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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1933
Page
5
Public concern grows as feats by Amy Johnson inspire risky stunts and near accidents. Officials hint at possible government limits on stunt flying to curb dangerous demonstrations.
After two New York policemen were indicted on kidnapping and extortion charges investigators uncover a ring that targeted underworld big shots. The victims were bound by gang code and could not complain, paying up or seeking vigilante justice. Originator Vincent Coll died in a hail of bullets after his scheme unraveled. Ernest Schoeing, a rum runner’s agent, was kidnapped for a $100000 ransom but released when his wife refused to pay.
Master Roy W. Armstrong of Champaign Illinois earned praise after a portrait taken recently won the highest honors in a world photography collection in London. The image will be featured as a prize-winner in the American Annual of Photography for 1933.
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