Four year old girl found murdered in Pittsburgh basement
Theresa Williams disappeared while playing with her brother and Patsy Spencer. Earl Perry, 19, housed the body in his basement after luring the children with a penny for candy. Perry was taken into custody as police investigated the crime.
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Pittsburgh
Theresa Williams
Michael Daugherty
Tony
Patsy Spencer
Daugherty
Earl Perry
Theresa
Perry
Jack Snyder
Nicholas Perry
Earl
Lieut
Francis Flannery
Bonny
Central Presbyterian Congregational Meeting Tonight
Annual meeting at Central Presbyterian Church to elect new trustees and elders and adopt the budget. Meeting at 8 in the fellowship hall with nursery for parents. All members urged to attend.
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Central Presbyterian
Fellowship Hall
Oklahoma Governor Kerr to Address Texas Jaycees
Governor Robert S Kerr of Oklahoma accepted an invitation to address the Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce at the San Antonio luncheon on April 16 He will also speak to the Texas legislature during his Texas trip and attend the Jaycees meeting in Longview.
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Longview
U.P
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce
John Ben Shepperd
Jaycees
San Antonio
Texas
Kerr
Firemen Raise Pigs In Heart of London
In Berners Street London clergy shop site a fire station crew raises pigs to help food supply. At 32 healthy pigs now housed in brick and timber sties built from bombed remains the station plans to continue feeding scraps from canteens and hotels while past years saw 50 to 60 porkers produced in ten months.
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London
U.P
Berners Street
Rommel Near End of His Rope in Tunisia Retreat
Churchill reports Montgomery’s Eighth Army smashed Rommel from Wadi El Akarit 20 miles north of Gabes. Rommel flees north along the coast as Axis prisoners flood in, with Allied air and artillery pounding open ground. The Tunisian trap tightens as Von Arnim regrouping hopes fade.
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Montgomery
Churchill
House of Commons
Rommel
Tunisia
Wadi el Akarit
Gabes
Eighth Army
von Arnim
Sousse
Sex Delinquencies Rise Among Young Girls in Texas
The Texas Social Welfare Association reports a wartime surge in sex delinquencies among young girls, up 57.7 percent in four years, versus a 24 percent rise for all ages. Poor housing, overcrowding, and many honky tonks blamed. wartime work disrupted parental guidance.
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Dallas
U.P
Texas Social Welfare Association
Association
First Woman on Sub Horrified by Invention
Clara Barton founder of the Red Cross rode a submarine in June 1899 at a depth of 15 feet, two miles underwater, and was terrified by the craft’s deadly potential. She told inventor John P. Holland that she was surprised any American would invent such a weapon. The tale appears in the U S Naval Institute Proceedings.
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Washington
Clara Barton
The
Red Cross
John P. Holland
Holland
U. S. Naval Institute Proceedings
Legislature Orders Major Spending Cut In 1944 45 Budget
Austin April 7 The legislature ordered a $15 million cut in 1944 45 appropriations with further reductions likely The Senate passed three big money bills totaling about $14 million less than current biennium House action trimmed about $1 million The Senate will act on its figures and the education and departmental measures before final financing is set.
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Austin
Senate
House
Certificate of Authority for World Fire and Marine Insurance
The Board of Insurance Commissioners of Texas certifies World Fire and Marine Insurance Company of Hartford Connecticut met the sworn requirements to conduct business in Texas and is authorized for the year ending February 29 1944. O P Lockhart Chairman of the Board.
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Austin
Texas
World Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Hartford
Connecticut
O. P. Lockhart
OPA Allows Window Frost Bite Fee Reduction
The OPA authorizes a reduced fee of sight cents per window pane for frost bitten hands at the Pando ski trooper camp in 40 below zero weather retroactive to last November. The state flower of Arizona is the saguaro cactus.
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Denver
The
OPA
Army
Pando
Tod
Arizona
Oil-Plating Your Engine With Conoco Nth Oil
A spring recommendation urges changing to Conoco Nth motor oil to oil plate engines. It explains acids from combustion linger inside, causing corrosion, and claims OIL-PLATING stays atop engine surfaces to resist acid attack better than regular lubrication. Continental Oil Company promotes the product via its Conoco stations.
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Conoco
Continental Oil Company
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By Dewitt MacKenzie
Riviera
First National Bank
Mayo Dental Laboratory
Nunn
J. Wesley Smith
College of Marshall
Texas Junior College Association
R. N. Cluck
Cisco Junior College
L. W. Hartsfield
Hillsboro College
Sodom
Gomorrah
Dead Sea
Board OF Insurance Commissioners
State of Texas
Graham-Hoeme
Graham-Hoeme Plow Co
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