Bullet Hits Child at Desert Nudist Camp, April 1, 1939

Posted on April 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

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The Times wrote very little about the Land of Moo nudist colony in Lancaster. All we know is that rancher Jack R. Majonnier was given a suspended sentence of $25 or 50 days in jail.

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Joe Shaw gets out of jail long enough for some dental work.

Councilman Howard Davis is cleared of criminal charges. Davis was accused of taking bribes to help win approval of spot zoning changes that would have allowed oil drilling in Wilmington. 

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The five radium victims were Katherine Schaub, Edna Hussman, Quinta McDonald, Albina Larice (also spelled Laris and Karice) and Grace Fryer. Albina Larice died in 1946 at the age of 52, according to the New York Times. 

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The Times, Dec. 16, 1916, a driver shoots motorcycle Officer Thomas J. Kronschnabel to death at 24th Street near Main.  
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No shortage of ethnic caricatures in the comics. 		1939_0401_sports

Baseball gets ready to celebrate its 100th birthday.
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