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Kansas City Star

Location

Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1929

Page

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Anglo American Naval Accord hailed by British press

Washington announced a de facto Anglo American naval accord hailed as epoch making by British outlets. The Morning Post opposed limits and yardstick measures while MacDonald pleased at Washington talks. Invitations for a five power conference are to be issued from London as the admiralty shows cautious unity with the Labor government.

London Washington Hoover Ambassador Dawes MacDonald Daily Express

Quiet Caldl on Hoover Signals Naval Disarmament Move

London reports Prime Minister MacDonald will travel to Washington September 28 with informal plans to push a naval disarmament conference. An Anglo American announcement next week is said to confirm cruiser limitation agreements, easing formal talks in Washington.

London J. Ramsay MacDonald England Washington Hoover Great Britain United States America Jait Serengaria Southampton MacDonald Dickering

Stimson Promises Surprise in MacDonald Visit

Secretary Stimson said plans for entertaining Prime Minister MacDonald in the United States would be a country wide surprise. He declined details and promised press correspondents there would be a good story in it.

Associated Presse Washington Stimson MacDonald United States State Department

MacDonald Aims for Informal Talks With Hoover on Peace Mission

The report notes Prime Minister MacDonald seeks informal conversations with President Hoover and has not decided if naval experts will join his Washington delegation. It hints he and his daughter Ishbel may travel largely alone to pursue a plain, peace driven mission.

Washington Hoover MacDonald Ishbel

Japan Eager to Confer on Fleet Limits at Conference

Admiral Hyo Takamabe says Tokyo welcomes news of an Anglo American push for an early international conference on fleet reduction and limitation. Japan aims to participate seriously by December, seeking reduction in auxiliaries and flexibility on capital ship construction beyond current plans.

Hyo Takarabe Associated Press Japan Tak

Rhinelander Seeks Divorce and New Life in Las Vegas

Leonard Kip Rhinelander, once a New York socialite known as Lou, meets with New York lawyers in Kansas City and Las Vegas to pursue another divorce from Alice Jones Rhinelander. The action was filed in Las Vegas New Mexico in 1924, with ongoing mediation and support arrangements. Rhinelander, 26, now active in Las Vegas business, denies disinheritance claims and hopes for a standard resolution. He serves as vice president of Las Vegas Sand and Gravel and invests in real estate while continuing support totaling $220 monthly to Alice Jones. The Las Vegas population has grown to about 9,000 ahead of Boulder Dam construction.

Leonard Kip Rhinelander New York Kansas City Alice Jones Las Vegas N. Mex Rhinelander Harley A. Hermon Leon R. Jacobs Curtis Westendorff Westendorff Harmon Muehlebach J. J. Walker Lou New Rochelle N. Y Omaha Congress Nevada Colorado River

Pirates Seize Norwegian Steamer Bosnia off Haichow

Perrine Curna Sept 14 The Norwegian legation reports the steamer Bosnia captured by pirates off Haichow with the captain and chief officer held for ransom.

Associated Press Perrine Curna Bosnia Haichow

Fire marshal extends Wichita fire inquiry into Fairmount Hall blaze

State fire marshal Douglas A. Graham leads an ongoing probe into the September 4 destruction of Fairmount Hall at Wichita University. He says new evidence of great significance prompts continued investigation, despite closing the inquisition for now amid reports of threatenings and letters related to a summer course for Catholic Sisters.

Associated Press Wichita Kas Douglas A. Graham Fairmount Hall Wichita Municipal University Graham W. H. Foght G. A. Swallow Charles C. Lytle Wichita University DF. West Board of Regents H. H. McCall University Fairmount All

Great Northern Plans 249 Mile Montana Rail Line

The Great Northern railway sent an application to the Interstate Commerce Commission seeking permission to complete a cross state line rail line of 249 miles through Central Montana with an estimated cost of about 8 million dollars.

