Dying Man And U S Secret Service Informer Break Mass Murder Case
A dying WPA laborer Alfonsi triggers a Philadelphia poisons murder plot. Secret Service informer Neumeyer infiltrates Petrillo’s ring, leading to indictments and dozens of gravestones opened as investigators uncover a long running insurance killing network. Petrillo’s death penalty verdict followed by widespread frenzied inquiries and new suspect rounds.
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U.S. Secret Service
Secret Service
Ferdinand Alfonsi
WPA
Philadelphia
Herman Petrillo
Samuels. Riccardi
France
Sings
New York
Sing Sing
Delaware
Fort Dupont
Del
George Neumeyer
Neumeyer
Petrilo
Newark
Petrillo
Alfonsi
New Jersey Shore
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promises Fast Malaria Relief
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a proven malaria remedy. It claims quick relief from chills and fever and a buildup effect from tasteless quinidine and iron, urging immediate use at the next attack and broad availability in drugstores.
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Grove
Courland hosts refined bridge party for Mrs Austelle
Mrs Frank Coburn hosted a five table bridge party for Mrs Malcolm Austelle, with garden flowers and chantilly crystal lemon dish as the prize. High score went to Mrs James Blythe, consolation to Mrs J F Hollenbeck, and a beverage set prize awarded via a bell ribbon draw.
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Malcolm Austelle
Louise Davis
Frank Coburn
J. F. Hollenbeck
Widow and Petrillo Arrested for Long Running Poison Plot
Police linked a decade long mass murder spree to Alfonsi and his widow and Petrillo. One month after the poison killing surfaced, both were arrested on murder charges and investigators began peeling back the years of hidden crime, triggering rapid subsequent developments.
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Alfonsi
Petrillo
James L. Dugger Laid To Rest In Carnegie
James L. Dugger died at Allegheny hospital in Carnegie on May 27 at 11 55 p m after kidney and heart trouble. Survived by wife Margaret Catherine and numerous children including Algie D Dugger James C Dugger William E Dugger Charles M Dugger D E Legg Lillie Dugger James M Campbell plus one brother three sisters and 19 grandchildren. Services held May 29 at George P Hackus mortuary conducted by Rev W D Barber with interment at St Johns cemetery Carnegie.
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James L. Dugger
Allegheny Hospital
Carnegie
Mr. Dugger
Margaret Catherine Dugger
Algie D. Dugger
Belle Mina
Ala
James C. Dugger
William E. Dugger
Charles M., Dugger
East Carnegie
D. E. Legg
Athens
Lillie Dugger
James M. Campbell
T. O. Dugger
Mary Olinger
Decatur
Mitt Mooney
Emma Teaples
Veto
George P
W. D. Barber
First Christian Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Laymen's League Enjoys Entertaining Monthly Meeting
Members of the Laymen's League enjoyed a lively program with vocal solos by Ken Vance and performances by Miss Betty Pirtle Miss Virginia Gillman and more. Bill Patton filled in with remarks on Alabama and its resources noting the state could withstand war if isolated. The gathering ended with community singing and refreshments.
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Decatur
Flip” Timberlake
Bertha Sue Edwards
Annetle McCullouch
Bill Patton
Alabama
Presiding Elder Lists Itinerary for Decatur District
Dr. M. E. Lazenby, presiding elder, will travel to Elkmont Sunday morning to preach at 11 o'clock and lead conference after lunch. Rev. W. H. Pettus is pastor. Sunday evening he will visit Oak Grove on the Salem Walnut Grove charge where Rev. Thelmer Vaughn is pastor. The quarterly conference follows the sermon.
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M. E. Lazenby
Decatur
Elkmont
W. H. Pettus
Lazenby
Oak Grove
Salem- Walnut Grove
Thelmer Vaughn
Hurst Purchases five room bungalow
D S Hurst bought a five room bungalow at 308 Fourth Avenue West as an investment. John Patterson Co Inc acted as brokers and property managers for HOL.
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D. S. Hurst
Fourth Avenue
West
John Patterson Co., Inc
HOL
Free outdoor show brings Dixie Girl bird dog and acts to city park
Three night free event in the city park starts Wednesday at 7 30 p m with acrobats comedians singers and dancers. Dixie Girl the wonder bird dog from Louisiana pointers headlines as the best trained bird dog. Gunter the magician Snuffy the comedian and others perform as local merchants fund the show.
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Dixie Girl
Gunter
Snuffy
Tennis Sparkman
Decatur
Hitch Hike Case Has Unusual Turn in Alabama
Sheriff reports a reverse hitch-hike robbery in Greenville Alabama last week where three motorists two men and a woman fined five dollars each and sent to twenty days labor after pleading guilty to petit larceny. J B Mott lost twenty five cents from a ride north from Brewton and was dropped near McKenzie.
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Greenville
Ala
Brooks Bargainer
Alabama
J. B. Mott
Brewton
McKenzie
Fort Deposit
Mott
Bargainer
Mystery Photo Dry Cell Chute Test Fails in Park
A puzzling device claimed as a photo dry cell chute invented by Mayor Abrams of Asbury Park New Jersey malfunctioned when Tortariello jumped from an Atlantic Highlands pier and landed in the water. The umbrella inverted after the test, and Tortariello earned $20 while Abrams reportedly avoided conducting the demonstration himself.
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Mayor Abrams
Asbury Park
N. J
Tortariello
Abrams
Tax Board Opens Appeal Docket At Courthouse
The new tax equalization board began sessions Monday and reviews about 30 cases for the term. John M. Maxwell serves as secretary as the panel meets at the courthouse.
Graves Confident ICC Will End Unjust Freight Rates
Former Governor Bibb Graves, back from Washington, said he expected the Interstate Commerce Commission to remove what he called prevailing unjust freight rates against the South within eight to ten weeks.
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Graves
Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
South
Alabama Boys State Officials Convene with Government Leaders
Officers of Alabama Boys State met with state county and municipal authorities today to conduct a citizen democracy experience at Lagoons Park. The gathering linked participants with local leaders to showcase governance training and civic engagement.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Experiece
Squrban Lagoons Park
Reunion of Morris Family Gathers at Historic Homestead
On Sunday June 4 the descendants and relatives of the late Mr. and Mrs F S Morris held a reunion. Graves were decorated in the morning and a luncheon spread on the old homestead grounds. Relatives listed include Morris families from Haleyville Birmingham Blountsville Parkville Decatur Pulaski Falkville Hartselle Lacon and Birmingham with spouses and grandchildren present.
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F.S. Morris
Bacon
L. G. Morris
Haleyville
L. B. Hendon
Vera
Annie Myrl Hendon
Greer Hendon
Decatur
G. D. Tucker
Pulaski
Tenn
A. C. Morris
Birmingham
W. A. Morris
Claude
Ralph Morris
Blountsville
Earl Suggs
Mildred
Carolyn Suggs
Melvin Moody
Hartselle
Milton Hardin
Lacon
Melvin Hardin
Vivian
Venera
Herman Hardin
Parkville
Roy Morris
Catherine
Jo Ellen
Frank
Ernest Morris
Harold Parker
Scottie Parker
Austin Couch
Morris
Jack
Winfred Couch
H. E. Morris
Battles
Allen
Clay Morris
Robert Arthur
Mhaleyville
Fred Summerford
Howard Segars
Falkville
Cow ties tail to tree rescue in Kingstree tale
H R Morris searched for his missing cow in Kingstree South Carolina and found the animal entwined by its tail around a small tree. The snarl was so tight he had to cut down the tree to free Bossy the cow.
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Kingstree
8. C
H. R. Morris
Bossy
Morris
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