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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1938
Page
1
J Edgar Hoover announces that a 21 year old man confessed to collecting the ransom in the Cash kidnapping case. The body of five year old Cash Be then found near Princeton Florida, with the $10,000 ransom recovered from an orchard and a shoebox containing the ransom note later unearthed at the father in law’s home. Investigators pursue possible suspects as details of the abduction and murder emerge from the Florida crime scene.
Snodgrass and Armstrong emerge as candidates in the Colorado governor race. Reports note ties to former Senator Lawrence C. Phipps and internal party dynamics. Armstrong campaigns cite alleged state government failures and calls for reform while Ammons remains the lone Democratic entry.
Group One of the Republican committeemen and committeewomen will meet Friday night June 14 at 7 oclock for a dinner in the Methodist church hall. Major Grant will address the group on Present Day Governmental Problems. The event also aims to elect group captains a man and a woman.
Canton reports Japanese planes bombed three railway stations near Canton and nearby lines but dropped explosives on the city. Locomotives and coaches were smashed at Shinkwan station. crew and passengers escaped. Chinese rifles fired at planes over Shameen but without effect amid warnings of further raids. Authorities allegedly jailed hundreds of traitors in recent weeks.
Ward McEwen and Ward McMurdo receive scholarships at the Colorado State College of Education affiliations. McEwen, from Galeton, plans business aviation studies after four years at the college. McMurdo, from College High, served in student leadership roles and was elected to the National Honor Society. A separate banking heist in Mind en, with $20,000 to $30,000 stolen, involved suspects tied to daybreak vault access and fleeing fugitives from Texas.
Picard of Gershey Pa led the first round of the national golf championship with a 70 one under par at Cherry Hills. He held a two stroke lead over Emery Zimmernall of Portland who posted 34.48-T2 as a thunderstorm delayed play.
Feanette Armentiott and Kanles Rice, College High Class of 1988 graduates, addressed the thirty-seventh annual commencement in the Little Theatre. Dr. George Willard Frasley conferred diplomas. They discussed high school responsibilities amid social and economic changes and presented brief talks on why the high school must adapt.
A Florida case follows a kidnapping in which four strangers entered a home to seize Alle Jippy Bailey Cash. Despite a $10,100 ransom paid by his father, the boy was found dead. The Associated Press photograph captures the boy’s fear of strangers and photographers.
Federal Bureau of Investigation head J Edgar Hoover announced the body of kidnapped Jimmie Cash had been found and a suspect held. Frank Pierce McCall, 21, of Tiinecton, confessed to receiving the ransom note and $70,000. The body was found near Princeton, and the recovered money was traced to an orchard site. The shoe box used by the kidnapers was also recovered beneath palmettos. McCall’s exact involvement in the abduction or possible death remains unclear.
Residents on Eighth Street report thieves broke into a car parked at home Wednesday night and removed a camera leather case rolls of film a box of .82 caliber shells and tools. Police were notified Thursday by the car owner.
Denver Associated Press reports Weld County road districts show total highway spending of 129,229.19 to 290,830 for 183 days with 167,000.93 remaining. District one spent 37,150. district two 40,086. district three 45,113.66, leaving balances of 506.53, 66,246.85, and 1,089.66 respectively. Eggs, butter, poultry and lean steady in Denver market.
Police recovered a Chevrolet deluxe sedan stolen from a Denver area garage before the theft was reported. Patrolmen Jamoy Rauch and WL Welle observed the vehicle near the Torti Filling Station south of Port Toaplon as three suspects, Ben Burl TR, Ortega Rimunemin, and Joe AdnA, were taken into Denver police custody. The car’s owner, A. Lengitt, was unaware it had been removed from the garage.
The body of 14 year old Ed win Pitchford from Latayens Colo was found in the Big Thompson river west of town by Lafayette volunteers. He slipped into the stream last Monday and the body was recovered four miles from the accident site, with his clothing snagged on barbed wire during the search.
Dorothy Whitaker, 48, of Greeley, was Thursday afternoon sentenced by District Judge Claude C Callin to serve one to five years in the state prison on two counts of logging and passing worthless checks. The judge noted her prior forgery offense and stated there was no probation escape. The minimum sentence is one year and Colorado law makes no gender distinction in the penalties.
A Children's Day program is planned for Sunday during the Sunday school hour at Firat Baptist Church. Members are invited to attend and be present for the Sunday service and activities.
Partly cloudy in the east and cooler Thursday night and Friday. Partly cloudy Thursday night and Friday with possible thunder showers on the coast, cooler in the south and west. Temperatures around 82. Forecast valid for 24 hours ending Thursday.
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