Buried in Showmen's Best Music of Big Top at Funeral
Circus music marked the funeral of Arthur Rankin Hopper in Chicago after his death on February 2 in New York City at 65. Hopper, a longtime circus icon, was buried in Showmen's Rest Woodlawn Cemetery Forest Park, with a Ringling Brothers band tape recording. He held roles from clown to traffic manager and retired as head of outdoor advertising for the circus. He left no survivors, only vast friends.
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Chicago
Arthur Rankin
Hop) Hopper
Hopper
Bill Poster
New York City
Woodlawn
Forest Park
Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus
T. Beverly Kelly
Hop
Big Top
Howling Blizzard Strains Europe Amid Flood Disasters
A blizzard sweeps northern Europe, blocking 40 main roads and 200 secondary routes in England and isolating villages. Refuges from a previous flood endure, while high tides threaten coastlines as Thames water levels rise. Authorities mobilize 24 000 servicemen to shore up seawalls and protect populated areas.
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London
Europe
England
Holland
Belgium
Scotland
Manchester
North Sea
Thames
Official Warns of Tax Crisis in California Headlines
LOS ANGELES says James Dean state director of finance warns that California faces a financial crisis next year unless additional taxes are levied. He notes prewar fiscal trouble and warns another international crisis could worsen the outlook.
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Los Angeles
California
James
Dean
Korea
California Taxpayers Association
AWOL trusty from Grange County jail recaptured at Tule Lake
Loren Ferguson, a trusted jail inmate from Grange County, walked out two weeks ago and was recaptured at Tule Lake after the sheriff’s office received word he was being held on a check charge in the upstate community.
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Santa Ana
Loren Ferguson
Grange County
Freedom
Tule Lake
Ferguson
German Frontier Not Settled Yet Conant Declares
United States official James B. Conant stated Germany eastern frontiers are temporary and to be settled at a peace conference with German representation. He reaffirmed Eisenhower’s stance does not affect Potsdam boundaries and pledged Germany a voice in the final treaty.
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Conant
Bonn
Germany
U. S
Konrad Adenauer
Eisenhower
Poland
East Germany
Harvard University
Yicrek
Willed to Friends Candy Vendor Hid $50,000
Sam Kohren, a 75 year old push cart candy vender, died Monday and left $50,000 to two friends. Public administrator Thomas Brady found Kohren had closed a safe deposit box with $40,000 to $50,000 in deeds of trust. No bank book or keys were found at his boarding house. Kohren reportedly had no living relatives.
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ST. Louis
Sam Kohren
Kohren
John C. Kappel
William McLeod
Thomas M. Brady
Waxey Gordons Pals Sentenced in San Francisco
Two more members of the Waxey Gordon narcotics ring were sentenced to prison. Frank McKee, 49, and William Levin received three year and related terms. McKee had ties to the Roger Touhy mail robbery gang. Levin was once a partner of Black Tony Parmagini.
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San Francisco
Waxey Gordon
Frank
Blackie) McKee
William Levin
McKee
Roger Touhy
Levin
Tony” Parmagini
Light Sentences For West Coast Narcotics Ring
Federal Judge Louis E. Goodman handed down light sentences of 18 months after the West Coast narcotics defendants pleaded guilty to trafficking in heroin and aided prosecutors in the case.
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Louis E. Goodman
Rule Clubwoman's Death as death by own action
ST PETERSBURG Fla. Coroner Edward Silk ruled the strangulation of Mrs Alma S Lyons 56 a prominent clubwoman as a personal crisis death. The body was found with a nylon stocking knot around the neck nose stuffed with cotton and a pillow over the hand. Silk noted the knot would not produce it alone indicating self strangulation with hosiery. Det Dennis Quilligan provided details of the investigation.
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St, Petersburg
Fla
Edward Silk
Alma S. Lyons
Silk
Dennis Quilligan
One A Day Multiple Vitamins Ad Card
An old advertisement promotes ONE A DAY BRAND MULTIPLE VITAMINS. It claims to prevent vitamin shortages that cause low energy and lack of ambition. The copy urges readers to buy the LUE package with the biz "ED 1" at their druggist’s today and notes increased B-12 content.
Widow of Robert W Manages Finances Amid Turmoil in Lyons
A widow facing financial difficulties hints at distress following the death of her husband Robert W Lyons. National attorney seeks to talk with her doctor on Tuesday as Ku Klux Klan entangles local tensions and a troubling note surfaces amid the night.
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Robert W
Lyons
Ku Klux Klan
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