St. Paw Minn Montana Interstate Commerce Commission Great Northern Railway

Bride Victim Fights Off Attacker Falls From Window

Mrs Virginia Hadden Sack 22 a bride of a month is hospitalized after a three story fall while escaping an attacker at the Del Ray apartments She was with four men at Riverside Park and later forced to drink liquor Her husband George Sack is a Missouri mail carrier Police detained four intoxicated men at the scene who were released after questioning

Virginia Hadden Sack General Hospital Del-Ray Central Street del- Ray

Halt Raid Endurance Test Targets Negro Musicians Club

Police end nonstop endurance contest at 1702 East Twelfth Street with 96 laps as Chief Miles shifts tactics for the so-called musicians club. Ninety-fifth raid since March 1 dismissed in North Side police court. judge often dismisses. Doc Fojo Wilson warns members will serenade the chief after the 100th raid.

East Twelfth Street North Side Miles Carlin P. Smith Doc Fojo” Wilson

GAVE UP ENDURANCE FLIGHT PLANE RETURNS TO WICHITA

The City of Baltimore monoplane, after taking off from Wichita for Angeles, could not reach safe altitude and turned back to Wichita Municipal Airport at 11:30 AM. Flight path reached as far west as Las Vegas New Mexico before the decision to abandon the cross country endurance attempt.

Associated Press Wichita Baltimore Angeles Municipal Las Vegas N. M

Edison Returns to Lab Work in Convalescent Chair

Thomas A. Edison, 88, resumed directing experiments on artificial rubber from a convalescent chair in West Orange New Jersey. He was allowed to sit up for a full day for the first time since his pneumonia illness began a month ago.

West Orance N. J Thomas A. Edison

Union Engineers Vote on Strike Sentiment

In Omaha Nebraska on September 14 the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers across major lines including Union Pacific Missouri Pacific Great Western Milwaukee Santa Fe and Oregon Short Line voted to strike if months of negotiations with carriers fail. The move would not immediately pull engineers off the rails but tests sentiment to support further talks.

Omana Nec Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Union Pacific Missouri Pacific Great Western Milwaukee Santa Fe Oregon Aese

Fair and warmer Sunday forecast in 80s

Weather predicts a pleasant day with fair skies on Sunday. The maximum temperature is expected in the 80s and the minimum around 60 degrees. Yesterday’s high reached 71 and the low 51.

R. L. Anderson P. Connor

Kansas State Fair Opens in Hutchinson

Favorable weather and good roads point to excellent attendance as the Kansas State Fair opens in Hutchinson today. The event runs through Friday with the entertainment program starting this afternoon and many exhibits already in place or arriving late today and tomorrow.

HutcHinson

First Fliers Round-Up Offers Bus Service to Airport

The Aviation Club of Kansas City announces a two day campaign to bring residents for their first flight or to fly again. Buses depart every twenty minutes from the Air Travel bureau at 1233 Baltimore avenue to the Kansas City Airport today and tomorrow.

Kansas City Air Travel Bureau Baltimore Avenue Aviation Club of

Kansas Free Exposition Ends Today in Topeka

Torrexa Sept 14 A children's parade with decorated perambulators go carts and kiddie cars highlighted the closing program of the Kansas Free Fair in Topeka today.

Topeka Torrexa

St Teresa College to Open Tuesday With New PE Head

Registration starts Monday as St Teresa academy resumes classes with record enrollment. Miss Agnes E Reilly from St Louis joins the faculty to lead physical education and dancing, bringing training from Fontbonne college and further study in gymnasium parts work and dance with noted artists.

St. Teresa College St. Teresa Academy St. Teresa's Sisters of St. Joseph Agnes E. Reilly St. Louis Reilly Fontbonne College University of Misari East Adelaine Rotti Florence Rudolph Irma Summa George Murray

Bandit trio moved to jail after Lamar bank robbery

Three confessed bandits Howard Royston George J Abshier and Ralph Fleagle were spirited from Lamar to Denver to avoid lynching. Fleagle and Royston jailed in Denver and Abshier jailed in Colorado Springs after the First National Bank of Lamar robbery.

