Sorrowful notes linger in town as families mourn
A damaged local page recounts condolences and social events. A message from Mrs Fay Ripley notes sorrow in high school halls. Community members travel to Magnolia A and M for a concert by Westminster Choir. Local social life includes bridge parties hosted by Mrs Lamar Cox and visits by students resuming studies at Hendersonville and Arkadelphia colleges.
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Joe Wimberly
Henderson State Teachers’ College
Arkadelphia
Frances Yocum
Marian Smith
Hendersonville Teachers College
Lamar Cox
South Elm Street
A. W. Young
K. &. Broach
Tenn
Nannie Jeli
J. 5. Shults
J. Lieblong
Tommit Seymour
Brooks Shults
Fulton
J. J
Litte Rork
Westminster
Basil Edwards
Jean Laseter
Himmet Story
Mary Louise
Dilpha Keith
Dick Watwaz
Vincent Foster
J. KK. Welliams
J. C. Carlton
F. Cook
Weldon Taylor
Nancy Fae Williams
Magno- Wilson
Margery Dildy
Marthe Houshan
Nancy HL
Megnolia A. & M. College
Alaska Highway Plan and Budget Debates
Washington reports explore a 24 foot gravel road linking U S highways with Alaska. Discussions consider Canada building the route across British Columbia with U S funds aiding a 40-500 mile segment. Magnu son aims for a concrete proposal within a year and costs could approach 20 million dollars.
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Washington
Alaska
Innis
States
Warren Magnuson
Congress
U S
Anada
U. S
British
Columbis
Snowstorm Hits South Arkansas Hard
A fast moving snowstorm swept into Arkansas from the southwest, blanketing much of the state Monday morning with temperatures near 20 degrees. Texarkana reported its worst snowstorm in years as snow measured about an inch by 8 to 9 a.m. Hot Springs saw snow by 10 a.m. and Little Rock reported snow around 12:30 p.m.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Texarkana
Hot Springs
Evolution of the college greeting through years at Wirtenberg College
Professor R H Hiller notes a shift from students saluting professors in 1885 to 1905 greetings of how do you do. In 1918 the greeting became a simple hello and today the common form is hi.
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Springfield
R. H. Hiller
Wirtenberg College
Mary McElroy Victim of 1933 Kidnaping Committed Suicide
Mary McElroy 92, daughter of former Kansas City city manager H F McElroy, shot herself at home after decades of trauma from the 1933 kidnapping. She left a note citing “your tenth penalty now” and had shown interest in her captors, two of whom are imprisoned and another served time. Her death ends a long, troubled chapter linked to a famous ransom case.
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Kansas City
Mary McElroy
H. F.mcelroy
Inez Strange
Misa McElroy
Miss McElroy
Feber's Tavern Reminiscence of Old Nebraska Village
Excerpt from Mark L. Felber’s Feber's Tavern recalls pioneer life in a Nebraska village with humor and vivid detail. The village barber, Nicodemus, is described as an artistic yet rough-handed practitioner during a era of hand-operated beauty and quirky local characters.
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Nebraska
Mark L. Felber
Danner Press
Akron
Felber
Ferber
Cowlishaira
Nicodemus
Hollywood Behind the screen: Before Death knocked at Douglas Fall
A hazy Hollywood item column notes pregnancies and star power including Janet Gaynor Adrian and Vivien Leigh with wartime production woes. It mentions Grand National assets auctioning, Lana Turner gowns, and censors striking at Warner and Chaplin films while foreign correspondents size up postwar entertainment.
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Europe
Dorothy Parker
Miss Parker
Lita Parlo
France
Ingrid Gergman
Hollywood
Lana Turner
Jack Smart
Jack Benney
Darryl Zanuck
18Th Century-Fox
Fannie Brice
Warner
Navy
Japan
Germany
Ohio
Martin’ Greene
Douglas Fall
Bus Driver Fred Scott Returns to School at Andrew Lewis High
Salem Va AP feature profiles Fred Scott, 25, a Roanoke county bus driver who quit school in sixth grade, then resumed academics after three years, now a sophomore at Andrew Lewis High School aiming for the ministry. He commutes 47 miles daily from Brus Mountain Ashbottom and Kesles's Mill areas, and works as a stone mason on Saturdays.
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Salem
Fred Scott
Roanoke County
Scot
Andrew Lewis High School
Fred
Brus Mountain
Ashbottom
Kesles's Mill
Dies Probers Get Verdict in House
In Washington the House Rules Committee, after a brief and stormy hearing, unanimously approved the Dies Committee on Un-American Activities for another year and sent the legislation to the full House on Monday.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
House Monday Legislatior
Dies
Paramount Theater Burns in Clarendon Fire
In Clarendon the Paramount theater burned Saturday night discovered by a boy who saw fire in a flue, likely from an overheated stove. Owner H. E. Lynch reports a $15,000 loss, partly insured. J. W. Crabtree notes $2,000 theater equipment loss with insured coverage. Mrs. Coy Ramsey's beauty parlor incurred only minor damage.
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Clarendon
Paramount Theater
Strambie
H. E. Lynch
J. W. Crabtree
Coy Ramsey
Girl Incident Reported From Church Shooting Attempt
A 12 year old girl slipped into a church on Sunday and knelt by her mother before an incident connected to a shooting is described in the report from Villaynova Ps. The details remain fragmentary and unclear in the available text.
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Villaynova, Ps
Unclear OCR Fragment Hints at Family Shooting Case
Fragmentary report indicates a girl identified by police whispered that she shot her father with a .32 caliber pistol. Police Captain Balling presided over the incident as authorities pursued related elements in a tense sequence.
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Polic Tain
William E. Shaffer
Lower
Merion ‘Hi
Balling
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Hans Christian Andersen
John Halford
Helen
England
South
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United Brewery Industrial Foundation
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New York
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Aberdeen
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Erlend
Miriam Hopkins
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Douglas LI
Janet Gaynor
Adrian
Grand National
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Fred Macmunnay
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Butch
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