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AMERICAN CLERGYMAN KIDNAPPED WHILE DRIVING (Received August 17, 9.35 p.m.) NEW YORK, August 16 Another case of kidnapping occurred to-day. The Rev. R. Askew, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, was abducted and held for 25,000 dollars' ransom. .... , Mr. Askew was driving in a motorcar at the time he was seized. TORONTO BREWER RELEASE ANNOUNCED (Received August 17, 11.45 p.m.) TORONTO, August 17 Mr. John Labatt, the Toronto brewer who was kidnapped on Tuesday, was released at 5.30 a.m. to-day.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21882, 18 August 1934, Page 11
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