Kidnap Ring Hunted Across Corn Belt
Chicago April 18 An active kidnap ring terrorized the Corn Belt abducting Jerome Factor age 19 son of John Factor. Investigators said six ex Capone gang members aided the operation as authorities raided a Congress Hotel room and gathered evidence linking the gang to Factor’s bid to free his son. The ring, described as outsiders, targeted gamblers and racketeers.
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Chicago
Corn Belt
Jerome Factor
John
Jake the Barber
Factor
Old Capone Gang
South
Pele
Weehohas
Tipow
Iowa
Congress Hotel
Pale
Bac
Polce
Trallery
Des Moines Poliee Department
Pryp
Sam Hunt
Old Capone
Van
Tony Accardo
West Side
Michael Spranza
Louis Cramer
Edward Guida
Lous Romans
South Side
Agencs
Ted Patterson
Archie Brown
Joe Varsalona
Varsalona
Peoria
Ih O
England
Waiec
Morrison Tintel
Tia
A Wail OMelnie and the Bank Er Charest in NY
In New York a blustery, driven figure, bank er Charest, dominates the scene with relentless energy. He rises at 6 in the park, handles multiple sports, and appears at his office with tornado-like bluster, but lacks human sympathy and faces a sudden, isolating crisis.
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New York
Enery
Charest
Votewell
Giee
Ayerey
Brinkerhoff Rushes Magazine Illustration
R. M. Brinkerhoff claimed fastest living illustrator. A magazine editor demanded a rush piece by Wednesday. Brinkerhoff finished before lunch that day and delivered it triumphant. The scene also notes a parrot at El Chico in the Village and Lily Pons reacting to a Dada style gag from Peter Arno’s cartoon in town.
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R. M. Brinkerhoff
Brink
Hull
Lily Pons
Walker and Betty Comp ton Marry in Cannes France
Former New York Mayor James J Walker and actress Betty Comp ton wed in Cannes at 11 15 am with Mayor Caraignaire presiding. Banns posted after Walker’s divorce. witnesses include Fisher Sharon and other Cannes notables. couple to stay at Compton villa.
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Cannes
France
James J. Walker
New York
Betty Compton
Cannes Town Sale
Walker
Miami
Florida
Caraignaire
Compton Villa
Beau Geste
Jrm Martinez
Mothe
Yale professor Phelps and Broadway glare on 1933 social scene
Portraits of high society figures flash by as Yale professor William Lyon Phelps, known for his white suits and late night reviews, mingles with Broadway luminaries like Tallulah Bankhead and Dick Manes. The piece notes the era’s social circles and a humorous Daley Polo Grounds exchange. A stock market line claims 1951 NYSE shares equal the combined 1915 1917 outputs.
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Tallulah Bankhead
Haris al
Darlin
Dick Manes
Hallyhooist
Tom Chalmers
Charles Hanson Towne
John Golden
Lo’ Feller
Joe Lauris Jr
Charlie
Manhattan
Yale
William Lyon Phelps
Whitney
Elm City
Mark Twain
Phelps
Amy Lowell
New Haven
Metropolis
New York Stock Exchange
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Hunt
United Press
West Madison Street
Factory
Potter Drug & Chemical Corporation
Malden
Mass
Paimster
Joseph Cummines Chase
Peter Arno
Stanies
Broadway
Richard Carle
Pete Daley
Alfred Henry Lewis
Daley
Churchill’s
Polo Grounds
Y Daley
McNaughi Syndicate, Inc
van Fleet
Columbia
Los Angeles
Regula
Lewis
Auc
Carolyn
Rational
Chiffon and Service
Percale Prints
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