Young Lovers Confess To Hatchet Murder
Bayonne New Jersey August report of Gladys MacFaith 17 and Donald Wightman 18 confessing to killing Gladys mother with a hatchet to remove a barrier to their romance. Details recount a confrontation with the mother during a dark road encounter. police say Gladys led the confession after hours of interrogation. The husband Edgar MacKnight, a General Cable executive, discovered the scene in a duplex residence.
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Bayonne
N. J
Canada
Gladys MacFaight
Cornelius J. O'Neil
Donald Wightman
Glenna
Diverse Church Directory Listing by City Congregations
A comprehensive church directory lists numerous congregations with addresses and service times. Notable entries include First Congregational on Court and Second Streets led by Wm Myler Auld with 9:30 Sunday School and 10:45 Morning Worship, Magyar Reformed on West River Street with Hungarian sermons, and United Presbyterian on East Ave with Bible School at 9:30 and Morning Worship at 10:45, among many others across town.
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West River Street
Bela P. Bacso
Christian Endeavor
First Congregational
Second Streets
Myler Auld
Geo. Brown
Bible School
Princeton Ave
Garford
Avon & Urich
T. D
Church Bible School
Alatina
Communion
Sm. Co
First Hungarian Baptist Church
Julius Kish
Alex Yosa
Young Peoples
Gospel Mission
East Bridge Street
First Baptist Church
Second Street
R E. Neighbour
ST. Paul’s Evangelical Church
Third Street
Ernst Kon
M. E
Middle Ave
J. A. Watson
Epworth League
Frayer
Pilgrim Community Church
Cambridge
Prospect Street
Erwin Gritton
BE. River St
F. J. Schumm
Adel
Church OF God IN Christ
West Avenue
E. Harris
Gmeh Ag
East Ave
Reading Room
Redington Block
Church OF Christ
Charel Streets
Will J. Foster
Mystery Deepens In Jersey City Slaying Case
Police captured two suspects on a northbound highway after the MacKnight home murder. Wightman and Hoe confessed to striking Mrs. Mac Knight because of their friendship and a date they had set. Gladys, the other child, reportedly fled with them and was later missing before being found.
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Gladys
Elizabeth Feury
Wightman
MacKnight
Jersey City
Mac Knight
Silent confession at murder scene sparks arraignment
A woman and a boy who were kissing earlier sat with police as she confessed she struck her mother with a hatchet while a man named Donald restrained the mother. Both were booked on first degree murder charges and faced arraignment.
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Donald
Avon 500 Club Meets and Local Social Notes
The Five Hundred Club met at Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schafer home with card games and prizes to Mrs. Harold Smith Mrs. Stagg Joseph Forthofer and Ed Stage. Guests included Lorain visitors Mrs. C A Phinney and Mr. C T Wikford. University of California claims early prize in Egypt cotton leaf worn contest with prodenia Jitura worm. Modern Pied Piper at Santa Cruz pier induces 50 rats to leap into the ocean as city cites his work keeping the pier rat free.
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Carl Schafer
Harold Smith
Stagg
Joseph Forthofer
Paul Stokes
Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Egypt
California
Plan for first stratosphere flight from London
LONDON An R A F officer is to be chosen soon by the Air Ministry for a landmark attempt to reach the stratosphere in a plane. A secret high altitude aircraft is nearing completion at Bristol Aeroplane Company Filton. The mission this year faces risks from untested flight at extreme height and possible engine or oxygen failures. The current record is 47 886 feet set in 1934 by Renato Donati.
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London
Air Ministry
Bristol Aeroplane Company
Filton
Bristol
Renato Donati
Garage Provides Space For Hobby
Almost every person loves a dedicated space to putter. A garage extension with light, a heated winter corner, and extra outlets makes ship models and other crafts feasible. A partitioned area can hold a heater safely while providing daylight and power for small motors.
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National Board of Fire Underwriters
Child's Preference May Decide Custody Battle
Hollywood authorities pursue a custody dispute between Dr Kranklyn Thorpe and actress Mary Astor over four year old Marilyn Thorpe. Judge Goodwin Knight planned a private session with Marilyn to hear her expressed preference as a potential deciding factor. Astor's side alleges Thorpe hosted four women overnight and questions Astor's fitness, while Thorpe's attorney counters with diary excerpts linking Astor to a man identified as George Kaufman.
