Even Chief Was Friend Of Escapee
A Summer County delegation planned to visit the governor to help Rexford Willard Carmichael, an escaped West Virginia road gang convict from 1941. Carmichael, living undercover in Gallatin for 14 years, admitted a 1939 Parkersburg store break in, saying hunger forced the act. He then served in World War II and later lived as himself.
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Gallatin, Tenn
Summer County
Rexford Willard Carmichael
Joan
Arthur Engieman
West Virginia
Carmichee
Edith Green
Parkersburg
W. Va
Road Gang
Moundsville State Prison
Akron
Ohio
Trusty Caught By Roadblock After Escape
SANDUSKY Ohio AP Larry Farr Redman 24 Canton says a trusty who fled Mansfield Reform atory camp walked away Sunday night and surrendered at a South Amherst roadblock early today A chase on Ohio 61 reached 100 mph as patrol spotted Rodman in Norwalk He drove a car owned by Douglas Ludtig of Norwalk who offered to drive Rodman to Lorain but changed plans and headed toward Norwalk Rodman then demanded the wheel threatening Ludtig with a knife before Ludtig escaped during a seat swap
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Sandusky
Ohio
Larry Farr Redman
Canton
Mansfield Reformatory
Amherst
Fedman
Ohio 61
Norwalk
Rodman
Douglas Ludtig
Berlinville
Ludtig
Lorain
Fire damages Westwood Country Club kitchen
Fire in the kitchen of Westwood Country Club Rocky River caused about 30000 dollars in damage. The kitchen had recently been remodeled at a cost of 125000 dollars, according to a club official.
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Cleveland
Westwood Country Club
Rocky River
Pony Express Centennial Riders Start 47 Miles First Day
Pony Express Centennial riders began from St. Joseph Missouri, covering 47 miles by nightfall on the first day. They aim to average 200 miles daily and reach Salt Lake City by Saturday, then California riders go to Sacramento. Governors Blair and Docking spoke at St. Joseph ceremony before about 3,000 attendees.
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Pony Express
Horton, Kan
Horton
Ayr
Neb
St. Joseph
Salt Lake City
Nia
Sacramento
Calif
James T. Blair
Missouri
George Docking
Kansas
Census records help verify identity and estates through files
The article notes the Census Bureau stores nearly a billion names in Pittsburg Kansas and offers a $3 expedited copy of records. Applications require your census year and current address, and reports can be sent to another person with notification if embarrassing details appear.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Pittsburg
Kaw
Bureau
Personal Census Service
WPA
Home break in endangers babysitter in St Clair Shores
A 14 year old babysitter told police a Black man about 22 broke into a home early Sunday in St Clair Shores. He threatened her with scissors tied her with neckties and hurt her. The homeowner Clarence Paye 31 and his wife arrived while the man was still there and he fled after stealing seven dollars and cutting phone wires. The Paye children aged 2 and 3 were unharmed.
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ST. Clair Shores
Mich
Clarence R. Paye
Paye
Hays to Keynote Democratic Mock Convention at Kent State
Kent State University hosts a two day Democratic mock convention with Rep. Wayne L. Hays of Ohio as keynote. Hays serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and will speak Friday evening.
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Kent, Ohio
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
Kent State University
Hays
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Ex-Postmaster Ellsworth Dies at 63 in Akron
William A. Ellsworth, 63, former postmaster for 25 years at Hudson, Ohio, died Sunday in Akron. He served long tenure in Hudson before his death.
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Akron, Ohio
William A. Ellsworth
Hudson
Whittaker Backs Out Of Pony Express Ceremony
Promoters expected U S Supreme Court Justice Charles E Whittaker at the Pony Express centennial in St Joseph Md. He did not attend saying he was not invited. Later found at his boyhood home in Troy Kansas he explained no one invited him to go there.
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ST. Joseph
Charles E. Whittaker
U. S. Supreme Court
Troy
Kan
Justice Whittaker
Preble County Library honors with Book Club award
A $5,000 check from the Book of the Month Club board arrived for Preble County library consolidation serving Eaton Camden Eldorado New Paris West Elkton West Alexandria. Meredith Wood club president and John Marquand spoke at a packed ceremony praising the district and Dorothy Canfield Fisher.
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Eaton
Preble County
Harry Sherman
Book Club
New York Party
Dorothy Fisher Canfield
Schermann
Preble
Meredith Wood
Camden
Eldorado
New Paris
West Elkton
West Alexandria
Sheiman
Canfield Fisher
John P. Marquand
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Marquand
Mrs. Fisher
Ike
Dorothy
Arlington, Vt
Ohio State Univer
Dorothy Malone and Jacques Bergerac Welcome Baby Mimi
Hollywood actress Dorothy Malone and actor Jacques Bergerac welcomed an 8 pound 1 ounce girl named Mimi. The duo, married last year in Hong Kong, announced the birth at a Santa Monica hospital as their first child together.
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Hollywood
Dorothy Malone
Jacques Bergerac
Mimi
Santa Monica
Hong Kong
Mazurka Named for Mazures, Polish Dance Origin
The mazurka is a Polish dance named for the Mazures a branch of the Polish nation.
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Lee Shifflett
Arthur J. Meers
Beard
Wathena
By Frank Cormier
Logan Ave
Oakland
MAYFIELD +TATTERSHALL
First Baptist
Trenton
Cypress and
Home Aves
E. S. Howerton
George W. Fletcher
State Sunday School
State Convention—Baptists
Columbus
KSU
IOU
Oime
Selma Dusenberry
Ralph Rogers
Edna Lee Rogers
Ida Mae Miller
Common Pleas Court
Butler County
Joseph T. Kiep
Charlotte F. Hermann
John A. Crist
City of
Middletown
Baltimore Street
Garfield Street
Philadelphia Avenue
First Avenue
City Planning Commission
Doris K. Schnecker
Lulra
Unio Junta
Unio
Otandara Itime
Suesaay
Javor
Oxford
Oxford Township
Highway Credit Examiner
Department of Industrial Relations
Department of Highways
Division
E. S. Preston
America
Money Management
H. H. Haskins
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