Police Capture Killer of Three
Police describe a deadly confrontation at the Smail home after William Smail, wounded in the foot, named Fallone as the assailant who terrorized the household and brought dynamite and a rifle to the residence. The gunman killed William Smail and Mrs. J. Warren Smail before fleeing into the woods as officers patrolled the area.
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King
William A. Smail
Fallone
Smail
J. Warren Smail
William Smail
Justice of Peace
Gladys
Ernest
Deaths Joyce Elaine Heimes
Joyce Elaine Heimes one year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Everett Heimes Jr died at 9 am Thursday at Riley Hospital Indianapolis Survived by parents a brother David grandparents Everett Hermes Sr Mrs Jessie Jacobs and Ralph Vester Burial Mt Pleasant cemetery funeral Saturday 10 am Bedino Chapel of the Valley with Rev Archie Brown officiating
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Joyce Elaine Heimes
Everett Heimes
Godsey Avenue
West Terre Haute
Riley Hospital
Indianapolis
David
Everett Hermes
Jessie Jacobs
R. R
Ralph Vester
Terre Haute
Bedino Chapel
Archie Brown
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Death of William G. Wey at Cloquet Minnesota
Word reaches Mrs Mignon Shaffer of the death of William G Wey age 67 at his home 1211 Carlton avenue Cloquet Minnesota He was a Rose Polytechnic Institute graduate and son of the late Mr and Mrs Charles J Wey associated with Wey Barcus Monument Company He was first employed by the Diamond Match Company He is survived by his widow Virgie Funeral services will be Saturday afternoon in Cloquet
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Mignon Shaffer
Third Avenue
William G. Wey
Carlton Avenue
Cloquet
Minn
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Charles J. Wey
Wey-Barcus Monument Company
Terre Haute
Wey
Diamond Match Company
Virgie
Obituary notices for Ramsey and Pentecost deaths in Indiana
Mrs Rose Mae Ramsey eighty one died Wednesday at her daughter's home in Marshall Indiana. Survived by daughter Lillian Ellis another daughter Mery Campbell son William Bestel four grandchildren nine great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Burial Bethesda cemetery after services at Bedino Chapel Friday and Saturday. Mathew Bascum Pentecost eighty seven died Wednesday night at St Anthony Hospital Terre Haute Indiana. Survived by son William and three daughters Bessie Rupp Ethel Wilson and Merttie Boyd one brother Edward and one sister Maude Hulsey. Body at Gillis Memory Chapel. services Saturday in Woodlawn Cemetery. Burial follows.
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Rose Mae Ramsey
Lillian Ellis
R. R
Marshall
Ind
West Terre Haute
Mery Campbell
Farmersburg
William Bestel
Atlantic
Iowa
Bedino Chapel
Bethesda
Mathew Bascum
Gillis Memory Chapel
Woodlawn Cemetery
Death of Mrs Mary E McKinney in Terre Haute
Mrs Mary E McKinney aged 67 of 1419 South Eighth Street died at 6 30 PM Wednesday at Union Hospital. Survived by Chester her husband, a daughter Mrs Erma Gibson and a son Chelcie both of Terre Haute, two sisters Mrs Marie Corn Oakland City and Mrs Ella Dye Breckenridge Texas, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Body at Cross Funeral Home with services 1 30 PM Saturday conducted by Rev R Richmond Blake. Burial in Roselawn Memorial Park.
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Mary E. McKinney
South Eighth Street
Union Hospital
Chester
Erma Gibson
Chelcie
Terre Haute
Marie Corn
Oakland City
Ella Dye
Breckenridge
Tex
Cross Funeral Home
James S Bailey Dies at Home at 51
James S Bailey aged 51 of 807 North Seventh street died at 11 oclock Wednesday morning at his residence. He was a former resident of Sheiburn and is survived by his widow Edna two sons Joseph at home and Robert in California with the U S Navy one daughter Anna at home and two brothers Robert of Kalamazoo Michigan and Marlon of Highland Park The body was taken to McHugh Funeral Home at Sheiburn.
