Baby Kidnapping Probe Sparks Ozark Hunt
International News Service reports a Springfield banker's infant Lloyd Keet valued at three million dollars was kidnapped. A posse pushed into the Ozark wilds to track the alleged thieves, aided by Greene County mountaineers, after a raid on the nearby Negro settlement known as Coon Troller.
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Ozark Mountains
Springfield
Hmes
Sheld Woodamen
Greene County
Ozarks
Vaal
Springfeld
Kidnapping Mystery at Coon Holler Bungalow Edge
Mrs Keet pleads during a chaotic night as abductors strike the Keet bungalow on Plekwick Road. A mysterious messenger warned of harm to baby Ket unless detectives retreat. Neighbors recall a tense search led by local veterans toward the brush and mountains, suggesting possible inside involvement.
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Coon Holter
Mr. Ket
Coon Holler
Coon Moller
Springfield
Keer
Keet
Mother's Story Sparks Kidnapping Rumors in SPHINGFINI O
Mrs J Hollandeet, mother of baby Lloyd Keet, describes her missing child's crib and recounts her account of the kidnapping. She questions whether a woman among the abductors exists and notes detectives observed handwriting in a note. The Keet family resides on Pickwick Road.
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Sphingfini
Mrs. Keel
Keet
Pickwick Road
War As It Really Is at Dome Theatre
Announcement from Dome Theatre promotes War As It Really Is, a German front line documentary shot in France by Captain Donald C. Thompson. The Verdun emphasis, 400 scenes, and aerial combat are highlighted, with vivid depictions of trench warfare and hand to hand fighting.
Local Man With College Unit Sworn In For France Service
WB. Lewis of this city is sworn into an ambulance unit composed of Pennsylvania State College students. Two ambulance units from the college have been mustered into government service for early duty in France. Lieut. J. W. Whitthouse examined recruits. fifty five students sworn in including M. Free, Jn. Dubois, A. B. Gass, T. M. Reed, and W. S. Williams among others from Pittsburgh, New Castle, Carnegie, Bradford, Shamokin, and State College.
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WB. Lewis
Pennsylvania State College
France
State College
J. W. Whitthouse
Medical Reserve Corps
M. Free
Jn. Dubois
A. B. Gass
Pittsburg
T. M. Reed
Jn. Edgewood
J. W. Adam
W. S. Lewis
New Castle
C. J. Pierce
Crafton
F. M. Webster, Jr
Carnegie
Derwiel L. Mc Harris
Bradford
J. M. Waves
Dellefoute
B. M. Homan
A. J. Kane
Shamokin
W. 5. Whiteman
Latrobe
Handbag Lost With Cash And Note At Public Square
Mrs. Santa Dearborn of Niles reports a handbag containing 124 in cash and an 800 note plus tax receipts missing from her arm as she walked from the public square on Saturday afternoon. Police are asked to investigate but no leads have been learned.
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Santa Dearborn
Niles
Smithfield Street
Cone
Denbirg
Beaver Co Raises Flag and Local Notices
Beaver County items report a flag raising event at Hig Beaver Coal and Coke with musical accompaniment by the Drum Corps of Midwood City and invited spectators. Funeral notices, accidental injury, school and social updates, and numerous weekend visits among residents of Beaver Falls Ellwood City New Castle and surrounding areas are summarized from this community page.
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Wampum
Hig Beaver Coal and Coke Company
Imines
Irom Corps
Midwood City
Weekend Visits Mentioned by Local Residents
Spent Sunday with Mr. and 8. J. J. Humphries and with Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Hazen. Fred Jones of Elhy and Oliv Motored here yesterday. Dr. Louis Cunningham of Hesse mer Spent the weekend with his parents. The Misses Lillian McCready and Demeris Orris, and Leroy Smith and Artur McCready motored to New Galilee Sunday.
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New Castle Yigitore
John Buller
Laura Aiken
W. J. Kirkwood
Brn Aiken
Iya Kirkwood
Agnes Veon
Nellie Douglass
Bertha Nye
Mitchall Harris
D. Hennon
Carl Schmidt
Mendel Harris
James Stewart
PF. Po Maijor
Beaver Falls
William Miller
Ellwood City
Thomas Hickey
Leroy Smith
H. H. Webster
Fazel
Bobb
New Castle Gaturda
E. J. Davis
Leroy
W. Hf. Grinnen
Eleanor
New Castle
Percy Abrett
Loray
Harry Goodwin
Warren
Ohio
Jota MekKelwey
M. F. McCarthy
Robert Johns
New Caste
Bess
May Jones
Hiram Coates
Carl Turner
Mira Lucy Mickey
Tra McAnlis
Yewcastle
Fee Arents
Robert Mes
W. RB
William Henry
Mary Iunephriea
al Elwood
J. J. Humphries
A. P. Hazen
Fred Jones
Elhy and
Oliv
Louis Cunningham
Hessemer
Ningman
Lillian McCready
Demeris Orris
Artur McCready
New Galilee
Steel Mill Fire Is Quelled By Quick Mil Great Effort
Firemen raced to the Kane Steel Company plant on Sunday morning after a roof blaze sparked by a furnace slip. City crews found steel mill workers already battling the blaze with five water streams, earning high praise from Fire Chief F J Connery for their prompt, effective actions. The incident caused no injuries or mill disruption to departments.
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Kane:gie Steel Company
Ciel
F. J. Connery
War Film Surrenders Germans in Verdun Scene
A chaotic surrender sequence shows German troops tearing through barbed wire toward French trenches then surrendering with smiles inside the French trench. Captain Donald Thompson’s six reel Verdun campaign depicts close combat, aerial dogfights, and dramatic modern warfare scenes. New York critics hail War As It Really Is, showing at the Domenea theater on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Donald
Chompson
Etrat
Verdun
Geallay
New York
Onade
Ih Domeneatre
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Herb D. McGoun
Magdalene OF the Hills
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Magdalene
America
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Keo
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Hopes Woman
Baby
Dome Theatre
Frontine
Donald C. Thompson
Circ
Flying Corps
Thompson
Hig
Nixon Theatre
Gail Kane
Iilesix
Alba
Keystone
Charles Murray, Louise Fazenda and
Harry Booker
WS. Lewis
Niles, Chin
Gig Tosa
Pearson's Weekly
London
Ste -Cao
Yale Record
Beaver Co
Arthur Alexander
William Aleyanier
F. M. Wagner
Charles Galrath
IL Ig
Lucille Drawn
Christchurch
Donald A. Thompson
Europe
MR. Thompson
Europea
Fannie Ward
the School For Husbands” —and
Kathlyn Williams
Theodore Roberts
Vernon Castle As “Patria
State Museum
Tlaleigh
N. Y
Boston Transcript
CO. W. Mayberry Coo
Hera Lin
East Wastenston SE
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