Love slaying mystery leaves Mobile police baffled
Mobile authorities searched for Claude Bentley's body after Letha Meliska confessed in Galveston to killing him in August 1930 and burying the body near a bootlegging stand in Mobile, but no police, coroner, or health records show any Bentley victim or trace, complicating the case amid domestic turmoil and a broken marriage.
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Mobile
Ala
Galveston
Tex
Letha McQueen Meliska
Houson Transient Bureau
Claude Bentley
Bentley
Bay Minnette
Steve Meliska
Steve
Letha
Fred Stillwell
Meliska
Houston
John H. McQueen
McQueen
ES GUIDING YOUR CHILD INQUISITION
An essay by Alice Clarissa Richmond argues mothers overstep when questioning children about private thoughts and activities. Intrusive questioning erodes trust and may drive kids to hide truths. Granting privacy reduces lying and preserves family sympathy and closeness.
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Alice Clarissa Richmond
Treasury Position Reported For April 16
Treasury data shows receipts 14,700,833.76 dollars and expenditures 102,795,630.64 dollars for April 16, leaving a balance of 2,256,430,688.94. Customs receipts for the month total 18,141,280.72, with year to date receipts 3,012,733,559.96 and expenditures 5,420,990,180.00, including 2,755,231,336.65 in emergency spend. Gold assets stand at 8,624,054,807.88.
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Treasury
Washington
The
Free Thinkers Seek Writ Against Bible Readings in Schools
New York April 18 Free thinkers led by Joseph Lewis seek a writ to curb Bible readings and religious meetings in classrooms charging the board of education funds Bibles and sectarian activity. They claim a campaign by sectarian groups to influence public secular education and hold to church state separation. A separate item notes minor injuries to two children after a separate incident.
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New York
America
Trinity Church
Joseph Lewis
the Sunt
Board of Education
Publc
Croxton Family Injured in Greenville Car Collision
Mr and Mrs J W Croxton and their two children were injured when their auto collided with another vehicle three miles east of Greenville. Mrs Croxton suffered a broken arm and possible other injuries as rescue crews assisted at the scene.
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Greenville
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Russell Middleton
Certified Public Accountant
Oliver Eakle
Batiste
Dimity
Gcod
Pennsylvania
Montgomery Ward
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