Hope Diamond Shooter Bounces Through Bronx Marble Match
A Bronx marble championship ends with the so called Hope Diamond shooter changing hands amid superstition and a dramatic finale. Ten players compete as a nursemaid retrieves the hex heavy shooter and passes it to Whitey Wizcoczki who had broken ribs.
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242Nd Street
Bronx
Triborough Bridge
Spuyten Duyvil
Chepachet
Rhode Island
Irv Londergeard
Whitey Wizcoczki
Harlem
Harry Winston
Hope
Harry
Wizcoczki
Swanky
Riverdale
Hymie Michernick
Albert
Jackie
Michernick
Ahnold Dall Breaks Through in Major Roles
Milton Berle gains fresh momentum as Warner Bros plans another comedy after the public warms to his performance in Always Leave Them Laughing. An actor with six years in stock and two Broadway walk-ons, Dall landed his big screen start in The Corn Is Green and later Rope and Deadly Is the Female for United Artists.
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Inez Gerrardohn Dall
Alfred Hitchcock
United Artists
Lttle
Hollywood
Milton Berle
Warner Bros
McCarran Meets Franco as Spain Hopes for U N Ties
Nevada Senator Pat McCarran travels abroad as self described chief public relations adviser to Francisco Franco. He counsels Spain to push for UN agency inclusion and to frame public messaging as anti Communist unity, while Franco echoes the strategy in Madrid.
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Pat McCarran
Nevada
Europe
Spain
State Department
McCarran
United States
United Nations
Western Union
Franco
U.S
Radio Madrid
Americas
England
Needlework Variety Featuring Crochet and Embroidery
Crocheted and embroidered linens showcased include towels pillowcases and a scarf described as lovely guest linens. Instructions and transfer notes appear for decorative motifs with measurements and project directions.
Sheltered care giver finds relief in nature
The speaker describes sheltering many cares and feeling worn until a bright note and nature's touch refresh briefly. A wild flower, dew, and a lark lift spirits, but upon returning to the heart the cares have vanished, elusive upon search.
The Pancho Ortegna Mystery in Cano
In Cano the narrator describes Pancho Ortegna, a striking, aloof figure rumored as a head hunter. A local glimpse reveals a tense, uncanny allure as Juan guides the observer to a gift shop where a shrunken human head is offered for 25 dollars, a chilling glimpse into the head hunting trade.
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Cano
Cabello’s
Ortegna
Juan
Pancho Ortegna
Shrunk Head Mystery Ties Ecuadorian Trader to Pancho Ortegna
In a tense encounter in Cabello’s shop, Pancho Ortegna, a scientist chasing the head shrinking mystery, vanishes amid dangerous government bans on head hunting. Years later the narrator sees the shrunken head of Pancho, chilling proof of the perilous pursuit.
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Pancha Ortegna
Pancho
Juan
Crossword Puzzle Acro Answers
A compact list of an acrostic style crossword with clues listed across and down. It features definitions for items from torture instrument to cryptic terms, including colors, flora, fauna, and common phrases. It presents standard puzzle wording for an old time newspaper.
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Corrosiv
Tempest
Reverse a hunter and his dog chase a pheasant
A hunter boasts his dog has the world’s most sensitive nose. The dog flushes a pheasant and follows its back scent for miles to a nest in a tree above the original perch, two years after the pheasant hatched. The hunter never explains how the egg came to that nest.
Big English Family Names From One Household
A visitor counts a large English family in a woman’s home and is told the clan’s names. The mother proudly displays a group portrait and explains each child’s name: Envy, Arold, Erbert, Ugh, Ubert, Orris, Arriet, Etty, and Holiver the tall boy who often picked things up.
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Eaven
Arold
Ugh
Erbert
Ubert
Orris
Arriet
Etty
Holiver
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Whitey
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Dall
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Charles Armstrong
Leon Atlas
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Sewing Circle Needlecraft
P. O
Chicago
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Grace Noll Crowell
Cabello
Sym
Dial
Manhattan
Egypt
Fas
Retriever
CRISY
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Kellogg's
America
Ps Ae
CRACE
Lee Omeeae
Lydia E Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia
Peter Pain
Aris
Qubin Ben-Gey
Wn Ben-Gay
Baume Analgesique
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