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"rny m.ni 141 "bp a1. I that of the missing actress. But 1Q OmCg still with no results. in several months and they are dwindling to more and mora infrequent Intervals. 1 Meanwhile, other close friends of the and her mother herself, denied and discounted Cits of Memories Occasionally there is a bit la the pregnancy report The persons interviewed ad a newspaper account as on mitted they knew Jean Spangler, but that was as far as it went Really Got Around "The only thins we've heen last Sept 24, when Benaer appeared In court to request that the visits of Mrs.

Florence Spangler to his daughter be curtailed. Benner asked complete custody of the child, and that able to find out" one detective said tiredly, "is that this girl really got aroundA 4 As the missing woman's pic ture was circulated through the visitation i rights of the grandmother one, -day each month be set aside. The case newspaper accounts and televi 4 sion Droerams. nolle began re I was taken under submission by the District Court of Appeals. ceiving reports that Jean Spang 1 ler had been seen.

They came As for Mrs. Spangler. she has from many locations, and officers were sent to check out each re just about given up hope that her daughter may be found, port None, it turned out I know," she said, "that Jean brought concrete results. would never have left willing ly. She loved her home and her several reports linked the act ress' name! with David (Little Davy) Ogul, a Mickey Cohen baby too much to ever do that" But" she wistfully.

"I just dont feel that she is alive henchman who disappeared while under bond awaiting trial :r.r--v 44? J- any more. Somehow I have lost the feeling that she la alive on conspiracy charges. Palm Springs Report Jean Snaneler wan rennrtori having been seen with Ogui in rami springs a tew aays Deiore she disanteared. accordin? to the Sheriffs office, and another re port was mat sne had been seen with Ogul and Frank NiccolL Reds Ridicule Lj U.S. Campaign' MOSCOW, Oct 4 The Soviet government newspaper Izvestla" said today U.S.

Presidential cam paign orators are Ignoring the chief questions facing the American people "such as cessation i of the war in Korea and strengthening of peaceful rela-1 another Cohen associate with whom Ogul disappeared, in El rasp, Still another report, somewhat iater than the two previous ones, was that the actress was seen 1 near Fresno and in Yosemite National Park In company with UKUl. I The first two reisnrts wota tin. uons between the great powers. The newspaper ridiculed the conduct of the campaign, depict ing both sides as indulging In crude and fiery "Leaders of both parties are speaking with demogogio speeches putting on each other verifiable, officers reported, and I Det Set Ed Jokisrh wnt tn I Fresno and Yosemite to check 1 t-j on the third, but was unable to reach a conclusion that the ner. tffc iwSyairjftwifet I a at the blame for the deprivations to M0C lsons seen there were actually Ogul and Miss Spangler.

which American workers are; condemned, Izvestia declared, Second Cohen Pal In police files at least one per REALLY GOT AROUND After exhaustive investigation of Actress Jean Spangfer's background in hope of finding clues to her mysterious disappearance, police declared that the only thing they had been cbfe to find was that "this girl really got around." FUN WITH MOMMY This is how little Christine Benner, 8, looked four years ogo when she and her mother enjoyed a playtime or their home here. In a few days Chris- tine will note the third anniversary of her actress mother's baffling disappearance. Timet photo DAUGHTER TO NOTE 3RD YEAR OF ACTRESS1 DISAPPEARANCE son, a friend of the actress, reported that she had been acquainted with Mike Howard, another Mickey Cohen pal. writing and declared them The background they found, ground near the Fern Dell en But in checking the long list trance to the park. He approached and saw that it was a woman's handbag, the but the whereabouts of the missing actress remained as murky a mystery as it was on the eve of the woman's reported ac Text of Note The note read: "Kirk: Can't wait any longer.

straps of which had been torn. Strike Silences Radios in Italy- ROME, Oct 4 (JPh-The chirp, ing bird, station signal of Italy's; national radio, was silent today. The whole Italian network was on strike. Thfi shutdown, called by technicians demanding higher pay, began at 5 a.m. and was to continue until midnight The technicians demanded 5 Increases In basic pay and rejected a counter-proposal of 3.

ning of her disappearance. quaintances including underworld characters, members of cafe society, actors and society figures detectives invariably the amount of support she was Connecting the note with a Going to see Dr. Scott. It will work best this way while mother is away." bumped into a wall of mist that possible clue to the disappearance, dectectives said they were cloaked the whereabouts of Jean The note ended with a comma Spangler after Oct 7, 1949. told by several friends of the and was unsigned.

The police file on the Spangler missing woman that Jean Spang The finding of the purse be the market at nearly 6 p.m. Mrs. Marks said she gained the impression that the actress was waiting to meet someone, but added that she saw no one approach Miss Spangler. Trail Ends There the trail of Jean Spangler ended, as surely as though she had walked out of this world. case Is still officially open, but ler had been an expectant moth no new leads nave been received gan a series of interviews by a squad of detectives headed by er.

