Two Die in Bancroft Shooting Near Brueauregard Parish
In Bancroft Louisiana on Saturday night two men were killed and two others injured in a shooting. Deputy Sheriff Barney Perkins identified the dead as Clarence Cooper aged 75 and Rufus McMahan. Emerson Ashworth was seriously wounded and an unidentified Black man was slightly hurt. Clinton Ashworth, brother of the wounded man, is held in the Brueauregard parish jail in connection with the Fray.
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Bancroft
Barney A. Perkins
Clarence Cooper
Rufus McMahan
Emerson Ashworth
Perkins
Clinton Ashworth
Brueauregard Parish
Jealous Suitor Kills Divorcee Then Takes His Life
In Willow Lake North Dakota, 39 year old Lester Crisp shot and killed 30 year old divorcee Mrs Belva Arends, Clark county deputy treasurer, in a parked car near her home. He then killed himself in a trailer house after threatening a bystander who fled for help. No inquest planned. Arends had been divorced about a year.
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Willow Lake
M. D
Belva Arends
Clark County
Emil Scharn
Lester Crip
Crisp
Ralph Maltby
128 Year Old Pancho Camacho Seeks More Time Alive
BROWNSVILLE Texas June 12 Pancho Camacho who says he is 128 years old expressed a wish to live a few more years. The census interview revealed his life with the Gavito family at Big Champion Ranch near the Rio Grande. He recalls crossing the border as an orphan and fighting near his home Civil War era skirmish.
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Brownsville
Tex
Pancho’’ Camacho
Pancho
Champion Ranch
Rio Grande River
Senor
Francisco Camacho
Rio Grande
United States
Valentin Gavito
Gavito Ranch
Dam swept cruiser over Cumberland dam. three survive
In Nashville on June 12 a small inboard cruiser with motor dead went over a 12-foot Cumberland River dam. Three men aboard were saved by two young boaters. one passenger, seven year old Sol Corenswet, is partly paralyzed and wears leg braces. Morris Corenswet, 40, was cut on the leg by windshield fragments. The others suffered only shock.
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Nashville
Tenn
Cumberland River
Sam Silverman
Sol Corenswet
Corenswet
Morris
U.N. Group To Reassess Jerusalem Control Issue
United Nations trusteeship council meets to consider the Jerusalem international control plan. Israel and Jordan refuse the statute, while the United States and Britain urge assembly referral. Iraq delegate Awni Khalidy signals Arab states’ dissatisfaction with Israel’s compromise plan. Russia withdraws support and boycotts the session.
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Lake Success
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Jerusalem
U. N. Assembly
U. N
Geneva
Israel
Jordan
Htvly
Anges Council
U. S
Awni Khalidy
Iraq
Council
Soviet Union
Russia
Belasco Theatre Hosts Immanuel Gospel Temple Opening
In Los Angeles on June 12, worshippers filled the Belasco theater, now purchased by the Immanuel Gospel Temple for 200000 dollars. Organ music and hymn singing replaced swing tunes, lurid billboards vanished, and the main floor drew a packed crowd for the first time in weeks.
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Los Angeles
Belasco Theater
Immanuel Gospel Temple
Requiem Mass For Musical Comedy Star Sallie Fisher
Sallie Fisher 69 longtime musical comedy star dies of heart disease Thursday night in Twenty Nine Palms California. She and husband Arthur Houghton lived at their desert home 37 years. Fisher once appeared opposite John Barrymore in The Stubborn Cinderella in Chicago, toured Broadway in 1908, then vaudeville before retiring in 1919. The article notes a 1930s period of tulip speculation in Holland and nearby regions.
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Palms
Calif
Sallie Fisher
Arthur Houghton
Desert
John Barrymore
Chicago
Cinderella
Lewis to visit here this week
Clyde A. Lewis of Plattsburg New York commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars visits Monroe for the 20th annual state encampment He is the first World War Two veteran to reach the top VFW office His career includes service as a B 17 pilot with the 401st bomb group 8th air force and major rank in 1945 He holds numerous decorations and is a practicing lawyer with Feinberg and Jerryn in Plattsburg He was born in 1913 at Hoquiam Washington and is married to Helen M Judge with two sons Clyde Jr and John E plus two brothers in service or lost in action
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Monroe
Clyde A. Lewis
Plattsburg
N. Y
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans’ Organization
Miami
Fla
Lewis
Cleveland
St. Louis
401St
8Th Air Force
Feinberg and Jerryn Plattsburg
Post 125
Post
County Council
Department of New York
V. F. W. National Legislative Committee
Hoquiam
Washington
South Bend
Wash
Notre Dame University
Ind
Harvard University
Elks
Rotary
Knights of Columbus
Clinton County
New York State
American Bar Associations
Helen M. Judge
Clyde, Jr
John E
Jesse
Houston
Java Sea
Joseph
Naval Air Corps
Marine insignia differ between U S and Britain
The U S Marine emblem features a glove, eagle and anchor while British insignia include a globe encircled by a laurel wreath with a small anchor, a lion and a crown.
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U. S. Marine
Reasons For High Average Hotel Rates Rise From Guests
Denver reports interview with Hotel Greeters of America members noting guests drive up costs via towels light bulbs and furniture care. A. F. Spatafora of New Orleans recalls long career and odd guest incidents illustrating why rates cover repairs service and risk. The National Geographic Society notes European truffles vary widely.
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Denver
America
Whales Hold Breath Longest While Swimming Dives
Whales can stay underwater for up to fifty minutes by holding their breath. Like other mammals they risk drowning if water enters their lungs.
Great altitudes offer an advan tage to scientists studying cosmic rays
Great altitudes provide researchers with clearer access to cosmic rays improving measurements. Scientists conduct high altitude experiments to detect rare particles and study atmospheric interactions.
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Borden's
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Holland
Ceil Et
Albert
A. F. Spatafora
Hotel
Monteleone
New Orleans
Spatafora
The
National Geographic Society
Europe
Guauarantee
Walgreen Drug Stores
Dad
Wolf
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