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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1933
Page
1
Kansas Governor announces a plan related to an investigation report. The disclosure follows scrutiny over actions tied to land use and state governance. Officials say the plan addresses questions raised by lawmakers and auditors.
A 16 year old girl and her baby sister were guarded for three weeks after a man attempted to abduct the older child. The family reports odd circumstances surrounding the case and ongoing vigilance by authorities.
Reports detail a supposed bold plan to kidnap Governor Landon and trade his parole for six convicts. Topeka endured three tense weeks of guards, warnings, and secrecy as officials and the governor’s family faced the threat while newspapers withheld details at the governor’s request.
Governor Landon describes a 10 day parole loophole used by a gang planning to kidnap him and free six convicts. The scheme relied on Kansas law allowing temporary paroles without public notice or inter state alerts, enabling a rapid escape window.
U S minister to Paraguay nominee Meredith Nicholson of Indiana married Dorothy Lannon, longtime Marion and Indianapolis resident and friend of the Nicholson family, in a recent ceremony.
Washington reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics found average hourly earnings rose from 42.7 to 48.5 cents between June 15 and July 15. Average weekly hours fell from 42.3 to 38.6. The data cover 89 manufacturing industries and indicate a 12 million dollar rise in manufacturing payrolls.
Warren Dues, named the nation's outstanding fire hero by the National Firemen's Association, accepts a job in Flint's city fire department. City Manager John M. Barringer says the hire honors the national distinction he earned by freeing seven children from a burning home last year.
An Eastern Air Transport tri motor plane with fourteen passengers crashed during takeoff from Newark on Sept 21. Nobody aboard was seriously hurt including a woman passenger. The pilot and copilot sustained injuries not considered dangerous as the craft nosed into the ground tearing off both wings.
The Missouri Supreme Court overruled a motion by Gus Nations to advance mandamus proceedings against Judge Nike G Sevier in the 3.2 beer referendum suit. The case was set for hearing at the January en banc docket, with another suit against Attorney General Roy McKittrick and state officials also on the same docket.
President Roosevelt resumes routine at the White House after a mild fever. He dined with James M. Cox and guests last night, then met with business callers today including Senator Thomas and adviser Raymond Moley. Warburg and other officials join in inflation talks tied to recent monetary policy discussions. The piece notes prominent figures connected to his economy strategy.
Washington September 21 Dr Hugo Eckener veteran commander of the Graf Zeppelin today pictured for Postmaster General Farley the landing of his ship at Chicago's exposition in October and got Farley's tentative promise to be a passenger.
Hog prices reached five dollars in Kansas City today, the highest for 1933 and equal to the 1932 peak. The uptick accompanies a relief move though the cause—slaughter numbers or seasonal demand—remains uncertain as light receipts and strong pork prices buoy the market.
President Roosevelt informed Louis Johnson national commander of the American Legion that he hopes to attend the Legion convention in Chicago on October 25. The announcement came as Washington notes Roosevelt’s continuing intention to visit the city for the event.
A 540 gram stone, over 2000 carats, was found in Minas Geraes with an estimated value of 780000 dollars. Prospector Bahia Ninhos is credited with the discovery, which compares to South Africa's Cullinan diamond weighing 3024 carats.
The forecast calls for increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions tonight and Friday with possible showers and cooler air. Wind from the south at noon about 10 miles per hour, humidity around 26 percent. River stage 9.2 feet, up 0.2 foot. no precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 7 am. grain area market forecast included.
Missouri prohibitionists attack Governor Park's liquor commission report in St Louis urging local option and warning of saloon return. The panel favors separated sale of spirits and beer, permits by a bipartisan board, higher taxation, and restricted advertising to curb hard liquor consumption.
Jefferson City dispatch reports Governor Park will transmit ten advisory commandments on liquor control to the legislature. He may accept some recommendations or let the legislature draft the bill, while opposing the return of the old-fashioned saloon and wary of local option schemes.
