Lonergan Confesses Slaying His Heiress Wife
Wayne Lonergan a Royal Canadian Air Force cadet admitted killing his wife Patricia 22 after a dispute over their baby. He led police to where he disposed of his powder blue service uniform and signed a full confession, with prosecutors presenting a graphic account of the murder scene and the couple's finances.
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New York
Wayne Lonergan
Patricia
Royal Canadian Air Force
Lonergan
East River
Frank S&s. Hogan
Beekman Hill
Wayne William Lonergan
Hogan
79Th Street
Belle
el Morocco
Morocco
Jeanne Murphy
John Harres
Harjes
Terry
Toronto
Canada
Murray Worcester
Maurice “Murray” Worcester
Bridegport
Conn
Worcester
Maurice Worcester
Reduction In Point Values Of Some Meats
The Office of Price Administration announces November ration changes lowering points for 42 veal lamb pork cuts by one or two points. Creamery butter remains 16 points per pound while farm butter rises to 12 and processed butter to 6. Margarine and oils rise, cream cheese products stay at 3 points. OPA cites potential stabilizing civilian butter supplies near producing areas.
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Washington
Get
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Sulfadiazine spray shows promise after colds at Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins physicians report that a sulfadiazine spray used in nose and throat treatment shortened illness and reduced complications. In a trial with nurses, sinusitis occurred in 9.7 percent given the spray versus 30 percent otherwise. coughs 8 percent versus 44. ear trouble 1.8 versus 4.5. No sore throats or laryngitis among spray group.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Johns Hopkins
Kenneth L. Pickrell
Hopkins Star
Ben Bernie Buried in New York Funeral Services
Friends and associates of the entertainment world attended funeral services for Ben Bernie, orchestra leader, who died October 20 in Beverly Hills. More than 1,200 people filled Temple Fodeph Sholem for eulogies by Rabbi Louis S. Newman and William Brande. Burial followed in Mount Heilbron Cemetery, Queens.
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Ben Bernie
New York
Entertainment World
Beverly Hills
Cal
Temple Fodeph Sholem
Louis S. Newman
William Brande
Friars Theatrical Organization
Bernie
Jason Bernie
Herman
Harry
Dave
Sadie Greich
Bertha May
Ethel
Bessie Lee
Rose Bernie
Mount Heilbron Cemetery
Queens
Army releases actor Alan Ladd after discharge
Hollywood actor Cpl Alan Ladd received an honorable discharge from the Army Air Forces due to a stomach disorder complicated by influenza. He has served ten months in the air forces.
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ARMY
Hollywood
Alan Ladd
Army Air Forces
Air Forces
All Sales Tax Plans Defeated by House Committee
Washington reports the House Ways and Means Committee defeated all national retail sales tax proposals and moved toward a bill with about 2 billion in new revenue. Treasury requested over 10 trillion, while opposition cited inflation risks and wage claims from labor. Committee members argued the revenue is insufficient to support wartime needs without burdening future generations.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Fred M. Vinson
CIO
Cannon Id-Mo
House Appropriations Comittee
Robertson
Unclear transcription hints at liquor tax vote outcome
Fragmentary text notes a closed vote on a liquor tax measure with committee members withholding details. It references a total figure near 200 billion and an implied increase in consumer costs, suggesting higher taxes or pricing effects if approved.
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Taen
Cammatee Menbers
Ne Score
Bertergl
Lipstick, Travel, and Tax on Corporations
A concise note cites lipstick and travel as items, while claiming to boost from zero to MS in excess profit tax on corporations. It lacks clear context or verifiable entities and reads as a fragmented opinion or policy remark without concrete facts.
Citizens Asked To Sign Pledge For Home Front
Frederick citizens were urged to sign and pledge not to pay above lawful prices and to refuse rationed goods without surrendering stamps. Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger Len H. McCornick state OPA administrator and Daniel B. E. Wight led the appeal in town facilities urging observance and pledge to support price controls.
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Frederick
Pheerscday
Licen Ae
Hugh V. Gittinger
Len H. McCornick
OPA
Daniel BE. Wight
Wight
Ale McCormick
Citizens vow duty like armed forces on battlefront
A speaker urged total civilian resolve in keeping a pledge through individual responsibility. He emphasized that every citizen must be as militant as troops in defending the home front, urging serious commitment to upholding the pledge to their best ability.
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Stonecutter’s Island
Lantao Island
Hong Kong Island
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Jack Dempsey
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Alaska
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