Milwaukee River body found in murder likely of teen girl
Police say Patricia Elriam, a lighthaired 16 year old, died from a gunshot wound to the left ear after disappearance on Feb 11. The body was recovered near a concrete building, while Birmingham’s body was released from the river as fireboats searched for another woman who escaped a bridge. The victim was described as shy, never-out, and wore a jacket, bobby socks, and shoes.
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Patricia Elriam
Milwaukee
Birmingham
Jett Rhenk
Albert Lirming- Waja
Prescott Church and club notices span March activities
Prescott News lists a March calendar with church deacon and Sunbeam meetings, a Masonic gathering, and a Baptist youth event. It notes a Wednesday Bridge Club, a Junior Music Club gathering, and social plans for Prescott Chamber of Commerce Ladies Night Dinners including a Lawson Hotel style show on March 29 hosted by multiple local organizations.
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Mark Justi
Prescott Chamber of Commerce
Prescott
Chamber of Commerce
Parents Teacher Association
Rose and
Prescott Garden Clubs
Prescott Musical Coterie
Prescott Business and Professional Women's Club
Lawson Hotel
Carlene Bruner
Gee Hale
E. B. Bryson
Trunk Gilbert
Frances Thrasher
The
Chamnher of Commerce
Donations to Red Cross Campaign Reported Totals
A historical clipping lists numerous donors to a Red Cross campaign with many names and amounts. The piece records a grand total of 2 765 98 and a final overall tally of 43 65 with repeated donor lines across diverse households and figures. The text reflects a community fundraising drive with broad participation and a posted sum.
Hoover Group Urges New Department for Welfare and Education
The Hoover commission proposes creating an independent United Medical Administration merging health care from 40 federal offices. It argues current dispersal raises costs and inefficiency while the military and veterans networks would be reorganized. Critics include the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. The plan foresees a broader federal role in welfare and education and would shift Indian affairs and other services under a unified federal department.
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Washington
Department of
Noble Welfare and Education
Hoover Commission
United Medical Administration
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans Administration
Lac Hitiog
Hoover Group
Taman
Herlirt Junover
Retbrigy Defense
Mort Rosta
Vive Iathers
Fedeyal Sowiag
Office of Education
Federal
Administration
Durthey
Baroan
Ithe Iylerias Department
Russia Won't Start War If Free Peoples Stand Together
AP analyst Paul G Hoffman warned in Washington that Russia would avoid war while the free peoples of the world stand united. The piece discusses education as a tool in the Cold War, with the National Education Association panel planning spring recommendations to guide teachers and align with American foreign policy. It notes debates on presenting communism facts objectively in schools and traces Bolshevism to historic despotism in czarist Russia and its minority rule.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Paul G. Hoffman
Jahor
Washington
Russia
Hoffman Hind
Balkan
Mayors Urge Rent Control as Congress Debates Aid
Washington March 21 United States conference of mayors opened with legislative chair urging ongoing push for rent control and federal housing aid until Congress approves. About 100 bi city mayors heard Baltimore Mayor Thomas D Alesandro call for continued relief amid public housing and slum clearance needs. He urged endorsing fair and adequate rent control and reworking the federal highway act to direct at least half highway funds to city use.
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Washington
United States Conference of Mayors
Congress
Maeysr Thomas
Alesandro
Baltimore
D'Alesandro
Cassandro
D'Alesandra
Cities face growing traffic crisis says D Alesandro
Baltimore mayor argues cities cannot solve a mounting traffic problem and urges loans and grants for local school construction. He notes war baby children will soon need schools, calls for repeal of the federal admissions tax to help hard pressed cities.
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D'Alesandrn
Baltimore
Man on trial for rape of child in Fort Smith
Fort Smith March 21, a 20 year old war veteran Albert Edwail Griffin faced trial on charges of kidnapping and raping his six year old step granddaughter. Prosecutor James Gutensohn said the state will seek the death penalty. Griffin allegedly beat the child’s maternal grandparents with a metal bar and raped the girl before fleeing with her in a taxi. He was arrested near Tulsa Oklahoma. Hospital physicians said Griffin is sane. Also referenced is Major Pierre Charles L Enfant, a French engineer who laid out Washington in the Revolution.
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Fort Smith
Albert Edwail Griffin
Steydaush
James Gutensohn
Griffin Dass
T. H. Carney
Port Smith
Tulsa
Okla
Griffin
Pierre Charles L'Enfant
Washington
Water Requires More Heat To Warm It And Cool It
Water needs more heat to raise its temperature and more cold to lower it than other common substances, a fact noted in discussions of heat capacity and thermal behavior.
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Franz
Chrysler
Forage Permit Row Sparks on Erin Street Dispute
Red Fowler complains he cannot erect a forage on his Erin Street property without a building permit. He asserts property rights while Andy’s Garden Tavern owner notes the permit binds him as a license holder, protecting both the business and neighbors from missteps by others.
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Red Fowler
Erin Street
Andy
Garden Tavern
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