“Man Who Killed Hitler”
AUTHOR OF BOOK GETS ROUGH HANDLING United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Sunday, 10.20 p.m. BAKERSFIELD (Calif.), May 13. George Palmer Putnam, publisher, husband of the late Amelia Earhart (the aviatrix who disappeared in tho Pacific during a round-the-world flight), was found bound and gagged in a vacant house early this morning. He told the police that he was kidnapped from his Hollywood home tho previous night by two men who spoke German. Putnam recently announced that he had received a letter threatening death unless he desisted from publishing the anti-Nazi book, “The Man Who Killed Hitler.” Putnam told the sheriff that tho men slugged him in the garage and drove him off in his own automobile.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19390515.2.61
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 112, 15 May 1939, Page 7
Word Count
121“Man Who Killed Hitler” Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 112, 15 May 1939, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in