Grandmother Wins 20000 in Stop the Music Mystery Melody
Mrs. Mary Farber, a 42 year old grandmother from West Palm Beach, won 20000 for correctly naming the mystery melody Get Out Of The Wilderness on ABC radios Stop the Music. She and husband Milton plan to use prizes to build a home and gas station while neighbors celebrate outside her Knickerbocker Village apartment.
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New York
Mary Farber
ABC
U. S
South America
Mrs. Farber
Bandits believed out of man trap after Chicago chase
Five machine gun bandits who robbed a gambling spot shot two officers then fled into Cook County swampland. Surrounded by 200 officers at a quarry, they slipped away aboard a freight train toward Blue Island, with police and federal agents tracing guns and serial numbers amid a multi hour manhunt.
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Chicago
Cook County
Treasury
Desplaines
Federal Treasury
Charles Petersen
Western Springs
Petersen
Joseph Clegg
LaGrange
Blue Island
Negro Woman Held in Dry Ward Raid Near Calhoun
A Calhoun area raid by sheriff deputies resulted in the arrest of Leona Mettox, 32, a Negro woman, on bootlegging charges. Eight cases of beer were seized, four empty, from a Negro eating place in a dry ward near Calhoun. She was jailed but released on bond the following day.
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Calhoun
Leona Mettox
Sheriff's Department
Marriage Licenses for Dyke and Tisdale
Paul S. Dyke aged 32 of Alexandria and Willie Mae Tisdale aged 28 of West Monroe obtained marriage licenses. Willard Hubner, 27, was arrested by the sheriff and city police in Paxton on charges of non-support and held in parish jail awaiting transfer to Illinois.
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Paul S. Dyke
Alexandria
Willie Mae Tisdale
West Monroe
Willard Hubner
Sheriff's Department
Paxton
Illinois
Strike Continues as Exports Hit London Stock Exchange
The strike disrupted vital exports and caused heavy losses on the London stock exchange. London’s population exceeds ten million faces a ration cut from ten pence to sixpence for fresh meat weekly, to be replaced with corned beef. Attlee announced perishables cleared, troops assisting meat shipments, with other cargoes moved to prevent delivery breakdown.
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London Stock Exchange
Greater London
Food Ministry
Attlee
The
Commons
London Docks
Deaths of Sedberry and Lewis Recapped in Two Obituaries
Funeral services for Robert R. Sedberry aged 42 were conducted at Hall Funeral Home with Rev. A M Serex officiating. Burial followed at Old City Cemetery. Sedberry, formerly of Monroe, died in Houston and leaves a mother, a son, a sister, two brothers and two daughters. In Winnsboro, Blanch Gillis Lewis aged 76 died after a long illness. She leaves three nephews and funeral services were held at First National Funeral Home with burial at Oakley Cemetery.
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Robert R. Sedberry
Hall Funeral Home
A. M. Serex
Old City Cemetery
Mr. Sedberry
Monroe
Houston
Sedberry
W. D. Sedberry
Jack Sedberry
R. H. McClanahan
Willey D. Ledberry
Texas
R. E. Holloway
J. L. Newcomer
James H. Kelch
Mack Morris
J. R. Foley
H. L. Horstman
Welzie Garrett
J. L. Newcomer, Sr
Joseph L. Newcomer
Winnsboro
Blanch Gillis Lewis
Gillis McKee
Bakersfield
Calif
Charles
Gordon McKee
Taft
First National Funeral Home
John B. Kooelemay
Gilbert
Oakley Cemetery
Funeral services held for Mrs. Lidia Whitney in Winnsboro
Funeral services for 73 year old Mrs. Lidia Whitney were conducted at Cokes Church with Rev. J H Keys officiating. Interment followed at Cokes Cemetery under First National Funeral Home. Survived by four daughters Lodie Givens Baskin Mabel Cook Mae Cook E G Goodman Winnsboro and four sons Jessie Archie Lige Edward Whitney Baskin.
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Lidia Whitney
Cokes Church
J. H. Keys
West Monroe
Cokes Cemetery
First National Funeral Home
E. G. Goodman
Jessie
Archie
Lige
Edward Whitney
Baskin
Bay St. Louis Bridge Damaged in Fire
Fire destroyed the east end of the two mile Bay St. Louis bridge linking Bay St. Louis to Henderson Point on highway 90. Fire started on the wharf last night, discovered 6:30 p.m., controlled after five hours. Firefighters prepared to dynamite the structure to save the remainder. Heavy traffic rerouted via Gulfport Lyman and highway 11 to New Orleans. Cause unknown. Creosoted piling construction. The Egyptians recorded the destructiveness of the moth in hieroglyphics.
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Henderson Point
Miss
Bay St. Louis
Gulfport
Lyman
Poplarville
New Orleans
Quake Strikes Honshu Areas Kill Estimates Rise
Reports from Fukui show nine percent of the town’s buildings collapsed and a seven story department store fell. Kanazawa, with 186000 residents, was reported aflame as the eighth army sought reliable data for relief. Ishikawa police counted 15 dead and 50 injured.
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Asahi
U. S. Army
Kanazawa
Ishikawa
U. S. Eighth Army
Kuzuryu River
Fukui City
Honshu
Niigata
Maizuru
Daishoji
Five Held in Miners’ Assault Case Near Wagon Mines
Five men were jailed in Wise County on $1,000 bail each for involvement in an assault on a state trooper at the wagon mines area. The incident follows Governor Tuck’s order for Attorney General Almond to personally prosecute 178 miners in Buchanan County charged with a mob assault on a non union string mine in April. Hearing is set for July 16 in Wise County trial justice court.