Associated Press Denver Howard Royston George J. Abshier Ralph Fleagle First National Bank of Lamar Col Fleagle Royston Abshier Colorado Springs

Mrs Rhinelander Reported Traveling for Divorce Talks

Report from New Rochelle dated September 14 notes Alice Jones not at home and believed to be en route to Kansas City to confer with her husband Leonard Kip Rhinelander on terms for a divorce.

Alice Jones New Rochelle New Rochetor N. Y Leonard Kip Rhinelander Kansas City

New York Bank Clerk Stole and Returned $10,000 Then Arrested

Lorn W. Malloy, a New York bank clerk, stole $10,000, went abroad to bet on races, then returned the money to reveal the theft to the bank and was arrested awaiting grand jury action. In Boston a fugitive from New York gangland, Samuel Rheinstein, was shot and killed at the Hotel Huntington. Also in Chicago a Republican committeeman, John Reid, was arrested on a dry charge after federal agents found beer and alcohol at his home.

New York Lorn W. Malloy Boston Samuel Rheinstein Huntington G.O.P Cuiiaco A. P John Reid

Wright, Georgia Comptroller General, Dies at 85

Gen William A Wright aged 85 longtime Georgia comptroller general dies. He served from 1879 to present, held office longer than any prior official, and worked with seventeen governors without campaigning. Other dispatches note a French Army plane crash near Chartres killing four and a Parma explosion killing eighteen with twenty five injured.

Atlanta William A. Wright Georgia Wright Parma Italy London Conrad Mews Rome

Court Rules Against Permit For Gas Station On Rockhill Site

Judge Darius A. Brown denies Linwood Realty's writ to compel Kansas City to allow a filling station at Sixty third Street and Rockhill Road. City has issued permits for two stations at the intersection White Eagle Oil at 912 East Sixty third and Skelly at the southwest corner. Realty argues tanks would be within 150 feet of a home, despite prior special permits. The decision leaves open a possible request to set aside the ruling as more information emerges.

Kansas City Sixtythird Street Rockhill Road Darius A. Brown Linwood Realty Company White Eagle Oil and Refining Company Sixty-third Skelly Oil Company Realty Company A. Stanford Lyon Skelly Company

Major Strickler to Present Awards to Rescue Teams

Prizes will be awarded to winners of national first aid contests and mine rescue work conducted under the U S Bureau of Mines. The awards event occurs at Convention Hall with Maj T J Strickler presiding and announcing results at 7 30 tonight.

United States Bureau of Mines Convention Hall Maj T. J. Strickler

Opposition to Continuance in Horton Case Gathers Steam

A. B. Lovan travels to Mount Vernon to oppose a motion for continuance in the Dr. R. B. Horton case. Horton faces charges of obtaining money under false pretenses from Lonnie Jackson of Monett for a phony pharmacy license. The case has seen multiple delays tied to legislative and venue changes, with new counsel and a special judge arranged if delays persist.

Jefferson City A. B. Lovan Mount Vernon Lawrence County R. B. Horton Lonnie Jackson Monett Horton State Board of Pharmacy Jackson Cassville Lonis, Kelly McDonald County Kelly Mt. Vernon Barry County J. E. Sater Charles L. Henson James Tatum Pineville Emery Smith Warren White Springfield Smith Lovan

Weather forecast for grain area Monday outlook

Government forecast notes wind velocity at noon from the northwest eight miles per hour, humidity 36 percent, river stage 4.8 feet stationary, twelve hour precipitation 0.7 inch. Mostly fair and warmer next week for Washington area with above normal temperatures across the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys and the Great Plains.

Washinchton D. C Mississippi Missouri Great Plains

Hall Plans Hit Snag as City Manager Conference Is Postponed

The Chamber of Commerce convention bureau delays a planned meeting with the city manager after a disagreement over ground floor plans. Members discuss razing the hall and acquiring land or building an exposition center on Thirteenth Street, with no final agreement in sight. Conrad H. Mann chairs the committee and W. M. Symon informs the city manager of the postponement.

