30 Sep 1929
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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1929
Page
1
A quarrel sparked by a wife chiding her husband after a bid leads to a fatal outcome. The incident prompted police investigation and the court case details remain under review as authorities seek clarity on the events and responsibility.
John G Bennett is killed in his 92 Ward Parkway apartment after a bridge quarrel with his wife Janet Bennett and her sister in law. Mrs Bennett has been charged with first degree murder. preliminary hearing set for October 12. Hofman partners in Park Manor co op say marriage appeared harmonious, while friends contest bridge dispute as motive. Bennett and Hofman had golf that day. family members describe a sociable evening that turned deadly.
The April move to a new working and paying system sparked a strike as employees argue the change lowers the average worker wage and shifts cleaning duties to off the clock while management claims output and payroll have risen and only the loafers are exposed.
Mayme Hofman testifies with her husband Charles Hofman and Alice Adkins about a Sunday visit to the Bennetts at 900 Ward Parkway on September 29, 1929. They recall a peaceful dinner and bridge session then a spade bidding incident that led to tension. The account continues on the next page.
The Loose-Wiles plant resumed operations with a depleted force. About 200 pickets blocked entrances and 500 workers appeared for work after 537 letters were sent to strikers. 800 at noon, about 500 still on strike. Police were called when agitators spoke to the crowd. A labor meeting was set for 3:30 at Labor Temple.
A threatening call aimed at James McQueeny, manager of the Loose-Wiles plant, prompted a carload of patrolmen and detectives to guard his home at 2 am. The caller warned of a ride by striking employees. McQueeny alerted Edward P. Boyle, and the house was surrounded until daylight.
Georgie Price replaces elongated auricular appendages with new ears after a plastic surgery relief. The actor passes a screen test and ends a long standing concern in the motion picture industry.
New York sept 30 last year 116000 motor cars worth 81200000 were stolen about 85 percent were recovered figures come from insurance circles Hoes Port Girl nn Carnival Queen St Joseph Mo Sept 30 A P Miss Phyllis Deatz daughter of Mr and Mrs Deatz who live near Rock Port has been chosen queen of the Atchison County Corn Carnival to be held at Rock Port Thursday Friday and Saturday Kansas is a great insurance point for our future Levit2 Lyle M 1188 Advy
Partly cloudy and continued cool with north wind around 15 mph. Relative humidity near 85 percent at noon. River stage today about 4.1 feet, down 0.1 foot. No measurable precipitation in the past twelve hours ending 7 a.m. Market page notes grain prospects.
Dr. Max Meyer head of the psychology department at the University of Missouri, suspended after an investigation into sex questionnaires, may be paid for the entire suspension year. The board of curators planned a Kansas City meeting this week to discuss the issue and precedent. Meyer, currently in Chile, is expected to return the first week in April to resume duties.
In Djelalie, Silivri province, a mule refused to move during a fire emergency, delaying firefighting efforts and allowing a small blaze to grow into a large conflagration that destroyed sixty two houses twenty granaries and many cattle.
Delegates of the Milk Producers Association of the Greater Kansas City territory met at Lees Summit city hall to discuss a possible strike over a price increase. E P Mulligan presided as 120 delegates from about twenty three locals in Kansas and Missouri attended. a vote on a strike was not expected today as delegates considered appointing an impartial fact finding committee to settle the milk price dispute and whether to abide by its findings if adverse to the producers’ program.
Anxiety spread as French aviator Dieudonne Coste and his mechanic Jacques Bellonte remained missing for more than three days after departing Le Bourget in a bid to fly to Vladivostok It was unclear when news of their landing at a distant station might come.
The long delayed ordinance providing an increase in pay for firemen will be introduced in the city council tonight by Councilman Charles H. Clark. It provides increases of from $10 to $15 a month and would add approximately $65,000 a year to the cost of maintaining the fire department. Dies of quarrel injuries at Curacao. Charles M. Keckley, 62, a businessman, died after a quarrel at the apartment of Mrs. Florence Jacobs, 36, former stage star. Mrs. Jacobs and Leo Langois, a chauffeur, are being held. Vatican and Soviet negotiate for resumption of relations in Rome. Papal nuncio Eugenio Pacelli conferring with Ambassador Krestinsky.
