21 Sep 1929
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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1929
Page
1
Notice details promotional event at Fairfax Airport and Convention Hall showcasing latest marvels. Event emphasizes new air show displays and exhibits with demonstrations and guest appearances.
Watain plans a weekend appearance featuring a trio of attractions at the radio and electrical show. The event promises music and demonstrations across three segments.
Kansas City gears for nine days of aviation and radio displays as the Inter zonal Air Circus opens with pilots from across the country. The event features a 500 mile route and dead-stick landing tests, balloon bursting, and a crowd eagerly awaiting the opening night show.
Maj Luke Christopher of the National Aeronautic Association called all pilots and race officials together for final instructions. He serves as referee and secretary of the contest committee. Roy C Farrell, field manager of the Kansas City Airport, will assist Christopher.
Art Goebel, preparing for the City of Mexico Kansas City air derby, was delayed today at the Mexican border. Immigration officials held him awaiting a $1,000 bond before entry into Mexico. Rex Purcell, another derby pilot, faced possible trouble unless the matter is resolved before he crosses. Purcell sails from Kansas City with Beacon Airways, succeeding Don Walker as derby pilot.
The first foreign entrant for the City of Mexico to Kansas City air derby is Capt. Luis R. Verdeja, an army pilot. The 1500 mile event and nine day air show gain international attention with other Mexican pilots expected and additional entrants to be announced before 11 o clock Monday. Also listed are Col. Arthur C. Goebel, Dale Jackson, Don Walker and Mrs. Florence Lowe Barnes.
A Soviet air expedition attempting a Moscow to New York flight has landed on Atu Island in United States territory near the Commander Islands in the Bering Sea. Four Russian airmen are aboard the plane.
The Detroit fire that razed the Study Club cabaret Friday increased the death list to twenty. Helen Snyder of Montreal died at Receiving hospital, and Miss Mabel Ireland of Saginaw was identified in the county morgue. Alan Klein of Cleveland, president of Goldsmith Publishing, was identified as a victim. Klein had been in Detroit and was a friend of Ireland. Martin Cohn, cabaret proprietor, was ordered held on 25,000 dollars bond for alleged criminal negligence in operating the cabaret.
Alphonse Capone and bodyguard Frank Cline faced parole petitions in municipal court as lawyers argued Capone has been punished sufficiently. A hearing date was set for October 4. The filings follow prior efforts to win clemency from the state peniten tiary.
An August 21 earthquake rocked Anatolia with widespread damage in the Gumushane region. The hamlet of Turnikeuy was destroyed and about fifty other dwellings in nearby villages were blown down. many people are missing and feared dead.
Oklahoma City announced a merger of American-First National and Security National into one of the largest national banks in the tenth federal reserve district. The consolidation creates a prominent financial institution serving local and regional clients.
Florence Trumbull, daughter of Governor Trumbull, and John Coolidge, son of a former president, rehearsed for a Monday wedding in Piamaville Connecticut. The ceremony will feature a six foot panel of flowers, orchids, lilies and gardenias with a pilot cake adorned by six silver airplanes.
In Plainville Connecticut the second floor suite of Governor Trumbull’s home hosts Florence Trumbull’s wedding gifts for her marriage to John Coolidge son of former President Calvin Coolidge. Three detectives guard the display as hundreds of rare items arrive including antique furniture oriental rugs silverware and art objects for a late afternoon lawn reception. Fifty parcels arrived with items such as five electric toasters and a brilliant blue and yellow rug. The gifts will not fit in the couple’s 444 room New Haven apartment.
The outlook calls for mostly fair skies across the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys and the Northern and Central Great Plains next week. Temperatures stay near or above normal early week, with brief precipitation around midweek and a shift to cooler air late in the period.
Milton Alter an 18 year old NYC messenger confessed to police that he was used by a man known as Jack Rosen to steal $512000 in negotiable securities from his employer R V Hiscoe Company. Alter delivered the securities after being urged for money and then claimed to have been kidnapped when he contacted to report. Police Commissioner Whalen said a larger mind may be behind the scheme and Alter was recruited to leave his fur business job for a role in the financial district.
Homer Weaver is found guilty of the July 11 murder of his wife near Cashion. The 50 year old, who shot the 45 year old mother of nine, faces life imprisonment in the penitentiary after a jury verdict delivered after about a day of deliberation. He had been away from home and shot her at the door as she greeted him.
Detectives search for driver of a yellow Ford after it struck and killed Mrs. Sarah M. Clark 70 on Forty Ninth Street and Brookside Boulevard. She was carried 75 feet and left in the street with a bag of groceries. No arrests were made. Mrs. Clark cared for the invalid wife of Thomas R. Winn, custodian of the E. C. White school.
