Mandarin House Cipher Reveals Decoding Clue in Lab Scene
In a Shanghai lab Hugh North and Chao Ku advance the case by decoding a twofold cipher using an old North China Daily News folding rule and lexicon method. The message clues Dankoff to find a suspect in room 1311 at the Mandarin House for a planned arrival and confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiaschetti
China News
Chao Ku
North Spon
Kilgour
American Club
North China Daily News
Central
Hugh North
Barrow
Luther Adams
G-2
Louis Larousse
Suite 1315
Larousse
Adams
Central Station
Nanking Road
Daily News
North
Dankoff
Mandarin House
Incumbents Fall as Primaries Shake Congress
Widespread primary losses signal a political shakeup with veterans from North Carolina and Oklahoma defeated while several others face tough reelections. Analysts note a swing against established leaders amid national unrest and postwar discontent, with Truman expected to push more aggressive policy than Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Henrik Shipstead
Burton K. Wheeler
North Carolina
Senate
House of Representatives
Truman
Wilson
Meat and dairy prices and controls debated amid food shortages
The piece notes housewives seeing meat in Monroe stores and prices set by butchers, with emphasis on lean or fat bacon butter cheese and growing supply. It questions how long decontrol will continue and whether to keep dairy and meat under price controls or return to prior OPA controls.
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Monroe
Common Sense
OPA
Tiny
Senate
Oldest U.S. zoo hires part time cowboy to round up cattle
Augustine Florida dispatch says the nation’s oldest institution hired a part time cowboy to herd stray cattle plaguing the area. Pete Braddock has been given a horse lariat and ordered to round up any cow he can rope near the city pound.
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Augustine
Fla
Tennie
Pete Braddock
City
Last rites for Benjamin T. Pryce in Albany
The Evening Times notes last rites conducted for Benjamin T. Pryce in Albany. The item records three additional notices including pneumonia death of Mrs. Lee Woodle in Janesville hospital, and a cornhouse knife accident injuring Burton Steiner Jr. near an unspecified location. The body of Robert Bernstein is found near Superior, and August Lenzkow is reported dead.
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Albany
Benjamin T. Pryce
Lee Woodle
Janesville Hospital
Burton Steiner Jr
Robert Bernstein
John Bernstein
Brodhead
August Lenzkow
Notable Local Passages and Notices From 1921
Aged 92 Roy Benkert suffers a broken wrist in a fall at Recreation dated August 1 1921. Death reported of James Huffman Sr pioneer of Clarno. O Dakotah Camp Fire Girls return from Browntown outing with Miss Neva Gapen as chaperone. Marriage announcement: Luther Kauffman weds Miss Mary Campbell of Mt. Pleasant Michigan. Rainfall of inch and quarter arrives too late to save some crops.
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James Huffman Sr
Clarno
Browntown
Neva Gapen
Luther Kauffman
Mary Campbell
Mt. Pleasant
Mich
Twins arrive as first babies at new Rochelle hospital
Officials welcomed the first newborns at the new Rochelle hospital. On Sunday a pair of twin girls arrived, followed three days later by twin boys. The staff awarded the babies and families with hospital gifts and free services as a guest of honor.
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Rochelle
All
Shoppers Snoop and Shoes Repair Ad Blend
A collage of lines covers city life with a family view at dusk and a shoe repair ad. The piece notes a trolley ride home to loved ones and urges shoe repairs by The Tread Right Shoe Shop to avoid back pain and worn soles. An interleaved humor moment about coat check tips adds lightness. The Green County fair is praised for its expansive offerings and a grand mass concert.
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Tread Right
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Tsai Chin
Yao Shen-Ma
Tajen
Om Ge North
Chao
Chen
Leonid Dankoff
Monroe Evening Times
Mouree Daily Journal
Monroe Evening Times CO
Emery A. Odell
Mource
Wis
WIERE
Associated Press
Editorial
Smash
Ty Assocised Press
Evening Times
Roy Benkert
Phillips G@ Smith
16Th Ave
Montgom
Momer
Montgomery Ua
10Th Street
Baker Book Store
Nebraska
Wagner
House of Health
Dixie Frock
Donna Gordon
Leader
Lee’s
Etter’s
Axminster
Green County
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