Impostor poses as federal officer in Kansas City ruse
Atchison county officers grapple with Jack Grimstead a youth who claimed to be a federal immigration bureau employee. He abducted Ray Postigisch from the county jail and took him to Kansas City to be deported. Funeral, checks for 5 and 15 dollars bounced, revealing the hoax. Authorities seek Grimstead on passing worthless checks and impersonating a federal officer.
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Jack Grimstead
Atchison
Federal Immigration Bureau
Atchison County
Grimstead
Andy Larson
Ray Postigisch
Kansas City
Immigration Bureau
Postigisch
Larson
Naturalization Service
Jack
Sheriff's Office
Andy
Nineteenth Street
Kansas City Bureau
Calvin Coolidge
Sheriffs Office
Sheriff's Force
Coolidge
St. Benedict's College
Fleater
Austria
United States
Whitelaw
Weather in Kansas and Missouri Fair. temps steady
Kansas Fair tonight and Friday with possible unsettled in extreme south portion. Missouri fair tonight and Friday, slightly colder Friday. Local temp at 3 pm today 41. Lowest last night 21. Highest a year ago today 58. All Kansas roads good.
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Kansas
Missouri
No Injunction Denied in Omaha Junction Road Case
Judge W A Jackson denied an injunction against rerouting the Omaha Junction road and creek realignment. Work proceeds on the new concrete end to town route via the Fourteenth street viaduct. Loomis Construction Co. has bridges contract. Lamoreaux to grade after bridging and culverting. appeals possible.
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Omaha Junction Road
White Clay Creek
W. A. Jackson
Waggener Hill
Fourteenth Street
Loomis Construction Co
St. Joe
Lamoreaux Construction Co
Omaha
J. M. Mullins
James Conlon
Benjamin Beeh
Mullins
District Court
Atchison
Topeka
Nortonville
Corn yields rise with legume rotation at Kansas state farm
Kansas experiments show alfalfa sweet clover and soybeans in crop rotation boosted corn yields by about 25 bushels per acre. In tests sweet clover raised yield from 64.4 to 94.7, alfalfa from 64.? to 93.9, and soybeans from 61 to 86.2 bushels per acre while legumes grew for one year. Grimstead's action prompts further inquiry as deputy Larson heads to Kansas City to pursue the case and recover the prisoner.
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Manhattan
Kas
Kansas State Agricultural College Experiment Station
Kansas
Grimstead
Larson
Kansas City
Little Farm Bill Chance Puts Off Program This Session
Washington, Dec. 6. Chairman Haugen of the house agricultural committee said there was grave doubt about passing an adequate farm relief bill this session. He noted a real division among farm relief supporters on how far to go, and possible clashes with tariff revisions before new duties are schedule. The committee adjourned without action on a farm relief timetable. Haugen said the McNary measure does not go far enough to make the tariff effective and lacks the equalization fee of earlier versions.
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Washington
Haugen
House Agricultural Committee
Congress
Friends of Farm Relief
Ways and Means
McNary
Oregon
McNary-Haugen
EXPECT SENATE FIGHT ON CABINET APPOINTMENT
President Coolidge sent to the senate for confirmation the nominations of Roy O. West and William F. Whiting as interior and commerce secretaries. A fight on West was foreseen due to Insull power links and regional considerations, while Whiting faced no immediate obstacle.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Capitol
Senate
Roy O. West
William F. Whiting
The
Interior and Commerce
Congress
Mr. West
Insull
Far West
King George Gains Ground In Illness Bulletin
London reports a morning bulletin from physicians signaled a gradual improvement in King George's condition after 17 days of illness. It noted a fair night, lower temperature, and increased localization of a severe chest infection, though doctors warned against over optimism.
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Associated Press
London
George
Buckingham Palace
Lord Dawson of
Penn
Stanley Hewett
Big aviation merger forms General Aero Corp of America
New York Dec. 6 organization of General Aero Corporation of America was announced today. The holding company will own Swallow Air plane Co and Cesna Aircraft Co of Wichita Kansas, plus a propeller and an engine firm and a New York City airport, all to be folded into the new entity.
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Associated Press
New York
General Aero Corporation of America
Swallow Airplane Co
Cesna Aircraft Co
Wichita, Kas
New York City
Federal Reserve stabilizes credit conditions amid market shift
Washington reports the Fed used more than 200 million dollars in acceptances purchased since September to ease demand for currency and reserve credit. Discounts fell below 1 billion in October as member banks reduced indebtedness, while the money market loosened despite higher outstanding bank credit.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Reserve
United States
Man fires shot after garage noise injures son
Kansas City dispatch reports P. J. Budreau fired a gun after hearing a noise in his garage. His son Clarence Budreau sustained a gunshot wound to the right arm while draining gasoline from his father's car after his own car ran out of gas a short distance from home.
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Kansas City
P. J. Budreau
Clarence
Chicago Becomes World Class Finance Center on La Salle Street
Chicago moves toward global financial prominence as La Salle Street banks and offices grow around the board of trade. The Chicago Board of Trade building will be replaced by a $10 million 41 story limestone tower as exchanges and banks cluster near railways, retail and wholesale sectors. The stock exchange reports a boom in 1928 with soaring transactions and rising membership values.
