Hastings Dies by Suicide in Apartment Home
Jake Hastings, former Symas Grocer Co. night watchman, age 54, killed himself at 1 pm in his rooms at 315th Parallel street. He died at 3 pm in Atchison hospital after being found by neighbor Dave Corner holding a revolver and a note, which named his sister Alma Meadlock and listed a Kansas City telephone contact for his wife. Hastings had suffered headaches from sun stroke and had been despondent over ill health. His wife was en route to Kansas City when notified.
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Jake Hastings
Atchison Hospital
Hastings
Dave Corner
Corner
George Harcuff
Jake
Alma Meadlock
Larkinburg
Kas
Kansas City
Symas Grocer Co
Kansas Road Situation Serious Says Governor Paulen
Governor Paulen warned Kansas faces a very serious road construction situation. In a letter to J L Dunham, Clay county commission chair, he thanked the board for endorsing actions to secure continued federal aid. He urged a special legislative session to enact provisions and consider a gas tax increase. No federal word yet on required actions to meet federal road funding.
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Associated Press
Ropeka
Kansas
Paulen
J. L Dunham
Board of County Commissioners
Clay County
Dunham
Washington
Governor Smith Dances At Albany Radio Show Nomination
New Yorker follows radio report from Albany as Governor Smith hears his home placed in nomination at the Democratic convention. He stays up late, grins, raises his hand, and swirls a clacker as Roosevelt’s speech names him as the party standard bearer. He dances with family during the music.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
Fanklin D. Roosevelt
New York
UC Plans to Lift Prunes Face with Alcohol Syrup
The University of California announced a plan to smooth prune faces by dipping prunes in a syrup containing two to eight percent alcohol. The syrup method, first tried with figs, has been approved by the prohibition bureau.
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Prohibition Bureau
Weather Summary for Kansas and Missouri Regions
Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday across Kansas with scattered showers and possible thunderstorms. Missouri sees similar conditions with little temperature change and local thunder storms. City reports include Salina clear with good roads, Emporia clear but slippery, Arkansas City heavy rain and muddy roads, Coffeyville light rain and slushy streets, Topeka and Wichita with cloudy or clear skies and varying road conditions, Pittsburg rainy and muddy, Hutchinson clearing but muddy, Dodge City clear with muddy to rough roads, Ottawa partly cloudy with good roads.
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Kansas
Funay
Missouri
Salina
Emporia
Arkansas City
Coffeyville
Topeka
Pittsburg
Wichita
Hutchinson
Dodge City
Ottawa
Hays Bound in $20,000 Plea for Orpheum Robbery
James M. Hays faced a $20,000 bond in Effingham court for alleged aiding in the May 13 Orpheum theater robbery. He remained calm, while police pursue two other suspects Sammy the Killer Stein and Bobby Thompson and Tony Benello, with Benello in New York awaiting return to Kansas City. Hays’ preliminary hearing is set for July 10, and authorities noted his past as a liquor runner.
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James M
Matt) Hays
W. S. Harmon
Justice
Effingham
Orpheum Theater
Hays
Kansas City
Home Trust Co
Atchison
Maurice O'Keefe
Matt Hays
Sammy
Stein
Bobby Thompson
Tony Benello
Benello
New York City
Farmers Bank of Farley Closes After Shortages and Death
Jefferson City June 28 The Associated Press reports the Farmers Bank of Farley in Platte County closed yesterday after shortages in accounts and the suicide of assistant cashier George J. Baumgardt. State Finance Commissioner S. L. Cantley announced the closure today.
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Associated Press
Jefferson City
George J. Baumgardt
Farmers Bank of
Pact to outlaw war praised as peace tool by internationalists
In Geneva on June 28 the comment that the proposed American pact to outlaw war will be as powerful as the League of Nations was heard in the lobbies as the league’s committee of arbitration and security gathered. The internationalists making the comment included several Latin Americans.
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Associated Press
Geneva
League of Nations
Committee of Arbitration and Security of
League
Democratic convention backs prohibition enforcement plank
The Democratic National Convention sub-committee approved a prohibition enforcement plank aligned with Senator Key Pittman and Governor Alfred E. Smith, criticizing Republican laxity in enforcing dry laws and denouncing political hires in enforcement. The party also endorsed a farm plank, while omitting the McNary-Haugen proposal, as Reed supporters and minor candidates receive nominations and demonstrations unfold. The convention plans to wrap speeches and platform adoption, aiming for adjournment by tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Houston
Key Pittman
Nevada
Alfred E. Smith
Reed
Sam Houston Hall
Smith
Jim” Reed
White House
One Car To 91743 Persons
The commerce department reports walking may become a lost art. There is now one automobile for every 64th person globally, with 92,700,000 cars for a 1922 world population of 1.9 billion. U S. averages drop to one car per five people, Abyssinia shows one car for 91,743 people. Excluding the United States, the ratio is one car per 277 people.
