Shattered aboard Samoa Zorie fights for control and escape
Zorie Corey, pressured by fiancé Paul Duncan and Admiral Duncan, survives a near drowning aboard the Samoa. She clashes with Amber Lanning, seizes space in the stateroom, questions who saved her, and vows to never be pushed around again as she plans to learn who threw her overboard.
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Zorie Corey
Admiral Duncan
Paul Duncan
Samoa
Horie
Steve
Paul
Zorie
Amber Lanning
Zerie
Amber
Jugoslavia
Zoriel
Desperate flight from ship in dangerous night
Zorie escapes a kidnapping on a crowded voyage then climbs to the deck edge under a moonless night. She falls into churning water as the ship speeds away, fights to breathe, and images of a jungle Buddha haunt her while she struggles to survive in the propeller wash.
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Zorie
Steve
Amber
Mr. Lanning
Zerie
Professor Folsome
Paul
Fined and Jailed for Smelly Onion Transactions
New York magistrate Peter A. Abeles sentenced Harry Marrin to five days in jail and a $250 fine for violating price regulations on onions. The judge condemned Marrin’s onion black market dealings as a distasteful offense to fair trade.
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New York
Peter A. Abeles
Harry Marrin
Scares Jap Into Quitting Battle Aboard U S Carrier
An American pilot frightened a Japanese air gunner from an air sea battle on a western Pacific carrier as 43 Japanese planes were shot down. Ensign Walter Harold Albert of Massachusetts related the event, noting the rear gunner tucked away and did not fire. Other U S pilots, including Lieut. (j.g.) Harry C. Thomas of Chicago and Lieut. Elmer Kraft of Gilman Illinois, also claimed fighter and torpedo plane victories.
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U. S
Western Pacific
Walter Harold
Mouse
Albert
Braintree
Mass
J.g
Harry C. Thomas
Chicago
Lieut
Elmer Kraft
Gilman
Ill
Convict in Maryland Penitentiary Tower Takes Own Life
A 21-year-old prisoner at the Maryland penitentiary shot and killed himself with a shotgun he used to hold guards at bay for about 30 minutes. Warden Patrick Brady said Salvador Appilio of Baltimore, serving 50 years for assault and robbery with a deadly weapon, fled to an unoccupied watch tower and retrieved a weapon left there. Guards fired tear gas and then rifles and machine guns. a second convict was captured unharmed after the initial volley.
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Baltimore
Maryland Penitentiary
Patrick Brady
Salvador Appilio
Brady
Boy wakes after bus drags him on highway in Colo
Denver driver R A Christy saved 16 year old Bobby Cripps from being struck when the bus struck him as he slept on a Burlington Colorado highway. Cripps survived with a bruised knee and recalled waking to the sound of the bus passing over him.
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Denver
Burlington
Colo
Bobby Allen Cripps
Poplar Bluff
R. A. Christy
D. Morrison
Young Cripps
Gold Rush Reported In North Quebec Town
VAL D'OR QUEBEC This northern Quebec mining town is buzzing with a gold rush as discoverers E A Alford and J E Ayrhart claim veins assay up to 55 dollars a ton. Engineers call the find a good geological bet and a jackpot potential hangs in the balance.
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Quebec
Val D'Or
E. A. Alford
J. E. Ayrhart
Bandit Raid Hits French Armored Cars For Over A Billion Francs
Five masked gunmen robbed two Banque de France armored cars between Evreux and Paris, seizing more than one billion francs. Guards were overwhelmed and the assailants fled by car toward Paris. No trace of the loot was found, Transocean said. The report notes the franc’s value at about two and a half cents in U.S. currency at the time.
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New York
Banque de France
Ecquevilly
Evreux
Normandy
Paris
Transocean
U. S
Auto
Peice
France
Circular Crocheted Sacque Pattern No 5759 Offered
That Pretty Baby introduces a delicate white crocheted sacque with pink edging and pastel silk-embroidered rosebuds. The circular jacket is crocheted in one piece and ties under the arms with satin ribbon. Send 16 cents plus name, address, and pattern number for complete instructions and color chart.
Dolly’s Boat Plunge Stuns Rescue by Young Millionaire
In a bizarre scene described as a business trip, Dolly purposely fell from a boat and was rescued by a young millionaire. The exchange implies a calculated act and a staged incident amid media attention.
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Dolly
Debt to medical science sparks household debate
A man reads the evening paper and muses on medical science while his wife asks if he has paid the doctor's bill, highlighting a domestic moment over health expenses.
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Ical Science
Spivens and Wife Clash in Quiet Domestic Tale
In a brief vignette, Mrs Peck charms with beauty yet remains silent while Mr Peck explains why men adore her. The plot turns on Spivens and his wife who share a habit of thinking alike but with her preference to think first, shaping their marriage.
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Mrs. Peck
Mr. Peck
Spivens
Lost in Translation Riddle Sparks Curious Exchange
A terse dialogue fragment features a speaker pressing a boy about his age and birth date. The boy stammers with a drawn out reply, “Second of April,” before the exchange drifts into a teasing remark about lateness.
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W. Harrison Street
Minols
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Bridgeport
DIXIE
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