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kersiway ider-i be-ther de-id at car-the it of stour ction. mile rood, then louse mey. ) theicene y of kan-ocla-sery-5 are rings m ofic at nanyanty,with‘tiers.Sheriffs Force Told of Narrow*Escapes From Highway Bobberies on Highway.Nparthage, Mo., Aug. 31.*^~The sheriff's office today received reports of three attempted holdups last night and early today on highway No. 66 east and west of here, but so far as could be learned no one was robbed.Two tourists reaching Avilla last midnight reported that two men had stopped them about two miles east of here, asking the distance to Joplin and Sareoxie. When a second car pulled tip beside the tourist car and Stopped, the tourists drove on. One of the occupants of the tourist car had $80 in money on his person, It was reported. *No Trace Found.Another tourist reported that two men attempted to wave him down a short distance west of Avllia, but that he speeded up his machine, continuing on his way.Sheriff Harry D. Stephens and Deputies Otis Wheeler and Doren Arthur drove east on highway No. 66 to the County line at about 2 o’clock this morning* but siw no trace of the two men.Still another person, Daniel Ferns of Bochester, Pa., who re-f»«r»tlv had a motor car accidentPH»P* iwillPic*cou fcer wili it 'marecencoutpattieid1m
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Joplin Sunday Globe
Joplin, Missouri, US
Sun, Sep 01, 1929
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