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$500 Reward for Informal ion ofMissinii Manc\l HI H\ PAKkKK Haulers Asked to IN o t i f y Newspaper OfiieeReaders of the AUBURN PARK ER were today asked to join in aj-nation-wide search to find Harry N. I limning, age 40, who left his home at 5849 N. Rockwell, Feb. 14 and has j -not been seen since.Mrs. Elsie Lanning, wife of the, ^ missing man believed to be a victim ( of amnesia, has posted a $500 re- s ward to be paid for information j ( leading to the whereabouts and re- £ turn of her husband. sEmployed as a supervisor at the Container Corporation of America, j 905 N. May, Lanning left nis home , ii 11 at 4 o'clock on the afternoon of j Valentine’s Day, intending to go to j work. Officials of the firm report j that he failed to report for work on j that day or since. Nor have the fel-1 low employees seen or heard of him I either.Stating that “his home was his happiness.’’ Mrs. Lanning could find . no reason wjiy her husband who was so perfectly contented’’ would want to leave home intentionally. “He I must be a victim of amnesia. she J reasoned. “We were so happy to-! gether.”SEARCHING SINCE Since her husband’s mysterious dis-1 appearance two months ago Mrs. i ; Lanning has carried on personal day and night search. She has visited ; police stations, hospitals, doctors’ offices, employment agencies, institu-itions, bus and railroad stations, theatres, the homes of all nis friends i and many other logical places where ! a missing man might turn up. All j | to no avail. She has printed and distiibuted hundreds of handbills containing a picture of her husband and following vital information:Age 40. Height 6 ft. l'a inches. Weight 155 lbs. Hazel eyes.Has small scar under right eye. j Dark brown hair. High forehead, i Was wearing gray fedora hat, gray ! topcoat and hrown suede jacket, dark blue trousers, white shirt with j blue stripes, black oxford shoes and gray socks, lie had no identification papers.CONTACT AIBCKN PARKERMonday Mrs. Lanning visited the i office of this newspaper to ask if i AUBURN PARKER readers would | aid her in her search. She is making' I similar visits to newspaper ottices | throughout the city.Readers having information lead-1 I ing to the whereabouts and return ! of the missing man pictured above 1 are asked to contact the office of the j ; AUBURN PARKER, at .Triangle! I 4111, the Gresham police station, at Stewart 7126 or Mrs. Lanning at her home, 5849 N. Rockwell, Ardmore 6153.
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Chicago Auburn Parker
Chicago, Illinois, US
Thu, Apr 17, 1947
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