Wife Is Shot Suspect Husband Held Boston Tragedy
Dorothy M Sowder 26 wife of Edwin Sowder was found shot dead in her bed in Roslindale Boston just after she telephoned police for help removing a gun from her estranged husband. Sowder 43 a former athlete and entertainer is held on suspicion of murder as police recount his account of the events and divorce action filed in Suffolk County Probate Court. Police say the couple’s two boys aged seven and eight were asleep nearby.
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Washington, D.C
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Joseph F. Fallon
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West Roxbury
Suffolk County
Columbia
Military Academy
Little Rock
Ark
Bill Dickey
New York Yankees
Fallon
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Terrance
Dorothy
Presbyterian Carol Service Sunday Night
Presbyterian church hosts its 14th annual carol and candle light service at 8 pm with the theme In Him Was Life and the Life was the Light of Men. Bible readings, Nativity anthems, carols, and instrumental music lead to candlelight reception. senior and youth choirs perform under Mrs. Miriam Rhoads Lewis with H David Hagan and Joseph S. Stephens. Soloists include Mrs. Alice Shane, Dr. William G. Roessler, John D. Shorrow, and Mrs. Irene H. Zimmerman.
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Presbyterian Church
Miriam Rhoads Lewis
H. David Hagan
Joseph S. Stephens
Bach
Handel
Mueller
Whitehead
Caldwell
del Riego
Cain
Dickinson
Alice Shane
William G. Roessler
John D. Shorrow
Irene H. Zimmerman
Christmas Service Preview From Local Church Choirs
The church invites the public to a Christmas service featuring choir performances of It came Upon the Midnight Clear We Three Kings Do Thou Joyful Day Star of the East and Joy to the World. Duets by Arlene Alen and Pauline Troxell Margaret Ogle read aloud Doris Gearhart and Rev Edouard Taylor lead a candle lighting and readings concluding with Silent Night and a conclusive re cessional.
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Mt. Tabor
Pauline Troxell
Shirley Shry
Shirley Sprague
Three Kings
Arlene Alen
Pauline ‘Troxell
Edouard ‘Taylor
Dean
Margaret Ogle
Doris Gearhart
Heavy Punishment for Hagerstown Bookies
Judge Joseph D. Mish fined eight men convicted of book making at least $1,000 each and sentenced them to varying terms behind bars. Undercover work by Frank R. Diggins helped secure the convictions of Charles A. Papa Robert Eichelberger Harry Carpenter James Gray Charles T. Wilson John Lester Saum and others in Hagerstown.
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Hagerstown
Joseph D. Mish
Frank R. Diggins
Baltimore
Charles A. Papa
Robert Eichelberger
Harry Carpenter
Correctional Sentences Ordered in Local Case
Involving Paul L. Dixon about 35, six months in the House of Correction. Mrs Neda Crouse 36 fined 2000 and six months at the Women's Reformatory at Jessups. Richard M Crouse fined 1000 and given a year suspended sentence. Donald Patterson fined 300 for a slot machine in his apartment. Patterson said he kept the machine to save money.
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House of Correcton
Paul L. Dixon
House of Correction
Neda Crouse
Jessups
Mish
Joan Bennett Says It Was Business Not Romance
Beverly Hills, Calif. Dec 14 Joan Bennett, the glamour grandmother of the movies, said it was strictly business not romance between her and the agent shot by her husband, producer Walter Wanger. Police chief Clinton Anderson confirmed she spoke to him. Anderson would not comment on reports that Wanger employed private detectives.
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Calif
Joan Bennett
Walter Wanger
Walter
Clinton Anderson
Anderson
Wanger
Gunshot drama and legal wrangle shadow a hospital scene
Vhce agent Jemlings Luang lies in hospital after a gunshot wound to the groin from a quarrel over a broken home. Wanger, 37, freed on bail amid DA remarks and ongoing investigation. Criminal lawyer Jerry Giesler secured habeas relief. unwritten law hinted as defense. Separate note recalls the first U.S. electric train built in 1851 by Prof. Charles Grafton Page.
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Jemlings Luang
Wanger
B. Renestalt
Jerry Giesler
Giesler
Derson
U.S
Prof
Charles Grafton Page
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