Latchez slaying yields second degree murder verdict
Gladys MacKnight and Donald Wightman were found guilty of murder in the second degree in Hudson county court for the July 31 slaying of Helen MacKnight. Jurors deliberated three hours and forty-seven minutes before delivering the verdict amid a tense courtroom.
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Mary Elizabeth Plummer
Jersey City
N. J
Latchez
Gladys Maciaight
Donald ‘Wightman
Hudson County Court
Thomas F. Means
Bayonne
Donald
Gladys
Helen MacKnight
Charles L. le Monier
Union City
Gladys MacKnight
Donald Wightman
Gladys Wightman
Louis Lay and Randall Chadwick wed in late 1940s
Miss Louise Lay and Randall Chadwick, both from Homer area families, were married last November at Bossier City after finishing Homer High School. The bride is granddaughter of local Homer residents. the groom, a former star football player and senior class president, will live in Chadwick’s hometown where he is employed.
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Chadwick-Lay
Homer
Louise Lay
Dolph Lay
Monroe
Randall Chadwick
J. A. Chadwick
Bossier City
Homer High School
I T
C. P. White
Emma Lay
Gly-Cas Heartland Cure Promises To Ease Chronic Ailments
Chronic constipation kidney disorder and indigestion plagued a Corpus Christi man. After three boxes of Gly-Cas he reports relief including regulated stomach bowel kidney function and reduced rheumatic pains. He praises the remedy and notes Gly-Cas is available at drug stores in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Overstreet
Corpus Christ
Tex
Nogales Catholics Begin Sit-Down Church Protest
About 200 devout Catholics stayed in Nogales Cathedral as a sit down strike against Mexican church policy. A night demonstration drew 5,000 demanding legal reopening. guards watched outside while candles lit altars and worshippers prayed in the streets. Governor Yocupicio had announced possible reopening of three churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Sonora
Mex
Mexico City
Roman Yocupicio
Yocupicio
Ouachita 4-H Girl Mary Ella Sims Honored
Miss Mary Ella Sims, 17, Calhoun, senior at Ouachita Parish High, chosen as one of four outstanding Louisiana 4-H members among 22,551. She will represent Louisiana at the eleventh National 4-H Club Camp in Washington, D C, June 17 23, with Ada Louise Jones George Swain Eugene Ory and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ella Sims
Calhoun
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Jewel McQuiller
Miss Sims
Washington, D. C
Ada Louise Jones
Grant Parish
George Swain
Ruby
Rapides Parish
Eugene Ory
Route 3
Baton Rouge
Washington Camp
United States Department of Agricul
Chicago
Boer Evangelist Delivers Talk in Native Language
Rev. Stephen Vandermerwe, conducting nightly revival at West Monroe Assembly of God, speaks in Afrikaans with his wife as interpreter. The campaign includes magic lantern slides of native life and ends Sunday night. Pastor E L Tanner urges wide attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Vandermerwe
Assembly of God Tabernacle
West Monroe
South Africa
Union of South Africa
Crowell's Dairy Earns Grade A From Parish Health
Crowell's dairy off Winnsboro road received a grade A rating from the Ouachita Parish Health Unit on Friday after meeting sanitation standards, following a temporary downgrade earlier this week.
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Crowell’s
Winnsboro Road
Quachita Parish
Brady and gang elude search after officer dies in Indiana
In Indianapolis on May 28 a small band of outlaws led by the diminutive desperado Alfred Brady remained at large as Indiana state police intensified the hunt following the death of fellow officer Paul V. Minneman, aged 33.
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Indianapolis
Alfred Brady
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ND Wightman
Gly-Cas
E. Overstreet
Water Street
MR. E. Overstreet
Ouachita
Ture
W. C. Abbott
Louisiana State University Agricultural Extension Division
Santgram
Stagram
Amegre
Seagrem Distillars Corporation
New York
E. L. Tanner
Sandman’s Pharmacy, Inc
Home Operated
Dessard
Home Owned
WE Deliver
Parls
Carter
Lady Esther Cream
Lux Soap
Castle Garden
Lyon
Grove
Fletcher's
Castoria
San Pedro
California
Camay
Woodbury’s Tooth Pastelle
Hiram Walker
Minneman
Dan Cohen
DeSiard St
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