Wink Results in Capture of Two Robbers
In Hutchinson Kansas two men identified as Pate Mortensen 23 of St Paul Minnesota and Fred Blaze 35 of Oswego New York were captured after forcing Sheriff P A Dickerson to drive them 200 miles toward the Oklahoma line at gunpoint. A passing Arkansas driver tipped police leading to their apprehension near the Kansas-Oklahoma border at the site of a Fred ericks filling station robbery.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Arkansas
Pate Mortensen
St. Paul
Fred Blaze
Oswego
N. Y
Hutchinson Reformatory
Oklahoma Line
Kansas
P. A. Dickerson
Rice County
Fredericks
Kans
Mother dead pension scam shocks Seneca county
In Seneca Kas July 9 a 50 year old woman Myrtle Latimer confessed to deceiving post office clerks and authorities for 2 1/2 years to collect her mother Marietta Bishop Civil War pension checks. She staged a living mother then cremated part of the body and kept the rest in a trunk as she signed and cashed monthly checks. A postal card shower and invented illnesses supported the deception. No charges yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seneca, Kas
U.P
Nemaha County
Myrtle Latimer
Sheriff Eldon Dickerson Survives Kidnap by Two Bandits
Mortensen and Blaze abducted Sheriff Dickerson near Lyons Kansas forcing him into his car. They stopped for gas on the outskirts and the sheriff signaled friends, triggering a manhunt. After an hour the two men surrendered without a shot fired. Dickerson said they planned to shoot it out using him as a shield.
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Lyons
Kans
Rice County
Dickerson
Oklahoma Line
Mortensen
Blaze
U S AG TEAM GETTING SET FOR FALL SEASON
Washington July 9 four horsemen of the Department of Agriculture begin drills for a rough fall campaign President Roosevelt names M L Wilson as Assistant Secretary and Wallace to captain the team Tugwell remains left halfback and Davis stays ag right halfback The group is viewed as powerful as Notre Dame in a football quartet with plans for enforcing milk marketing agreements meat packers surplus controls and long term programs
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Washington
Four Horsemen
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt
M. L. Wilson
Montena Wheat
Wallace
Rexford G. Tugwell
Chester C. Davis
George N. Peek
Notre Dame
Wilson
Argument Over Nickel Turns Into Tragedy in Decatur
A quarrel over a nickel’s worth of ice at a Lake Bridgeport store ends with storekeeper A. E. Byars dead. Charles Edgar Anderson of Fort Worth and his son Edgar Raymond Anderson beat Byars. Byars retreated and fired, fatally wounding the elder Anderson and wounding the son. Both Andersons charged with murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Tex
A.P
Lake Bridgeport
A. E. Byars
Charles Edgar Anderson
Fort Worth
Hijackers take cash clothing from Texans
In New Orleans on July 9 Marlin H. Moore 26 and his sister in law Mrs Meadom Moore 29 both of Houston were held up and robbed of 245 dollars in cash clothing and jewelry. The bandits halted the car they rode in by puncturing the tires with bullets.
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New Orleans
U.P
Marlin H. Moore
Meadom Moore
Houston
Tex
NRA Plans Five-Man Control For NRA Leadership Change
William L Beale JR reports from Washington that the NRA nears a new experiment as Hugh S Johnson shifts daily control to a five man board. Johnson plans a national tour to sell the Blue Eagle while officials test a five member administration with G A Lynch Robert W Lea and George L Berry among board members. A major code for 450 small industries and a 15 percent tolerance in government contracts are among pending actions.
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William L. Beale, JR
Washington
NRA
Hugh
Johnson
Recovery Agency
New York
NRAA
Roosevelt
Pacific
Waterloo
Town
G. A. Lynch
Robert W. Lea
George L. Berry
A. R. Glancy
George Buckley
Killers Seek New Trial In Texas Shooting Case
Phoenix July 9 A P The state plans to request a new trial date in the case of William and Edna Mapes charged with the fatal shooting of Dallas Finchum at Coldwater Texas A crippled man. A jury that heard the case was dismissed after failing to reach a verdict.
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Phoenix
William and Edna Mapes
Dallas Finchum
Coldwater
Tex Cripple
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POLK
Mrs. Latimer
B & M Cleaners
16Th Ave
Tyler St
U. S. AG
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Certified Public Accountant
Business
Oliver Eakle Bidg
T. Gordon Wilson
Schulte
United
Blackburn
Arrow Mitoga
Arrow
Mrroca
Mrrocca
Blackburn Bros
Marvel
Goodyear
Ank
Angular
Theis
Akron
Clarksburg
W. Va
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Conn
Adena
Ethan
Myers Fie
Portland, Ore
Salisbury
SS Adkisson
Amarillo
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Ing
Ohio
Gunn
Borgeh
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