Convention Bureau Chamber of Commerce Wyandotte Central Streets Thirteenth Street Conrad H. Mann W. M. Symon

Morgan interests seize control of New York power sites

A Morgan backed consortium led by J Pierpont Morgan and Andrew Mellon gains control of Niagara Hudson Power Corporation and through it acquires Frontier Corporation and St. Lawrence Securities Company. The arrangement places Morgan interests in charge of most major water power sites in New York state.

New York J. Pierpont Morgan New York State Andrew W. Mellon Niagara Hudson Power Corporation Morgan Frontier Corporation St. Lawrence Securities Company

Irish Free State Rejects Two Year Tariff Truce

Geneva reports Prof John O Sullivan denounces a proposed two year tariff truce and warns it would harm industrial and economic life. W D Euler of Canada reserves action for Ottawa as discussions spark concern over global tariff moves. In Washington Republicans say tariff protections must stand while Democrats see world opposition to high US tariffs amid strong economy.

Associated Press Geneva Irish Free State W.D. Euler Canada WashingTon France England America

Doctor Castelaw Named Superintendent of Decatur Hospital

Dr. Rush E. Castelaw 4134 Warwick Boulevard is chosen as superintendent of the Decatur and Macon County hospital at Decatur Illinois and will leave for Decatur October 1. The item notes his previous roles at Wesley and Christian hospitals and states the appointment has been accepted by the hospital.

Rush E. Castelaw Warwick Boulevard Wesley and Christian Hospitals Decatur and Macon County Hospital Decatur Til

China Warlike Spasmodic Raids Mark Border Tension

Spasmodic raids along the Manchurian Siberian frontier raise warlike tensions as authorities assess the likelihood of renewed hostilities. Military observers note intermittent clashes and mobilization signals on both sides.

Soviet Protests Nanking Note Wrecks Peace Prospects

Moscow and Nanking clash over the Chinese Eastern railway as Pravda accuses Nanking of repudiating prior pledges and seeks Geneva support. Soviet officials warn of continued frontier raids and prepare a swift reply to the Chinese note, expected soon.

Associated Press Moscow Russia China Manchuria Nanking Pravda Soviet Union Geneva Berlin

Two Detectives Assigned to Looney Shooting Inquiry

Chief Edward P. Boyle assigned two detectives to investigate the shooting affray at the Green Hills gambling resort near Platte County involving Harry Looney and several men in a motor car. Boyle said Looney may have faced gangsters seeking ransom, noting his underworld earnings and the gambling milieu along Jackson, Clay, and Platte counties. Fred Wedow, another Green Hills manager, was wounded recently during money counting at the resort.

Edward P. Boyle Harry Looney Green Hills Platte County Looney Euclid Avenue Boyle Green Hills Club Jackson Clay Platte Fred Wedow

World Court opens to United States in Geneva action

The League of Nations assembly adopted protocols enabling American adherence to the permanent court of international justice and to its statute revision. The measures were opened for signature by member states and will be sent to Washington for U.S. government consideration. The Root proposals cited as easing U.S. objections to membership.

Geneva Swirtzerlanp League of Nations Assembly United States Permanent Court of International Justice Assembly World Court Washington

Governor Moody Offers 8500 and a Dallas Group 8250

Governor Dan Moody announced a reward of 500 dollars for the arrest and conviction of the assassin of District Attorney John A. Holmes of Borger. Five rangers were dispatched to Borger and he urged District Attorneys Edward Thomerson of Amarillo and Clifford Braley of Pampa to assist in the investigation. Dallas, Sept. 14: The Texas County and District Attorneys Association offered 250 dollars for the arres t and conviction of Holmes’ slayer.

Avustin Tex Dan Moody John A. Holmes Borger Edward Thomerson Amarillo Clifford Braley Pampa Dalas Texas County and District Attorneys’ Association

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