May Day Mystery keeps secrets at Marland jail
In a campus noir, Jim Hanvey questions Ivy Welch and Pat Thayer’s widow Tony Peyton about love, lies, and a death. Tony reveals truths while Larry Welch faces arrest, and a night-time visit to the undertaker hinges on a fatal misread of who killed Thayer.
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Acme
Harvey
Reagan
Jim
John
Goig
Pi! Tau Theta
Paterson Thayer
Ivy Welch
Pat Thayer
Thayer
Max Vernon
Miss Peyton
Ivy
Tharer
Hanver
Marland Road
Hanvey
John Reagan
Larry Welch
Larry
Marland
Jim Hanvey
Antoinette Peyton
Peyton
Tony
Mr. Thayer
Pat
Rea
Gan
Tony Peyton
Larry Webb
Mr. Hanvey
Mr. Reagan
John Welch
Vernon
Welch
Bond
Plea of Insanity Wins Acquittal for Robber
Rob ert W. Terry, 27, of Des Moines with wife and three children, was acquitted after a insanity defense based on hunger and family worry. He admitted the October robbery in Kansas City using a toy pistol, carrying a diamond ring and $11.32 when found by police thirty minutes later.
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Kansas City
Robert W. Terry
Terry
Des Moines
Surgeon performs emergency operation by flashlight in Caldwell
In a private Caldwell hospital Dr KE Butler carried out an emergency operation on Mrs Benjamin Pfitzenmayer after electrical power failed. Under weak Mashlights and augmented by high powered searchlights, Mayor William B Tobin summoned Caldwell West Caldwell and Essex Falls squads plus the Public Service Electric High and Gas company. The operation was completed successfully as Mrs Pfitzenmayer’s life hung in the balance.
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Caldwell
N. J
Butler
Benjamin Pfitzenmayer
Essex Falls
Public Service Electric High and Gas Company
Gold Treasure Trove Found in Hedge at Amalveor Farm
Eight gold articles unearthed from a hedge at Amalveor farm in Hedge Towenack England were declared treasure trove by the coroner. The crown seized the pieces while considering a claim by the duchy of Cornwall, linked to the Prince of Wales. The items, said to be 8,000 years old, include three torques or neck collars.
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Bngland
Amalveor Farm
Crown
Duchy of Cornwall
Prince of Wales
No Use It Was a Warm December Day
A brief home scene shows Joan wishing to go outside on a warm December day. Her mother allows bare feet indoors while cautioning it is not as warm outside as it seems. Joan replies with a playful word mix and a phrase about summer arriving.
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Mr. Hanvey
Thayer
Hanvey
Joan
Mater
Sumener