182 Tins of Opium Seized in Major San Francisco Raid
In San Francisco two Chinese men were arrested after federal agents raided and seized 182 tins of opium, valued at 150000 wholesale and 273000 retail. Fong Toong, 48, faced narcotics charges with 15000 bond after discovery of 121 tins in two suitcases. Goon Gum Yee, 50, was seized at a Vallejo bus station with 61 tins. Leake noted the opium was smuggled from Mexico to El Paso then labeled as personal baggage.
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U. & Customs
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Fong Toong
Goon Gum Yee
Vallejo
Leake
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el Paso
Fort Worth Approves Annexation of 35 Square Miles
Fort Worth voters in a special election approve annexing 16 areas totaling 35 square miles and adding 14 000 residents. Ballots tally shows approval of city charter amendments raising library tax from 3 to 5 cents and recreation tax from 2 to 4 cents, with about 4500 ballots cast.
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College Station Approves $100,000 Bond Issues
College Station voters approved ad valorem tax bond issues totaling 100000. Balloting favored a 35000 water improvements issue, a 50000 sewer extensions issue, and a 15000 electrical improvements issue.
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College Station
Yesterdaiy
Short Session of Congress Aims for Quick Work
Washington reports that House Republicans plan a short session to ease government overreach. Representative Joseph W. Martin Jr. of Massachusetts, soon to become speaker on January 3, says he hopes all business will be finished by July 4, signaling a brisk, limited agenda.
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Brooke Yule WorkSpeeded at Brooke General Hospital Gifts
Wares at Brooke General Hospital resemble work sites as patients rush gifts under an occupational therapy program. Surplus copper from Kelly Field becomes ashtrays and bowls while parachutes turn into scarves and dresses. With 22 therapists, GIs fashion pens into salt shakers and suture spools into toy wheels.
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Earl R. Haight
Kelly Field
Stolen Driver's License Returned
Police said Wednesday that thieves show limited consideration. A purse containing papers but no money was taken from Mrs. Pat Penson of 453 Taft Boulevard, and Tuesday her driver's license was returned by mail.
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Taft Boulevard
Swedes Skeptical Of Bormann Niece in Sweden Report
Stockholm dispatch reports Swedish foreign office and police treating as doubtful a Malmuc reporter claim that Adolf Hitler ally Martin Bormann is alive and in Sweden under Nazi protection with a vast underground network. Authorities say they are investigating all angles of the sensational tale.
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Foreign Office
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Hitler
Marlia Bormann
Sweden
Malmu
Burmenn
Naai
Driver Injured When Hit by Bus in Houston Road Crash
Ames Halamuda aged 59 from Houston suffered lacerations and chest injuries when his car was struck by a Randolph field transportation bus on St Hedwig road near Houston highway. Officer reports on Wednesday. Bus driver Akers, 45, of 201 North Alamo street, held on a 9200 appearance bond on aggravated assault with a motor vehicle charge.
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Houte
Randolph Field Transportation
Houston Highway
St. Hedwig Road
Cf Akers
North Alamo Street
Navy tests one piece cold weather suit for sailors
Aboard USS Mt Olympus Lt Comdr Gordon Hughes describes an experimental one piece suit with attached boots designed for emergency easy dressing during Antarctic deployments. Bulky loose layers trap air for insulation and preserve circulation while on duty in extreme cold as the navy studies preferred fasteners and layering for cold weather wear.
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MT. Olympus
Navy
Pohir
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General Motors posts new postwar output record
DETROIT Dec 18 General Motors car divisions again raised postwar production by assembling 32,713 cars in U S plants last week, surpassing the 31,998 weekly record set in the week ending November 23. Year to date output reached 759,587 passenger cars, versus 1,800,322 in the same period of 1941.
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General Motors
United States
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Lewis Sees Mother During Springfield Christmas Visit
United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis traveled to Springfield on December 18 for a Christmas holiday visit with his mother, a brief family stop amid his ongoing labor activities.
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Springfield
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
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