Convict's Daughter Lona Ackerman Faces Death and Funeral
Lona Ackerman mourns her father in Bridgewater after a prison escape leads to a car crash, death of the warden, and sensational press coverage. She endures public scrutiny, isolation, and the weight of rumors as she contemplates Jim Claridge and life beyond prison.
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Lana
Daddy
Bridgewater
Lewis
Lena
Mr. Ackerman
Lona Ackerman
George “Lefty” Noonan
Railroad bluff claim sparks tax protest in Nashville
Nashville Tenn March 18. Leon Jourolmon of the state railroad and utilities commission called a railway president proposal to withhold taxes a bluff. The statement responded to Fitzgerald Hall of the Nashville Chattanooga St Louis Railway who said he would seek board approval to refuse tax payments on competing transport means.
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Nashville, Tenn
Leon Jourolmon
State Railroad and Utilities Commission
Fittzgerald Hall
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
Slayer Still Eludes Posse Near Powell Wyoming
Boril Durand, 26, evaded a large posse after wounding two officers at Powell. He overpowered Undersheriff Noah Riley in Cody jail and fled into the hills east of Yellowstone, armed with four rifles and skilled with a 22 caliber rifle. Durand, a jailbreaker serving six months for game poaching, hunts silently among the mountains where no fires reveal his hideout.
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Powell, Wyo
Yellowstone National Park
Boril Durand
D. M. Baker
Park County
Charles E. Lewis
Powell
Durand
Noah Riley
Cody
Wyo
Riley
Hille
J. M. Klindt
Two Held to Jury in Slaying at Opelika
In Opelika Alabama March 18 two men face murder charges in the death of Lieut William D Davis. Dairyman W Herbert Bush and his helper Daniel Lee Major are held on five thousand dollar bond and no bail respectively as grand jury action approaches in May. The body was found burned inside a car near the Bush home on February 12. Police say Captain Thomas Drake found a hatchet in the car but Bush denies ownership and Major testified Bush struck Davis with a hatchet and set the vehicle on fire.
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Opelika
Ala
W. Herbert Bush
Daniel Lee Major
William D. Davis
Bush
Fort Benning
Main
Leutenant
Thomas Drake
Army
Anne Adams pattern 4075 for plus sizes advertised
The notice promotes pattern 4075 by Anne Adams for larger women with a button front frock design. It details fabric needs, available sizes 34 through 48, and includes options such as collar styles and sleeve variations. A book and pattern bundle price is listed.
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Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
Pattern Department
W. 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Plan junked in Postoria as park ordinance fails
Plan for a park as you please, dubbed an on your honor system, is shelved after city officials, nearly in unison, conclude the approach won t work four days after its introduction in Postoria Ohio.
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Postoria
Bortoria
Mrs Kelly Littrell Hosts Bridge Club in Moulton Scene
Mrs Kelly Littrell hosted a Wednesday Bridge Club gathering. High score prize went to Mrs Clark Weatherwax and consolation to Mrs R M Byars Jr. Twilight dessert featured a tuna fish salad platter and iced tea. Guests included Mrs R M Byars Jr Mrs James Miller Mrs John Davis. Miss Mary Forest Sims arrived from Memphis to visit her mother Mrs Sadie Sims. Mr and Mrs George Sanders and their little daughter of Birmingham were mentioned in attendance.
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Clark Weatherwax
R. M. Byars, Jr
Iced Tea
James Miller
John Davis
Mary Forest Sims
Memphis
Sadie Sims
George Sanders
Birmingham
Six Die in Alaska Plane Crash Tragedy Recalls Earlier Loss
Six people perished when a Marine Airways plane crashed en route to Juneau after signaling icing conditions. Coast Guard Haida recovered victims from wreckage near Glass Peninsula just offshore, including veteran pilot Cope and four other passengers. Authorities noted arming positions suggesting passengers braced for impact and Marine Airways had offered a $1000 reward for locating the craft.
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Alaska
Marine Airways
Coast Guard
Haida
Ona
Charles Ashby
Northland
Juneau
Cope
Anchorage
George Chamberlain
Washington State
John Chapper E. E. E
Earl Clifford
Jack Lennon
Craig
Lennon
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Ruth Ray Kane
Steven Poi
Miss Ackerman
Lona
Jim Claridge
City
Jim
Posse
ST. Louis
Dorothy Lamour
Lloyd Nolan
la Lamour
Mississippi
Berlin
Ernst Neumann
Lithuania
Mia
R. 8. Sanders
Rayburn Jackson
Herman Cowan
John Davin
Mrs. Bar! Aldridge
Decatur Highway
Moulton
Kelly. Littrell
Bomber T
Fang
MARG
Gene Akern
Tne
James
Acme Telephotos
Penney
Penney’s
Penney Company Incory
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