Genoa Italy Sept 21 Guglielmo Marconi and his wife sailed aboard the Conte di Savoia with keen anticipation of visiting the United States which he calls his second country and the first nation to aid his research.
World record aviator Wiley Post suffered a severe head wound and shoulder injuries when his plane the Winnie Mae crashed during takeoff at the Quincy Illinois airport. Post crawled from the wreckage and the craft must be rebuilt after the accident on his speaking tour bound for Davenport Indiana.
Mrs. A. Allen Taylor asked if her son could fish the mirror pool at Ward Parkway and Sixty-first street terrace. Park officials, saying there are no fish, granted permission. Billy Bob Taylor and another boy caught forty perch and catfish from the shallow pool, a mystery to the park board.
Mr Hamrick predicts showers and cooler temperatures for tomorrow after a warm night with a low around 70 degrees. Unsettled weather spans Kansas Iowa and Nebraska as a high pressure system to the north shifts in. Saturday looks bright and relatively cool following today’s mild conditions.
Preliminary hearing for Tom Boyd state treasurer Ronald Finney of Topeka and Emporia bond broker Leland Caldwell was postponed to October 6. All defendants face federal charges of using the mails to defraud. Boyd is on bond, while Finney and Caldwell have not posted $25,000 bonds. The federal grand jury in Topeka will convene October 16, with possible further delays.
Emporia banker W. W. Finney was arraigned after being accused on thirteen counts involving uttering forging and possessing spurious papers. A preliminary hearing was set for September 28 with bond at 10000. Finney had earlier been bound over on embezzlement charges of 75000 tied to his bank and released on 25000.
Mrs. Cordelia Loveless 36 Englewood Heights injured when her Ford sedan collided with a northbound street car at Brush Creek boulevard east of Main. She suffered possible skull fracture head lacerations and limb contusions, taken to General hospital. her car overturned and she was rendered unconscious. Mrs. Loveless is married to Glenn Loveless a worker at a Country Club plaza market.
Judge James R. Page announced eleven of twelve jurors to serve on the criminal court grand jury. The group includes D. S. Adams, Arthur L. Williams, R. W. Butters, Porter H. Fones, C. Endicott, Daniel, Hugo Brecklein, Joseph Jedlicka, Russell Greiner, Rex Hedrick, and R. R. Chaplin. Sixteen were summoned. full panel to be completed Monday. The jurors are expected to probe vice and rackets with renewed vigor.
Fred Coleman testified in a private hearing that George Kelly appeared at the Stratford farm and threatened death to the Colemans and the Shannons. The scene included Coleman dragging his feeble father before the jury and shouting for five minutes of testimony. Prosecutors questioned the act as possibly staged while authorities noted the farm as a alleged underworld rendezvous in the Urschel kidnaping case.
Oklahoma City witnesses recount direct admissions that George Kelly and Albert Bates held Urschel at the R G Shannon farm in Texas. Armon Shannon testified Kelly and Bates kept Urschel hidden and threatened him. Bailey, the alleged brain, was arrested in the raid. The defense argues coercion while officers describe a coordinated federal operation across Oklahoma, Texas, and Fort Worth.
In Oxlanama City on September 21, federal agent Gus T. Jones testified about the Armour boulevard shooting in Kansas City, noting a machine gun tied to Ferris Anthon who was killed before Sheriff Bush’s intervention. Jones said Harvey Bailey claimed the weapon came to him from Shawnee, Oklahoma, four days before his capture.
Governor Landon visited the Kansas state fair in Hutchinson on September 21 after a salute from Hutchinson artillerymen. He spoke at the grandstand and reiterated his pledge to investigate the Finney bond scandal.
Federal agent identifies the ransom payment tied to the Bailey kidnapping case. A youthful witness resists a bribe for silence and depicts the oil man’s imprisonment details amid ongoing investigations.
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