Boy Confesses Drowning Chum in Summer Creek Outing
A 12-year-old Terre Hill boy confessed to State Police that he caused the drowning of his 13-year-old chum, William Sweligart, during a July 1 dam swim over a money dispute. The boys, including Showalter and Schaffer, swam at Eli Martins dam. Jacobs allegedly refused a loan, seized Sweligart, and let him sink after taking $1.10 from his clothing. Sweligart’s body was found the next day. Jacobs was questioned and later released into his stepbrother’s custody. Investigations continue by the district attorney’s office.
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Lancaster
Samuel Berton Jacobs
Wiliam BR. Sweigart
Terre Hill
Samuel Jacobs
Paul Weaver
District Attorney's Office
Jacobs
Swelgert
Sweligart
Jobe Showalter
Lestie Schaffer
Sweigart
Clive
Showalter
Schaffer
Justice of the Peace Plan
Miller
Eli Martin
J.C. Martin
Thereek
Drowning Tragedy Follows Rope Incident Near Terre Wil
In a remote lakeside episode two men, Schaffer and Sweigart, plus others, moved along a rope over deep water. Sweigart, unable to swim, fell in after a dispute over money. The narrator tried to aid him but he drowned after surfacing three times. He fled home but returned for money on Sweigart’s person, then encountered Elsie Fetter on the way. A separate note reports a 17 year old girl gaining a sense of smell via surgery in Los Angeles. A Mississippi sign warns against hunting fishing or distilling in Tate county.
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Schaffer
Sweigart
Elsie Fetter
Boy 11 Found Dead In Wagon Shed Near Fishing Creek
Lincoln Kohr, 11, son of Mr and Mrs Peter Kohr of Fishing Creek Valley near the Dauphin county line, was found dead by his mother in a wagon shed. The body hung by a bridle rein attached to an overhead iron hook. Coroner Shultz ruled suicide.
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Tebanop
Twly
Lincoln Kohr
Peter Kohr
Fishing Creek Valley
Dauphin County
Shultz
Swimming lesson death sparks delinquency case in Cleveland
In Cleveland, Alexander Jackson, 17, faces juvenile court on a delinquent murder charge tied to Otto Falk's drowning after being thrown from a towboat as a swimming lesson. Authorities say Falk, 14, could not swim and vanished in Lake Erie. Jackson claims the boat capsized.
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Lad
Cleveland
Alexander Jackson
Otto Falk
Lake Erie
Jackson
Falk
Swit
Justice Holmes Again Under Knife in Boston
Boston July 13 A second operation was performed on Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the United States Supreme Court at a private hospital. Physicians said the operation was entirely successful and that Justice Holmes is expected to recover quickly.
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Chillicothe
Moe
Ford
Marysville
He .S
Boston
Oliver Wendell Holmes
United States Supreme Court
Phyns
Embarrassing Sleep Moment In Nurse's Duty
A nurse recalls training at a top hospital and a humorous sleep mishap when she sleepily told a patient to look at her own watch after being asked the time. The incident, once embarrassing, became a hospital byword for weeks.
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Chicago Tribune
Russians Break Up The Hague Parley
The Hague conference on Russian affairs with Soviet representatives collapsed with no clear path to adjournment. Litvinoff said further talks unlikely as non Russians demand promises on property compensation and guarantees tied to future loans. The dispute centers on nationalized Russian property and funding questions. A second item reports 14 month old Catherine Smelt fell from a second floor window at 321 Hewitt Street, Trenton, suffering a skull fracture and critical condition.
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Maxim Litvinoff
M. Litvinoff
Philip Lloyd Greame
England
MM. Alphand
France
Russia
Genoa
M. Patyn
Trenton
N. J
Hewitt Street
Catherine Smelt
St. Francis’ Hospital
Lifesaving Record Set At Municipal Beach
Lorain Ohio July 13 guard William Heiman of the Municipal Beach is hailed as Ohio’s life saving champion after an eight hour shift during which he rescued eleven drowning bathers. Heiman faced treacherous undertow rips and kept vigilant throughout his watch.
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Lorain
William Heiman
Municipal Beachers
Champio
Ohio
Herman Wa
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