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Associated Press
Chicago
la Salle Street
Family Council
Wall Street
Mincing Lane
Continential and Commercial Bank
Federal Reserve
Illinois Merchants Bank
Board of Trade
The
Stock Exchange
State Bank
Chicago Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
First Bank
Seth Paine
Paine
Alexander Hamilton
CLEAR SKIES TO REMAIN
Topeka reports clear skies across Kansas with unsettled conditions only in the south. Temps last night ranged from 14 to 26 degrees with similar expected tonight. Friday's highs projected between 40 and 48 degrees.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Record Expenditure Surge Ahead of Christmas
New York reports money flowing into distribution centers as Christmas demand looms with estimates of currency needs ranging from 2 to 4 billion dollars. The seasonal cycle shifts funds from farms to cities and back, with Thanksgiving feeding a $75 to $90 million currency outflow for travel and meals, then Christmas shopping boosting outlays before year end.
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Associated Press
New York
Texas
Middle West
Northwest
Federal Reserve Bank
New England
Chicago
St. Louis
Teletypesetter Demonstration At Rochester Times-Union
A private demonstration shows a teletypesetter converting wire dispatched news into metal type. Walter W. Morey invents the system, backed by Frank E. Gannett, with Morkrum-Kleinschmidt building two machines. A tape controlled handlike mechanism releases letters to the Linotype and Intertype, signaling near human speed.
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Frank E. Gannett
Gannett
Walter W. Morey
East Orange
N. J
Morkrum-Kleinschmidt Corporation
Chicago
Linotype
Intertype
Hoover's South American goodwill tour continues
President-elect Hoover resumes his proponent voyage along the west coast of South America en route to Antofagasta Chile with Peru and the United States forging Pan American ties. He praises cordial Peruvian reception and meetings with Leguia while urging stronger aerial links and unity among American republics.
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Maryland
Antofagasta
Chile
Peru
Hoover
South America
United States
Leguia
Lima
Presidential
President Leguia
Mr. Hoover
American Society
Country Club
American Engineers
Engineers Club
Record price for grand champion steer at exposition
Chicago December 6 A Hereford yearling owned by Clarence Goecke State Center Iowa sold for seven dollars a pound setting a new record price for the grand champion at the International Livestock exposition The buyer was the J C Penney Co of New York The previous high was 360 per pound set in 1926
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Associated Press
Chicago
Clarence Goecke
State Center
Iowa
J. C. Penney Co
New York
Do You Know Atchison’s Bright Christmas Season
Do You Know Atchison previews a booming Christmas season with stronger business and industry activity. Local cheer aims to outshine detractors as merchants count on higher sales and economic momentum.
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Atchison
Aviation Advances Marked by All Metal Planes in 1928
Washington December 6 1928 the national advisory committee for aeronautics in its fourteenth annual report to congress notes major safety and efficiency gains in aviation. It highlights a 100 percent rise in private aircraft production a 50 percent drop in air mail rates and progress in safety through Langley Memorial Laboratory studies including non spinning wing systems trailing edge flaps and improved landing gear shock absorbers. The report also cites development of a fuel injection engine and a trend toward cheaper engines monoplanes for commercial use and biplanes for private owners with interchangeable wheels floats and skis for water and snow.
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Washington
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Coolidge
Congress
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Langley Memorial Laboratory
Langley Field
Langley Laboratories
Bank Bandits Captured After a Gun Battle
Kellyville Oklahoma December 6 two bank robbers were captured three miles south of town after a gun battle with a posse of citizens and deputy sheriffs One bandit was shot in the back and a posse member was slightly wounded The robbers John Eldridge 18 and Dennis Williams 19 both of Wyat were identified Williams was wounded The loot between 800 and 1000 dollars was found near the town edge Horace Harvey the cashier was locked in the vault
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Kellyville
Okla
Here
Horace Harvey
John Eldridge
Dennis Williams
Wyat
Williams
Rockefeller Goes South for Winter Visit
John D. Rockefeller Sr. sped southward for his annual winter stay at Ormond Beach Florida with a retinue of nurses and servants. He expected to reach Ormond Beach at 6 30 p m tonight and said at Pennsylvania Station he was feeling fine and looked forward to an enjoyable Florida visit.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Ormond Beach
Fla
Ormond
Pennsylvania Station
Florida
Twin girls born in two states to Mrs Schneider
Falls City Nebraska December 6 twin girls born to Mrs William Schneider of Hiawatha Kansas one daughter born at Hiawatha early morning and the second at a hospital in Falls City Nebraska the two births occurring hours apart in different states
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Associated Press
Falls City
Nebr
Kansas
Nebraska
William Schneider
Hiawatha
Kas
Schneider
Negn
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Jackson
Omaha Junction
Kansas State Agricultural College
Little Farm
Bill Chance
BIG Aviation
Rochester, N. Y
Rochester
N. Y
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Rochester Times- Union
Rockefeller
Seciated Press
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