Hope Diamond shooter brings a Bronx marble legend to light
A gang of boys on 242nd Street chase a legendary Bead known as the Hope Diamond shooter. The tale traces its odd history from Rhode Island to the Upper Bronx, through injuries and luck, ending with a nursemaid and a patient in room 218.
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242Nd Street
Bronx
Triborough Bridge
Spuyten Duyvil
Chepachet
Rhode Island
Irv Sondergaard
Whitey Wizcoczki
Harlem
Harry Winston
Harry
Hymie Michernick
Riverdale
Albert
Jackie
Michernick
Whitey “ Wizcoczki
Sheltered Caregivers Weep To Find Burden Lifts
A speaker recalls sheltering many people at heart and body. While worn beside the road, a sudden bright note and nature offer comfort. The morning dew, lark and grasses bless the soul, but the cares return when the blessings fade and cannot be found again.
Pancho Ortegnal Head Hunter Mystery
The Fiction Corner Minute Reel depicts Pancho Ortegnal a striking figure in a hot Cano scene. A visitor follows Juan to a dim shop where a swarthy proprietor shows a neck head souvenir that chills the narrator. The tale blends curiosity and danger in a surreal encounter.
Ecuadorian Heads and Shrinking Fines Invoke Danger to Researchers
The text describes Pancho Ortega, a scientist, visiting Ecuadorian tribes to study head shrinking. Government rules ban head hunting with a proposed $400 fine. Several tribes refuse details while hostile groups threaten researchers and several natives have disappeared in the past six months.
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Juan
Pancho Ortegna
Pancho
The Shrunken Head of Pancho Ortegna
In Cabello's, a second meeting with Juan reveals Pancho Ortegnal possibly dead. An old man reads nearby as the narrator learns Pancho Ortegnal’s head is displayed by the shop owner. The discovery sends a chill through the observer.
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Cabello's
Pancho Ortegna
Juan
Cabello
Pancho
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A crossword puzzle clue list with across and down entries including instrument of torture brightly colored fish chills fever coin Turk a ducklike diving bird to gather with stitches guided father malt beverage pronoun disparage any powerful deity engrave as by corrosives tempestuous retired shield captured eight s game military cap freshwater tortoise hypothetical force a slight drink erbium symbol defile between two mountains permit to the by man elude sheer half a pint ad a hulled Indian corn dialect auction down most infrequent matured young bear goddess of harvests exclamation of contempt melody river legend adhesive mixture trust man s nickname shoshonean piece of stone a gear tooth large regreat evening sun god fortify twisted fabric by way of
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Melody
River
Manhattan
Egypt
John Dall Breaks In With The Corn Is Green And Rope
John Dall made a hit in his first picture The Corn Is Green and his fourth Rope by Alfred Hitchcock. He gains a sympathetic role in Deadly Is the Female for United Artists. His rise follows six years in stock theatres and two Broadway walk-ons before a Hollywood contract. He is six feet one, with brown hair gray eyes. The public loved Milton Berle in Always Leave Them Laughing and Warner Bros plans another comedy with him.
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Ohn Dall
Alfred Hitchcock
United Artists
Hollywood
Milton Berlé
Warner Bros
Njm
Dodgers face 154 games with youth and major pitching questions
The piece argues the Dodgers, led by 950 ART SHOTTON, must rely on experience and a strong farm of young players. Ralph Branca and Rex Barney need sharper control through hard practice, with notes on Don Newcombe and possible stars making strides toward a big season. It cites Christy Mathewson style drills and praises Tommy Byrne as a potential 25 game winner.
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Art Shotton
Grantland Rice
Joe DiMaggio
Joe Page
Dodgers
Don Newcombe
Dodger
Ralph Branca
Rex Barney
Christy Mathewson
Bianca
Barney
Tommy Byrne
Byrne
Pitching Problems Loom For Red Sox Next Season
The article analyzes looming pitching needs for the Red Sox as they head into 1950. It highlights Joe McCarthy’s hoped for improvements and names pitchers like McDermott Kinder and Parnell as potential aces, while noting the Yankees’ erratic but strong rotation and the broader pennant battle. Detroit and Philadelphia are also cited as having usable pitching if other gaps are fixed.
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Joe McCarthy
McDermott
Ellis Kinder
Mel Parnell
Red Sox
Yankees
Casey Stengel
Raschi
Reynolds
Byrne
Lopat
Sanford
Porterfield
Joe Page
Yankee
Rae
Detroit
Philadelphia
In Reverse A Prowling Dog Tracks Hidden Nest
A hunter boasts his dog's supremely sensitive nose. After flushing a pheasant, the dog followed a back scent for miles to a tree, barking at a nest two years old. The hunter later sees the nest and wonders how the egg got there.
Naming the Family of a Large English Household
A visitor counts a large English woman’s children and she proudly presents a group portrait. She explains the children’s names with humorous spellings and mispronunciations, listing Envy, Arold, Erbert, Ugh, Ubert, Orris, Arriet, Etty, and Holiver.
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Eaven
Arold
Ugh
Erbert
Ubert
Orris
Arriet
Etty
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Broadway
Main Street
Billy Rose
Smiggels
Charlie Hersch
Whitey
Wizcoczki
Grace Noll Crowell
Fiction
Ain Cano
Cabello’s
Ortegnn
Cano
Pancho Ortegnal
Inez
Gerhard
John Dall
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
P. O
Chicago
Ill
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Retriever
Kellogg's
America
Wother
Ora
Eesti
CRACE
Hume
Lydia & Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham
Peter
Ruby
Ben
Baume Analeesique
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