Hannibal Boy Slated For Bombing Trip On Final Night Of War
Hannibal Missouri January 7 1945 a 19 year old named Ray Beasley son of Mr and Mrs Edward Beasley of South Main Street was slated to accompany a squadron of American and British planes on a bombing run to German front line trenches in northern Belgium the night armistice was signed Beasley said he wished to help bomb the trenches but would serve as a mechanic aboard one of the Handley Page bombers at Failsworth Flying Field near Winchester England Beasley enlisted thirteen months earlier and had served at Jefferson Barracks Dallas and with Lieut Elliott on his first flight across the Atlantic he described a 2000 foot ascent and a loop the voyage included a submarine scare aboard the transport TrazOS Montes where a torpedo missed the ship and damaged the Persic which sank after being towed into Dover harbor
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Hannibal
Ray Beasley
Edward Beasley
South Main Street
Belgium
Beasley
Failsworth Flying Field
Winchester
England
Beasely
Jefferson Barracks
Dallas
Texas
Lieut
Elliott
Atlantic
Traz-os-montes
Dover
Beasley Reunites With Hannibal Crew After WWI Sea Loss
Beasley arrived in London on September 9 1918 after a sea wreck about 100 miles off England. In a Winchester meeting he encountered Clyde Foster Carroll Bunch and Raymond Mills of Hannibal. Foster and Mills have since returned home to Hannibal. Beasley had worked in Burlington railroad machine shops before enlisting.
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England
Hannibal Boys
Beasley
London
Winchester
Clyde Foster
Carrol Bunch
Raymond Mills
Hannibal
Foster
Mills
Burlington Railroad
Mrs Fitzpatrick Dies At Her Home Hannibal
Mrs Ly dia Fitzpatrick wife of Bee Hive owner Thomas Fitzpatrick died Sunday morning after a brief illness. Funeral 8:39 this morning from a Catholic church with interment at St Marys cemetery. She was 24, daughter of E Menzel and wife of at 321A North Third Street. She leaves her husband an infant and two sisters Anna and Freena Menzel and Chris Menzel of Hannibal.
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Hannibal
Lydia Fitzpatrick
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Brodaway
St. Mary's Cemetery
Anna
Freena Menzel
Chris Menzel
Hannibal and Victor Menzel in France colors
Hannibal and Victor Menzel compete in France wearing national colors. The brief item notes their participation and the team identity.
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Hannibal
Victor Menzel
France
Loren Mills Acting City Engineer Named in Hannibal
Loren Mills son of Mayor John K. Mills was mustered out at Camp Funston Kansas and now acts as city engineer in Hannibal taking the post left by Harry Frech who becomes manager of the Star theater. Mills left the army as a corporal and was formerly in the Hog Island shipyards Philadelphia.
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Hannibal
Loren Mills
John K. Mills
Camp Funston
Kansas
Harry Frech
Star Theater
Mills
Hog Island
Philadelphia
Four divorce suits filed for April term at Hannibal court
Four divorce cases were filed with clerk G. S. Hrenkenbrough for the Hannibal common pleas court to be tried at the April term. Plaintiffs include Mrs. Emma Kibbat seeking separation from Carl Kibbat for non support, and Mrs. Anna Ludd seeking desertion from Edward Ludd. Mrs. Anna B. Rupert sues Harry L. Rupert for non support, and Lulu Jackson sues Luther Jackson for non support. The January term opens Monday under Judge W. T. Ragland with a light docket. Permission given for a look at the jurors and court officials.
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Hannibal, Mo
G. S. Brockenbrough
HannIbal Court of Common Pleas
Emma Kibbat
Carl Kibbat
Charles FE. Rendlen
Anna Ludd
Edward Ludd
C. E. Rendlen
Anna B. Rupert
Harry L. Rupert
Hays, Heather & Henwood
Lulu Jackson
Luther Jackson
Hays
Heather & Henwood
Happenings In Hannibal January 7
Hannibal Missouri notes show Pat Piercy of Quincy detective force in town on police business. Mrs. Henry Harris travels to St. Louis to attend ill daughter Etta McVay. Fire at John Rendesneck home minor damage. Funeral notices for Mary Dryden and Mary Garland. Infant John Howard Chandler dies at six weeks. Elijah Triester funeral. Laura A. dies. Scot MacGlasson infant burial. Sergeant Haussermann to be installed as Royal Arch Mason officer. Buckeye club January 22 drawing. Moss Gill recounts Chateau-Thierry action and wound details.
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Hannibal, Mo
Pat Piercy
Quincy
Hannibal
Henry Harris
St. Louis
Etta McVay
R. Haussermann
Jefferson Barracks
Haussermann
The
Royal Arch Masons
St. John's
A. F
A. M
Stock Company Buys Hannibal Star Theater
A Hannibal stock company led by Chas Randlen and J B Price purchased the Star theater on South Main Street from John B Price. Harry E Frech will manage, assisted by Price for several months. incorporation papers have been sent to Jefferson City for approval. The Star is among Missouri’s largest picture houses and shows first run films.
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Nmannibal
Hannibal
Star Theater
South Main Street
John B. Price
Jefferson City
Chas. E. Randlen
O. A. Brown
J. B. Price
J. C. Raible
J. T. S. Hickman
John T. Hulme
Ben Mickman
Harry E. Frech
Frech
Mr. Price
Theater Converted for Film Theaters Sold for 60000
In the wake of the film boom, the play house was transformed into a motion picture theater. Reports say the property fetched sixty thousand dollars in the sale.
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Playhouse
Roosevelt death due to pulmonary embolism reported
New York January 7 physician statement confirms the immediate cause of Col. Roosevelt's death as a pulmonary embolism from a broken vein clot lodging in the lung. The report names no additional triggering events but notes the fatal condition as the decisive pathology.
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New York
Col. Roosevelt
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