Stevenson tackles graft and reform in Illinois
Washington Calling by Marquis Childs surveys Adlai Stevenson in his first weeks as Illinois governor. It notes his modest salary relative to state costs, hints at graft in state patronage, and previews reforms in finance and mines under Stevenson's team. It also recalls Col. Jacob Arvey's influence and Illinois' political culture.
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Timois
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
George W. Mitchell
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
Mitchell
James W. Starks
Starks
Centralia
Ilinois
Dwight Green
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Widower ends life after being spurned by marriage offer
Bridgeport authorities report Andrew Kotwis, 35, a widower with two children, killed himself after being rejected by Beatrice Demolet, a Dayton woman seeking a husband with a $4,500 bank balance. Kotwis' body was found in his cottage cellar by his children after school. He slashed his throat and wrists with a knife following their meeting two months earlier.
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Bridgeport
Andrew Kotwis
Kotwis
Crescent
Beatrice H. Demolet
Dayton
Talent Night At Elyria Youth Council Event
The Elyria Council of Protestant Youth will host its annual talent night Sunday at 7:30 PM in St. Paul s Evangelical and Reformed Church. Betsy MacDonald, vice president, leads arrangements and requests member fellows to submit performance details and group names. A separate note mentions a coroner’s comment on a death by suicide tied to a failed marriage proposal.
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Elyria Council of Protestant Youth
St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Betsy MacDonald
Miss MacDonald
Three judges to award best performance categories at festival
A festival awards will include one for best individual performance, one for best group dramatics, and one for best group musical. In Providence R I, Rus sell Mowry, a theatre cashier, claimed robbery victim twice in four months. Police arrested him after a confession they called failing both robberies, totaling 5067 dollars, citing his $346 weekly pay as insufficient.
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Providence
Russell Mowry
Mowry
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