Death by Own Action Club In Amityville Probe
Police probe reveals a death by own action club in Amityville with twenty four members said to have died by self destruction. Miss Louise Schwartz, involved in the case, is accused of murder in the death of her 55 year old brother Edward Schwartz while an alienist and hospital doctor comment on delusions but note the group planned cures through prayer with death as alternative. The club reportedly formed years ago and met weekly to pray for cures with oath bound deaths if prayers failed.
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Amityville
N.Y
Louise
Schwarts
Ifty
Edward
Schwartz
Miss Schwartz
Nassau
Suffolk
Theodore Reed
Miss. Schwartz
Richard H.hoffman
Miss’ Schwartz
Hoffman
Miss Schwarts
Eas
George Britenbach
Miss — Schwartz
Unclear residence death linked to survivor’s account
Mise Schwarts claims she left the home and found her brother dead upon return. Police note a wound to the top of the head and identify Schwarts as the only other person present before the body’s discovery. Her account contrasts with investigators assessing possible homicide.
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Schwarts
Mise
School Finance Survey of U S Starts in July
A four year national study of the tax dollars spent on schools begins July 1. William J Cooper will direct the project with Dr Paul R Mort as associate director. The survey aims to compare sources and uses of the 2.45 billion dollars spent annually on education for Congress state legislatures and school boards. Congress allotted 350 thousand dollars with 100 thousand more annually for four years.
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Washington
Wilbur
National Survey of
William J.cooper
United States Commissioner of Education
Paul R. Mort
Columbia University Teachers’ College
Congress
Pays Inventor's Heirs for Fuse Used in War
Heirs of Andre Lefevre who developed a shrapnel fuse used by allied armies in 1917 18 were awarded 3200 francs damages plus costs from the French government. Lefevre, once minister of war, completed the 1.% L fuse in 1916 and sought payment after the war. a later war ministry ruling affirmed payment but the amount was unresolved. After his death his heirs revived the suit.
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M. Lefevre
Belgium
War Ministry
Chilean president takes two and a half hour Sikorsky flight
Captain Boris Sergievsky, chief test pilot for Sikorsky Aviation, says he made the Chilean president Don Carlos Ibanez del Campo an aviation enthusiast by taking him on a two and a half hour flight in a Sikorsky amphibian recently flown in China.
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Stratford
Connie
Boris Sergievsky
Si.korsky Aviation Corporation
Chile
Don Carlos Ibanez Dél Campo
Sergievsky
Chua
Youth Bouts Shark in Hand to Fin Fight
Stanley Roser an eighteen year old boy beat off a shark which attacked him while he swam. A man eater bowled him over with a furious rush but Roser jammed his thumb in the shark eye and it retreated. He walked to a hospital.
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Brisbane
Australia
Stanley Roser
Roser
The Night of Revere’s Ride and the First Battle
The article recounts Paul Revere’s midnight ride to Lexington and Concord, detailing signals from the North Church, Dawes and Prescott joining the mission, and the ensuing clash that marked the first battle of the American Revolution. It cites Revere’s own account dated January 1, 1798 and notes British efforts to capture colonial leaders Hancock and Adams.
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Léndellow
Charlestown
Old South Association
Boston
Warren
Lexington
Hancock
Adams
Clark
Conant
Charies River
Boston Neck
Revere
Lowell
John Stark Revolutionary War Hero and Battlefield Leader
John Stark led 1 750 men at Bennington facing Colonel Baum and British veterans. The battle on New York soil ended in a major American victory with 207 killed 750 captured and several cannons taken. Washington hailed Stark and New Hampshire’s pride followed his career including Springfield 1780 and Major Andre trial.
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John Stark
Bennington
Bunker Hill
Trenton
Washington
New Hampshire
Baum
Stark
New York
Britain
Burgoyne
Springfield
N. J
Major Andre
Also Mentioned on This Page
Belleau Wood Memorial
Aisne-Marne
Belleau Wood
France
American Battle Commission
School Finance Survey
U. S
Newark
Minute Men
Old North Bridge
Concord
Mass
Massachusetts
Paul Revere
Haten
Medford
Somerset
Messrs
Hancock and
Doctor Warren
William Dawes
Roxbury
Cambridge
Charles River
Dawes
Samuel Prescott
Prescott
John. Stark
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