Chicago Housewife Slain and Letters Lead to Man
Chicago police traced a web of letters and a diary after Mrs Ruby Johnson 44 was found slain in a west side alley. A man named Joseph Kafka was later found fatally shot on the first green at Marquette Park Golf Course. A diary in the victim’s purse reportedly held romantic passages and a gun was found nearby along with a blood stained coat and letters. Her husband John Johnson 44 identified her. Detectives searched for Kafka as a hotel manager said he checked out last night. Col Ted Davis Apache Indian 1012 Hoffman St hospitalized in St Marys with chest pain after months in Washington. An Indian friend accompanied him home. Tests ongoing.
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Chicago
West Side
Johnson
Wees Aketmenenls
G“Iscovereo Fieaer We Wuiana
Ruby Johnson
Joseph Kafka
Kafka
Marquette Park
Carl Smitley
John Doyle
Mrs. Johnson
Col
Ted Davis
Hoffman St
St. Mary's Hospital
Washington, D. C
Col. Davis
B 50 crashes into apartments killing crew and residents
A Boeing B 50 bomber clipped an apartment building in Seattle, killing three crew members Frank A Dodaro Charles A Dews and Vanderwielen and eight residents while injuring twelve others. Firemen searched debris as Boeing investigated a test flight from nearby Boeing Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Boeing Airplane Co
Frank A. Dodaro
Kingston
WN. C
Charles A. Dews
Austin
Texas
Vanderwielen
Conviction Angers Former Policeman Rushton
A former police sergeant Roland R. Rushton aged 52 in Los Angeles received one to five years for receiving stolen property. He enraged and shouted threats against prosecutors who helped convict him. Denied a new trial and probation, he left the force years ago after an earlier Mendocino County acquittal in a punch board case.
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Los Angeles
Aue
Roland R. Rushton
Los Angeles Department
Comoneres
Sin
Rushton
Force
Mendocino County
Man Who Claimed 30 Years Sleep Dies in Beverly
John Healey aged 94 died yesterday in Beverly Massachusetts. He had claimed he had not slept for 30 years and said he rested by sitting in a chair for four hours each night. His sensational account attracted local attention and sparked curiosity about his long wakefulness.
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Beverly
Mass
John Healey
Healey
Balloons Carry Freedom Leaflets To Czechs From Munich
In Munich on August 14 two thousand balloons released by the American Crusade for Freedom carried 2,000,000 leaflets to Czechoslovakia. The message promised a new wind and daily support from the free world. Some balloons were designed to explode at 30,000 feet, dispersing 2,300 pamphlets each over Czechoslovakia.
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Munich
Germany
Czechoslovakia
American Crusade For Freedom Organization
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School For Leaders
California Heights Communs Methodist Church
Gene Markley
Susan Heasley
Walter E. Benjamin
James H. Hughes
California Heights Church
Judy Greenwood
P.T
Peter Nelson
al Mason
Thomas
Evelyn Smith Macabee
Boeing Company
Seattle
Boeing Field
Ng Testec
ERJOY
Barner Healing
Barnes Bros
Long Beach
Biv
Long Beath
Huntington Park
E. Florence
Eoess
Bonk
Spriea
Ian
Panne
Dutch Boy Paint
Pine Ave
E. Anaheim
ATG Tel
San Francisco
Portland
Long Howth
Western Air Lines
Electrolux
Ornir
Pine Vacuum Cleaner CO
Eli
PETRI
Orange Ave
Broadway
Warrenty
Toolad Feather
M-W
Ray
Lovell Wringer
Dawa
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