Lafayette woman shot dead as husband wounded in shooting
In Lafayette Indiana Mrs Anna K Davidson 36 was killed while seated in her living room and her husband Byron Davidson 48 critically wounded in the head. Coroner suspects she was murdered and he attempted suicide. The couple’s 14 year old daughter heard radio but saw no quarrel. The weapon a .32 revolver found in the room. Davidson a Lafayette post office clerk with an otherwise excellent record. They moved from Cleveland five years ago.
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Lafayette
Ind
Anna K. Davidson
Byron Davidson
Lowell C. Smith
Davidson
Home Hospital
Laafyette Post Office
Cleveland
Tips on Positions Given by Service
Indianapolis report urges youths to favor manual and mechanical careers over white collar work. The Indiana Employment Service survey highlights strong paths for boys in tool and die making machining aviation mechanics and for girls in stenography office work beauty culture nursing dietetics and clothing textiles design. It notes marriage may affect opportunities differently by field and stresses planning ahead before training.
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Indianapolis
Ind
J. Bradley Haight
Indiana State Employment Service
Bays Dedicates New Spencer Post Office
Fred F. Bays Indiana Democratic chairman dedicates the Spencer post office building and defends government programs as benefiting the majority. He criticizes selfish opposition that refuses to support welfare policies for all people.
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Bays
Spencer
Ind
Fred F. Bays
Indiana
Spencer Post Office
United States
Mr. Bays
Major Operation Saves Windsor Lad Horse Life
Windsor Lad a Derby and St Leger winner from 1934, underwent a second major head operation at Newmarket. Ten British veterinary surgeons led by Professor O Connor treated a brain growth threatening the stallion, with recovery anticipated for next season at stud.
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London
Newmarket
Great Britain
Professor O'Connor
Dublin
Windsor Lad
Martin Benson
Becknell Urges June Clipping For Pastures In Worthington
R H Becknell of the cce camp at Worthington says permanent pastures should be clipped this month with a mowing machine for two reasons. clipping promotes fresh nutritious growth for late grazing and helps control weeds after a wet spring. systematic clipping prevents weeds from maturing seed and protects pasture vitality.
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R. H. Becknell
Cce
Worthington
Becknell
Benefits of permanent pastures for soil conservation noted
The article argues that perennial pastures reduce soil moisture loss in hot July August periods. It highlights clipping reseeding and use of limestone and phosphate as key practices, with Becknell endorsing these methods as central to better land use and soil retention.
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Becknell
Woman 80 is fatally struck near Vincennes
Mrs. Jane Thompson, 80, died after being hit by a car in front of the White River Inn near the Hazelton bridge in Vincennes. The driver Z. E. Downs reported the accident to the sheriff after stopping at the scene. The victim had just left a northbound bus with her granddaughter Mrs. Mae Phillips of Vincennes.
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Vincennes
Ind
Jane Thompson
White River Inn
Hazelton Bridge
H. M. Arthur
Hazelton
Thompson
Princeton
Mae Phillips
Priceton
Saron Reformed Society Holds Meeting Here
Mrs. William Harting entertained the Ladies Aid of the Saron Reformed church in her city home. Devotions were led by Mrs. William Bovenschen with scripture readings and prayer. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Gl Teslaeman and Mrs. Grace Pope. The next meeting will be an all day event at Mrs. Anna Steins in Westphalia with a potluck luncheon.
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William Harting
Ladies Aid Society
Saron
William Bovenschen
Sophie Kramer
Geo, Tlaseman
Grace Pope
Anna Stein
Westphalia
Terre Haute Nine to Play Miners in Sunday Test
Linton M'errs face Terre Haute St Patrick's on the local diamond at 2:30 pm. Lefty Jarvis will pitch for Terre Haute with Tuck Wolfe catching. Do-Do Donnally, Shamrock coach, to perform before the game with his duck Jasper as he rides into the box.
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Linton M’rers
St. Patrick’s
Terre Haute
Hassock
John Sullivan
Phil Cartwright
Ang Vanena
Dick Harden
Linton
Do-Do Donnally
Shamrock
Do-Do
Duck Jasper
Rockets and the impossible dream of lunar travel
Dr J W Campbell of Edmonton told the Royal Society of Canada that a moon voyage by rocket is physically impractical. He outlined two propulsion ideas and argued mass and control limits make interplanetary trips unfeasible with current physics.
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Montreal
Mount Robson
J. W. Campbell
Edmonton
Royal Society of Canada
Campbell
Mars
Moon
Society
Earth
Indiana Tax Inspectors Check Carnival Income Across State
The Gross Income Tax Division deployed a flying squadron to review itinerant merchants and show companies at Indiana fairs for the 1938 season. Director Clarence A. Jackson announced plans for 1939 enforcement noting non residents earning Indiana income fall under the tax. In 1957 seventeen thousand two hundred seventy nine out of state taxpayers paid a near three million dollar total.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Clarence A. Jackson
Jackson
Mayor confiscates bean shooters after neck injury in Clyde
Mayor William Blair of Clyde Ohio ordered all bean-shooters seized and destroyed after a boy used the mayor’s neck as a target. He had earlier reprimanded his marshal for scolding children with the spring-loaded toys.
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Clyde
Ohio
U.P
William Blair
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