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Washington
Commerce Department
United States
Abyssinia
Engineers Brave Jove's Bolts to Get Lighting Secrets
New York June 28 Young electrical engineers camp in southeastern Tennessee near Chota in the Chilhowee mountains to study lightning firsthand. They seek data to fortify high power transmission lines against lightning, using 220000 volt lines and instruments like Norinder oscillographs and cameras to record voltage surges, flash duration, and bolt paths.
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Associated Press
New York
Jove
Tennessee
Chota
Tenn
Chilhowee Mountains
Chilhowee Range
School Ma'am Drives Tractor in Harvest Awe
Miss LaVeta Morgan of Denton operates a 10-20 McCormick Deering tractor during harvest to finish 150 acres of wheat and oats. A popular local school teacher and Denton native, she plans to teach at Shannon school next year and is praised for her indefatigable work ethic.
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Globe
LaVeta Morgan
Denton
Will Morgan
Morgan
Shannon School
Earhart and companions sail home from Britain
Miss Amelia Earhart, Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon, fresh from their British reception after crossing the Atlantic from Newfoundland, sail for home aboard the President Roosevelt. The trio were greeted warmly by passengers along the rails as the tender approached. Earhart was guest of honor at a private dinner hosted by Mrs. Hubert Scott Payne of Imperial Airways and left her hotel quietly to rejoin the liner.
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Associated Press
Southampton
Eng
Amelia Earhart
Wilmer Stultz
Louis Gordon
Great Britain
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Roosevelt
Miss Earhart
Hubert Scott Payne
Imperial Airways
More Rain Forecast for Kansas Tonight and Friday
Topeka reports unsettled weather with a high chance of showers and thunderstorms across Kansas. Continual light to heavy rainfall occurred statewide, with totals from 1.40 to 0.03 inches in various cities, and temperatures about 10 degrees below normal, averaging 70 to 75 degrees.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Horton
Oswego
Kansas City
Dodge City
Wichita
Manhattan
Concordia
Goodland
Plot to Kill Prohibition Officers Indicted in Kansas City
Federal grand jury returned indictments at St. Joseph Missouri charging Frank De Mayo and others with conspiring to kill two prohibition agents who testified in his four trials. The pact allegedly involved De Mayo offering money to Henry Prudhome to carry out the killings in his Kansas City office. Additional indictments name Carnahan Fischman Deroun Fishman Abroito Greenburg Pasano and others from St Louis and Kansas City.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Frank
Chee Chee) de Mayo
St. Joseph
Roscoe C. Patterson
United States
de Mayo
Henry Prudhome
Prohibition
Gust West
James Kominakis
Robert Carnahan
Prudhome
Carnahan
Frank Fischman
Vera Deroun
Meyer Fishman
Joseph Abroito
Sam Greenburg
St. Louis
Joe Pasano
Confidence Vote Backs Poincaré Government
The chamber of deputies approved the Poincaré government with a 420 to 150 vote in Paris on June 28, signaling strong support amid ongoing political tensions. The result reflects significant backing from the chamber as the government seeks to pursue its policy agenda.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Poincare
Rival Rum Chiefs Die in Battle Over Detroit Liquor Trade
Detroit authorities report a riverfront liquor feud turned deadly last night as August Nykiel and Michael Dipisa were shot dead. A constable Edward McPherson and bystander Mrs. Catherine Krolzyck were wounded, while a police patrol pursued the gunmen through west side streets. Authorities link the killings to a long standing feud between Nykiel's syndicate and Dipisa's group, with Nykiel described as a millionaire real estate holder under federal probe and saloons padlocked for prohibition violations.
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Detroit
Associated Press
Detroit River
Nykiel
Michael Dipisa
River Front
Dipisa
Edward McPherson
McPherson
Catherine Krolzyck
West Side
Joseph Woznicki
Dry Leaders Threaten Bolt At Democratic Meet
In Houston on June 28 dry delegates to the Democratic convention pledged to bolt if Al Smith is nominated. Mrs. Jesse Nicholson of Maryland urged women to refuse to vote for a wet candidate, and Senator Harris of Georgia echoed the threat as delegates moved toward the convention hall.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
al Smith
Baptist Church
Jesse Nicholson
Maryland
National Woman's Committee For Law Enforcement
Smith
Harris
Georgia
Speedy push to close as convention ballots early
Smith cohorts moved to secure the presidential nomination without delay and end the Democratic national convention by Friday evening. New York governors managers forced an afternoon session to present nominating speeches adopt a platform and begin balloting at the earliest moment. Delegates convened at 10 30 this morning with a lunch break and were ordered back to finish the remaining business.
