Girl Kidnapped By Deranged Farmhand Found Safe
Seven year old Betty Lawrence was rescued after five hours in captivity by a 27 year old farmhand in Parsons Kas. A massive search by 1 005 volunteers led to the arrest after Claude Payne a railroad employee recognized the abductor in a restaurant and followed him to a rooming house. Betty, reported missing by her mother and brothers, was found unharmed with only minor fear. The kidnapper claimed he planned to take the girl home and eat supper. The suspect, said to be mentally deranged, offered no resistance.
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American
Payne
Here
Betty
Beryl
Marvin
Bety
Stephen Lawrence
Lawrence
M-K-T
Finnish Americans enlist to help defend Helsinki
About 230 Finnish Americans, some never in Finland, sail from New York to help battle threats to Finnish independence. They travel via Norway or Sweden to Helsinki and offer to join the northern front. The group expects rapid deployment as more Finns abroad follow. Rat damage in the United States is pegged at 189 million dollars annually, with about half of rodents on farms.
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Helsinkt
Finland
Shriokesman
United States
Radio takes the place of cops and robbers
Dr John P McKay principal at West Richmond Heights school reports a survey of 1,909 sixth graders showing 11 year olds spend about half as much time listening to radio as in school and 63 percent of programs were not prepared for. Boys favor crime stories while girls pick a Hollywood star drama.
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ST. Louis
John P. McKay
Richmond Heights
McKay
Non College Youths Offered 700 Flight Scholarships
Washington AP reported the Civil Aeronautics Authority opened flight training offers to non college citizens aged 18 to 26. Courses will start in 70 cities with 14 youths per city, chosen by competitive exams for training between April 1 and September 11. Local groups select institutions and instructors, all meeting CAA requirements. Ground courses begin immediately as part of the civilian pilot training act.
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Washington
Dec. T
Civil Aeronautics
Clagr
CAA
Collleges
Congress
Focal
KruGon Delivers Relief for Chronic Digestion Sufferer
A Hutchinson Kansas man, F A Wiegand, describes four years of constipation misery and restless nights. After using KruGon, he reports better elimination, improved sleep, steadier digestion, relief from leg pains and dizziness, and renewed appetite and zest for life. Brandenberger Drug Co sells KruGon locally.
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KruGon
AL Wiegand
EL Campbell St
Hutchinson
Kansas
F. A. Wiegand
Mr. Wiegand
Brandenberger Drug Co
E. High St
Reading
Fines Cut Delaware State Police Costs This Year
In Dover Delaware the state police budget is reduced by fines. Superintendent John R Fader estimates a one man force will cost about 223000 dollars with fines collected for the year likely between 100000 and 110000 dollars.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
John R. Fader
Funeral services for Civil War vet today in Elsberry
Funeral services planned today for George Bassner, 104, longtime Civil War veteran from Lincoln County known as Uncle George. He served in the Missouri cavalry along the Missouri Arkansas border and once hosted Confederate veteran T. N. Crank on his 160th birthday, after entreaties to let bygones be bygones.
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Elsberry
George Bassner
Linccoln County
George
Missouri Calvary
Missouri-Arkansas
Bassner
T. N. Crank
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