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Wayward, Thessalie
3, works at Unamalgamated Ops; "worked as a stage mentalist," 37;
Wessell, Horst (1907-1930)
a member of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, who became a propaganda symbol in Nazi Germany following his murder in 1930 by two members of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). After his death, Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels elevated him into a martyr for the Nazi Party. Wikipedia
Wheeler, Floyd Francis "Skeet"
4, "a flyweight juvenile in a porkpie hat" at Unamalgamated Ops; introduces Hicks to the "clubhouse" under the Holton Street Viaduct, 51;
Toby Wing was an American actress and showgirl, once called "the most beautiful chorus girl in Hollywood." In 1931 she became one of the first Goldwyn Girls. Wikipedia
Winnebago
74, In the 1930s, the name "Winnebago" was also attached to a Wisconsin Mental Health Institute in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, which sometimes shows up in old newspapers or slangy speech simply as "Winnebago." The facility was a locked institution, housing both the mentally ill and, at times, criminally insane patients transferred from correctional facilities.
