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Roger Schacht, 25, 1514 Algonquin Rd., Des Plaines, took his own life Monday morning [December 9, 1946] by firing a bullet from a .45 government Colt into his head. Herman Stoeckel, Arlington Hts., notified the county sheriff’s police at 10:45 that a man was slumped over the steering wheel of a ‘34 Pontiac parked on […]

A 20-year-old Orleans race car pilot was killed in a spectacular crash at the Mitchell Speedway yesterday and six other persons, including two Indianapolis men, died in a wave of traffic accidents throughout the state during the weekend. The dead [included] George Crawley, 22, of Rolling Prairie. Crawley was killed [September 29, 1946] three miles […]

Joseph S. Royal, Jr., former Brownsville resident, died as a result of an automobile accident near Cleveland, Ohio, last Wednesday [September 18, 1946]. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, of Ohio; his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Royal, two sisters, Mrs. Charles Richardson and Sally Royal, and a brother Billy, all […]

CANAAN, Me., Aug. 3 (AP)—Two persons were killed and one critically injured early today [August 3, 1946] when their automobile crashed into a cement bridge over a small stream on the main street here. The dead were Mrs. Louise Flynn, 19, of Pittsfield, and Lawrence M. Chisholm, 24, of Newport. Mrs. Flynn’s husband, Richard, 21, […]

CLINTON, N.Y. (UP) – Word has been received here today of the death at Chelsea (Mass.) Naval Hospital of Capt. Nelson C. Dale Jr., U.S. Marine Corps, from injuries suffered while leading his unit in the second day of battle for Okinawa. Dale, who won the Merrill award as outstanding college senior at Hamilton in […]

With deepest sorrow we report to his classmates and friends the death of Dick Goheen by his own hand on March 17 [1946] in New York. Dick was born in Venguria, India, in 1914, and lived in that country until he came to Lawrenceville to prepare for Princeton. Dick’s contribution to our class and college […]

FARMINGTON, Nov. 22 (AP)—Discovery of the body of a 22-year-old Navajo Indian who disappeared almost two years ago was reported tonight. State Patrolman Andy Andrews of Farmington said the body was found Saturday by Sheriff’s Deputies Pete Fisher and George Huntsman, both of Aztec, on an abandoned rural road about 10 miles north of here. […]

Three Marines were killed and one wounded when their four-man patrol was ambushed and cut down by Jap snipers in the Asan Point area of the island Saturday afternoon [December 8, 1945]. The patrol, which was headed by 2nd Lt. Ray W. Atchinson, USMCR, had been sent out to investigate reported gun fire and disturbances […]

Miami, Fla., Dec. 7 (AP)—A sea and air armada was ordered out today to search 100,000 square miles of the Atlantic in a “last chance” effort to rescue 27 men who disappeared with five torpedo bombers and a missing rescue plane. Aboard one of the missing bombers was Capt. George W. Stivers of Piedmont, Mo. […]

TRENTON, N.J., Sept. 30. (AP)—One driver was instantly killed and another was injured here today [September 30, 1945] when their automobiles skidded on the one-mile track and crashed through the boundary fences during the 20-mile feature auto race at the Trenton fairgrounds. Killed was Harry Hutchinson, of Springtown, Pa., who apparently lost control of his […]