Traxler Flees Oklahoma With Wife After Texas Prison Break
Verden Oklahoma July 20 fugitive outlaw Pete Traxler and two companions raced into town at dawn and abducted Mrs Nell Traxler and heavy luggage then fled south in her car while lawmen including FBI and state troopers concentrated on the area. Sheriff Jim Bond said officers broadcast alerts to Lawton Anadarko and nearby towns as a hunt for the trio intensified. A black coupe found abandoned near Verden was linked to the escape and deputies hunted the vehicles and routes used by the fugitives who fled Eastham Texas prison farm 11 days earlier.
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Verden
Okla
Pi—Roy
Pete Traxler
Oklahoma
Texas
Lawton
Anadarko
Eastham Texas
Fred Dorris
Traxler
Nell Traxler
Dorris
Sherif
Chickasha
Bond
Baird H. Markham, Jr
Yale
Sapulpa
E. L. Harvey
Justice of the Peace
Escaped convict Fred Tindal tied to Eastham prison farm escape
The report notes Fred Tindal's escape under gunfire from Eastham prison farm. The article also discusses the large used car market in America, citing that over ten million families have never bought a new car and that many low income households have become motorists by purchasing used cars.
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Fred Tindal
Eastham
Washington
U. S
American Petroleum Industries Committee
Congressmen Wives Describe Leisure Time During Legislation
Washington wives of new congressmen share how they fill days while husbands legislate. At the Seventy fifth Club luncheon they report an average 100 social calls daily, with one winner of a poetry contest and another who wrote a daily newspaper column. One wife completed an art course.
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Washington
Eleanor Holm Jarrett Seeks Divorce After Dissatisfaction
Cleveland reports swimming star Eleanor Holm Jarrett says she discussed divorce with husband Art Jarrett, an orchestra leader, after fourteen weeks apart. She cites divergent careers, unreconciled hopes, and Olympic disqualification rumors as factors, while denying gossip links to Billy Rose.
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Cleveland
Eleanor Holm Jarrett
Art Jarrett
Dallas
Tex
Jarrett
Billy Rose
Fannie Brice
Miss Holm
Germany
Allen Woolworth Appeals Bank Robbery Conviction
Topeka July 20 UP Appeal of Allen Woolworth convicted in Lyon county district court of robbing the Citizens National Bank of Emporia was filed in the state supreme court. Woolworth, 23, was tried May 28 for the March 1, 1938 robbery of $16,000 and sentenced to 10 to 50 years at Lansing penitentiary.
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Topeka
Allen Woolworth
Lyon County District Court
Citizens National Bank of Emporia
State Supreme Court
Woodworth
Wichita
Hart, Porter
Lansing
Mrs C E Cory and Richard Visit Relatives in California
Mrs C E Cory and Richard left Sunday for southern California to spend a month with relatives and will return by way of Texas to visit relatives and friends. Mary Joe Cull of Topeka spent the weekend with Verda Sommers.
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C. E. Cory
Richard
California
Texas
Mary Joe Cull
Topeka
Verda Sommers
Local residents host weekend visits and family events
Mrs James Lawrence and son Douglas and John Conger of Lawrence dined with Mr and Mrs Jake Milburn. Several families from Lawrence Topeka and Kaw Valley spent Sunday with relatives. funerals and visits to Ames and Kansas City featured among gatherings.
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James Lawrence
Douglas
John Conger
Lawrence
Jake Milburn
Fred Bartz
Charlton Bartz
Charlton
Ben Bartz
Margaret Waldee
Toneka
John Greiner
Eli St. John
Olathe
E. Strachen
Topeka
V. Carr
Norman Strachen
Denver
Edwards
Colo
Marion Everley
George Everley
Paul Hadle
Louie Hadle
Kaw Valley
Harold Daugherty
George Born
William Bohnsack
Fred Ziesenis
Richard
Lena Eder
Clara Neustifter
Watson
Nes Fuller
Lillie Fuller
J. M. Hearin
Tact and Traction on Curves
A terse note describes how shoulders, higher and broader, improve grip and stability on curves, implying improved performance and control for a vehicle or mechanism.
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