They extended their investi receiving. Mood at Parting As the actress left the house, Mrs. Sophie Spangler said, she turned at the door, crossed her fingers and winked, and said, "Well, wish me luck." Then she left for her unknown destination. Dexter Benner, interviewed by police after the disappearance, denied that he had an appointment with his ex-wife. He said gations into the field of medi Capt Harry Didion, and the num cine, but were unable to locate ber of Interviews grew rapidly any physician who had treated He opened the and wnat he saw touched off one of the most irftensive police searches in recent years.

Positively Identified It was "Jean Spangler's handbag. It contained, in addition to the most women carry, her driver's license, her Screen Actor's Guild card, her Screen Extra's Guild card, and other positive identification. It also contained a note, written in a shaky, hurried hand which was positively identified as the handwriting of Jean Spangler. Her mother, who rushed home from Kentucky on the earliest train, recognized her daughter's writing; and, the proof was made official when as each interview disclosed more persons In an ever widening the woman in recent months. Possible Suitors Queried field of acquaintances of Jean Jean Spangler did not return They checked reports that In home that night; nor did she on the succeeding night.

Spangler. v. It led detectives Into Hollywood's movie studios to Inter he was at his home all that -eve At 10:50 p.m., on Oct. 8, 1949, ning and his present wife, Mrs. Lynn Benner, corroborated his the sister-in-law, Mrs.

Sophie Spangler, went to Wilshire Po cluded the names of at least two prominent male movie stars as probable suitors of Jean Spangler, but received only denials in response to their pointed questions. They -questioned a prominent educator, a wealthy view stars and bit players; to night clubs to Interview waitresses, bartenders, and patrons; to businesses and neighborhoods Two days from today on Tuesday an 8-year-old Los Angeles girl will observe a solemn and terrible anniversary. It is an anniversary that is extensively delineated, yet not even partially explained, in a voluminous file of the Los Angeles police. The child is Christine Benner, "daughter of a plastics manufacturer. Mother Vanished The anniversary is the third of the disappearance of her mother, Television Actress Jean For on Oct.

7, 1949, the 26-year-cld dark haired blue-eyed actress walked calmly from her Holly-Iwood home with a mischievous wink at her sister-in-law and strode quickly into oblivion. The details which led up to Ihe disappearance, while bordering on the sensational were at the same time very close to prosaic. Jean Spangler was not a star, but she was young, and possessed beauty, talent, and an engaging personality. Tall, slender and well formed, she had heen a showgirl before she obtained acting parts in television. Was Wen Liked She was known among show- lice Station and made out a missing persons report on the where Jean Spangler was known.

actress. ff WarWi nightclub owner, and a rich play No one there was particularly VTUtRET MICtOSCOK FAMOUS HELIOS DIAL INDICATOR IMIml I-mI fs fiiiMt Don Myre, handwriting expert of the Los Angeles police crime lab, compared it with, known 100X-200X-300X rown impressed, in a city where over The sheaf of interviews nwelled larger and larger, as investigators exployed the background of the actress. boy; all of whose names had at one time or another in their investigations been linked with samples of the actress- hand 1" PockN III fneCi night absences are many and frequent The missing-persons report was handled as a matter MM Ftn ptrt afmwM for sdtn-tists. achoolt. labt, Mtero-focus adjustmvnt.

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in 114.M. fO OR 17.79 statement. Detectives were able to trace Jean Spangler's movements but a few hundred feet from her house. Seemed Cheerful They learned that she had walked to a market nearby at 3rd St and Fairfax Ave. Ray Miller, of 561 Arden proprietor of a key shop in the market, said he had talked with the actress at about 5:30 that afternoon and that they had discussed her plans to purchase a handbag for her little girl.

She seemed cheerful and in good spirits, he said. Lillian Marks, cashier at a grocery stall in the large market, said she had seen Jean Spangler, whom she knew as an occasional customer, walking in $10.95 2 CTMllff HEUOS 1" MICKOMnERS 1100 mn; DwIbmI wutrttonU aae. 20 POWER-30 MM TELESCOPf of routine, as it actually was at that time. Activities Xext Day But the dawn of the next day brought a new light to the affair and a flurry of activity in law enforcement agencies throughout Los Angeles and the State itself. At 7 a.m.

on Sunday, Oct 9, 1949, Henry Anger, a city employee at Griffith Park, was making his morning- rounds when he spied an object on the lama. PotialMd km. U.5 Iim. Jlocuracr toaruiMad fj 595 fl chromatic. catd lmm, DfamM IV.

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