Mexico Aids In Narcotics Gang Arrest
A government report details undercover operations in Mexico and the United States leading to arrests and sentences for narcotics activity. It cites agents in the field testing a female principal and her henchmen known as The Chemist and The Lawsers, with seizures and indictments across Texas New Mexico New York and North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Washington
Gercover
Withan
Don
Agence
New
Seattle
Matheri
Aulajara
the Chemist
San Antonio
Tex
Fl Paso
Hala
Menxico
C¢Toms
Factor Given Ten Years in Whisky Trial
John "Jake the Barber" Factor a Chicago promo man and former kidnap victim received 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine for mail fraud and conspiracy in the whisky warehouse case. Oxwell P. Oxman also got 10 years and a $2,500 fine. nine others were sentenced to 18 months to seven and a half years with fines up to $5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
John ‘Jake
Factor
Chicago
Roger Touhy
Robert C. Bell
Oxwell P. Oxman
Touhy
Stateville Penitentiary
Epstein to Be Darrel on Next St Patrick's Day
Westchester County judge approves the change of name for American air cadet Bernard Epstein to Bernard Darrel. Epstein, serving with the Army Air Force in Buffalo, petitioned that the name Darrel would feel safer while flying over German territory, saying the change would be psychologically protective. The court recognized the practical safety rationale behind the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
Ixor
Epstein
St. Patrick’s
Bernard Darrel
Bernard Epstein
Army Air Force
Buffalo
Westchester County
Frank H. Coyne
Darrel
Diana Wynyard Weds Director Reed in London Ceremony
Film star Diana Wynyard and director Carol Reed married at Caxton Hall register office in London. Both born in 1906, Reed directed Kipps in which Wynyard starred in 1941. She later appeared in Cavalcade Rasputin Men Must Fight and Reunion in Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Diana Wynyard
Carol Reed
Caxton Hall
Reed
Kipps
Miss Wynyard
Vienna
Crack B-26 Crew Dies in New Guinea
Two marauder pilots Lieut Hatch of Wilmington North Carolina and Lieut Seffern of Manawa Wisconsin were killed when a B-26 crashed on takeoff in New Guinea. Also lost were Lieuts Johnson Humble Morales and Sgts McGinn Jordan with two missing co pilot James Michael and navigator Sparky Casteel. Hatch and Seffern had survived many missions together and died in a civilian style crash after a storied air war.
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Vern Haugland
New Guinea
Ai Hatch
Wilmington
N. C
Duncan Seffern
Manawa
Wis
Australia
Seffern
Lee Johnson
Warren
Charles Humble
Beverly
Calif
Antonio Morales
Delrio
Tex
Peter McGinn
Sterling, Ill
Robert. Jordan
Malone
Hatch
Seffern Long
Papua
Port Moresby
James Michael
Temple
Okla
Sparky Casteel
Oakland
Flynn Trial: Final Argument Amid Docksyard Funeral Absences
Errol Flynn's defense to present final argument today as Judge Still resumes trial over alleged 1941 yacht assault on Posey Satterlee and a 1942 Bel-Air incident involving Betty Hansen. Prosecution seeks prison. case includes unclear counts and witnesses. Also notes Alf Anderson’s retirement from the Pirates for war-era service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Errol Flynn
Los Angeles
INS
Jerry Giesler
Leslie E
John F. Dockweiller
Congress
Thomas W. Cochrane
Flynn
Posey Larne Satterlee
Cochrane
Betty Hansen
Bel-Air
Fred McEvoy
Model death killers questioned as police probe brutal slaying
Chicago police questioned several men friends of Miss Estelle Evelyn Carey after her body was found yesterday in a north side apartment. Investigators say she was beaten and stabbed, with signs of arson to conceal the crime, and a window hole suggesting entry from outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
North Side
Estelle Evelyn Carey
John L. Sullivan
Miss Carey
William Drury
Phoebe Zurkowski
Addison Street
Drury
Nick Dean
New York
Maxine Buturff
Michigan Avenue
Estelle Carey
War Today: Japanese push in Solomons front halted
The article analyzes Japan's plan to cut Allied lines to Australia and slow U.S. buildup in the Pacific. It notes Tokyo’s fear of American naval power and the likelihood of major losses as Tojo seeks a decisive Guadalcanal comeback while Marines hold Guadalcanal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Tokyo
Greater East Asia
United States
Tojo
New Zealand
Could Peter Be Pumpkin Eater With Stomach Ulcer Pains
Advertisement promotes Uden Tablets for stomach pains and indigestion. Claims relief from excess acid with a 25 cent box and a double money back guarantee if the first dose does not convince. Includes promotional tone and druggist purchase detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Pacific War Outlook From Rabaul To Tawara Raid
The article notes intensified Allied air operations in the Southwest Pacific with raids on Rabaul and Tawara Island. It highlights cooperation between General MacArthur and Admiral Halsey and suggests the ongoing battle could greatly influence the Pacific war's duration and outcomes, though full details remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
Tawara Island
Gilbert Group
Carolines
Marshalls
MacArthur
Admiral Halsey
Governor Demands Aid in Connecticut Range Oil Shortage
Governor Raymond E. Baldwin said Connecticut faces a worsening kerosene shortage with only two days of supply at primary dealers. He urged dealers to pool remaining kerosene for distressed households as emergency shipments were promised to begin, aiming for 50 000 gallons daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Hartford
Con
Raymond E. Baldwin
Petroleum Administration For War
Washington
PAW
New Pipeline Can Carry Eight Grades of Oil
Henry E. Drake of Westinghouse explains a war emergency pipeline from Texas to New York that can deliver eight refined products on a scheduled route without mixing. Turbulent flow and eight powerful motors keep fluids separated, with a capacity of 4,000,000 barrels and a daily output rivaling all U.S. wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Henry E. Drake
Petroleum and Chemical Engineering
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Maryland
Texas
New York
Atlantic
Drake
United States
Hein Arrested in FBI Probe of Bund Ties
FBI announced the arrest of Gottfried Karl Hein a 39 year old San Francisco Bund leader and friend of Adolf Hitler along with Augusta Katherine Clauss 31 on charges tied to evading the Selective Service act Clauss accused under the enemy alien act The pair had posed as Fred and Lydia Chaine Hein once visited Germany and Nazi events including the Nuremberg rally with Bund leaders and associates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gottfried Karl Hein
San Francisco
Bund
Adolf Hitler
Augusta Katherine Clauss
Hein
Miss Cluss
FBI
Miss Clauss
Fred
Lydia Chaine
Germany
Hitler
Nuremburg
Herman Max Schwinn
Wilhelm Kunze
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U.S. Base
Salomons Island
Aten
South
Pagiic
Thomas B. Jlart
Security Exchange Commission
Midwest
Orthern Uskrat
Silver Fox
Jay-Cobbs Central
S. Salina ST
Alf Anderson
Pittsburgh Pirates
Southeastern Shipbuilders’ Corporation
Savannah
Herald- Journal
Herald - American
South Seas
England
Africa
India
NSHOE
Eeree
Goodyear
S. Geddes ST
Rochester Sample Shoe Stores
N. Salina ST
Haversack
Sea Scout Manuals
Wolf
Bear
Lion
Scoutmaster’s Handbook
Wells & Coverly
Selina St
Boy Scout Trading Post
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