Co Operative Club Meeting at Liberty Memorial High School
The Co Operative club gathered at Liberty Memorial High School cafeteria for an evening program. Supt. EB Novotny presided as CHEMICAL demonstrations by RUE Wood and other school staff provided entertainment. A ladies merit program is planned for April 1 at Lake View club house with reservations required.
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Co-Operative Club
Liberty Memorial High School
Eaty School
Uninioand
Eninr High School
EB. L. Novotny
Rue. Wood
Oliver Hobbs
Amunyst
Schoolia
Bennett Smith
Schow
Ralph Graber
Eening High Achoal
Ralph van Helker
Heme Eenne Omica
Surman Emlncott
Lake View Club
Junius Underwood
Thinks Police Slipping in Springfield Bicycle Theft Case
Seven year old Bobby McCord doubted police efficiency after reporting a stolen bicycle for the second time in three months. He cried last Christmas when officers took six hours to locate the bike he had just received, then left the youth surprised when an officer later returned the bicycle already found.
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Springfield
Mo.m
Bobby
Parsons man jailed for life in first degree murder case
Walter Jones aged 54 was sentenced to life at hard labor in the state penitentiary for the February 24 murder of Stella Selanders Wise, 32. Jones pleaded guilty to shooting the woman at her home and to shooting himself, claiming jealousy was the motive. The wound from his self-inflicted shot allowed recovery.
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Parsons
Kan
Walter Jones
Fife
State
Stella Selanders Wise
Jones
Miotiv
Not at Brother's Rites Relatives Attend Homer Collyer Funeral
Relatives attended the burial at Cypress Hill cemetery for Homer Collyer, 65, a recluse found dead of natural causes in a landmark Upper Fifth Avenue brownstone. Langley Collyer, 61, who had lived with him in seclusion for decades, did not attend the service. Police had hoped Langley would appear if alive after the body was discovered March 21.
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New York
Cypress Hill Cemetery
Homer Collyer
Langley Collyer
Upper Fifth Avenue
Langley
ARMY
Sgt Bly Reports and Pearlson Draft Notes in Tokyo
Sgt Bly states Cecil R Pearson of 20 Funston Avenue received a three year enlistment and is assigned to the First in Tokyo. He notes high demand for high school graduates in officer and flying cadet training programs as the war effort expands. In Greece, a destroyer shelled guerrillas on Mount Pelion near Volo, with heavy enemy losses and quarters destroyed. Buffalo Bill’s fame arose from his contract supplying buffalo meat to constriction forces on the Union Pacific Railroad.
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Harry Bly
Cecil R
Funston Avenue
Pearson
Firat N
Tokyo
Japan
Sergeant Bly
Athens
Archaion
Mount
Pelion
Volo
M FL Cady
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo
Union Pacific
Delinquent Taxes In Five Thousand Two Hundred Fifteen
The article notes delinquent taxes totaling 5215 with more than half in arrears, collected by Anderson sherff Will Johns and reported to the county treasurer. A separate item describes a jail-ward case where a man, claiming he was here to report for parole, was denied access at a state prison gate. Also includes news that President Truman canceled a Cleveland speech reportedly due to business pressures.
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Nephi
Utah
Hunted Pair Caught After One Hour Manhunt West of Lecompton
Kansas City men Benjamin J. King and Charles A. Brummell were captured by highway patrol near Santa Fe tracks seven miles west of Lecompton after a one hour manhunt. King, 25, is a parolee from the Colorado penitentiary and Brummell, 27, both held for investigation of possession of a stolen automobile and carrying a concealed weapon. The pursuit began when two men ransacked Herbert Alexander’s car on Highway 40, fled in a 1941 Ford coupe, and were chased with lights out until located west of Lecompton. A .38 caliber pistol was found on King. The Ford had been stolen from a Kansas City dealer. King boasted of a Denver police chase in a stolen car.
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Teo Kansas City
Santa Fe
Lecompton
Harvey Schmedemann
Benjamin J. King
Colorado State Penitentiary
Charles A. Brummell
Kansas City
Schmedemann
Herbert Alexander
C. A. Petterson
Highway 40
Alexander
Petterson
Norwegian Freighter Tommelsten Sails After Fuel Mix Victory
The Norwegian freighter Tommelsten, en route from Norway to Cuxhaven with fresh herrings, ran short of coal due to stormy weather. A bright fellow suggested mixing herrings with the remaining new fuel, which proved successful and helped the ship reach port.
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Oslo
Tommelsten
Norway
Cuxhaven
Germany
Contested Candidate George Dixon Mentioned in Salt Lake City
A garbled note references George Dixon amid campaign chatter at the Geneva plant. Herbert B. Maw reportedly declined to speak for either Troup while CLO and AFL groups campaign locally.
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Salt Lake City
CLO
AFL
George Dixon
Geneva
Herbert B. Maw
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Sgt
Bly
Cecil Pearson
Chinchilla S
Deme du Bole
Renny Brusin
Frances
Isp
Burt
Phyllis Burt
Yosem
Richard Rhoywar
Chandan
Anderson
Sherff
Will Johns
Andelin
Deneputy
Aid Aimeur
Eemere Iit Wien
Salt Lake
Truman
Washington
White House
Cleveland
Miss
Charles G. Russ
WGME
Stowits Rexall Drug Store
First Methodist Church
Lawrence
Christ
House of Veronica
Jerusalem
Veronica
Franklin
Cory
Orova
Igerater
Golly
Franklin XX
Edmonds’ Fountain Service
Miller & Malott Ph
Mass
Lwarry
Kellys
Len Larcom
Henry Wagner
2Nd Ph
Re Rensen
Ash
Tella Fia
Long
Jack
Little Miss
Growing Girl
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