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February 19, 1949

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THE JACKPOT

REPORTER AT LARGE about the James P. Caffreys, a substantial family of Wakefield, R. I., who won the $24,000 jackpot on the "Sing It Again" program. …

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The Dilemma of Catherine Fuchsias

In a small Welsh town Catherine Bowen, known as Catherine Fuchsias, an unmarried woman of forty, was the mistress of well-to-do John Lewis, who had a …

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