Mrs Anna Elizabeth Lord age 101 longtime resident died at her home. She was described as a real daughter of the Revolution and her father fought in the Battle of Lexington as a colonial militiaman in Hepston Connecticut on Sept 21.
Four nonunion barber shops had front windows smashed by a crew described by police as the wrecking group from the union. The attacks, first seen a month ago, resumed this morning with no arrests or leads. Shops hit include Henry Berner at 2649 Prospect, H A Hudson at 3314 East Thirty Ninth, H F Pugh at 3107A Stookton, and J B Parsons at 46174 Troost Avenue.
A Kansas City father whose ex wife Mrs May Miller of Leon Iowa won custody of their 8 year old son Dan Wilcox through habeas corpus before Judge Darius A Brown induced the boy to go with his mother at the courthouse. The boy initially resisted but was persuaded after the father promised to pursue further Iowa court action.
At Papatony's flower shop two youths fled a botched robbery on Sheridan Road. Police pursued the car, firing shots and forcing two flat tires. Alfred Cooper and Gordon Lynch surrendered. Papatony claimed two gardenias were the only loss, while Lynch said they acted for their girls.
President Hoover will not commute the sentences of Harry F. Sinclair and Henry Mason Day for contempt of court tied to the Fall Sinclair jury. He follows Attorney General Mitchell’s recommendation not to interfere. Applications were sent from the Justice Department with the advisory attached.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh departed Santo Domingo at 1 04 p m for San Juan Porto Rico for an overnight stop before continuing toward South America aboard a Pan American service flight.
Miss Helen Hertz daughter of John D. Hertz was fined 50 dollars for running a stop light in Evanston on July 10. Her car collided with another vehicle injuring Miss Dorothy Wilson. A charge of assault with a deadly weapon was dropped. neither plaintiff attended the trial.
Hutchinson Kansas reports the state fair better babies contest with two 100 percent scores. Charles Kibbee, 13 months, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Black of Salina, and Joan, 2, daughter of Mr and Mrs Owned C Roarch, head six others scoring above 99 percent. Hughes Returns From Europe In New York, Charles E Hughes justice of the World Court at The Hague arrives with wife and daughter aboard the liner Rotterdam.
Secretary James W. Good was admitted to Walter Reed General Hospital with neuritis in his right arm. The War Department said the stay would be brief after a thorough physical examination and that his Monday engagements were canceled.
Sophia Ann Riley 24 once a circuit court divorce proctor married Nathaniel Massey DeBruin 25 at St. Mark's Episcopal church after secretly obtaining a Harrisonville license. The couple, who met in Bonner Springs, plan a honeymoon to Old Mexico and a return to Bonner Springs.
Doors open at 7 p m for two major events with demonstrations by Televox the mechanical man and live radio powered stunts. Exhibits boast eighty booths of radio sets and electrical home devices. Afternoon and evening programs include pony express race, fire fighting display, parachute contests, illuminated jumps, aerial fireworks and an art Goebel flight to Hawaii in fireworks. Night passenger rides offered.
Russell Clements 42, of Linden Missouri, burned to death when his Chevrolet coupe burst into flames after a collision on U S Highway 71 six miles north of North Kansas City. He was trapped as rescuers failed to free him before flames engulfed the interior. His wife, Mrs. Clements, escaped unharmed. Briney, a quarry superintendent, aided but could not pull him free. both men tried to pry open doors and top. Funeral arrangements and coroner’s inquest set for North Kansas City.
A gas station in Ansoar Ia exploded as manager C O Parker sold fuel to a customer Henry Simmering. A girl from Mitchell identified as Miss Conklin was killed. The station building collapsed and one person was injured. Springfield Missouri prosecutor aide Paul W Barrett resigned and will join a law firm, to be replaced by Harold Randall.
A million dollar gift to the University of Chicago from Max Epstein was announced by President Robert Maynard Hutchins. The fund will be used to build a new art center at the university.
The weather office forecasts continued fair conditions tonight and tomorrow with a higher temperature tomorrow. Today’s temperatures stay in the lower 70s. Light rains were reported in Southern Missouri last night. Closing time for Sunday Want Ads is 6 p.m. today. contact The Star office at Harrison 1200 for ad placement.
William B. Shearer, naval propagandist, hired by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp without knowledge of executives was called “most unwise” by Charles M. Schwab before a Senate committee. Grace denied involvement while Wakeman faced questions as the fight over Geneva conference observer duties and a $143,000 development fund was probed.
Washington September 21 members of the American delegation to the Geneva naval limitations conference and reporters who covered the talks were named by Senate committee chairman Shortridge as prospective witnesses in the inquiry into naval propagandist William B. Shearer.
Roy Sorrell a leading Southwest cattleman was found dead in the saddle on a cattle range fifteen miles northeast of Nocates Arizona. He appeared to have been struck by lightning with only a neck burn as a mark while his horse showed no injuries.
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