Girl And Boy On Trial For Murder Of Girl's Mother
In Bayonne last August Gladys MacKnight 17 and Donald Wightman 18 go on trial for the hatchet murder of Gladys mother. Prosecutor O Regan seeks to prove Gladys wielded the weapon while Donald held her and cried. The case stems from after noon drinking and a contested confession. Separate trials possible. defense to challenge Gladys confession and police coercion. Judge Meaney bans youth attendance. admission by pass.
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Jersey City
N. J
Gladys MacKnight
Donald Wightman
Gladys
Bayonne
Daniel Tom O'Regan
Donald
R. Lewis Kennedy
Pistol Ends Lives Of Two Youths
Deaf father William J Callahan recalls reading as two of his sons Thomas 18 and William 16 were shot with a .22 pistol in their Chicago suburb home. Police list four possible motives while discovering the bodies as mother was away and the father, once a CPA, said he heard nothing due to deafness.
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Chicago
William J. Callahan
Robert
Thomas
William
Callahan
Chester Crosby
Riverside High School
Brookfield
Hanna
Roosevelt court plan faces Senate grilling and possible compromise
The article reports Senate probes into the postmaster general remarks and imminent pressure on the judiciary fight. Republicans avoid direct opposition while Democrats split privately over a potential compromise with President Roosevelt. The outcome could reshape party unity and the New Deal coalition ahead of 1940.
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Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Air
Congress
Ie Lane
Repubicans
Vincent Sewing Sallies Meet The Markley Girls 4 H club
The Sewing Sallies met at Mrs F H Lewis home on Tuesday May 11 with Betty Smith Loretta Lewis Betty Lou Parker Jeanette Lewis Marian Roberts Lucille Senning Winnifred Smith Bernadine Parker and Betty Brinzley present. Jeanette Lewis acted as secretary in place of the absent Margaret Tackas. They played ball early then held a business session. Next meeting May 27 at 7 50 at Lucille Senning’s home.
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Markley Girls
Sewing Sallies
F. H. Lewis
Betty Smith
Loretta Lewis
Betty Lou Parker
Jeanette Lewis
Marian Roberts
Lucille Senning
Winnifred Smith
Bernadine Parker
Betty Brinzley
Margaret Tackas
Quadruplets Born in Montreal With Two Fatalities
In Montreal on May 17 Mrs Paul Martal, wife of a baker, gave birth to quadruplets. One boy and one girl died today. two surviving boys are in critical condition after premature birth without medical assistance.
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Montreal
Paul Martal
Seatehday
Ont
Copeland Seeks HOLC Foreclosure Moratorium Bill
Washington May 17 Senator Royal S Copeland and Rep Edward W Currey D propose a congressional moratorium on mortgage foreclosures by the Home Owners Loan Corporation The plan would halt foreclosures indefinitely reduce HOLC rates from 4 to 2 1 2 percent and erase deficiency judgments Officials note HOLC loans by Dec 31 1956 totaled about 3 997 billion on 1 621 million homes with 21 201 homes valued at 75 9 million The move aims to prevent a flood of government owned properties and preserve borrower payments while critics warn of extended leniency and potential demand for equal treatment The article also mentions a new film titled Reported Missing
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Washington
Royal S. Copeland
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Copeland
Edward W. Currey
D. S
HOLC
Charlies A. Jones
Blast on Japanese Tender Kills Sixty at Queen's Pier
Sixty persons, mostly Japanese, were killed when the Japanese tender Dojima Maru exploded at Queen's Pier in Hong Kong. Ten mutilated bodies were recovered 100 yards from the pier in the harbor. The tender belonged to Osaka Shosen Kaisha, a Japanese freight and passenger line.
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Hong Kong
Sisxty
Queen's Pier
Osaka Shosen Kaisha
Confesses Murder Of Three Women in Memphis
Chicago police report Emanuel Anderson aged 35 confessed to the murders of three Memphis women after extradition waiver. Officers said he assaulted and killed the victims more than a year ago following a dramatic arrest on the south side.
