Driver Drowns After Car Plunges 40 Feet Into Mystic River
A car carrying a bride Doris Cote and five others hurtled from a ramp into 40 feet of water near a drawbridge on the Mystic. Police say the edge of an old draw caused the plunge around 3 a.m. Four passengers identified as Mrs. Paul Jacoby and three others died. A diver recovered the wreck, bodies were secured, and a priest administered last rites aboard a navy vessel. In Wichita, C W Lamer was elected president of the Kansas Hotel Men's association, with M J Getto named vice president and Harry Lose treasurer. Getto also coaches KU football and previously played for Pittsburgh.
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Boston
Wonn- R. L
St. Louis Catholic Church
Henry Gauthier
Doris Cote
Paul Jacoby
Jeanette Baillargeon
Romeo J. Lagasse
Francis C. Lariviere
Lackland air base under three probes for crowded conditions
Air Force investigators from nearby Kelly Field and a senator’s subcommittee probe Lackland over crowded January housing at the giant reception center for future airmen. Maj. Gen. Lawrence says only two deaths in 28 months, none from pneumonia, and no serious illness.
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Air Force
Eugene
Zuckert
Lackland Air Force
Kelly Field
Senate Preparedness ‘Subcommittee
Senate Armed Services
Charles W. Lawrence
Lackland
Lawrence
Morse
W.ore
San Antonio
Tex
Cricket business in Simpsonville and a jail release scene
In Simpsonville South Carolina Ted Green breeds yellow wingless crickets sold as fish bait at 150 per hundred. Heating the breeding box to 80 90 degrees with a continuous electric light is essential. Crickets reproduce every two weeks while warm. Also shown is Pvt Charles Williams 19 of Revena New York released after habeas corpus petition from Rutland Vermont county jail. Judge Hulart ruled the 22 days there were illegal imprisonment under US law exempting enlisted men from civil process.
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Simpsonville
S.C. UK
Ted Green
Green
Air Force
Charles Williams
Revena
Rutland
Superio Court
Benjamin Hulart
Williams
Ashes of Sinclair Lewis laid in Sauk Centre cemetery
In Sauk Centre Minnesota mourners laid the novelist Sinclair Lewis to rest beside his parents in Greenwood cemetery after a service in the high school. The ashes, flown from Rome where he died January 10 of pneumonia, were placed with a shelf of his books as family members offered prayers and tributes. Michael pot New York attended the funeral alongside other mourners and friends.
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Sauk Centre
Minn
Sinclair Lewis
Greenwood Cemetery
Minnesota
Lewis
S. Claude Lewis
St. Cloud
Michael Pot
New York
Huge Aluminum Plant Planned for Texas Coast
Houston Chronicle reports Reynolds Metals plans a multi million dollar aluminum plant near Corpus Christi in San Patricio County on Corpus Christi Bay. Officials say final site decisions depend on unresolved issues and a formal announcement by J Louis Reynolds. Project cost cited at 85 to 100 million dollars.
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Houston
Tex
Corpus Christi
Houston Chronicle
J. Louis Reynolds
Reynolds Metals Company
San Patricio County
Corpus Christi Bay
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Corpus Chri
the Chronicle
Reynolds
Cook spurns memoirs of Mussolini's cook
The 47 year old Mario Ercoli declined a publisher’s bid to publish his memoirs about Benito Mussolini’s kitchen. He quipped he could still make the best macaroni and cheese. An American officer saved him from partisan execution after Mussolini’s death. Delegates at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association convention in Cleveland opened their annual meeting with representation from 2.8 million U.S. farm families.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Mario Ercoli
Ercoli
St Duce
R.E.A
Cleveland
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
K State Officials Take Precautions At Colorado Game
At Manhattan Kansas a fan with a shotgun walked into the Kansas State field house during the Kansas State Colorado game. Pat Murphy Topeka state president of the Kansas Junior Chamber of Commerce explained the gun was for a halftime Fat Man game. Police required Murphy to unload before entry. Standish Store Geneva New York closed its feed store after three employees were drafted and the manager was 1 A.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State
Colorado
Pat Murphy
Topeka
Kansas Junior Chamber of Commerce
Murphy
Kansas
Colorado Jaycees
K.state
Geneva
Charles Stanish
Standish
Truckload of furniture burned during move into town
A moving family bringing a truckload of furniture to Lawrence had the goods ruined by fire yesterday afternoon. Donald L. Karr from Emporia discovered the blaze at Twenty-Third and Ohio streets and halted the truck. Firemen contained the flames to the vehicle, but the furniture was badly damaged. The family, Karl and his wife with a young son, are relocating to North Tennessee Street. The Alaska highway description appears as context to a separate note.
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Lawrence
Donald L. Karr
Emporia
Ohio
Karl
Westvacn Chemical
Tennessee Street
Karr
Dawson Creek
B.C
Fairbanks
Alaska
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Ghetto
Wichita
C. W. Lamer
Salina
Kansas Hotel
Getto
Eldridge
University of Kansas
Pittsburgh
Cricket Business
Main Street
Pvelist Sinclair Lewis
State of Texas
Cook
Memirs
Cverage
Ettaces
Sr Tas
Frigidaire
America
Raymond Loewy
New “Thrifty
Henry
Post Office
Charlton Insurance Agency
Darign
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