Dope Traffic Lures to Worst Villains Story Notes
A mix of items on drug trafficking profits and enforcement, a cigar smoking contest in Zwolle highlighted by a Danish winner, and assorted anecdotes. The piece discusses opium and heroin prices, air insurance losses, and notable figures, with Q&A on swimming the English Channel and other tidbits.
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Zwolle
Holland
Anna Joft
Bombay
North America
Lloyds
London
H. R. Knickerbocker
Thieves Steal Pants In Tucson Shop And Auto
Lawrence Cohen reports six pairs of trousers and a pair of small slacks stolen from his Arizona Cigar shop on Sixth Avenue totaling 80 dollars. Minutes later Bernard Rosenbaum says two pairs of trousers valued at 50 dollars were stolen from his parked car on North Sixth Avenue.
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Lawrence Cohen
Arizona
Sixth Ave
Cohen
Bernard Rosenbaum
N. Sawtelle Ave
N. Sixth Ave
Rosenbaum
Head Of Two London Newspapers Is Dead
Dublin reports Cyril A. Kew managing director of the News Chronicle and the Star died there. The item notes a physician’s claim about snoring affecting marriage, while experts dismiss the idea as nonsense and irrelevant to talent as a husband.
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London
Dublin
Cyril A. Kew
News Chronicle
the Star
Mules & Men
King Features
VFW Elects Younger Leaders as Jubilee Ends
At the Miami jubilee, World War II veterans win five of seven national posts. Frank C. Hilton becomes junior vice commander while Clyde A. Lewis is elected commander in chief. Other officers include Charles Balls, Robert Handy Jr., Hugh McArthur, A. Bowyer, and Rabbi Eskin. 1950 convention site chosen between Chicago and Atlantic City after roll call.
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Miami
Fla
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Frank C. Hilton
Womelsdorf
Hilton
Merton B. Tice
Mitchell
S.D
Clyde A. Lewis
Plattsburgh
N. Y
Lyall T. Beggs
Madison
Wis
Charles C. Balls
Seattle
Wash
Robert B. Handy Jr
Washington, D.C
Hugh L. McArthur
Tampa
A. B. Bowyer
Martinsburg
W.V
Herbert S. Eskin
Dearborn
Mich
iChicago
Atlantic City
New York
Honolulu
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English Channel
Greta Garbo
Countess Maria Walewska
Napoleon
Maria
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John Lawrence Smith
Florence Reed
Shanghai
Mary
Park Avenue
Manhattan
Hans Brinker
William Shakespeare
Notre Dame
Rockne
Elmer Layden
Shakespeare
Yancé Thompson
Fourth Avenue Booksellers
United Broom Company
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson
Tursom Baily
VFW
Rincon Market
Peyton
Chuck Roast
Rincon
Teale
Oleo
Biltmore Chunks
Welch
Libby
Soap -Trend
Fancy Hale Freestone
Peg
California
Sunkist
Bie
Campbell
Hawthorne Street
Speedway
Martin
Bauer & Black
Amzona
Hollywood
Berlou
Ballerina
Max Factor
Tampax
Squibb
Ivan
Spooges
Congress & Church
Amuro
Reader's Digest
The
Council On Dental Therapeutics of the
American Dental Association
University of Illinois
Chia
Congress & Fifth
Sway
Shontex
Dorothy Perkins
Primrose House
Pond's
Omemaid
Per Lk
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