Hunt for Barbara Bennett Fails to Yield Clue
Beverly Hills Calif Nov 16 Authorities said they had failed to find a single trace of Barbara Bennett former actress missing since last Friday Despondent since a Bridgeport Conn court refused custody of her five children Bennett sister of Joan and Constance Bennett Miss Bennett was reported missing by her husband Addison Jack Randall Cowboy Actor Downey said in New York City Randall said she wore a black street dress and silver fox cape at the time of disappearance He believed she had only a few cents in her purse The last sighting was before a party Friday evening which she did not attend
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Barbara Bennett
Miss Bennett
Joan
Constance Bennett
Addison “Jack” Randall
Bridgeport
Morton Downey
Downey
New York City
Randall
Stores Warn Against Rush At Christmas
Chicago leaders urge shoppers to begin early as wartime staffing shortages and transport limits strain stores. Penticoff notes enlistments and war industry salaries cut staff. gasoline rationing will raise delivery delays. High school and college students are being recruited for temporary posts, risking inexperience and slower service.
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Chicago
Merritt C. Penticoff
Chicago Retail Merchants Association
Penticoff
Lend Lease Plans Cut Bakers Milk Powder Supply
Dr James A Tobey of New York warned at the New England Bakers War Conference that government Lend-Lease plans would leave bakers with less than ten percent of spray processed milk powder used in white bread. He said requisitions of ninety percent undermine bread nutrition and enrich bread with milk.
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Providence
R. I
James A. Tobey
New York
New England Bakers’ War
Tobey
Mad Elephant Medoc Captured After Bread Bait
Indiana police recapture Modoc the elephant after a four day wandering spree in Wabash and Huntington counties. Trainer Raymond Dukes lured the two ton animal into a truck with soft words and 60 loaves of bread, then owner Terrell Jacobs transported her toward Peru with whisky as a health aid. Modoc trampled through towns, damaged property, swam rivers, and injured a farmer before being corralled at the Lloyd Krieg farm nine miles south of Huntington.
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Huntington
Ind
Indiana
Raymond Dukes
Ora
Modoc
Wabash
Dukes
Terrell Jacobs
Peru
Jacobs
Salamonie
Fire destroys Long Beach Park Casino Hotel
A fire of undetermined origin destroyed the 40 room Park Casino Hotel in Long Beach with damage around 500000. Firefighters from Long Beach aided by volunteers from Rockville Center and East Rockaway fought the blaze over four hours. The three story hotel had closed for the winter two weeks earlier.
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Long Beach Hotel
Long Beach
Rockville Center
East Rockaway
12th Blast Victim Dies in Rochester
Rochester reports the death of Mrs. Freda Cox, the 12th victim of the November 6 Rochester Fireworks Company explosion and fire. Hospital officials say another woman, Mrs. Louise Horncastle, 60, remains in critical condition. eleven of the deceased were women.
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Rochester
Freda Cox
Rochester Fireworks Company
Louise Horncastle
Casualties In US Forces Rise to 48,956
Washington reports United States armed forces casualties total 48,956 from ongoing war. The Office of War Information notes most Army losses are missing, chiefly in the Philippines and Java, with numbers for killed, wounded, missing and prisoners across Army Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
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Washington
United States
Office of War Information
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Philippine Scouts
Philippines
Java
Japan
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Tex) Randall
Medoc
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Lincoln National Bank and Trust CO
Syracuse, New York
Pearl Harbor
Bellans
Vicki VapoRub
Vicks VapoRub
U.S. Army
Berlin
Federal Building
U. S. Army
Arctic
Tropics
Syracuse
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