Republicans Bar Office Holders From June Meet
Midwest GOP leaders at Excelsior Springs plan a grass roots crusade aiming to rejuvenate the party from the ground up before a Springfield Illinois convention. They seek delegate selection that excludes congressional members and offsets Roosevelt administration critics with a cross section of Midwest Republicans.
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Kansas City
Lincoln
Congress
Excelsior Springs
Springfield
Ill
Roosevelt
Service Club
Kilbourne Questions Kilbourne on Canada Border Policy
Gen Kilbourne testifies on the Wilcox bill to create seven new major airfields. He condemns parts of testimony by Gen F A Andrews as not reflecting U S administration or commander in chief views. Kilbourne says the United States seeks no change in friendly ties with Canada and supports strict adherence to treaties on the 3000 mile border.
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Fed
Gen. Kilbourne
Canadian
F. A. Andrews
Canada
Atlantic
West Indies
United States
Kilbourne
Army
War Plans Division
Great Lakes
Insurance Gases Dramatic Court Battle Preserves Rate Fight
A Kansas City federal ruling keeps alive a 16 2 3 percent rate increase while requiring refunds of excess premiums from 1922 to 1929. The court held insurers acted with unclean hands, delaying final disposition of the 10 percent rate reduction case, and ordered reports on collected excess premiums due May 13. In a separate St Paul hearing, a dramatic Bremer kidnapping case connected Pretty Boy Floyd and the Barker brothers to money changers and the ransom scheme amid testimonies from DOJ agents.
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Kansas City
Eereeee
State Superintendent of Insurance
Nike G. Sevier
Ben C. Hyde
Sevier
H. P. Lauf
L. H. Cook
Servier
State Insurance, Department
Attorney General’s Department
Kimbrough Stone
Albert L. Reeves
ST. Paul
Pretty Boy Floyd
Alvin Karpis
Barer Brothers
Johnny Lazia
Edward G. Bremer
Oliver Berg
Illnois
Berg
Dr. Moran
Russell
Slim) Gibson
Chicago
Marsala
Fred Barker
Karpis
Dig Dean Bombarded With Chain Letters
St Louis April 20 AP Dizzy Dean pitcher for the Cardinals reports he has received over 50 chain letters, mostly from Denver. Treasurer W O Dewitt said the letters requested amounts from 10 cents to 10 dollars.
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ST. Louis
Dizzy Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
Denver
W. O. Dewitt
Congressmen Move to Oust Crossley
Missouri senate debate over relief funding shows lawmakers wary of Hopkins demands for 13.9 million dollars annual state relief share. Senators Donnelly and Cope voiced belief the FERA would not cut funds if Missouri didn’t appropriate monthly amounts, hinting at possible impasses in relief policy.
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Hopkins
Senate
FERA
Missouri
Phil M. Donnelly
Lebanon
Clyde C. Cope
Salem
US Forest Purchase Hits Hurdle in Missouri
U S agents report Missouri forest land buy plan slowed by small farmers' reluctance to sell at 19.2 dollars per acre. Government aims to acquire 3.31 million acres in eight units across 238 Ozarks counties while offering future reemployment in forest care. Most resisters fear losing livelihoods and oppose eminent domain.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Paul Kelleter
Ozarks
Kelleter
U.S
Barry
Stone
Taney
Clark
Fristoe
Gardner
Gasconade
Pond Fork
Saint Francois
Wappapello
Plot to Kill Japanese Leaders Suppressed by Authorities
Tokyo April 30 government officials said they crushed a new assassination plot targeting prominent Japanese figures. The list named Prince Kominichi Saionji, Count Makino, Kisaburo Suzuki, Baron Wakatsuki, Kenzo Adachi, and others. Youths aged 14 to 18 planned robberies to fund the scheme, then pursued the attack. Arrests occurred last December. names of the youths were barred from publication. The case echoed earlier militant plots against peace advocates.
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Tokyo
UPJ
Kominichi Saionji
Hirshito
Count Makino
Kisaburo Suzuki
Seigukai Party
Baron Wakatsuki
Kenzo Adachi
Saionji
Prince
Japan
Blood Brotherhood
Inouye
Inukai
Baron Dan
Mitsui
Mystery Plane Senate to Rush on Record Trip Work on NRA Act
The Transcontinental and Western Air Coast-to-Coast record flight attempt proceeds after the Commerce Department denied a trans-Pacific permit. The plane took off from Union Airport to test gyro pilot and radio compass while Senate leaders plan NRA reform extending the act beyond June 16 and awaiting executive action.
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Mystery
Senate
Los Angeles
United States Department of Commerce
Honolulu
Union Airport
Dr. W. Tomlinson
Transcontinental and
Western Airlines
Leland Andrews
American Airlines
TWA
City of Los Angeles
Department of Commerce
Pretty Girl Spy Tells of Taking Parish's Secrets
An attractive Kansas City spy testified in a federal court about selling business secrets of Frank P Parish to a rival in a code made from fruit names. Elsie Walker said she spied for Thomas W Shannon, earning 200 dollars a month as the Missouri-Kansas Pipeline case unfolded. She demonstrated espionage tricks and decoded references to market shifts and stock exchanges with fruit names. Head forward is the usual position of sleeping plane passengers during flight.
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Chicago
Frank P. Parish
Elsie Walker
Kansas City
Parish
Missouri-Kansas Pipeline Corporation
Thomas W. Shannon
Shannon
Henry L. Doherty
Missouri-Kansas
Cities Service Company
Miss Walker
Joan F. Barnes
Maddin
Persimmon
Franois J. du Pont
James
E. McMannon
Halph May
Denver
New York
Missouri-Kansas Corporation
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Parley
Harrison E. Spangler
Iowa
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Sarah Meyer
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Uchida
Bremer
Dean
Crossley
U. S
Missouri Forest Project
Beloved
Joan Blondell
Comedy Hut
Gloria
Broadway
California
George Abbott
Joan
Kirksville
Pacific
Bulletin
Diane
Burbank
Cal
White House
Washington
Clerk
D. Mo
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Committee On Finance
Tigon
NRA
Mrs. Matushek
S. Matushek
Edbrooke Ave
Lucille
Harry H. Price
Harrison Ave
Kankakee
Hingis
Lydia
Pinkham
Doherty Sleuth
Central Hat Works Central Trust
Almanac
Richard
Capitol
George Washington
F. H. Yost
Capitol Beer
Million Bros
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