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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1948

Page

3

Five-times married former chorus girl Lucy Cotton McGran dies in Florida

Lucy Cotton McGran, 57, a well known businesswoman described as a princess and social figure, died after an apparent sleeping pills overdose. Police recovered an empty pill bottle from her bedroom at her Beach Street home. She had been taken to St Francis Hospital after being found unconscious.

Bhiamt Beach Fla Lucy Cotton McGran Cese St. Francis Hospital

Notable society figure linked to New York and Miami.

The fragment chronicles a Mrs McGraw and her fifth marriage to Prince Vincent Eristay Thitcher, noting a career shift in New York and Miami, a 1944 sale for $750,000, and a 3 million dollar estate. It mentions Texas birth, a chorus role, a Broadway connection, and multiple spouses, with various financial figures and a daughter named Luceta.

Stle McGraw Prince Vincent Eristay Thitcher New York Miam MacFaddeen- Deauville New York Morning Telegram Trey Luceta Litton Ars Craries Wall Street Isecen Wellam M. M.grag

Noted Society Figure Faces Legal and Public Scrutiny

A former newspaperman’s ex-wife rose to social prominence in the 1930s. She married the Prince the day papers were signed, shaved her head for a protest in 1934, lost a defamation suit to Viola F Raphael, and faced six cents in damages. She organized a $100 per ticket birthday ball for President Roosevelt but diverted tickets to herself and her husband. A Florida grand jury indicted her for running a gambling house in 1935, but she was later freed.

Viola F Raphael Pnto Roosevelt Florida

Leg breaking habit records at Abilene junior high

Lee Grant Scott, a junior high student in Abilene Texas, has broken a leg 14 times in 15 years. The first fracture happened when Scott was Sax Sears Old.

Abilene Tex Lee Grant Scott Scott Sax Sears

Tree trunk structure and its five parts

The trunk of a tree can be divided into five parts: bark, cambium layer, sapwood, heartwood and pith.

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