Brady Clark Lead Prison Break In Memorial Day Flight
Seven long term convicts escaped the Kansas penitentiary in Lansing led by Bob Brady and Jim Clark. They abducted teacher Louis Dresser, stole his car, and fled toward Oklahoma as National Guardsmen formed a cordon across routes southward. Brady and Clark, both serving life terms, had been key figures in the Memorial Day break with ties to earlier guards and a warden kidnapping.
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Louis Dresser
Bob
Big Boy) Brady
Jim Ark
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Clark
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Mission School
Wallula
Henrietta Dresser
Plymouth
Coupe
Ruth Baker
Stormy Creek
Cookson
Oklahoma
National Guard
Fort Beatt
Pleasanton
Coffeyville
Iola
Harvey Bailey
Wilbur Underhill
Kirk Prather
Frank Nash
Kansas City Union Station
Fort Scott
Kan
Roosevelt liberalizes veterans economy law boosting benefits
President Roosevelt announced a $21 million liberalization of the veterans economy law after studying a report by Hines and Douglas. The changes raise hospital treatment eligibility for non service connected cases, increase pension for total disability to 100 dollars a month, adjust burial allowances to 100 dollars, and grant 15 dollars monthly to Spanish American War veterans with 90 days service or disability.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hines
Veterans Bureau
Douglas
Farley Seeks Relief From Democratic Chairmanship
James A. Farley, long a driving force behind the Roosevelt campaign, asks to be relieved as Democratic national chairman to devote full time to the postmaster general role. He will stay on until a successor is found as party resignations mount and congressional talk about barring political lawyers surfaces.
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Democratic Committee
Democratic Party
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Youth Injured in Parmer County Feed Grinder Accident
Byron Gwyn twenty from Lariat Texas was crushed and bruised with a broken jaw and internal injuries after a drive belt flew from a pulley and pulled him into a feed grinder in Parmer County. He is in critical condition at a Clovis hospital.
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N. M
Byron Gwyn
Lariat
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Texas
Gwyn
Murder Trial Defendant Failing Under Illness in Chicago Court
In Chicago Jas 19 three court doctors led by Dr Arthur Byfield said Dr Alice Wynekoop is very ill and not feigning. The panel will file recommendations Monday on whether her health allows resumption of the murder trial. A mistrial or juror withdrawal could follow if doctors deem her unfit.
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Chicago
Arthur Byfield
Alice L. Wynekoop
Alice
Byfield
Frank Chauvet
William D. McNamara
Wynekoop
Joseph B. Davis
Arrest Averts for Harry Sinclair and Co in Tulsa
Harry F. Sinclair and Frank Haskell were relieved from arrest in the Exchange Trust Co embezzlement case as Tulsa Common Pleas Judge Bradford Williams allowed out of town defendants to be notified to appear for arraignment. A preliminary trial date of February 5 was set for 25 defendants, with five more entering not guilty pleas and posting $4,000 bonds.
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Tulsa
Harry F. Sinclair
Frank Haskell
New York
Exchange Trust Co
Common Pleas
Bradford Williams
Williams
H. V. Foster
Bartlesville
Okla
J. A. Hull
R. K. Huey
C. R. Peters
F. L. Kennedy
Paree Show Cleared by Amarilla Clergy for Here
A agreement among Amarilla church and club committee and Tri State Fair management to not interfere with the showing of La Vie Paree at Municipal Auditorium. The show opens at midnight Tuesday after a phone talk between Dr J T McClure and Dr Green Flynn.
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Tri-State Fair Association
Municipal Auditorium
J. T. McClure
Polk Street Methodist Church
Green Flynn
Houston
Ted Taylor
Tri- State Fair Association
A. B. Marcus
la Vie Paree
City Drug Store
Lois Black
Byrd Antarctic flagship narrowly escapes ice cliff collapse
Admiral Byrd's expedition flagship dodges disaster as a massive ice barrier tumbles into the Bay of Whales near Little America. A prior emergency involved a failed takeoff when skis on a corporation plane hung down and nearly caused a crash. Pilot June and crew steadied the craft in near zero winds.
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Mackay
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic Expedition
Bay of Whales
Byrd
Byra
Bolling
Bay Ice
June
Bolin
Hutcheson
New York
Eleanor
Bolen
Shiery
Jane
Bremer Kin Kidnapping Triggers $200,000 Ransom Demand
Blood stains on the Brem er auto seats mark the abduction of Edward G Bremer son of Adolph Bremer a banker and brewery owner. The kidnapers demanded $200000 and threats were mentioned in a ransom note left at Walter Magees office. Police say Bremer was seized after taking his daughter to school and may have been subdued with a blow to the head.
