Book Notes Crime Corner The Corpse That Refused To Stay Dead
Crime notes review listing three mystery titles by Hampton Stone Melen Niel son Ives Washburn and Mignon G Eberhart with brief comments on plots and reception. Includes publisher details and prices.
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Hampton Stone
Simon & Schuster
New York
Virginia
Melen Nielson
Ives Washburn
California
Mignon G. Eberhart
Random House
North Side
Chicago
Ditner
Saturday Review
Houston Eyes Judgeship in Pima County Race
Clarence E. Houston, Tucson attorney and former state regents member, announces candidacy for superior court judge division 3 in Pima County. Incumbent Judge Robert S. Tullar, appointed by Gov. Howard Pyle, also seeks the seat. Houston, a Democrat, moved to Arizona in 1924 and has held roles including county attorney and regents member.
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Clarence E. Houston
Pima County
Robert S. Tullar
Howard Pyle
Houston
Tucson
State Board of Regents
University of Arizona and Colleges
Arizona
U of A Law College
Board of Regents
N. Longfellow Ave
Baptist Church
Kiwanis
Masons, Elks
VFW
American Legion
Car Sales Outpace Factory Output in June
Detroit reports new car sales are rising faster than assembly output. Dealers show lean stocks with about 300000 units in inventory, while producers plan adjustments for the third quarter due to earlier steel disruptions and shifting production.
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David J. Wilkie
Detroit
National Automobile Dealers Association Business Management Committee
Unexplained Earth Uproots Terrain Near Fanshawe Oklahoma
Eyewitnesses describe giant boulders moved and trees torn from roots as a widespread ground upheaval near Fanshawe Leflore County. Residents linked it to a March 1 disturbance, with a line running east to west through a northeast mountain range. RESIDENTS initially blamed an April earthquake.
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Fanshawe
Okla
Leflore County
Betty Haniots
Ft. Smith, Ark
Southwest American
W. N. Perkins
Tulsa River
Midwest
Haniotis
South Sea Island Party at Elks Center
Tucson Junior Hostess club sponsors a south sea island party at 8 pm Saturday in the Elks servicemen's center. Uniforms sarongs and grass skirts will be worn with food and dancing by a Davis Monthan base band and Alyce Mills School of Dancing along with Airman Wallace Jennings. Married couples invited.
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Tucson
South Pacific
Elks Servicemen’s Center
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Alyce Mills
Wallace Jennings
D-M
Truman Plea From West Point Alumni on Cadet Dismissals
At a New York public hearing, West Point alumni testified that President Truman was asked to change 90 cadets dismissed for cheating to honorable discharge. They cited a tradition allowing mercy petitions, but Truman reportedly took no action.
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New York
Truman
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Committee In Justice
New York Criminal and Civil Courts Bar Association
Jon T. Lisenby
Tarrytown
Louis T. Byrne
Buffalo
Lisenby
Chicago
University of Michigan
Notre Dame
Johnny Lujack
Dryer
Chauncey L. Fenton
West Point Alumni Association
Michigan
Lujack
Army
Ann Arbor
Dary
Flower Festival and Easter Link in Spanish Name Origin
The article notes that Easter Sunday is called de Flores in Spanish, meaning feast of flowers. It says Florida’s name derives from Ponce de Leon’s discovery of the area on Easter day.
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Florida
Ponce de Leon
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