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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1950

Page

6

Society Notes From Local Clubs And Meetings

A garbled society page lists gatherings of Delta Delta and other alumni groups at Castle Tea Room and homes on Westwood Road with Easter messages, desserts, and hostess duties. The National Association of Letter Carriers and multiple civic clubs plan luncheons, meetings, and craft events featuring readings, music, and needlework across several neighborhoods this week.

Ro H. Wagwaff I- Westwood Road Desnert Mra. R. R. Strait Robert C. Swift

Japanese Family Falls Into Canal Tragedy

A Tokyo family of six perished after entering a drainage canal to escape hardship. The father, mother, and four children disappeared as the mother carried the youngest on her back. Police report the family, including Shizue aged one, were last seen entering the canal early morning. the father had lost his factory job that fall.

Tokyo Shizue Shinichi Hiroko Nox Ryoto Tannosuke

Death by own action feared in traitor disappearance

Los Angeles April 4. The sheriff’s office listed the puzzling vanishing of convicted wartime traitor Theodore Donay, 51, a Detroit importer, as a possible death by own action. He disappeared Saturday from Catalina Island as a mysterious submarine sighting unsettled southern California coastal waters. Authorities said no evidence tied the events together. A note found in Avalon hinted at deportation fears and gratitude to friends.

Los Angeles Sheriffe Theodore Donay Detroit Prson Raturday Catalina Island California Hin Pound New Sunday Nonny Avalon Gamer ‘Brown Brown Rudd

Congressmen Travel to Florida for Spring Practice

Congressmen who played in last summer’s Democratic Republican baseball game will depart for Florida near Monday for a week of spring practice. Invited by Representative Heriong D-Flat during the Easter recess, the trip aims to blend politics and sport with a gathering of Republicans and Democrats.

BO Congreesmen Florida Heriong

Was Inventor and Actor Lawrence Holes Dies in Accident

Pasadena April 4. Death has taken Lawrence Holmes S4, who as an inventor once worked with Thomas A. Edison and as an actor. The report notes his early collaborations in California and his contributions to early electrical projects.

Maurice Barrymore Holmes Edison mm Lawrence Holes Pasadena Calif Lawrence Holmes Thomas A. Edisenland

Divorce Award to Kay St Germain and Jack Carson Case

Los Angeles reports singer Kay St Germain won a divorce from comedian Jack Carson. The judgment gives her custody of their children and includes 950000 cash plus 15000 per year tax free in addition to the separation. They wed in 1940 and the testimony cited Carson’s mean behavior.

Los Angeles Kay St. Germain Jack Carson Carson John Germaine

A Suspended Sentence in Fatal Georgia Auto Crash

A Kansas soldier, Pvt. Thomas E. Holmes alias Thomas Lefort, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in a fatal October wreck near Warrenton Georgia. He received a 12 month sentence suspended on payment of 598 funeral and hospital costs for three killed and two injured. Authorities say Lefort crossed the center line causing the collision with Frank Johnson’s car.

Warrenton Kansas Thomas E. Holmes Thomas FE. Lefort Garden City Kan Lefort Frank Johnson

Power line sparks death of 13-year-old in Oakwood

In Oakwood Oklahoma April reports say a power line blew onto a telephone wire and electrocuted Jimmy Goulding 13 while answering a drugstore fire call. His parents Felix Mathis and Mrs Mathis run the town telephone exchange. Trooper G B R Shulze said the fatal shock occurred when the youth touched a live wire.

Oakwood Oklo Apr Jimmy Goulding Felix Mathis State Highway Patrol G. BR. Shulze

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