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John Roberts
Wise County
Typhoid Cured in Three Days by Chloromycetin
Baltimore June 28 Two physicians report a new drug chloromycetin can cure typhoid fever in three days. Dr Theodore E Woodward of the University of Maryland and Col Rufus L Holt say the drug, derived from a fungus, cured fever in three cases in Baltimore after initial scrub typhus work. The drug, first used for scrub typhus in the South Pacific, has shown rapid 24 hour cures and has been administered successfully in 13 typhoid cases.
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Baltimore
Theodore E. Woodward
University of Maryland Medical School
Rufus L. Holt
Army Medical Department
Washington
South Pacific
Woodward
University of Maryland
Army
Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
G. O. P. Chairman Hugh D. Scott Takes Vacation
Rep. Hugh D. Scott Jr, newly named GOP national chairman, will vacation for about three weeks before mapping campaign plans. He will confer with Herbert Brownell after returning and may appoint a general counsel and assistants. Dewey urged him to run the campaign on his own, with headquarters in Washington continuing.
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Philadelphia
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Herbert Brownell
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
New England
Scott
Washington
Republican National Committee
Brownell
Dewey
National
Campaign Committee
National Committee
William C. Murphy, Jr
Markets Fall Sharply in Across-Board Stock Slide
New York stocks end session with one of the steepest declines in over four months. Led by drops in railroads and oils, autos and steel shares also weaken. Total volume about 1.2 million shares as late recovery attempts waver. Chicago poultry prices hold steady with minor gains across several items.
Farmerville Residents Headed to Visits Across States
A list of Farmerville residents and relatives traveling for reunions and visits to locations including Los Angeles Dallas Marfa Denver Beaumont and Shreveport. The group features Mr. and Mrs. Earl Phelps Miss Wilma Phelps Mrs. Ernet Venable Mrs. J L Jones and others visiting family and attending events.
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Earl Phelps
Wilma Phelps
Monroe
Ernet Venable
Venable
Bastrop
Everett Phelps
Los Angeles
Calif
J. L. Jones
Larry
Eglin Field
Fla
Lott Jones
Farmerville
L. L. Maroney
Marion
Markets at a Glance June 28 New York report
New York market notes show stocks lower with pivotals leading the decline, bonds easy, rails in supply, and cotton under pressure as July contracts slip. Chicago wheat closes firm on short-covering, corn mixed with July weak and other months rallying, oats mixed with July down against cash prices. Hogs unevenly steady to 75 cents higher, peaking at 29.25, while cattle stay steady to 50 cents lower, top price 39.10.
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New York
Chicago
Cotton futures dip then rally on New Orleans trade
Cotton futures eased in early deals then advanced on trade buying and short covering in New Orleans and New York. Closing prices showed gains of 20 to 70 cents per bale from the prior session, with July around 35.50 and Dec near 32.55 to 32.58, while spot cotton in New Orleans stayed steady.
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New Orleans
Grains Rally On Board of Trade Closing
Chicago grains recovered from early weakness with late-session gains. Wheat closed 1 to 2 cents higher with July at 2.31 3/8 to 5/8. Corn ranged and finished around 2.20 1/4 for July, oats varied near 91 5/8 to 3/4, soybeans near 4.09 for July and 3.34 for November. Lard closes near 23.15 to 24.90 for various contracts.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Livestock prices bustle at Chicago sale report
Livestock market report from Chicago shows salable hogs totaling 9500 with most weights under 400 pounds experiencing price gains up to 29.25 for top hogs. Salable cattle 8700 with high choice steers at 39.10 and vealers steady near 28.00. cows and bulls mostly weaker or steady, beef cow prices 18.00 to 27.00, various weights and classes noted.
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Chicago
USDA
Potatoes Market Slips as Demand Slows Across Regions
Chicago reports early arrivals 431 on track 504 with total U S shipments 1394 Friday 1296 Sunday 20. Supplies liberal yet demand weak, whites hardest hit. Arizona Bliss 4 75 to 5 50, California long whites 4 00 to 4 75, Kansas Red Warbas 3 25, Missouri Cobblers 3 50.
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Chicago
USDA
U. S
Arizona Bliss
California
Kansas
Missouri Cobblers
Butter And Eggs Market Report Chicago June 28
Butter unsettled with two day receipts 885 455 pounds and prices mostly unchanged. Returns show 93 score AA 82 90 A 80 5 B 78 5 and 89 C 77 with cars B 79 and 89 C 77. Eggs steady with two day receipts 52 171 pounds and prices unchanged. U S extras 70 percent and up A 48 60 69 5 percent A 46 5 U S standards 41 42 5 current receipts 39 5 dirties 37 5 checks 35 5.
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Chicago
U. S
River Stages Magnetism in Bird Migration Study
A study investigates if birds navigate using Earth's magnetism via a special organ. Researchers explore whether magnetic cues guide migration and how this sense operates in avian species.
Leading Lady Velez Murder Case Shocks Manila
The sensational Manila case centers on an actor Anzures who allegedly stabbed 17-year-old Pacita during a confrontation at a home. A bloody dress, a locked door, and a missing mother frame a tragedy witnessed by reporters and aired on KZFM. The actor surrendered to Manila's mayor, who escorted him to police.
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Fernandez
Anzures
Pacita
Manila
Anzares
Quezon City
KZFM
Manuel de la Fuente
Miss Velez
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Salena
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Memphis, Tenn
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Beaumont, Tex
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