Texas and Mississippi Senate Fight Draw Washington Attention
Washington watches a three way Texas race for the late Morris Sheppard seat as ex governors Allred Moody and O'Daniel contend amid allied Mississippi politicking. Absentee voting procedures spark questions from Rep Patman while Texas congressmen divide between Allred and Moody supporters.
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Washington
United States
Texas
Morris Sheppard
Josh Ler
Oklahoma
Southwest
Mississippi
Jim Eastland
Senate
W. Lee O'Daniel
Fastland
O'Daniel
James V. Allred
Allred
Moody
Sheppard
Rayburn
Bonham
Patman
Congress
1 000 Plane RAF Raids Fall Short of Expectations
British air experts assess the 47 nights since the Cologne attack and find the 1 000 plane raids underperforming. Weather, bomber force strains, and lack of long range escort fighters are blamed for the shortfall.
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RAF
Cologne
Germany
Associated Press
Winston Churchill
Emden
Bremen
United Nations
RAF Bomber Command
Egypt
India
Soldier Who Could Not Resist Women's Throats Sentenced to Hang
Courthouse records list warranty deeds for Gus Owens et al and W. Scofield to G F Gratch with dates in July 1942. Marriages licenses include George L Johnston with Maudice Todd and several couple pairings such as Benjamin Baker with Nar cessa Crammer, Roy Gilman with Emma Box, and W W Hibdon Jr with Agnes Melugin.
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Gus Owens
EF. L. Dillon
Glenwood
W. M. Scofield
G. F. Gratchfield
George L. Johnston
Maudice Todd
Benjamin Harold Baker
Narcessa Crammer
Roy Lee Gilman
Emma Ernestine Box
W. W. Hibdon, Jr
Agnes Melugin
Clemency Hearing Is Postponed for Henry and Burks
The clemency hearing for Annie Beatrice Toni Jo Henry and Fin nan Burks, condemned for murder in Houston, was postponed indefinitely after Henrys lawyers sought more time for her appeal. Related dispatches note wartime meat contract impacts and a separate Austra lian court martial sentencing Pvt Haward J Leonski to death for strangling three women.
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New Orleans
Annie Beatrice
Toni Jo) Henry
Finnan Burks
J. P. Calloway
Houston
Tex
Henry
Leonski
Administration of Justice
U. S. Army
Leonski Characterized as Psychopathic Personality
The report labels Leonski a psychopathic personality and notes he sometimes drank a mixture of beer ketchup ice cream and pepper.
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Leonski
Pauline Thompson
Gladys Hosking
Violent MecLeodk
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KPRC
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Britain
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Theowne Petty
Colorado Springs, Colo
Los Angeles
Courthouse Records
South Africa
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Haward J. Leonski
New York
Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde
Hunsley
Hunsley’s
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New York City
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