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Akron Beacon Journal 19 Monday, March 20, 1950 Taken At 74 Girl Victim Of Stranglcr 2 Boys Again Baby Sitter mmmmwjssmmmmi Fire Home FREE MEASURING SERVICE IK YOUR HOME! DETROIT, a'J) Mr. and Mrs. Killer Still Eludes Law Burdette Doot promised to keep a 1 ckvser watch on their two young 4 6IVE NEW BEAUTY TO YOUR FURNITURE Washable SUNFAST CUSTOM FITTED sons who ve set fire to their home twice. COLUMBIA, Mo. ITi!) A sex NFW KNITTED FABRICS Robert, 7, and Larry, 6.

crawled fiend who raped and strangled a 12-year-old baby sitter eluded from beneath a neighbor's porch last night after hiding for more than 10 hours "because we knew we did something bad." I iltlr police today this Missouri college town. I Boone County Prosecutor Carl The boys started the fire with Factory rTtcntatW will call Sapp said officers had rounded up with lull lt el umtct kitchen matches in a second floor all known sex offenders for ques closet early yesterday. Neighbors tioning in the eold-blooded murder PHONE ST-2632 of brown-haired Janett I'hristman awakened the parents and the father rescued 2-year-old Janice from another bedroom. 159Z E. MARKET ST.

in a "terrific struggle" Saturday night. The fire caused an estimated Sapp said the killer may have 2,000 damage. READ BEACON JOI RNAI, WANT ADS EVERT DAT been the same assailant who tried to molest young baby sitters in Columbia twice during the past two months. 7in fe. if: i L-J if JANETT, who would have ob EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS 40,000,000 books served her 13th birthday tomorrow, was attacked and strangled with an electrical cord while she This tells how Burroughs, Creator Of Tarzan, Dies ENCINO, Cal.

UP Edgar Rice Burroughs, whose own twist on the theory of evolution Tarzan brought riches that Darwin never dreamed of, is dead. Burroughs, author, died yesterday, but the ape-man he created will live on to delight other generations of youngsters the world over. Fifteen novels were awaiting publication when Burroughs died of a heart attack in bed yesterday morning. A movie producer said he had contracted to make 15 more Tarzan films. A tradition born in 1912, when burroughs sold his first Tarzan book, apparently will continue for years to come.

THE 74-YEAR-OLD multimillionaire writer became ill three months ago but up to that time had kept busy turning out new stories about his jungle hero. "Tarzan of the Apes" brought Burroughs only $700. He retained control over his literary works, however, and the royalties reached fabulous proportions. From movie rights alone he Is reported to have realized, $5,000,000. Almost 40,000,000 Tarzan books have been sold.

Some have been translated into as many as 56 languages. The ape-man, portrayed by such actors as Johnny Weiss-muller, Buster Crabbe and currently Lex Barker, has appeared In 27 movies. BURROUGHS never set foot in Africa, the locale of his jungle stories. He used to recall with delight, however, that world travelers frequently complimented him on the authenticity of his settings. Shortly after the sale of his first books, Burroughs bought the nearby Gen.

Harrison Gray Otis estate In the suburbs of Los Angeles and built a home, "Tarzana," in its center. He subdivided the property and the city of Tarzana grew up around his home. He sold the house after he and the former Emma Hulbert, whom he had married In 1900. di I PQQO was baby-sitting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

Ed Romach, who were attending a bridge party. Laic Balks Lawmakers The killer did not molest little Gregory Romach, 2 1-2, who was you're going found asleep in his crib. "We have made a clean check of the house and area and believe we have some good fingerprints and hair samples, but won know how good they are until they have been gone over in the highway patrol laboratory," Sapp said. this tells how I OOP I BLOODHOUNDS tracked a AssoriBted Presi Wirephoto JANETT CHRISTMAN scent to a Columbia bus depot, stranfiletl, raped Sapp said. All outgoing schedules were being checked.

Janett, a "big girl for her age," lashed back savagely at her assailant, who probably entered the Romach house through a window. savagely" with an unknown weapon, probably a length of iron pipe, before she was garroted. Acts AT ONCE to Relieve lice but was overpowered by the rapist. The desk sergeant on duty Saturday night said a mysterious called telephoned about 11 o'clock. He heard a "faint scream" and then the line went dead.

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