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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1937

Page

3

Brooklyn Dancer Found Dead in Paris Slaying Revealed

Versailles reports the body of 22 year old Brooklyn dancer Jean De Koven found buried under a villa porch near Paris after German emissary Eugene Weidmann confessed to strangling her and three other victims over money. Autopsy and police investigation followed a gun duel that wounded officers.

Versailles France Jean de Koven Brooklyn St. Cloud Miss de Koven Eugene Weidmann Paris Arthur Frommer Georges Berry Weidmann Berry Raymond Lesobre St. Cloud Villa Roger Leblond Couffy Germany Miss de Kove N St.Cloud

Weidmann Confesses Slaying in Real Estate Scam Case

The suspect Weidmann, born Areniktart-on-the- Main, confessed to killing a woman over money tied to a real estate deal. Police report he claimed he needed funds and was questioned about the murder as investigators pressed for details. He said he fled Germany to escape military service in 1908.

Soner Img Weidmann Anacran Areniktart-on-the- Main Wlareh Germany

Maude Adams Returns to Stage in Chantecler at Columbia

In Columbia Missouri a near thousand crowd watched Maude Adams perform Rostand's Chantecler marking her second comeback as a star after retirement. Adams praised the work and her 17 hour days, noting Rostand’s message that men should do their work even when not seen as great.

Columbia Maude “Adams Rostand Stephen College Miss Adams Peter Pan Miss. Adams

Woman candidate sparks Polk County Possum Club banquet

At the 25th annual Possum Club banquet in Possum, Ark., about 300 to 400 guests from Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma expected to dine on 50 to 100 opossums as a woman using the alias Aunt brsimmon A. Packer vies for club presidency. Veteran members favor Albert Gist, while toastmaster Hal L. Norwood notes unease over a woman leader. two albino marsupials provide stage atmosphere though by laws bar inclusion.

Mend Ark Polk County Brsimmon A. Packer Albert ‘Gist Mountain Fork English Baker Hal L. Norwood Little Rock Possum. Club Arkansas Texas Louisiana Oklahoma

Garbo Leaves for Sweden Amid Farewell by Stokowski

Greta Garbo, bound for Sweden for a Christmas vacation, sailed yesterday on the liner Gripsholm. Leopold Stokowski, recently divorced conductor, bade her farewell aboard the ship. Neither Garbo nor Stokowski confirmed marriage rumors.

New York Greta ‘Garbo Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra Gripsholm Miss Garbo Stokowski Philadelphia

Broadcast of Dickens A Christmas Carol Airs Tuesdays at 4 45 PM

WDAF carries Dickens A Christmas Carol in a broadcast titled Many Lawrences Adults and Children tune in weekly. The program airs on Tuesdays at 4 45 PM and again at 10 15 PM.

Lawrences WDAF Dickens

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