Jealous Suitor Kills Four in Ontario Family Tragedy
Police say Walter Letson a 55 year old former suitor killed Wilson 42 Hugh 45 and his wife Mary 40 and Percy 38 at the West Montrose home after abducting 19 year old Eleanor Springer and shooting himself near dusk Sunday. Muss Springer survived with a head wound.
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Ont
Walter
Pat) Letson
West Montrose
Eleanor Springer
Muss Springer
Walter Letson
Wilson
Hugh
Mary
Percy
Refugee Legions Fuel Intrigue Across Postwar Italy
Rome reports a large influx of refugees and defectors from Russia and the Balkans, with Poles and Ukrainians forming networks under leaders like Bor. Slavs, Yugoslavs, and Russians settle in Italian towns, some aided by Allied papers, while opposition groups and émigré circles organize in Trieste and Rome.
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Italy
Europe
Russia
Giuseppe
Antonio
Maria
Bor
Warsaw
Milan
Mihailovic
Pavelic
Macek Agrarian Party
Italian Adriatic
Jugs
Trieste
Tito
Dolbukin
Marshfield Youth Named To Head Boys State In 48
Glenn Tinkham of Marshfield was elected president of the American Legion Boys State board. The 1948 program will run June 12 to 19 at Ripon College for up to 600 Wisconsin boys, with a $28 participation fee underwritten by Legion posts and service clubs. Adelbert Beyer, Wauwatosa, named vice president. Val W. Ove, Milwaukee, executive director. John F. Mann Appleton, three year term. Charles Curran Manitowoc, two year term.
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le Ae
American Legion Boys’ State
Glenn Tinkham
Marshfie
Ripon College
Wisconsin
Legion Posts
Adelbert Beyer
Wauwatosa
Val W. Ove
Milwaukee
John F. Mann
Appleton
Charles Curran
Manston
Beaver causes pole damage cuts 11 phone circuits
In Houghton Michigan a beaver chewed down a telephone pole east of Baraga, cutting 11 circuits between Houghton and Nestoria. Michigan Bell repair crews traced the outage to the animal as a busy beaver disrupted local service Saturday.
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Houghton
Mich
Northernichigan
Michigan Bell Telephone
Here
Nestoria
Baraga
Duck Amazes Onlookers After Bicycle Run Over
Donald the durable duck aged five weeks astonished Croydon onlookers as he trotted behind his owner A Dellaway on North End. He was struck by a bicycle but shook off the dust and continued on.
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Duck
London
Donald
Croydon
England
A. Dellaway
North End
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