Manhunt continues after 1947 Wilmington detective slaying
Danny Norris an 18 year old life prisoner convicted of killing Detective Thomas Conaty on Christmas 1947 pleads for an aspirin and fights Harrington, injuring Guard Harry Beck with a sash weight. Norris and accomplices surprise guards, disable them, and move toward the prison lobby as alarms start.
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Danny Norris
Wilmington
Thomas Conaty
Harrington
Harington Py
Harry Beck
Beck
Nortis
Charles Lynch
Prisoners Seize Arsenal, Lynch Led In Escape
An inmate gang overpowered guards at the prison arsenal using Lynch’s keys and marched Lynch in front, while a guard opened fire as the fugitives fled. The event occurred after an attempted escape that involved a printing shop and a warden’s office. Magellan’s ships once carried cloves priced highly.
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Norris
Lengfi
Elwood H. Wilson
Lynch
Ate House
Rainelle Engineer Dies At Train Controls
Rainelle and company officials report E. C. McCoy about 60 died of a heart attack while piloting a double header freight engine. Fireman C. E. Scott took over and continued the run.
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Rainelle
E. C. McCoy
C. E. Scott
Portrait Of John Kee To Be Hung In Capitol
Washington reports that a portrait of Rep. John Kee will be hung permanently in the United States Capitol following a long standing custom. Alfred Jonnieux, a renowned French artist, will paint Kee during the current congressional recess in preparation for an unveiling with Rep. Charles A. Eaton, Kee’s predecessor as chairman. Both portraits will be hung in the committee room in the next Congress.
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Washington
John Kee
D-Wva
United States
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Alfred Jonnieux
Kee
Charles A. Eaton
RNJ
I the Charmanship
Congress
Grafton Refrigeration Service Advertisement
Grafton Refrigeration Service advertises commercial and domestic refrigeration solutions at 231 Walnut Street with telephone number 437 1444 W.
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Grafton Refrigeration Service
Walnut ‘Street
Parcial Historic Agency Listings on Lincoln and Pottery Lane
Parrish Agency offers multiple old style homes for sale near Lincoln Street, Rt. 50 West Hazel Allas Bridge, Pottery Lane Parkview, and Thayer Street. Listings describe 5 room bungalows with basements, baths, furnaces, gardens, garages, and favorable loan terms. Contact 207 W Main Grafton or 701 after 5 p.m. to arrange inspections or financing.
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Superior
Rt. 50
Hazel Allas Bridge
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Blondie
Chick Young
Ozarks
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Smut
Dick Tracy
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UZ Sawyer
Roy Crane
Satrick
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Clarence Gray
Han Abe
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Joan
Raymond Pritchard
Ferdinand Magellan
U. S. National Forest
Isser Boer
Meir T
Tubiansky
Israel
Sie
Rusty Riley
Frank Godwin
Rusty
Bee
Blake
Patty
Sik
Rasil
Brenda Starr
Saeno
Brenda
Big Sister
Abketha
Snow
Skeeter
IS Grayson
BY Les Forgrave
BY Wally Bishop
Capitol
W. L. Leiter
Parrish Agency, Inc
Lincoln
Pottery Lane
Parkview
Thayer
Furnace & Bath
W. Main Grafton
W. Va
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