Indictment Targets 23 in Nationwide Narcotics Ring
Federal grand jury charged 23 individuals in a multi state heroin conspiracy spanning coast to coast. arrests began from San Francisco to New York with nine already taken into custody.
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San Francisco
U. S
Harry J. Anslinger
New York
Waxey Gordon
Big
Sing Sing
Gordon Ernest Gentry
Gordon
Irving Wexler
Gentry
Portland
Ore
Reno
Nev
Phoenix
Ariz
San Francisco Bay Area
Are British and American inches exactly the same
The layman may think both inches are identical but authorities state the British inch is two thousandths of one percent shorter than the American.
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Great Britain
United States
Unemployed Vet Charged With Killing Bakery Truck Driver
Edward B. Long a 26 year old unemployed veteran was charged with murder in the slaying of Hagan Roop a bakery truck driver found near the Lee County Jail. Long faces a preliminary hearing March 15 in trial justice court and is also charged with robbery. about $100 was found on Long and Roop’s employers Virginia Wholesale Co said Roop carried about $150 in collections. Roop's abandoned truck and a torn pocketbook were found at the scene.
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Jonesville
Edward B. Long
Long
Hagan Roop
Lee County
Commonwealth
Edgar Bacon
Glenbrook
Trial Justice Court
Virginia Wholesale Company
Roop
Services Tomorrow For John Harper
Funeral services for John W. Harper 83 who died at his home in the Chambersville area of Frederick County will be held tomorrow at 2 p m at Omps Funeral Home. Rev A J Barrett of the Assembly of God Hayfield will conduct the service with pallbearers listed and burial in Mount Olive Cemetery Hayfield.
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John W. Harper
Chambersville
Frederick County
Omps
A. J. Barrett
Assembly of God Church
Hayfield
Mr. Harper
Ray MacDonald
Theodore Nail
Harry Cooper
W. J. Cooper
Blanton McFarland
Douglas McFarland
Burr P. Harrison
H. F. Byrd, Jr
Robert L. DeHaven
Ear
Bailey
Joseph A. Massie
C. M. Rosenberger
Harry L. McCann Lee N. Whitacre
W. E. Edwards
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Mount Olive Cemetery
Daily Crossword Across Clues and Answers Overview
A readable OCR fragment lists crossword clues and numbers covering locations, bird names, nouns, and symbols. It includes entries like Ta Mahal location with Dutch Meuse, diving birds, Croatian natives, knife handles, names, measures, ostrich like birds, prefixes, lamprey, nerves slang, lands, islands, and various coin terms. It also shows numbers tied to clues and partial phrases such as Rites Mythological being and Cogwheels.
Export Apple Program Ends March 31
The Agriculture Department ends a foreign market subsidy program for selling fresh apples abroad at cut rates. The program paid half the sales price up to 1.25 per box and supported 2.6 million boxes in the last year at about 3.33 million dollars.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
New Drop Reported In Food Prices
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a drop in food prices with grocery store costs down two-tenths of 1 percent for the 10 days ending February 25. Wholesale prices eased three-tenths of 1 percent in the week ending March 4, placing indices below January levels but above mid 1950 figures.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Virginia Ruling Upheld Separate School Policy In State
A three-judge federal panel upheld Virginia policies on school separation while noting not all facilities are equal. They said the state may determine segregation as police power, and cited progress toward equal facilities and teachers, with further plans for a new $800 000 Negro high school in Farmville.
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Armistead Dobie
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sterling Hutcheson
Albert V. Bryan
Prince Edward
Virginia
Hill
Paintiffs
Colgate Darden, Jr
University of Virginia
Almond
Mundt Predicts Defeat of Tax Reorganization
Senator Mundt forecasts 49 votes to block President Truman’s plan to reorganize the tax service amid graft allegations at the Internal Revenue Bureau. He cites the President’s letter as a distraction while others doubt a decisive majority will be present next week.
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Washington
P. Len Mundt
R-Sd
Senate
Truman
Capitol
Internal Revenue Bureau
Senators Prepare A Hot Reception For Cleanup Boss
Washington reports senators planned a sharp welcome for Government Cleanup Boss Newbold Morris. Morris rejects charges about his role in high profit ship deals with Red China and vows a fair hearing with full opportunity to defend himself as a Senate subcommittee probes his appointment by President Truman.
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Washington
Newbold Morris
Red China
Senate
Morris
Capitol Hill
Truman
Plan to Revitalize GOP in Virginia Launched
State Senators Ted Dalton and S. Floyd Land proposed a plan to revitalize the Republican Party in Virginia. The outline calls for an active organization in every county and city, mobilizing youth and women, mending factional disputes in Richmond and Henrico, and selecting four executive assistants to aid the state chairman.
