Daytona Beach Humane Society chief admits killing wife
Walter R. Hoffman, 44, Dayton Beach Humane Society superintendent and dog warden, confessed to injecting his wife with two shots of a barbiturate after a night of drinking. He said he wedged her in a chair and she died an hour later. Hoffman faced second degree murder charges after an autopsy noted minimal barbiturate levels.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Humane Society
Walter R. Hoffman
W. W. Judge
Hoffman
W. W. Schildecker
Halifax’ Hospital
McMahan Rites To Be Thursday In Windfall
Elwood funeral services are set for Austin McMahan 65 at Edwards funeral home Windfall with burial in Brookside Cemetery. Surviving widow Aud rey a brother Elmer ArceMa han two sisters Virgil Foreman Kokomo and Frances Bates Kokomo. Born 1892 Rigdon son of Arthur and Dolly McMahan he work ed for Delco Remy Anderson and had been ill since February.
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Elwood
Austin McMahan
16Th St
Edwards
Windfall
Brookside
Audrey
Elmer ArceMahan
Rigdon
Arthur
Dolly Brattain McMahan
Audrey Rush
Delco- Remy
Anderson
Elwood Lions Club
Armory
Carl Reener
Markleville Alpha Pi Epsilon Sigma Alpha Installs Officers
Miss Martha Belle Shaw installed as president of Alpha Pi Chapter in Markleville at a dinner meeting near Yorktown. Officers include Betty Elliott as vice president and Laurene Collins as corresponding secretary with Florence Moore recording secretary Mildred Morrison treasurer and Virginia Hays educational director. Retiring president Mrs. Joan Goberville received a past president pin and gifts.
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Markleville
Martha Belle Shaw
Alpha Pi Chapter
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Yorktown
Betty Elliott
Laurene. Collins
Florence Moore
Mildred Morrison
Virginia Hays
Joan Goberville
Josephine Thornburg
Ruth Scott
Virginie Wilkinson
Oscar Titus
Jim Holmes
Johnny
Sammy
Kennard
Raymond Woolman
Methodist Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Frances Shaw
Phil
Angela
Rex Collins
Freda
Jackie Sue
San Antonio
Texas
Collins
Roy Collins
Cassius Mauzy
Janet
Express Pact Nears Finalization in Nationwide Strike Talks
Near CHICAGO a long running strike by the Railway Express agency may end as a settlement is expected in New York on Wednesday. The plan offers a 15 cent hourly raise to over 2000 Teamsters with a retroactive start and cost of living escalator. Local approvals vary with Philadelphia and St Louis voting against the terms, while Chicago Cleveland Cincinnati and San Francisco reported support.
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Chicago
Railway Express Agency
Teamsters Union
New York
Francis A. O'Neill
National Mediation Board
San Francisco
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Newark
St. Louis
Teamsters
Navy
Express
Alexandria Social Activities Highlight Local Groups
Local clubs and sororities in Alexandria held meetings and socials at the Shaw and Ruby Richards American Legion home and various homes. The American War Mothers, Kappa Delta Phi Sorority, Job's Daughters, and Bethel No. 43 of the International Order hosted gatherings with installations, games, and a rummage sale planning session. A farewell dinner honored Mr. and Mrs. Hollingsworth before their Urbana move.
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Elwood
Viola Hamilton
Themittee
Mesdames
Anna Marie American War Mothers, Inc
Shaw
Ruby Richards
American Legion Home
Emily
Gillespie
Sylvia
Sykora
Building Lawn
Roy
Kappa Unison
Mildred Fite
Cor- Delta Phi Sorority
Elizabeth Breedrove
State Appearath
To Mesdames
Louise Etchison
Hammons Plumbing Shop
Edna Kenper
Eileen Neese
Mary Jane Lewis
Joyce Garner
Betty Hughes
Thelma Lilly
Evangeline Sherman
Hoppenrath
Jane Bourff
Larrtta Hembree
Agnes Murray
Grace Harris
Amy Plummer
Mildred Groman
Stella Strecker
Murray
Velma Henson
Job
Alexandria
Arthur Hollingsworth
Urbana
T Tll
Jack J. Gaens
N. Canal St
Meat Department
Cox's Super Market
Hollingsworth
Clarence Adams
Mary Sue
George
Gaither
Clarence Swift
DeVere’ Anderson
Janith
Rosemary
Jackson
Marion Kellum
John Maire
Kenneth Williams
Marion
Gocns
David
Alzina Pennock
Fatty
Bethel No.43
International Order of Job's
Joyce Chapel Methodist Daughters
Bobbheld
Sara Jane Rich- Holder
Thejards
Keith Ashby
Ashby
Mary Baker
Chris Emery
Anita Goins
Bbtty Fetz
Jeannine Lewis
Beta Sigma Phi
Peter Verhaagh
Senator moves cancer warning on cigarette packs
Elwood Cecil Ray Ford of New Comerstown faces a court after climbing St Joseph’s cross. lawmakers back a bill requiring a cancer warning on cigarette packs while critics doubt the need and caution against misuse of warning rhetoric. The bill would urge a warning about cancer from prolonged smoking and aim to inform smokers rather than ban the habit.