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James S. Bailey
North Seventh Street
Shelburn
Edna
Joseph
Robert
U. S.S. Navy
California
Anna
Kalamazoo
Mich
Marlon
Highland Park
McHugh
Sheiburn
Funeral services for Mrs Stevens at Calvary Baptist Church
Funeral services for Mrs Everjeania Stevens aged 29 of 1302 South Fourteenth Street will be held Friday at 2 PM at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Morris Blade officiating. Burial follows at Grandview Cemetery. The body lies at Bell & Bracken Funeral Home with calling after 5 PM today.
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Everjeania Stevens
South Fourteenth Street
Calvary Baptist Church
Morris Blade
Grandview Cemetery
Bell & Bracken Funeral Home
Mrs. Lura Mack 74 Died in Phoenix
Mrs. Lura Mack 74 former Knox county resident died in Phoenix Arizona. Funeral service set for 2 p m Friday at Bruceville Christian Church with Rev Donald Weston officiating. Burial in Asbury Chapel Cemetery. Survived by two sons Roy Terre Haute and Mears Fort Branch. four daughters Mrs Lloyd Elliott Bruceville Mrs Gordon Shepherd Flint Mich Mrs Glynn Seyfried and Mrs Ruth Post Phoenix Ariz. two sisters Mrs Clara Young Washington and Mrs Edith Sims Greensboro N C. two brothers Robert and Lester Jackson Miss.
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Bicknell
Ind
Lura Mack
Knox County
Phoenix
Ariz
Bruceville Christian Church
Donald Weston
Asbury Chapel
Martin Mack
Royal Neighbors
Bruceville
Mrs Hannah Garner 83 Dies in Marshall Residence
Mrs. Hannah S. Garner aged 83 died Wednesday at her daughter's Dennison residence. Survived by husband Prin of Merom Indiana, three sisters Florence Havers Carrie Stepp Lulu Kuykendall, eight grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Body to Marrs Funeral Home and burial Saturday at Dunlap Church Cemetery.
Obituary notices for Hair Ellett and Willison in Indiana
Elmer H Hair 68 of Linton dies at Freeman Greene County Hospital after a U M W A membership. Surviving widow Lydia two sons Lester and Ernest a daughter Geneva May three sisters burial at Fairview cemetery. Joseph Ellett 53 former Rockville druggist dies in Los Angeles. Surviving four sisters and one brother. funeral at Branson Funeral Home with burial in Rockville cemetery. Claude cotton Willison 63 dies at Hines Veterans Hospital and service set at 2 PM Friday.
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Linton
Ind
Elmer H. Hair
Freeman-Greene County Hospital
United Mine Workers of America
Lydia
Lester
New Hartford
Iowa
Ernest
R. A
Geneva May
Philip Brown
Wendell Winn
Terre Haute
William Loeser
Coal City
Welch & Cornett Funeral Home
Donald McCintick
Fairview Cemetery
Barber Zukowski Solves Quiet-Children Problem
Bernard Zukowski announced a temporary solution to keep children quiet in his Chicago barber shop while wearing a Santa Claus suit.
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Chicago
Bernard Zukowski
Zukowski
Plains States Blizzard Grips Regions From Montana to Wisconsin
The blizzard trapped plains states under cold air with temperatures plunging below zero from Montana to Wisconsin. Butte Montana recorded 15 below, Dickinson North Dakota 7 below, while Wisconsin towns Eau Claire and Grantsburg hit 3 below. Chicago saw a frigid 9 above as icy winds persisted.
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Montana
Wisconsin
Butte
Mont
Dickinson
N. C
Eau Claire
Grantsburg
Chicago
Snow and ice snarls close schools and slow Indiana highways
Snow and freezing temps disrupted travel across Indiana with 100 plus minor accidents in Marion County and a fatal crash on Ind. 9 near Anderson. Kingsford Heights and Union Township schools near Michigan City closed. St. Lawrence School and St. Joan of Arc in Indianapolis area also canceled bus service.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Calumet
Weather Bureau
Lafayette
Lake Michigan
Kingsford Heights
Union Township
Michigan City
Marion County
Anderson
Ind
Ben Kirby
Alexandria
Fort Wayne
South Bend
Evansville
St. Lawrence Catholic School
Lawrence
St. Joan of Are
Train Derailment Near Olney Forces Rerouting
Four rear cars of a St. Louis bound Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed near Olney Illinois around 530 am. Two cars overturned but stayed intact as officials sought cause. Traffic diverted via Illinois Central rails to Odin while crews cleared the right of way.
