Collegian Clings To His Avowal Of Innocence In Slaying Of Two Salesmen
A 22 year old college guard Burgunder pleads not guilty to the murders of Jack Peterson and Ellis M. Koury in Phoenix. He states he will face the music alone and refuses parental aid while awaiting transfer to Phoenix. He writes messages to his father and mother and plans to enroll under a false name. Psychiatrists note a possible motive rooted in family crime knowledge.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Galeamen
Robert M. Burgunder, Jr
Arizona
Phoenix
Seattle
Wash
Washington State Reformatory
Burgunda
Jack Peterson
Ellis M. Koury
Richard F. Harless
Earl Sell
Johnson City
R. M. Burgunder
Ruth Burgunder
Alahambra
Calif
Burgunder
Arizona Teachers College
Tempe 29
Tennessee
Teachers ‘College
Local social notes from Hartselle and Cullman visits and births
Mrs Leveret Russell returned home in Hartselle after visiting here with Mrs Kellie Johnston. Mr and Mrs Fred Ransom announce the birth of a baby girl on April 29. Mother and baby are doing nicely at home. Mrs Mollie Brindley returned to Cullman after a visit with her daughter Mrs Tom Wade. Mr and Mrs Joe Winton were in Decatur. Born to Mr and Mrs Otto Williams a son on April 30. Miss Arieta Smith was in Hartelle. Walter Wade attended the 4 H club rally in Decatur. Mrs Guy Walker is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leveret Russell
Hartselle
Kellie Johnston
Fred Ransom
Mollie Brindley
Cullman
Tom Wade
Joe Winton
Decatur
Otto Willams
Arieta Smith
Hart@elle
Walter Wade
Guy Walker
Exhume Plan Aims to Probe Insurance Death Ring
Philadelphia detectives review drowning records in the Delaware and Schuylill rivers as authorities prepare to exhume four more bodies for autopsies to determine poison involvement. District Attorney Kelley reports nine exhumations with eight showing poison and one linked to auto homicide. Twenty-one people are under arrest in the fraud scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Delaware
Schuylkill
Charles F. Kelley
Kelley
Charles H. Hersch
Lena Winkleman
Joseph Swartz
Louis la Vecchia
Rose Davis
Abraham Sherman
Dora
Hersch
Antonio Romualdo
Romaine Mandiuk
Austinville High Junior Class Banquet Highlights
The junior class hosted a senior banquet with pink and blue decor. James Holliman served as toastmaster while Edwin Carpenter spoke for the seniors and Supt. George Woodruff and board members attended. The evening featured tables arranged cafe style with flower centerpieces and blue candles, and honored guests included Mrs. Woodruff and Mrs. Waites among others.
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Austinville High School
James Holliman
Edwin Carpenter
George T. Woodruff
W. L. Waites
J.E. Braswell
R. C. McWhorter
H—R—Leeman
Mr. Leeman
Olene Woodruff
Home Economics Department
Lora Moody
Teach
Westinghouse engineers produce mass market hot lightning
Sharon Pa May 8 1933 Westinghouse engineers claim a breakthrough with artificial thunderbolts called hot lightning produced on the production line to test transformers and power systems. P L Bellaschi explains the stroke as a low current duration discharge with temps under half of prior experiments, capable of burning targets between 100 and 1000 times longer.
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Sharon
Bede Franklin
Franklin
Westinghouse Electric &Manufacturing Company
Westinghouse
P.L. Bellaschi
Westinghouse High Voltage Laboratory
Ita
Girl Scout Official to Visit Hartselle for Talks
Miss Mary Esther Brooks of Birmingham, a Girl Scout national staff member, will visit Hartselle on May 10 to meet with Troop 1 committees and leaders. She partners with Ray Mitchell in the Dixie Region and has held national training in Cloudland Georgia Winston Salem North Carolina and Pleasantville New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Esther Brooks
Birmingham
Girl Scout
Hartselle
Nouel Miller
Girl Scout Council
Miss Brooks
Girl Scouts
Ray Mitchell
Dixie
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas
Louisiana
Cloudland
Chattanooga
Birth of a daughter announced by Taft Patterson couple
From the recent illness at her home here Mr and Mrs Taft Patterson announce the birth of a daughter on April 30. Several locals including Eva Johnston Annie Black Mary Sherrill Black and others visited or traveled to nearby Decatur and Pines for family and medical reasons over the week.
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Taft Patterson
Eva Johnston
Decatur
Young People’s Institute
Annie Black
Mary Sherrill Black
Route 4
A. R. Smith
Annie B. Campbell
C. L. Peck
Peck
T. M. Nelson
M. G. Peck
Pines
Howell Turney
Mary Peck
F. Peck
Dave Blackwell
Bob Parsons
G. Mikel
Don
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Blair
Earl Thompson
Ed Thompson
Omaha
Frances
James
Coun Somerville
Robert Burgunder, Jr
Ruby Engle
Annie Myrl Hendon
Margaret Anne Kitchens
Kathleen McRight
Elna Flynn
Annie Pearl Dendy
Christine McCulloch
Corean Vinson
Telette McWhorter
Ruth McDowra
Alice Pepper
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
W. T. Grant CO
Decatur Cab Service
Ade Yee Cf Pra
Smart Stainless
Genuine Apex
APEX
Sterchi
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