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Sam Houston Hall
Houston
Smith
New York
Curtis Baptism Record Links Senator Curtis to St Marys Church
A baptismal record found at Immaculate Conception Church in St Marys Kansas shows Charles Curtis later a Republican vice presidential nominee was baptized April 15 1860 by Father L Dumortier S J The document names his parents William Curtis and Ellen Papin with sponsors Henry Papin and Suzanne Papin Kansas historians list Orren Curtis as his father Curtis lived with the Kaw tribe in childhood before their move to Oklahoma Topeka later Mrs Rome Colvin sister of Curtis confirms possible baptism at St Marys Church Curtis is now described as a Methodist member and his early guardians were his father’s people who were Methodists The record raises questions about the boyhood name and parentage as recalled by relatives
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Associated Press
St. Marys
Kas
Immaculate Conception Catholic
Charles Curtis
Kansas
L. Dumortier
William Curtis
Ellen Papin
Henry Papin
Suzanne Papin
Senator Curtis
Colvin
Kansans Name W A Ayres for Democrats at Convention
Kansas Democrat W A Ayres of Wichita, the state's only Democratic congressman, was placed on the favorite sons list for the Democratic presidential nomination at the Houston convention. George McGill nominated Ayres after Kansas Democratic convention guidelines, contrasting with Curtis’ Republican nomination scene in Kansas City. Only a small Kansas contingent attended Sam Houston Hall during Ayres' nomination.
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Ti Associated Press
Houston
W. A. Ayres
Wichita
George McGill
Kansas
Sunflower
Congress
Kansas City
Charles Curtis
Sam Houston Hall
Curtis
Ayres
Drys Have Small Lead In North Dakota Vote
Fargo voters early results show prohibition supporters with a small edge as 129 of 2,192 precincts counted. The drys trail repeal 9,112 to 7,763. U S Senate race reports Nestos leading Frazier by 6,580 from 424 precincts, Nestos 28,156 and Frazier 21,576, with stronghold districts not yet tabulated.
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Associated Press
Fargo
N. D
United States
R. A. Nestos
Lynn J. Frazier
Nestos
Frazier
Arctic Rescue Faces Fog and Ice Dangers
Kings Bay Spitzbergen June 28 fog and shifting ice hinder rescue efforts for six men stranded off North East Land and for Captain Roald Amundsen and his five companions who vanished on June 18. Swedish Finnish and Italian aircraft could not fly from Foyne Island due to thick fog.
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Associated Press
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
North East Land
Roald Amundsen
Arctic
Foyne Island
E. Lundborg
Weather, Not the Convention, Hot
A hot third day loomed for the Democratic national convention in Houston. Humidity stood at 88 percent at 7 am with 78 degrees, two above the previous 24 hour minimum. By 10 am the temperature rose to 85 as delegates gathered in the large hall.
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Associated Press
Houston
Nobile to Lead Icebound Italia Search by Air
Rome reports General Umberto Nobile will return by air to direct the search for the Italia crew. A dispatch in Lavoro D Italia states the plan as the icebound group remains the focus of renewed rescue efforts.
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Rome
Umberto Nobile
Italia
Lavoro D'Italia
Von Hindenburg OKs New German Cabinet List
Berlin June 28 President Von Hindenburg gave final approval to the new cabinet list submitted by Socialist Chancellor Herman Mueller. The approval follows Mueller presenting the lineup earlier today as the government moves to implement its policy program.
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Associated Press
Berlin
von Hindenburg
Herman Mueller
ANOTHER BLUEBEARD Identified in France murder case
Marseilles France June 28 a hue and cry is raised for Jerome Prat alias Camile Gaillard 61 accused of killing at least fivefiances and possibly more. Police say Prat used matrimonial ads to lure wealthy elderly women, operating like the famed Landru.
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Associated Press
Marseilles
France
Jerome Prat
Camile Gaillard
Prat
Henri-Desire Landru
Torrential Rain Strikes Atchison County Farms and Rails
A severe two storm night drenched Atchison county with about 2.25 inches of rain. Independence and Deer creeks broke banks flooding fields, washing out Missouri Pacific tracks near Hiawatha, delaying harvest and trains. Bridges and sewers struggled under floodwater, basements flooded, and roads turned muddy with debris. Farmers report some wheat spared by light wind, but harvest delayed amid widespread creek rises and washouts.
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Atchison County
Atchison
Missouri Pacific
Hiawatha
Independence
Deer Creeks
Central Branch
Kansas City
Omaha
Globe
Independence Creek
Charlie Langan
Falls City
Joe Goodwin
Effingham
Goodwin
Catholic Cemetery
Eden
Missouri
Armour
Transatlantic Flight First Leg Reaches Azores
Captain Frank T. Courtney completed the first leg of a trans Atlantic crossing arriving at Horta Azores from Lisbon in a Dornier Napier Whale flying boat. The crew included E B Hosmer backer Sergeant Pierce the mechanic and Radio Operator Gamore. The 1000 mile hop took eleven hours arriving at five o clock local time.
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Associated Press
Horta
Island of Fayal
Azores
Frank T. Courtney
Lisbon
E. B. Hosmer
Pierce
Gamore
Mothers as shoppers questioned by Beem at meeting
Des Moines on June 28 The nation s mothers are the principal purchasing agents of their homes says Margery Oliver Beem a speaker at the American home economics association today She notes less than a percent know how to buy intelligently
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Des Moines
Margery Oliver Beem
American Home Economics Association
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