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Richmond
Ted Dalton
Floyd Landreth
Virginia
Henrico County
Chicago Health Officer Granted Leave From Job
Dr. Herman N Bundesen Chicago's chief health officer since 1931 was granted a leave of absence amid a Cook County grand jury investigation into the horse meat scandal. State's Attorney John Boyle said a detailed true bill charging nonfeasance and malfeasance may become an indictment. Bundesen testified before the jury and defended himself in a letter to Mayor Kennelly.
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Chicago
Herman N Bundesen
Cook County
John Boyle
Board of Health
Martin H. Kennelly
Bundesen
Grand Jury
Kennelly
Machinist's Mate Saves Plane When Pilot is Stricken
Navy Patrol Plane 300 miles from base with three ill officers. Aviation Machinist's Mate Ostrofe steadies P4Y Privateer between pilot and co-pilot, keeping steady course toward Atsugi Air Base. Three hours later all officers recovered. plane safely returned.
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Tokyo
R.A. Ostrofe
Navy
Ostroie
San Francisco
Atsugi Air Base
David E. Gibbs
Oakland
Calif
Richard G. Hansen
Menlo Park Calif
James E. Corthy
Ostrofe
Corthay
Atsugi
Hansen
Handley Seniors Stage Nothing But the Truth Play
A near capacity crowd estimated at 1200 attended Handley School’s senior class production Nothing But the Truth in the school auditorium last night. Proceeds go to the senior class fund. The nine seniors gave a well performed show under the direction of Miss Dorothy Overcash and Donald Mitchell. Cast members included Robert Bumgardner Clay Carr Beverly Whiting Bruce McFadden Fred Stine Helen Boyd Peggy Keller Betty Lou Kendall Natala Russell Shirley Long. Production staff listed several names.
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Handley School
Mary Ann Smith
Pegay
Ann Long
Alan Oates
Ann Arthur
Jets in collision near Toronto crash with Vampire jets
One, possibly two Canadian Air Force Vampire jets crashed today at King about 20 miles north of Toronto. Initial reports from the scene were confused.
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Toronto
King
Collision Brings Death to Three
Mrs James G. Stahlman wife of the Nashville Banner publisher died in a Nashville hospital after an auto collision that killed instantly her Negro maid and the wife of Illinois pastor Arthur P. Jordan. The Rev P. Jordan is in critical condition. Mrs Stahlman and her maid were en route to Fort Payne Alabama to visit relatives. The Jordans were returning from Florida when their cars met 30 miles south of Nashville near a crest of a slight rise.
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Nashville, Tenn
James G. Stahlman
Nashville Banner
Illinois
Arthur P Jordan
Danville
Ethel Sanders
Stahiman
Arthur P. Jordan
St. James Methodist Church
Steahiman
Fort Payne
Battle over primary law and redistricting in Virginia Senate
Gov Battle returns Senate Bill 166 with recommendation for an emergency clause. The bill delays primary application, creates a new Tenth district in Northern Virginia, and faces annexation, highway safety, and redistricting decisions as the 60 day session nears adjournment. Delegates circulate recall petition targeting a special session, with 50 signatures collected late.
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Senate
Battle
Commonwealth
Virginia
Virginia General Assembly
House
Assembly
Armistead Boothe
Alexandria
Boothe
One of Hitler's Former Generals Becomes a Priest
Former Wehrmacht General Paul Theisen, age 62, who commanded a German Army Corps in Russia, was ordained a Catholic priest in Aachen in the old Cathedral. Catholic officials praised him for laying down the sword to work in God's vineyard after wartime losses.
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Hitler
Aachen
Germany
Wehrmacht
Paul Theisen
Theisen
Russia
4-H Chile Tractor Maintenance School Opens
The annual 4 H Chile Tractor Maintenance School began last night at the C I Brumback and Sons implement shop on N Cameron Street. Thomas and Fred Brumback served as instructors. Twenty three Clarke and Frederick County boys attend.
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C. I Brumback and Sons
Cameron Street
Thomas
Fred Brumback
Clarke and
Frederick County
Seoul City Sue Said Former U S Missionary Pusan
A Korean neighbor identifies Seoul City Sue as Anne Wale face a Shanghai born Korean and former North Korea ally, once American missionary from Arkansas. He says she spoke for the Commander cause with a Korean husband reportedly aligned with Red forces.
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Pusan
Korea
Seoul
Evening meeting reviews safety of tractors and air cleaners
Last night the Brumback firm closed the program by serving refreshments. The class will run for three more weeks. The next meeting is to be held at Lupton Orchard Service on Friday March 14 from T until 9 pm.
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Brumback
Lupton Orchard
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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Nice Lot Farm
Harry Horner, Jr
Anderson Bros
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Berryville Road
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