Convent Girl Abduction Near Washington Sparks Arrests
An 18 year old convent student, Lucy Brown, was abducted outside Washington near the U S Capital. Police and Maryland state authorities led a large search of Prince Georges County with Maryland officers and CCC youths in a farm house sweep. Her 15 year old sister escaped and identified two men later arrested in Washington. Lucy and her sister were returning from Notre Dame Academy when a small truck offered them a ride. The father William B Brown and sister appealed for her safe return.
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Oxon Hill
Baltimore City
William B. Brown
Washington
Lucy
Baltimore
Robert Bradley
Edward McK. Johnson
Maryland
Johnson
Government Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Mary
Prince George's County
Margaret Brown
Notre Dame Academy
Social Register Estate Purchases at Cash Offer
The article notes a sale of the social register for $700,000 cash. Mrs. Willis Wood inherits a quarter of income from the estate, with George Keller also holding a quarter. The late Mrs. Townsend Ashmore’s share reverts, and upon Wood and Beekman deaths, Keller in Europe would inherit all, unless a responsible buyer is found.
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Willis Wood
Keller
George Keller
Townsend Ashmore
Wood
Mr. Beekman
Charles Keller
Morton Bogue
Ralph Wolcott
Bertha Eastmond
Board of Admissions
Emily Price Post
Miss Eastmond
Louis Keller
Social Register
Summit
N. J
Charles Beekman
Eastmond
Register
New York Social Register
Conde Nast Publications
Doubleday, Doran & Co
Beekman
Personalities To Dominate Pan American Parley At Lima
As the Lima Pan American Conference opens December 9 1938 Latin American dictators and officials including Argentina Mexico Colombia Cuba and the United States clash over blocs and policy. Cantilo Trujillo Cantilo and Hull figures shape the debate with log rolling and diplomacy while Argentina's stance could swing the outcome.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Argentina
Hull
Europe
North American Newspaper Alliance
New York
Lima
Peru
United States
Rafael L. Trujillo
Santo Domingo
Pan-American League of Nations
Cordell Hull
Cantilo
France
England
Italy
Rome
Havana
Montevideo
Honorio Pueyrredon
Washington
Charles Evans Hughes
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
League of Nations Council
Colombia
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico
Popular Front
Jose M. Puig-Casauranc
Saavedra Lamas
Puig
Santiago
Chile
Cuba
The Bad Bluebloods Social Register Cut Them Dead
New York reports the social register reveals how the elite react to crimes and scandals. Richard Whitney and Ten Broeck Terhune are said to be in Sing Sing, while their wives continue in society. The piece traces how entries are made and the register’s enduring mystique and influence.
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New York
Social Register
Richard Whitney
Ten Broeck Terhune
Sing Sing
Rocial Registerites
Regiater
Alaguat
America
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Mra Granville Fortesque
Thalia Massie
Barbara Hutton
Cobing Wright
Windsor
Madaliere
Astor Dick
Enzo Piermonte
Ree
Gene ‘Tunney
Polly Lauder
Jack Astor
Frankie French
Reginald Vanderbilt
Astaire
Phyllis Baker
Adele
Charles Cavendish
Britain
the Almanach de Gotha
Jane Wyatt
Whitney
Italian-Americans Urged To Support Benito
Homer Martin of the United Automobile Workers testified before a committee on Un American activities that Italian vice consul Giacomo Ungarelli urged Italian ancestry Americans in Detroit to back the Italian fascist government. He described threats and an economic boycott against those refusing to comply. The consul had reportedly arrived in Detroit in 1934 from Brazil, promoting Italian Pascist influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers Union
Howne Investigatera
Giacomo Ungarelli
Detroit
Tee
Pasci
Italy
Mastin
Ungarelli
Detrait
Brack
Crere “Berate
Talians
Brazil
Willy
Tack Jhay Good Natured Dear Trex Lam
The fragment names a person or title but lacks clear details. It reads as a brief note or caption with unclear context and no verifiable events or organizations to anchor a proper summary.
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Jhay
Creomulsion Health Ad Claims Quick Cough Relief
An old advertisement touts Creomulsion as a remedy for a persistent cough. It claims relief after trying other medicines and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied with benefits. The text emphasizes healing inflamed mucous membranes and expelling germs.
Simplicity Key To Car Design
Detroit dispatch surveys 1939 models as designers push toward greater simplicity and integrated units. Experts like Raymond Loewy forecast future cars with single stamped units, hidden radiators, indirect interior lighting, and minimized outside clutter to maintain smooth lines and adaptability.
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Detroit
Raymond Loewy
Studebaker
Loewy
Atr
Light as Plastic Shapes Future Car Design Talks
Designers envision light as a decorative plastic in autos and buses. They note bright roof lights charm riders but seek subtlety. Small spotlights or colored circuits could become integrated features hidden under the hood to cast a soft glow through louvers.
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Aitractive
U. S
CCC
Carlos J, Videla
Bad Bluebloods
Atlantic
Mary van Rensselaer Thayer
Vincent Astor
Mia
Raimund von Hoffmanstahl
J. P Morgan
Boston
Benito
Hldaren
Jane Bell
Peat City
Seate Radiorgan
Nunn Electric Co
Polk St. Te
Azin Elief
Sean Epou
Rania
Fox Paint & Wallpaper Co
A Polk
Carload
Wm. Knabe, Wurlitzer, Gulbransen
Tolzien Music CO
Paramount Building
Hiram Walker & Sons Inc
Peoria
Illinois
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