Gang War Looms Over St Louis Juke Box Trade
Exclusive dispatch reports ex Capone mob expanding from Chicago into St Louis and Illinois towns. Aimed at replacing tavern juke boxes with mob furnished units, signaling a looming gang war over control of the juke box and racing news services. Sheltons join the bid, threatening existing operators and law enforcement watches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St. Louis
Central Press Dispatch
Scarface
al Capone
Chicago Capone
Capone
Ilinois
Mob
Fairmont City
St. Clair
Madison
Illinois
94 Year Old Miner Retires in a Racket War Tale
The piece recounts a gang battle over news services led by ex Capone figures in Illinois and Missouri. Owen and Brown resist control, recruit partners, and face state actions while authorities try to curb violence. It also notes juke box disputes and a Charleston West Virginia Savings Bond total.
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Owen
Phil M. Donnelly
Missouri
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Pioneer
St. Louis
Donnelly
Capone
Iainois
Inllinois
St Louis
Waterloo
Ill
St. Louis County
A. A. Fischer
St.Clair County
Tilinas Supreme Court
Associated Press
Charleston
West
Munson To Attend North Central Association Meeting
C D Munson Jr Raleigh County schools assistant superintendent will travel to Chicago for a March 24 to 28 conference of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. He sits on a 20 member committee reviewing school qualifications including teacher certification, library funding, facilities and a 36 week minimum school year.
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C.D. Munson, Jr
Raleigh
Chicago
Ilinois
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Palmer House
Munson
Board of Education
Mun~son
NCA
Woodrow Wilson High School
Association
Doctor Rastack Takes Stand at Nuremberg War Crimes Trial
Dr Paul Rastack testifies in Nuremberg defending his actions as one of 23 doctors on trial before a military tribunal. The defendants are accused of conducting human experiments on concentration camp inmates used as guinea pigs to test Nazi theories, resulting in many deaths.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Paul Rastack
International
Noisy Japanese Shrimp Used As Screen In Sea War
Lowly shrimp noises, called the shrimp love call, helped U S submarines hide from echo detectors in the Pacific. Milton B Dobrin notes this piscatorial concerto in MIT Technology Review. Japanese biologists began surveys in 1944 but were disrupted. American Navy held the advantage with early hydrophones in Chesapeake Bay.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Science
New York
U. S
Pacific Islands
Milton B. Dobrin
Technology Review
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dobrin
Tokyo Bay
Pearl Harbor
Coast Artillery
Chesapeake Bay
Jewish Group Campaign To Raise $10,000 in Beckley
A Beckley campaign led by T. A. Wein will begin April 1 to raise 10,000 dollars for the United Jewish Appeal. The drive supports a nationwide goal of 170 million for relief of homeless and destitute Jews in Europe. In 1946 the Joint Distribution Committee aided nearly one million people and supplied 54 million pounds of food clothing medicines and other goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
United Jewish Appeal
T. A. Wein
Europe
Joint Distribution Committee
Wein
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Bernie
Earl
Carl
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Florida
Pioneer News Service
Paul
Bev) Brown
Clarence
Gulley) Owen
Brown
Reliable News Service
Capone Boys
Fischer
Andy” Nagy
Ameagle
Beckley Social Security Office
E. D. Thoenen
Hungary
Andy
United States
American Eagle Colliery
FE. M. Payne CO
Main St
Cohen
Sanitone
Richmonds
Richmond Cleaners and Laundry
Washington Irving
Clarksburg
Morgantown
Ichmon Cleaners
Fathom
Graham Cracker
Janish
Fame Foods
FANGY
Texas
Out
Pillsbury
Stokelys
Goody Goody
Jars
van Camps
Witil
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LARRO
Dke
Oakwood Ave
South
Kanawha ST
Nak Hill
Daem Otro Neryad
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