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Hollywood
Kranklyn .Thorpe
Mary Astor
Tiny Marilyn Thorpe
Goodwin J. Knight
Miss Astor
Tolucca Lake
Marilyn
Judge Knight
Astor
Hear
Dr. Thorpe
Joseph Anderson
Anderson
George Kaufman
Sign Language Used In Church For Deaf
TORONTO Ontario the United Church for the Deaf welcomed Rev Alex McGowan as minister in a first on record service his sermons prayers hymns and gestures are interpreted to the silent congregation by deaf sign language McGowan is an expert on sign language. SAN JOSE California an itinerant soap peddler confessed to de luxe methods admitting years of driving a pricey automobile with a bicycle in the rumble seat and approaching farmers in sympathy arousing attire Then he sold items to his customers.
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Toronto
Ont
Alex McGowan
United Church For the Deaf
McGowan
San Jose
Cal
Flo
Build a Functional Garage Workshop Space
The author advises designing a garage with a dedicated workshop area. Include a good-sized work bench, ample storage, and clear room to move. Allow for extra length if possible, since the added comfort and utility justify the small additional cost. For existing garages, this addition can be added at relatively low expense.
Young Women's G. O. P. Club To Meet Tuesday
The Elyria unit of the Young Women's Republican Club will meet in the O. P. S. building at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening August 4 for a bridge and banco party. Special guests will be Mrs D. A. Baird Mrs George Colburn and Mrs J W Smith. Any young woman between the ages may join.
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Elyria
Young Women’s Republican Club
Bridge
Banco
D. A. Baird
George Colburn
J. W. Smith
Interested youths urged to contact Mrs Raymond Thompson
A notice invites two men aged 21 and 35 to join the club and asks them to reach out to Mrs Raymond Thompson at telephone number 773. The item also contains a period aside arguing that political ideologies such as communism distort common tests of truth and probability.
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Raymond Thompson
Elyrian Helps Stranded Hartford Family at Brown Hotel
Ed Schwert proprietor of the Brown Hotel aided C. W. Griffin and family from Hartford who were stranded with no funds. Their 6-year-old Eva Marie fell ill and was rushed to Memorial Hospital. Police were notified and Captain Corbett Fe Southam arranged shelter for the family. Eva Marie remained under hospital surveillance.
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Ed Schwert
Brown Hotel
Hartford
Corbett FE. Southbam
Schwert
Eva Marie
Coalinga Frogs Try Lubrication for Longer Jumps
In Coalinga California locals imitate a Twain tale by lubricating jumping frogs to speed up and extend their leaps in community contests. The quirky method aims to enhance performance in frog jumping events.
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Coalinga
Cal
Mark Twain
Golden weddings celebrated by three couples in Danbury
Three couples married in 1886 celebrated their golden wedding anniversaries in Danbury. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Short, Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Hatch, and Mr. and Mrs. John Behn were the guests of Greenwood Chapter Order of Eastern Star at a celebration in their honor.
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Danbury
Conn
Charles Short
Charles M. Hatch
John Behn
Greenwood
Order of Eastern Star
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Cleveland St. Ph
Church Directory
2Nd Congregational Church
Corner Lake Ave
Wast Street
A KE Kemp
Magyar Reformed Church
Church of the Nazarene
Cleveland Street
Clay
First Methodist
Court Streets
E. J. Bond
Christ’s Temple
Oberlin Road
Brotherhood
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
ST. John’s Lutheran Broad St
West Ave
Armin Schroeder
MT. Zion Baptist
Ladi St. Willis Jackson
Bay PU
Salvation Army Services Adj
Mre Row
Amore
B. M— Salva
Divine Science
Flora Court
Bethany Baptist Church
Seventeenth Street
C_ Smith
H. R
African Methodist Church
Holy Cross
Fourteenth St
Budny
Matthew
ST. Andrew’s Church
Episcopal
Cor
Third
Edwin B. Redhead
D. D
Lake Ave
E. Peck
Bibel
Kermit Geiby
Second Baptist Church
Thompson's Hall
Collis Qdell Stewart
Grace Lutheran Church
Shiloh Baptist Church
C. Brown
Mrs. Mac Knight
Lowe Brothers
Blue Star
ROY FE
Hlistz Awe
2Nd Street
Avon
C. A. Phinney
Lorain
C. T. Wikford
Leslie Jameson
Nilson Jameson
Dean Bliss
Salem
Oregon
Charles Wilford
Cleveland
Tim Walsh
Carol
Fostoria
W. E B. Blake
Perle Wilford
Evelyn Smith
Ohio State University
Santa Cruz
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
McOerve
LIONS
DE Luxe
Keyes
Marshall Furnaces Sales and Service
W. H. Siler
G. O. P. Club
Elyrian
Elyria Dairies
WAL
Lake Avenue
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