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Show KANSAS CITY STAR GIVES BIOGRAPHY OF ITS MANAGER KANSAS CITY, June 1 D." The Kansas City Star today Miihinit te I to the Associated Asso-ciated Pr;ss a brk-f biography of Its general gen-eral manager, A. F. K'.-esu-d, to show his status as a citizen. U follows: The Kansas ''i:v Slur rmkes this Mat erncnt -on -n i ing Vi : i 'resident Marshall's a U:n-k on th-- loyalty of its general manager, A. K. Sees! fid: M r. Sees ted was iiorn in the town of Tondern, In I lenniu rk , in 1m!4. At the time his father w.is l.ghiing in the Imnish army agiilnst I'russia. With the Prussian oe.upation of that part of Donmark, Sees led, Sr., became be-came a German subject . I n 1SS0 he and his large family of hoys fame to .America. Seested, Sr., at ouch took steos to become an American citizen. A. F. Seested always believed that act made him an American citizen. Kor more than thirly years lie., acted as such. At the election of lUifi he discovered that, technically, he way not. The failure of Seested, Sr., to take out final papers before his flon became of age was the cause. A. I Seested at, once set about to correct the technicality, and early in 1!H7 full citizenship was granted him by the United States court in Kansas City. In the councils of the Kansas City Star he has been for the most vigorous vigor-ous prosecution of Lhe war, anil has given freely of his time and money tt) advance U. |