Perry Mason Visualizes a High Stakes Nassau Trial
In a 1942 San Antonio Light feature, Erle Stanley Gardner sketches the looming Nassau murder case against Count Alfred de Marigny. The article profiles key figures including Maurice O’Neil, Judge Max Spelke, and U.S. officials, detailing the murder trial’s circumstantial evidence debate, fingerprint emphasis, and legal stakes as detectives pursue truth amid public interest.
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Oakes Trial Scenes and British Justice in Adderty Hearing
A jurist and parliament member, Harry Oakes, is portrayed in a trial context. The speaker contrasts British legal ideals with the defense and prosecution roles, noting Adderty’s remarks at the preliminary hearing about ensuring fair treatment. The piece promises Perry Mason’s theory on the mansion fire and seeks to verify unresolved details.
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Madine
Higgs
Perry Mason
Oakes
Janitor Faces Ration Charge in Second Case
Kyle, a 30 year old Negro janitor, was arraigned before A. Knight on a charge of possession of ration coupons. He worked at the Normoyle Ordnance depot and is held on $500 bond after allegedly taking three sheets of 64 coupons from a waste basket on October 22. OPA investigator John W. Hapy Jr signed the complaint. Jesse Clark, a janitor at Bexar County ration headquarters, was sentenced to six months in the federal penitentiary for illegal possession of coupons.
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Kyle
Toffeg
Ration Board
Normoyle Ordnance Depot
John W. Hapy Jr
OPA
Jesse Clark
Bexar County
Heldauarters
Army Discharges 550000 Men
Washington reports the War Department announced about 550,000 men were honorably discharged from the Army between December 7, 1941, and August 37, 1943. No officers or those who joined other forces were counted. Roughly 800,000 were discharged for employment in essential industries, with many of the rest due to physical or mental disability.
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Washington
INS
War Department
Army
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Christmas Tree Shortage Seen in Nation
NEW YORK, Oct 23. Overloaded railroads and a manpower shortage raise a Christmas tree shortage. Dealers say evergreens will be far less plentiful than last year, despite 1942 shipments being 56 percent below normal.
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New York
Explorer to Talk On Archaeology at Madison Square
Dr. George Livingston Robinson of Chicago, guest professor of religion at Trinity University, will give six lectures on archaeology and the Bible at 7:20 p.m. each Thursday in the assembly house of Madison Square Presbyterian. He has explored the Sinai and Petra and is the author of archaeology books.
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George Livingston Robinson
Chicago
Trinity University
Assembly House
Madison Square Presbyterian
Chica
Sinai Peninsula
Petra
Edom
Robinson
Holy Land
Bexar County Teachers Attend In-Service Classes
Thirty Bexar county teachers attend in-service training led by Dr Meury J Otto from the University of Texas. Sessions run Tuesdays from 6 40 to 9 30 p m at the courthouse and cover eight hours of study focusing on social relations to be used in Bexar schools.
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Bexar County
Meury J. Otto
University of Texas
R. W. May
Theetes
Five Die As El Paso Bomber Crashes in Flight
In El Paso on October 21 five crew members aboard a pirate bomber were killed when the ship crashed during takeoff. While some crew escaped, others suffered serious injuries as naval authorities investigated the incident and sought to determine the aircraft’s origin and mission.
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EL Paso
INS
Three Held in Soldier Death in Mississippi
In Coffeeville on October 23, a woman and two men were detained on grand jury charges of bludgeoning Pvt Jimmy Deskin to death and driving a car over his body to fake an accident. Suspects Margaret Nicholson Hunt 22, A Shaw Jr, and Aaron Hetner face $7500 bonds. Deskin, 18, from Texas, served at Camp Shelby. The case has been under four weeks of investigation with a coroner's jury ruling it a hit-and-run accident.
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Coffeeville
Miss
Margaret Nicholson Hunt
A. Shaw Jr
Yalobusha County
Jimmy B. ‘Deskin
Tula
Texas
Deskin
Camp
Roosevelt Confined To Bedroom With Grippe
The White House said President Roosevelt is suffering from the grippe and running a mild temperature. Presidential secretary Barry stated Roosevelt would remain in his room today. doctors are monitoring his condition and taking precautions to prevent further illness.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Barry
Therdars
Circus Stuntman Peters Hangs in Tragic Ring Accidents
Aloys Drake Peters a 45 year old circus stunt man died after a 10 foot fall during a balancing front act at a St Louis show. Firemen cut him down after he dangled from a rope as 6000 spectators watched. War restrictions and a new act frame blame but fellow performers cite superstition as a factor. His wife, pregnant, waited in his dressing room.
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Rinnell
Aves
Aloys "Drake" Peters
St. Louis
Peter
Peters
OPA Exempts War Prisoners From Ration Limits
Washington Oct 23 The OPA ordered that prisoners of war in the United States will receive food without rationing restrictions. The order amends institutional rations to exempt POWs on the same basis as U S armed forces, citing international law granting POWs the host nation army ration or equivalent. Most prisoners are fed by private contractors previously under rationing limits.
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Washington
OPA
United States
OFA
Broadcasters Fight Petrillo in Recording Pay Demand
New York scene as the National Association of Broadcasters and major record firms reject paying Peretilo and the American Federation of Musicians per record for music on unemployment funds. The NAB states the move is economically unwound and unlawful, arguing direct payments to workers undermine democracy and rights of employers and union members.
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INS
James C. Petetilo
American Federation of Musicians
National Association of Broadcasters
RGA Victor
NEC Recording Division
ROA
Columbia Records
Decca Records, Inc
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Istor
Juvenile Report To Be Sent To San Antonio
Dr Jukin H Bowen local representative of the National Probation Association said copies of the agenda for the 73rd annual Congress of Correction in New York City November 1 to 22 will be mailed to all social workers in San Antonio. Treatment of juvenile delinquency will be the principal problem at the congress with wartime topics as well. Several San Antonians are expected to attend the event.
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Jukin H. Bowen
Gait
Congress of Correction
New York
San Antonio
Free Book Claim on Pilex and Rectal Disorders Exposed
A dubious prospectus offers a free book on pilex and rectal disorders including abcesses and rectal issues. It cites Thornton & Minor at Slime Sulte 2218, 928 Metee, Kansas City, Missouri as the contact address for related remedies and latent corrective treatments.
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Thornton & Minor
Metee
Kansan City
Carnival Raises 7500 for War Chest at San Antonio Depot
San Antonio’s first War Chest carnival, staged by the army and civil personnel of the San Antonio Amy Service Forces depot, netted 7500. Brig. Gen. A Porter announced the depot aims to raise 8400 and was urged to surpass the quota.
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San Antono
San Antonio
Mussolini Through With Public Life
New York report quotes Moscow radio saying Mussolini will not return to public life due to illness. In Washington, Vaughn M. Price's appointment as postmaster at Tittee Rivers was confirmed by the Senate.
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Budapest
Mangelini
Moscow
Kew
Vaughn M. Price
Tittee Rivers
Senate
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OPA Denies Further Cut in Gas Ration
Chicago report says rumors of additional gasoline coupon cuts for the Middle West are unfounded. Regional OPA Director Raymond McKeough states quotas set for the year remain in place. A note says no further reductions are contemplated and plans for Boy Scout Troop 7 events at Beacon Hill Presbyterian church proceed as scheduled.
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OPA
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