze statue of Queen Victoria looted from Hong Kong by the Japanese Army. The crown and right arm were missing when the statue was turned over to Allied Headquarters after British authorities complained.
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Osaka
Hong Kong
Miss Canada Marion Saver Joins Youth Council Kitchen Duty
Marion Saver known as Miss Canada serves in Richmond Hill Ontario as a Youth Council member and bakes sandwiches cookies and other items for the council’s first birthday celebration in town.
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Miss Canada
Marion Saver
Richmond Hill
Ont
Youth Council
Kellogg's Cereals Highlight Brand Range
Kellogg's markets a wide cereal lineup including Bran Flakes Pep Corn Flakes Al Bran Rice Krispies Krumbles and All Wheat, positioning itself as the greatest name in cereals.
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Kellogg's
Canadian drama award winners from Edmonton and Saskatoon
Mrs. Elizabeth Haynes of Edmonton and Prof. E Maldwyn Jones of Saskatoon receive the Canadian drama award for outstanding work in promoting Canadian drama. Haynes directed plays for the university and local groups. Jones led university productions. The piece also discusses Newfoundland possibly joining Confederation, though public sentiment there is wary.
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Elizabeth Haynes
Edmonton
E. Maldwyn Jones
Saskatoon
Haynes
University of Alberta
University
Edmonton Little Theatre
Allied Arts Council
Jones
University of Saskatchewan
Newfoundland
Confederation
Maritimes
London Free Press
Restores Speech After Truth Serum Trial in Farmer
Goldendale Washington Mark Smith a 51 year old Klickitat county farmer reports voice restoration after receiving sodium pentathol the truth serum The procedure claims to be the first known use of the drug to restore speech after a loss of 28 years from a German artillery barrage in France Doctors confirm the treatment and its outcome
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Goldendale
Wash
Mark Smith
Klickitat County
France
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