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Olney
Ill
Baltimore & Ohio
Illinois Central
Odin
Teachers Strike Demands Higher Pay in Rome
About eighty thousand teachers walked out in Rome today demanding raises averaging 11 a month, seeking increases up to 75 percent. Current starting pay is 40,000 lire ($64) monthly.
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Rome
Funeral service set for Mrs. Nika at Greenwell Home
The funeral will be held day afternoon at Greenwell Funeral Home with Rev. George Nika officiating. Burial follows in Ridgelawn cemetery. Surviving are widow Frankie two sisters Ora Miller Martinsville Amy Waechter Boone Iowa and brother Ralph Elkhart Ind.
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Greenwell Funeral Home
George Nika
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Frankie
Ora Miller
Martinsville
Amy Waechter
Boone
Iowa
Ralph
Elkhart
Ind
Rockville Man Homer Branson Dies in Indianapolis Hospital
Special Homer Branson a 69 year old Danville business man died Wednesday at Robert Long Hospital in Indianapolis. Surviving are his widow Bernice one brother George of Rockville two sisters Miss Mary Branson of Rockville and Mrs Shell Brown of Dana and several nieces and nephews. The body was brought to Branson Funeral Home for services at 1 pm Saturday with Rev Milo Hinckle officiating and burial in Memory Garden cemetery.
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Rockville
Ind
Joseph Ellett
Los Angeles
Cal
Terre Haute
Branson Funeral Home
Mary White
Noblesville
Virginia Gronna
South Dakota
Edith Williams
Maxine Allen
Gary
William
Ohio
Ellett
Homer Branson
Danville
Robert Long
Indianapolis
Bernice
George
Mary_ Branson
Shell Brown
Dana
Milo Hinckle
Memory Garden
Services for Mrs Bertha Evans in Brazil Indiana
Mrs Bertha Evans aged 82 of 816 South Grant street died Tuesday. Services will be held at 10 a m Friday at Miller and Sons Funeral Home with Rev Dean Ferguson officiating. Burial will be in Cottage Hill cemetery.
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Brazil
Ind
Bertha *Evans
South Grant Street
Miller & Sons Funeral
Dean Ferguson
Cottage Hill Cemetery
Paris man Frederick Baber dies at 80
Frederick Baber aged 80 of Paris died Wednesday at Paris Hospital. Survived by niece Alice Melton of Greenup and nephew C F Lovall of Ashmore. Body sent to Ward Sutton Funeral Home for services.
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Paris
Ill
Frederick Baber
Paris Hospital
Alice Melton
Greenup
C. F. Lovall
Ashmore
Ward-Sutton
Former Pastor Martin Lee Grant Dies in Sedalia Missouri
Rev Martin Lee Grant retired after more than 50 years in the ministry and formerly served at Bethany Congregational Church in West Terre Haute. He died Wednesday evening at his Sedalia home. Survivors include wife Margaret a daughter and four sons. Funeral services set for Friday at 3 pm at the Congregational Presbyterian Church Sedalia with burial in Houston Missouri cemetery.
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Martin Lee Grant
Benthany Congregational Church
West Terre Haute
Sedalia
Margaret
Congregational Presbyterian Church
Houston, Mo
Typhoon Ruth Near Formosa Heads Toward Okinawa
The weather bureau warned ships to keep clear as Typhoon Ruth, 850 miles southeast of Taipei, moved north-northwest at 14 mph with 125 mph winds. The Manila weather bureau expected it to curve toward Okinawa, a major American military base.
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Taipei
Formosa
Weather Bureau Today
Ruth
Manila
Okinawa
Wisconsin polio cases rise to 2,489 this year
Ten new polio cases were reported in Wisconsin for the week ending December 3, bringing the statewide total for the year to 2,489, according to the State Board of Health.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Board of Health
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