Deanna Durbin Wins Second Divorce From Felix Jackson
Deanna Durbin, 26, filed for an interlocutory decree after testsifying that Felix Jackson walked out on her. They married in Las Vegas on June 13 1945 and separated Jan 8 1947. Durbin gained custody of their daughter Jessica Louise. Ann Shirley corroborated Durbin’s unhappiness noting Jackson planned to remain away.
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Las Vegas
Miss Durbin
Vaughn Paul
Deanna
Jessica Louise
New York
Winnipeg Songbird
Hollywood
Universal-International Studios
Universal Studio
Frankenstein
Boris Karloff
Ann Shirley
Benjamin J. Scheinman
Plunging Neckline Traps Woman for Concealed Weapon
Washington police arrested and convicted Mrs. Jowell Williams after a low cut dress revealed an ice pick sheathed in her bosom. The incident, reported October 27, underscores the era’s moral crackdown on attire and weapons.
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Washington
Jowell Williams
Seven Mexican customs officers jailed in silver smuggling ring
Seven Mexican customs inspectors were arrested at Nogales on the US border for smuggling 3,670,000 silver pesos worth 429000 dollars out of Mexico. The ring involved one civilian and the Nogales commander, with trucks moving coins to buyers in Nogales, Arizona. The Treasury noted prior ring activity and market impact on New York silver prices.
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Mexico City
Nogales
Ciudad Juarez
Treasury Department
Treasury
Mexico
Bolivar Cisneros
Guadalajara
el Paso
Texas
The
New York
Beecham Praises Texas Culture Upon Arrival in America
Sir Thomas Beecham told reporters that Texas culture has reached its peak as he arrived on the Queen Mary. His season includes guest conductings with the San Antonio Dallas and Houston symphonies. He criticized bebop ambiguously and offered views on modern classical music and Attlee England.
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New York
Thomas Beecham
Texas
San Antonio
Dallas
Houston
Beecham
England
Attlee
Great Britain
Eight Escaped Prisoners Break Out of Delaware Workhouse
Eight inmates fled the New Castle County workhouse near Wilmington after overpowering guards. Police, aided by planes, hunted across Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland but found no clues. Ringleader Danny Norris, a life term slayings suspect, led the escape after engineering the prison breakout with armed guards seized and weapons seized.
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New Castle County
Wilmington
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Francis X. Burns
Father Burns
Danny Norris
Norris
Harry Harrington
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Los Angeles
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Lee R. Shannone
Mary Lee
Richie Lee
Shannon
Bank of Mexico
Del
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Elwood M. Wilson
John H. Minor
Bear Glove
Fla
Joseph Lankford
Bellefonte
Willie Edwards
Satsuma
Ala
Jesse W. Palmer
Negro
Tuscumbia
Victor Bryson
Minquadale
Edward Ernst
Edward J. Hardy
Gloucester
Mass
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