Sitdown at Bancroft Mansion Ends In Partial Isolation
Doris Furst the Texas widow occupies Joseph Bancroft's Westchester mansion and endures cutoffs leaving only water. Electricity and telephone service are off while she plans to stay until a settlement for her unborn child, allegedly fathered by Bancroft, is reached. She heats meals with canned fuel and bars meat from spoiling in Bancroft's freezer.
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White Plains
Joseph Bancroft
Westchester Manion
Doris Furst
Texas
Bancroft
Co-Ed Club Plans Park Swimming Party Tuesday
Wayne Oliver club president says the Co-Ed Club will hold a swimming party at Thompson Park at 5 30 PM Tuesday despite rain and cold. Afterward, members will move to the YWCA for an open house dance.
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Thompson Park
Wayne Oliver
YWCA
Banner Month For Collectors at Amarillo Post Office
Amarillo postmaster James Ely announced a busy stamp rollout this month with 18 more stamps to be printed before December. The new issues include One Hundred Years of Progress of Women and Commemoratives for figures and places such as Francis Scott Key, Juliette Low, Gettysburg Address, and Fort Bliss, among others.
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James Ely
Congress
New York City
Mr. Ely
Francis Scott Key
Oregon Territory
Harlan Fiske Stone
Palomar Observatory
Clara Barton
Poultry Industry
Gold Star Mothers
Fort Kearny
Indian Centennial
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Will Rogers
Fort Bliss
Maina Michael
Juliette Low
Gettysburg Address
American Turners Society
Joel Chandler Harris
Not Wanted for Dollar Reasons Not Wanted for Dollar Reasons
Randolph Ward Aldridge a 32 year old with an international criminal history is in a Minneapolis hospital with a broken back and faces extradition offers from Honolulu and Memphis none accepted. Authorities note the hospital would be glad to see him moved as ambulance costs exceed 500 dollars a month and prosecutors hesitate to prosecute him for charges including grand larceny fraud and probation violations while he remains unidentified by several aliases.
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Tenn
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Bernath
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Ralph Collins
Hawaii
Ernest Craig Hunt
Ralph Ernest Craig Hunt Collins Aldridge
Doctor and Wife Give Majority of Fortune to Holzer Hospital
In Gallipolis Ohio Dr Charles E Holzer and his wife donate about 750000 to fund the 75 bed Holzer Hospital. The gift supports residents in a five county region around Seaman Kenneth J Brown, son of Leona McElvany, is visiting this week after basic training in San Diego at the US Navy Training Center.
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Charles E. Holzer
Holzer Hospital
Holzer
Seaman Brown
Kenneth J. Brown
Leona McElvany
North Arthur
Ee Training Center
San Diego
Name-Calling Reds Rally At Madison Square Garden
About 20 000 protesters gathered at Madison Square Garden for a Communist Party convention denouncing Democrats and Republicans while praising Russia and Henry A Wallace. William Z Foster led as kernoter, defending progressives and condemning Wall Street influence. indictments loom over Foster Dennis Williamson Winston Davis and others.
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Madison Square Garden
Russia
Henry A. Wallace
William Z. Foster
Convention Kernoter
Wall Street
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Wallace
Progressive Party
Foster
Glen H. Tayior
Dewey
Communist Party
Well Street
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John Williamson
Henry Winston
Benjamin J. Davis, Jr
Dennis
Houston Man Faces Murder by Auto Trial
Testimony begins in Houston for W. O. Hopkins 25 charged with murder by auto in the Dec 1 death of 11 year old Donald Thibodaux. The boy died from a throat wound after a collision with Hopkins’s car. his mother says Hopkins was drunk.
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Houston
Tex
W. O. Hopkins
Donald Thibodaux
N. T. Thibodaux
Hopkins
Amarillo Industrial Plan Receives State Charter
The Amarillo Industrial Plan Inc was granted a charter by the Texas Secretary of State. Capitalization is $55000. Incorporators listed include Jesse Rogers chairman Gene Klein Paul Allingham Jay Taylor Hugo Loewenstern Ed Hardin and Charles Ware.
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State Charter Board
Texas Secretary of State
Jesse Rogers
Gene Klein
Paul Allingham
Jay Taylor
Hugo Loewenstern
Ed Hardin
Charles Ware
First Poliomyelitis Victim Named In Wichita County
Sidney W. Lane Jr a five year old son of Mrs Sidney W Lane of Vernon died in a Wichita Falls hospital yesterday of polio He was the first summer victim of the disease in Wichita County
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Wichita Falls
Sidney W. Lane, Jr
Sidney W. Lane
Vernon
Wichita County
Communist Ideals Against Violence Statement
An archival fragment quotes a Communist group asserting they oppose force and violence. The text emphasizes adherence to Marxist principles and rejection of terrorism, assassination, conspiracies, and coup d etat as methods.
Sneak Thief A Snake Thief In Pigeon Egg Case
Jerry Hess of 1504 East Fourth reported missing pigeon eggs and watched. On Monday he caught a bull snake in the act of feeding on a squab, punished it with a stick, and believes his pigeons are safe again.
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Jerry Hess
East Fourth
Jerry
Deavers Return From Salt Lake City Vacation
Mr and Mrs Jack Deaver of 3901 East Eleventh returned from a vacation trip that included Salt Lake City and travel through the Teton range in Wyoming.
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Jack Deaver
East Eleventh
Salt Lake City
Teton Range of Mountains
Wyoming
China Frees Son of Jap Puppet Leader Paroled for Collaboration
Wang Wen-ying, 29, son of the wartime puppet ruler, was paroled after serving half of a 31 month sentence for collaboration with the enemy. The justice ministry cited fund shortages for the release. The Egyptian government seeks sale of silver jewelry in the United States.
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China
Nanking
Wang Wen-ying
Ministry of Justice
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