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Chicago
Mar
Emanuel Anderson
Memphis
Tenn
Anderson
Seren
T. P. Sullivan
South Side
Sullivan
Springfield
Inmate Seeks Suicide During Arrest Then Escapes Hospital
Police say during the second arrest the suspect attempted self harm by slashing his throat with a razor. Memphis officers delayed custody due to his condition, allowing Anderson to escape from St. John’s Hospital where he was confined. The man was later traced to Chicago, address undisclosed. The text notes German wines predominantly come from the Rhine region and its tributaries.
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Sullivan
Memphis
Anderson
St. John's Hopital
Jie
Chicago
Grant Higher Wages Averting Strike
In Cleveland on May 17, major oil companies granted an $8.75 monthly wage increase to avert a county wide strike by gasoline station attendants and oil company drivers. The new scale raises wages about seven percent, meeting neither side’s full demand. conferences to set gasoline prices are expected to begin.
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Cleveland
Spinal Meningitis at Kent and Akron
Kent state University health director Dr A O DeWeese ordered immediate isolation of students in contact with Russell Hurd a Sigma Tau Gamma member who contracted the epidemic type of spinal meningitis after collapsing at a campus soda fountain He was taken home to Newton Falls then to Warren City Hospital The campus fraternity was quarantined while authorities tested all members In Akron Summit County jail and county home were quarantined after 19 year old inmate William Thraterra died from spinal meningitis Two other prisoners ill Saturday were under observation Fifteen prisoners and infirmary residents were isolated and two deputies were to be tested
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Kent, C
A. O. DeWeese
Kent State University
Russell Hurd
Hurd
Sigma Tau Gamma
Newton Falls
Warren City
DeWeese
Kenneth Jacobson
Ernest William
Akron
Summit County
William Thraterra
Poeeitle Algo
Camden High Seniors Honor Juniors At Elk Club
The Elk’s club in Elyria hosted Camden High School senior and junior students for a festive evening with green and silver decor and yellow rose centerpiece. Speeches by Rus sell Searles junior president Charles Pachinger senior president and principal H W Baetz were followed by Betty Shaver reading the class prophecy. After dinner the group drove to Oberlin for a theater party.
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Kipton
Elk’s Club
Elyria
Camden High School
Russell Searles
Charles Pachinger
H. W. Baetz
Betty Shaver
Oberlin
Will Attempt to Organize Glass Workers in Lancaster
Representatives of the Committee for Industrial Organization announced plans to organize workers at Hocking Glass Company in Lancaster. A meeting was held at Eagles Hall with speakers William Mubleman and Arthur Etberta urging unionization from cellar to roof, while police blocked a separate CIO speaking trip at the city limits.
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Lancaster
Committee For Industrial Organization
Snid
Hocking Glass Company
Route
de Nucci
Gall Sealer
Lesser
Lancaser
Russell Cunningham
C. E. Moyer
Citizens” Committee
Hocking Glass
C O
Traffic Toll Rises as Week End Crashes Claim Many Lives
United Press reports heavy weekend traffic across Ohio raises motor fatalities by at least 12. Incidents near Hamilton Bridgeport and Gallipolis tied to multiple deaths. Victims include Mrs Mary Campbell 54 and her children Lena 19 Mer 16 Vinie 8 Paul 1% in Hamilton collision. George Bozicevic Benwood WV. Ralph Satterfield 20 near West Union. Walter Hill 40 Negro WV. 16 year old bride Louise Jennings Akron. Walter McCartney 25 Steubenville head on crash. Bernice McDowell 50 and Nancy Beard 2 Columbus struck by car.
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United Press
Ohio
Hamilton
Spidigeport
Indiana
Mary Campbell
Lena
Mer
Vinie
Paul
Bridgeport
George Bozicevic
Benwood
W. Va
Ralph Satterfield
West Union
Walter Hill
Netro
W- Va
Gallipolis
Louise Jennings
Akron
Walter McCartney
Steubenville
Customs
Columbus
Bernice McDowell
Nancy Beard
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Max Calkins
Camden Farm Woman's Club
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Lakewood
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