Michael Arlen Dies at 61 Prominent Roaring 20s Author
New York June report states Michael Arlen died after a long illness at his Park Avenue home. He was famed for The Green Hat, adapted as a play with Katherine Cornell and later a Greta Garbo film. Arlen, British subject since 1922, lived on the French Riviera before moving to New York. His work drew mixed critical reception despite his wit and celebrity allure. Canada car registrations hit a 1955 high of 3,948,787, up 304,198 from the prior year.
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England
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French Riviera
George Jean Nathan
Nathan
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Hs Barber
Iris Rolls Royce
Rolls Royce
Waco CAP Cadets Win State Drill Meet in Dallas
The 19 member Waco Civil Air Patrol cadet drill team won the Texas statewide competition in Dallas. By victory they earn a shot to represent Texas at the seven state Southwestern Regional Drill in New Orleans on July 7. Commanding officer is Lt. John Key of 2402 Colcord Avenue.
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New Orleans
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Texas Cap
Texas Cap Wing
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Colcord Avenue
German Miner 17 Kills Sweetheart 34 in Affair Clash
In Oberhausen a 17 year old apprentice miner confessed to strangling his 34 year old sweetheart Erika Wolf after she threatened to tell his mother about their relationship and demand for money. The pair reportedly met in an old World War II bunker. Police report the motive centered on danger to the family and financial coercion.
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Germany
Wilhelm Almon
Erika Wolf
Danish Sailors Faced Advances From Teens in Copenhagen
A Danish mother reporting to Ekstrabladet said visiting American sailors from the battleship Towa and escort destroyers felt forced to consider violence to fend off teenage girls in Copenhagen. No sailor complaints were recorded.
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Bell Drum and Cymbal new entry in High Fidelity recording rash
Angel Records releases Bell Drum and Cymbal a high fidelity solo percussion LP recorded by Saul Goodman head of percussion at the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra. The album features a wide range of percussion instruments with narration by Goodman and Leonard Sterning. MGM adds two standard pop LPs Star lit Hour by Ambrose and Lord Adrian Foley at the Piano. Capitol offers three Beethoven sonatas by George Solchany and Le Beau Danube arranged by Roger Desormier with Paris Opera Orchestra conducted by Manuel Rosenthal.
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Iowan Named Truck Driver of the Year
Lewis E. Cook of Waterloo Iowa named driver of the year by the American Trucking Associations. He logged 700000 miles in seven years without a chargeable accident and saved a motorist with a broken neck. Runners up: Lewis O. Duke Alfred H. Clemenseon and Glenn B. Wallace. Cook drives for Reed's Transfer & Storage Company of Waterloo, agent for North American Van Lines.
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Kansas City
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Philadelphia
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Ex-Constable Dale Richardson Posts Bond in Extradition Fight
Former La Porte constable Dale Richardson, indicted by a Harris County grand jury on two counts for forgery and passing, posted a $2,000 bond in Oberlin Louisiana. Richardson, 6 feet tall and 200 pounds, says he will fight extradition as allegations claim he forged and cashed a $2,225 check drawn on a Houston construction firm.
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la Porte
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Allen Parish
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Seven Reds Arrested By Cuban Government in SeKico
SeKico, June 23. Seven Cubans described as Communists were arrested on charges of conspiring to overthrow the Cuban government. Principal prisoner reported as Fidel Castro, a convicted seditionist who fled the country after last month’s abortive revolt, with six others unnamed in Interior Ministry files.
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Etiquette Q&A From Miss Vanderbilt on Teen Socials
A column of teenage etiquette questions answered by Amy Vanderbilt covers corsages left side placement, wearing two tones of gold, and avoiding a class ring with formal wear. It also advises polite refusals to dances, accepting diverse classmates, inviting escorts, and walking sides while dating.
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Negro Man Misleads Police After Wounding Incident
A middle aged Black man was taken to Providence Hospital by 4 1 Ambulance before 9 p m Saturday with a bullet wound in his right hand. He gave the name Phillip Lloyd and claimed to live at 1617 South Eighteenth Street and to work for John Bell Building Co of 1028 North Sixth Street. Officials found no such address and 1028 North Sixth is a private residence.
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Italian scientists to study prehistoric animals
Italian researchers will conduct a two month survey of the Eastern Mediterranean seabed this summer to examine ancient animal remains.
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Ring Stolen Off Finger Of Wacoan
Waco police logged a series of thefts on Saturday including a wedding ring from Ed Brown sleeping in a local hospital. A cocker spaniel was nabbed from John L. O’Brien near his home at 2 p.m. A piggy bank was stolen from Albert W. Schroeder’s residence. About 75 feet of hardwood flooring was taken from a house at 1002 Sunset Drive. Additional items stolen included rods and reels, beer from a distributor’s truck, a 1950 Mercury car radio and heater, two hubcaps from two cars, and a boy’s red and white bicycle from the Noah Jackson home.
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Ed Brown
Speight Avenue
John L. O'Brien
Route 1
O'Brien
Albert W. Schroeder
Hackberry Avenue
Sunset Drive
Raymond T. Thomas
Cumberland Avenue
Clifton Street
Mercury
Frank Tamon
South Eleventh Street
Joseph Friezee
Garrison Avenue
J. L. Kimmel
Batten Avenue
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Friezee
East Waco Drive
Noah Jackson
South Third Street
Red Billfold Lost in Downtown Waco
Mrs. Corela E. Curlee of 3733 North Twenty first Street told Waco police Saturday she lost a red billfold containing $14 and important papers in downtown Waco about 130 p.m.
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North Twenty-first Street
Waco
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