AMay 15 1932
The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, Sunday, May 15, 1932
Captain J. T. Beckner, formerly of Winchester, Ky., and for a time a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, is now residing in Miami, Fla. The Captain was regarded in this vicinity as a “near” chess master and, next to Showalter, the most powerful player ever turned out in “Old Kentucky.”
Captain Beckner often frequented the Cincinnati Chess Club rooms and has many admirers and friends in this vicinity who will be delighted to learn that the Captain is entertaining a new future world's chess champion at his home, who has been christened John T. Beckner Jr.