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ST. Paul
Edward G. Bremer
Nore
Walter Magee
Bremers
Adolph Bremer
Roosevelt
Jacob Schmidt Brewing Company
Commercial State Bank
Bremer
Betty
CWA Curtailment Sparks Potter County Meeting
Potter County officials and relief administrators held a mass meeting seeking exemption from the Civil Works Administration curtailment for 19 drought stricken Panhandle counties. Senator Tom Connally reported President Roosevelt will seek funds to extend CWA activities to May 1.
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Panhandle
Potter County Commissioners Court
Roosevelt
Ross D. Rogers
Tom Connally
Rogers
Senators clash over Johnson as FTC deliberates
Washington reports Senators Borah and Nye attacked General Hugh S. Johnson in a sharp exchange while the Federal Trade Commission weighs releasing facts tied to Johnson's New York speech. Johnson warned against substituting the FTC for the NRA and to avoid harming the recovery program as Borah and Nye criticized price fixing by trusts.
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Borah and
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Hugh 8. Johnson
Federal Trade Commission
New York
Johnson
NRA
The
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Borah
Republican-Idaho
Republican-North Dakota
San Antonio Men Must Face Chicago Federal Trial
Z. D. Bonner and John H. Cunningham are ordered to appear in Chicago for the federal mail robbery indictment. United States Commissioner Paul Lockhart set their presence for the February 5 term opening, requiring them to be in court in time.
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San Antonio
Z. D. Bonner
John H. Cunningham
Chicago
United States
Paul Lockhart
Lubbock Financier W A Myrick Sr Dies at Home
W A Myrick Sr longtime Lubbock capitalist and former Texas legislator died of double pneumonia at his home after a 10 day illness He organized the Lubbock Hotel Operating Company owned a hardware store built a six story office building and ran Myrick Farms with over 10000 acres He is survived by his widow two sons Walter A Jr and Russell a daughter Mrs Charles C Triplett and a brother Russell Funeral set for Saturday in Lubbock.
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Lubbock
W. A. Myrick
Texas
Walter A., Jr
Russell
Charles C. Triplett
Laibbock
Westbrook Asked to Relocate to Washington by Relief Chief
January 19 report says the Federal Relief and Civil Works Administration asked Texas director Lawrence Westbrook to come to Washington for a post at headquarters. Westbrook, summoned by Harry Hopkins, declined to discuss. Hopkins may seek to quell criticism by bringing Westbrook in while keeping his services with the administration. Westbrook spent the day at relief headquarters meeting Hopkins and Aubrey Williams. Texas has been cut off from further relief funds until it spends $3,000,000 of its own money.
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Washington
Federal Relief and Civil Works Administration
Texas
Lawrence Westbrook
Westbrook
Hopkins
Texan
Aubrey Williams
Southwest
House approves 1935 Interior Department appropriation bill
The House passed the Interior Department appropriation bill totaling 31,098,504 dollars for the 1935 fiscal year. No record rate information was available in the session notes.
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Washington
U.P
House
Interior Department
Rotary Accepts Mexico City as 1934 International Meet
Directors of Rotary International voted to accept Mexico's invitation to host the 1934 international convention in Mexico City. The decision was announced in Chicago.
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Rotary
Mexico
Chicago
Rotary International
D. P
Dollar develops acute weakness in foreign exchange
The dollar moved irregularly in a stormy market as profit taking and policy factors pushed it lower. In London it closed at $5.02 per pound, down 6.5 cents. New York saw sterling up to $5.01, while Paris had the franc at 6.29 cents to the dollar and the dollar eased against it.
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London
New York
Paris
Chained To Chair As Son Dies Nearby In Temple
Amanda Hopkins, 95, unable to move, sat chained to her chair beside her dead son Howard Hopkins who died of a heart attack while reading to her. She held vigil for 12 hours until relatives arrived at about 9 AM.
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Temple
Texas
Amanda Hopkins
Howard C. Hopkins
Church Leader Dies in London at 95
Viscount Halifax a longtime leader in the Anglo-Catholic Church movement died in London at age 95. The death was reported today.
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London
Viscount Halifax
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