Elderly Chicagoan Wins Congressional Election
CHICAGO James B Bowler 77 longtime Chicago City Council dean won a special election to replace the late Adolph J Sabath. Bowler a West Side Democratic politician beat Republican Philip J Boffa 31509 to 6228 to fill the unexpired Sabath term in the 7th Illinois district. Bowler will bring Democrats to 211 seats in the House to 221 Republicans two vacancies and one independent. Sabath died two days after a 24th term re election at age 86 with term through January 1955. Bowler runs an insurance business and once led a private posse during Prohibition era.
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Chicago
James B. Bowler
Adolph J. Sabath
Bowler
West Side
Philip J. Boffa
Boffa
Rep
Sabath
Illinois
Real Estate Transfers and Cancellations Noted
Deeds show transfers for multiple lots with varied sums from $1.10 to $15.40. Cancellations include properties moved to Citizens Building and Loan and West Side Federal for several parcels with values up to $4,000. Notable entries include Green A dwellings in Estill County and Somerville National Bank parcels in Seven Mile and Oxford areas.
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Wilmer Allspach
West
Chester Edwards
Prud. Ins. Co
Sharon
Herman Lotz, Et al
Columbia Fed. S
Seven Mile
Civil War Vet Williams Proves Health At 110 On Texas Farm
Walter W. Williams, a 110-year-old Confederate veteran and oldest survivor, was found in good health by Veterans Administration doctors while living on a 20 acre Texas farm near Franklin. He recalled not liking towns, enjoys tobacco, and plans to outlive his grandfather’s record of 120. Doctors note normal blood pressure and cardiogram, fitted him with a hernia truss, and advised vitamins. He lives with his 80-year-old wife. they had recent stay with children in Houston.
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Houston
Tex
Walter W. Williams
Veterans Administration
Franklin
Texas
R. S. Wolfe
Williams
V. A
Marriage Ends On Rocks After 72 Hours In Detroit
DETROIT Jose Rizo Rodriguez a 29 year old Mexican admitted slugging his bride after she said he stinks Carmen Camego a twice married mother of four testified to Recorder Judge Martha W Griffiths that the marriage lasted 72 hours and she left due to lack of car home and stench Rodriguez denied the charge saying he baths daily at the YMCA He received a suspended sentence and Camego was sent back to Mexico
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Detroit
Jose Rizo Rodriguez
Carmen Camego
Rodriguez
Recorder's
Martha W. Griffiths
Carmen
Mexico
Wednesday and Thursday club meeting schedule list
Meetings occur Wednesday for Knights of St John at 7 p.m. in St John’s basement and FOPA Lodge 2 at 8 p.m. at the Police Pistol Range Germantown. Thursday items include Kiwanis Lions noon at Manchester Hotel Toastmasters 7 15 p.m. Gardner room AEIF Executive Committee 7 p.m. Knights of Pythias 7 38 p.m. Castle Hall Alpha Council Jr OUAM 7 30 p.m. 19 North Broad IOOF Lodge 7 30 p.m. hall Kiwanis Directors 7 30 p.m. Middletown Branch 188 NALC 8 p.m. AFL Building Alcoholics Anonymous 7 45 p.m. Moose Ledge 8 p.m. Elks Temple Blythe Williams Post Auxiliary American Legion 8 p.m. Silver Leaf Social Club Junior Chamber of Commerce 6 p.m. LeSourdsville Lake.
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Knights of St. John
St. John's
FOPA
Germantown
Kiwanis and
Lions Clubs
Manchester
Toastmasters Club
Gardner
AEIF
Knights of Pythias
Lafayette Lodge
Castle Hall
Alpha Council
Jr. Ouam
North Broad S
Elks Temple
Blythe-Williams Post
American Legion
Silver Leaf
Junior Chamber of Commerce
LeSourdsville Lake
Effect Of A-Bomb Blasts On Homes To Be Studied
Civil Defense Administrator Val Peterson told a House subcommittee the government will spend 477000 to build two story and row brick houses for future atomic blast tests. Dummies in recent tests highlighted defenses for family type air raid shelters as the United States allocates funds to protect homes and streets.
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Washington
Civil Defense
Val Peterson
Nevdan
House Appropriations
Peterson
Mrs
America
Senators Boost Budget With $20 505 000 Bill
Washington senators boosted the labor welfare budget by 20.505 million dollars in a single day, voting 15 increases with no proposed cuts. The total measure rose to 2.02894 billion, up from 1.980706 billion in the House version, including a 15 million increase for federal grants to states for hospital construction.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
End For Rent Controls Now Under Study
Washington rent stabilizer Glenwood J. Sherrard told Congress he studies eliminating all federal rent controls as soon as possible. Most controls expire July 31, with defense-area exceptions until June 30, 1954, totaling about 50 areas. He said he aims to close the program by presidential order.
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Washington
Glenwood J. Sherrard
Congress
Sherrard
House Appropriations
Boston Kids Get 5 Toads To Replace Elmer
In Pensacola Florida five horned toads were mailed to Boston school children to replace Elmer the toad from New Mexico. Elmer died in the New England winter after a governor action blocked the original export. The Florida toads were billed as hardier and arrive to cheer the students who asked for a real live horned toad.
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Pensacola
Fla
Florida
New Mexico
Boston
O. E. Edwards
Elmer
New England
Oddities from Congress on ink bottles and cuspidors
CREAGH recounts quirky House and Senate notes from a legislator round up. Rep Oakley Hunter jokes GSA trims ink sizes and paper clips to cut costs while Rep Charles Howell notes sightseers gauge session days by cuspidors outside the Capitol. Rep Norris Cotton shares a quip about a quorum call during a talkative constituent visit.
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Creagh
Washington
Oakley Hunter
Rcalif
General Services Administration
GSA
Charles R. Howell
Capitol
Senate
Howell
Capitol Rotunda
House
Minister's Wife Declared Insane After Attack Case
Betty Louise Griffith a 27 year old Baptist minister's wife admitted to trying to beat her two babies with an electric iron. She was declared insane and committed to Patton State Hospital by Judge L N Turrentine on psychiatrists' recommendation. Daughters Kathleen three and Genevieve two are in hospital with fractured skulls. Griffith said the children kept her from accompanying her husband Reverend Wilbur J Griffith on church duties at Palm City.
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San Diego
Calif
Betty ‘Louise Griffith
Patton State Hospital
L. N. Turrentine
Kathleen
Genevieve
Ordnance Probe Reveals Waste
New York based congressional probe on defense materiel sales yielded reports of misallocation and idle work. Rep. Hess said hearings may produce strong recommendations for Congress. Witnesses described unneeded tasks and paid but unused inspectors in defense plants. Names of witnesses remain undisclosed.
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New York
Congress
Armed Services
Hess
Ohio
Defense Activities Subcommittee
House Armed Services Committee
New Jersey
Price List Dropped In Malaya Guerrilla Battle
The Malayan government announced dropping the reward scale for Guerrilla information due to a renewed security situation. Rewards ranged from 650 dollars for a private to 83,000 dollars for the secretary general of the Malayan Communist Party.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
Malayan Communist Party
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