Bonnie and Clyde Die in Ambush Near Arcadia Louisiana
Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, famed crime duo, were killed when law officers ambushed them on a highway near Arcadia Louisiana. Crowds gathered as word spread and Bonnie’s mother objected to a joint burial despite Bonnie’s wish to be buried with Clyde. Clyde had previously evaded a similar fate, while Marvin Barrow died earlier with police.
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Dallas
Tex
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Bonnie
Arcadia
Texas
Louisiana
Barrow
Emma Parker
Henry Barrow
Clyde
West Dallas duo Barrow and Bonnie linked by crime
Crowds flooded Main Street as riots erupted over the deaths, converging on L A Conger's furniture and undertaking shop. Police foresaw funeral disruptions. Barrow and Bonnie, raised in West Dallas slums, began petty thefts separately before forming ties later.
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L. A. Conger
Conger
Barrow
Bonnie
Dallas
Eeach
Paroled Barrow and Bonnie See Husband Off to State Prison
Barrow had been paroled by a Texas governor and Bonnie had seen her husband off to the state prison where he still is.
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Barrow
Texas
Bonnie
67 Eighth Grade Pupils Win Scholarship Award
The largest rural eighth grade group to win state I scholarship honors will be recognized at rural school graduation at Benjamin Franklin junior high on June 8 at 2 p.m. Sixty seven of 262 eighth graders scored over 80 percent on the high school entrance exams to earn the I recognition. A strong seventh grade showing followed, with 46 failures among 260 test takers and only in one subject.
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Benjamin Franklin Junior High School
Extensions Of Water Mains Approved In Oakland Kenwood Area
After a hearing with no objectors the city council approved plans for water main extensions in the Oakland avenue to Kenwood area. Bids will be taken Monday and the project, costing about 38000 depending on materials, will be built by force account with a 30 percent PWA grant assured.
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Oakland Avenue
Kenwood
PWA
Officers Elected By New Consistory Class
After completing the thirty second degree and a 6 PM dinner, the spring reunion of Iowa Consistory ends. William S. Catlow of Cedar Rapids is elected president with Daws K. Tatum Nora Springs as vice president Allen I. Dunn Cedar Rapids as secretary Irving H. Borts Iowa City as treasurer Oscar L. Hansen Nora Springs as orator and William P. Kearns Waterloo as historian Louis Block Davenport served as sovereign grand inspector general in Iowa and spoke at the luncheon.
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Iowa
William S. Catlow
Cedar Rapids
Daws K. Tatum
Nora Springs
Allen I. Dunn
Irving H. Borts
Iowa City
Oscar L. Hansen
William P. Kearns
Waterloo
Vining Postmaster C E Hrabak Dies After Illness
Postmaster Charles E. Hrabak of Vining died in an Iowa City hospital after several days illness of septic poisoning. He served ten years as postmaster and as town and township clerk. A member of the Iowa Consistory Cedar Rapids Zenith Lodge A F and A M May Blossom Chapter 404 Eastern Star Chelsea and C A at Vining where he was vice president and committeeman. Born near Vining forty seven years ago he was a son of Mr and Mrs Wendl Hrabak Surviving are his widow Elizabeth Mochal one son Loren his mother two brothers James Conrad and Joseph Belle Plaine three sisters Mrs F A Cole Eagle Grove Mrs Anna Semotan Tama and Mrs Paul Kouba Vining Funeral services probably will be held Saturday.
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Vining
Charles E. Hrabak
Iowa City
Iowa Consistory
Cedar Rapids
Eastern Star
Chelsea
Wendl Hrabak
T.wais
Elizabeth Mochal
Loren
Gly-Cas miracle remedy sparks Cedar Rapids crowd at Thrifty Drug
A new Gly-Cas medicine at Thrifty Drug Store drew hundreds seeking relief from gas, bloating, neuritis, and nervous pain. Mrs. Ellen Gear credits Gly-Cas with restoring health after years of suffering, noting improved digestion and calmer nerves at an affordable price.
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Cedar Rapids
Ellen Gear
Cameron Court
Thrifty Drug Store
Cor
1St St
3Rd Ave
Gly-Cas
Corist St
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