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Elwood
Cecil Ray Ford
J . New Comerstown
Washington
Sen. Wal
Jace F. Bennett
St. Joseph’s Cath
Robert Fort
Sersby
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate Commerce Committee
Bennett
Leroy E. Burney
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Congress
Detroit Policeman to Become Monk in Arkansas Trip
A Detroit policeman with 28 years on the force plans to give up his badge Aug 1 to join the Holy Ghost Brotherhood in a Roman Catholic missionary order. Weglarz says exposure to global poverty while patrolling has led him to seek religious life. He reflects on lessons from the road as he prepares to resign from the force. The article notes his years of service and various assignments including hospital detail and holdup duty.
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Earl Coy
Lyman -Coy
Muncie
Weglarz
Holy Yfr
Fred Bryant
Ghost Brotherhood
John Goodong
Cyrus Brown Jr
Emporia
Cyrus Brown
Nelson Brandon
Vascout
Frank Matthews
Andersen
Vis
Carey Gregory
T Avery
Dean Beaman
Thomas Stanley
Flint
Mick
Fred Stanley
Anderson
United States
Phillip Temple
Mexico
Venezuela
Brazil
Paul Browning
U.S
Community group installs officers and directors
Mrs Mildred Wright presided as installing officer as officers and directors were installed including Guardian Mrs Katherine French associate guardian Fra men French secretary Mrs Ruby McGill treasurer Mrs Hazel Rupert director of music Mrs Kathryn Wiseman and finance committee Mesdames Mary Bohlander Florence Havens and others.
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Mildred Wright
Guardian
Katherine French
Framen French
Ruby McGill
Hazel Rupert
Kathryn Wiseman
Mesdames
Mary
Bohlander
Florence Havens
Break-In Hits Epworth Assembly Burglarized Plants
Eighteen youths from Epworth Methodist Church events were among those involved in a weekend theft at the Ready Mixed Concrete sions site in Elwood. A safe was opened, fingerprints found, and two other Elwood plants Stevens Spring Co and Gentsch Manufacturing Co were burglarized in the 200 block on 28th Street. Estimated loss ranged from 100 to 150 dollars.
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Elwood
Alexandria
Epworth
Lake Webster
Muncie
Stevens Spring Company
Mother Of 3 Charged In Check Forgeries
A Knox mother Marilyn Holbrook age 25 was charged with passing forged checks hours after her husband was sentenced in Michigan for forgery. Authorities say the couple roamed the state passing rubber checks in Winamac Sha Franklin Sullivan and Fowler.
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Winamac
Ind
Michigan
Ralph Galbreath
Marilyn Holbrook
Knox
Wini Sha
Franklin, Sullivan
Fower
Why Grow Old and Look Well Says a Male Grooming Column
A Midwest column discusses changing views on male grooming from vanity to health. It notes antiseptic after shave lotions reduce infection, suggests good diet and dry skin care, and mentions thinning hair may be hereditary. Readers are invited to request a leaflet “Short Routine for Men” by Josephine Lowman.
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Gary
Elijah
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Mark Noble
Ray Southern
Mercy
Nancy Wogerman
S. 21St St
Harold Gross
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Howard Koons
Ralph D. Hanshew
S.1
Ralph Smalley
Gary Anderson
Tipton
John Shay
Anderson, Copher and Fester Ambulance
Budapest
Hungary
Garrett G. Ackerson Jr
Foreign Ministry
George'c.' Johnson
Madison County
Madison County Board of Education
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Wausen US
Martin J. Smith
Hugh M. Morrison
Indianapis
Apegee
David Lee McCorkle
Brownsburg
Raymond. Hickman
Frankton
Galen G. Barrow
S. 23Rd St
Holland S. Burgess
Yukon
Okla
Billy McFarland
Zionsville
Robert G. Dawson
Toronto
Canada
John William Souza
Stockton
Calif
Donald W. Buehrer
Chillicothe
Ohio
Paul L. Roberts
Indianapolis
Joseph Louis Ballon
Lawrence
Helen Marie Hosier
Clyde Black
Swartz. Creek
Mich
Richard Phillips
J St
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Stair
Fairmount
Minola
Jodn
Cooper
Brown
Walkerton
National, Cancer Institute
Elvis
American Cancer Society
Straw
Owensville
Leonard
Luty
Detroit
Linwood
Arkansas
Fant Lee
Paul Greene
Pratt & Lambert
Masory
Madison Ave
Alex
Ronald Lynch
Marvin. Lynch
W. Church SL
Andersons
Helen Pittenger
Sue ‘Weaver
Carole “Taylor
Betty Wallick
Susan’ “Hines
Sharon Berry
Aileen Allen
Gay Willis
Bill Wallick
Stephen, Ray
Ronnie + Summers
Don Lynch
Tim Frye
Phillip Cox
Louis Harrison
Gene Faughn
Alexandria Fire Department
W. Broadway
Rich Alexandria
Ate Scious
Avalon Block
W. Monroe St
Oery
Bian
Michael Lenis
S. Wayne
Vera
John Nathvitich
Richard
Marie Rairdon
Platts
York
Everett Greer
W. Mad
Iso
The
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Kiktha
Wenund
Boy ‘Scout
Ray Wirt
Lad
Josephine Lowman
Register and Tribune Syndicate
Des Moines
Iows
Uwax
Hutchinson
Edgewood
Bolinger
Sunace
Kiapps
T2sack
Corlite Texaco
Ies Sibart
Ara
21St
Pearl Open
Mercury
Monterey
Associated Motors, Inc
Tith and Central
G. D. Giddens
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