Henry Ford predicts in the Pictorial Review that women will disappear from industry. He says they do not want to think much and prefer to take orders, claiming they are not precise. The remarks reflect Ford’s view voiced in New York on September 30.
Police hold 21 year old Delos Gully of Excelsior Springs for questioning in the Cliff Drive killings of Paul Odell and Ruth Laughlin on August 20. Arrested in Armourdale by Detectives Hartung and Cashin following a tip from a former neighbor, Gully wore a blood spotted shirt and warned his wife not to question his whereabouts. He is detained on a $1000 bond as investigators pursue leads, including the wife who has left the city.
Japan announces its queen has delivered a daughter, the third birth for the queen. The newborn weighs seven pounds four ounces and will be named October 6. Hopes for a male heir are disappointed, keeping the throne’s succession uncertain.
Willfred G. Moore, sales manager and pilot for Inland Aviation Corporation, plans a post noon takeoff from Kansas City Airport to surpass the 19,800 foot world altitude mark set by Captain Godfrey DeHavilland in a British aircraft. The attempt, observed by Major Luke Christopher of the National Aeronautic Association, uses an Inland Sport monoplane weighing 859 pounds, carrying 330 pounds including Moore, with sealed barograph for official reading and extra clothing plus oxygen for high altitude, following a prior 17,000 foot attempt hindered by cold and lack of protective gear.
Representative Willi A Ayres of the eighth Kansas district, the state's only Democrat member of Congress, is back at his Wichita home for a month’s visit his first in seven months. He arrived from Washington with Mrs Ayres and plans to visit every county in the district to shoot ducks and make absolutely no speeches.
The forecast calls for cool, cloudy skies from the Dakotas to Texas, with light showers in Missouri except the northwest corner. Kansas City can expect continued cool, cloudy conditions tomorrow as P. Connor notes. The overall region including Kansas and Oklahoma faces light showers and overcast skies.
American travelers in Italy will find galleries free, announced by Frank B. Root who represents Italian steamship lines. He said travelers’ passports are tied to access to Italy’s art museums and galleries. Amy Eggleston, noted poetess aged 55, died in San Diego California after a long illness.
Sister of King George Princess Louise princess royal of Great Britain and eldest sister of King George is said to be in uneven health with good periods in the morning and at night. The brief item notes concern but offers no detailed diagnosis or prognosis.
A Texas town named Borger announces a government shift as martial law is officially proclaimed. Officials declare the measure effective immediately to restore order and public safety amid unrest. Authorities urge residents to stay indoors and comply with curfews and directives.
Brig. Gen. Jacob Wolters, leading Rangers and guardsmen from Fort Worth, proclaims martial law in Borger at 3:30 pm September 28. Governor Moody suspends mayor, city attorney, city commissioners and justicia of the peace over criminal jurisdiction while officers and the guard enforce the order.
Stinnett, county seat of Hutchinson, was placed under martial law as of today. Five rangers and Colonel L. S. Davidson arrived and urged surrender of weapons. The ranger party included Captain Tom Hickman and Frank Hamer with Sergeant C. B. Wheatley and Rangers C. O. Moore and Dott Smith.
Governor Moody vows to keep state troops in Borger and Hutchinson County until lawlessness ends, appoints Clem Calhoun as district attorney after the assassination of John A. Holmes, and discharges county peace officers with duties shifted to the military amid reports of an organized crime ring and imminent danger to residents and property.
Mrs Dolly Gann sister and official hostess to Vice President Curtis will rank third at the MacDonald dinner. Secretary Stimson says the ruling does not settle the controversy and that Mrs Stimson may outrank Mrs Gann at British embassy affairs. The White House list includes about eighty guests with Miss Ishbel Macdonald expected to be near the top unless her father asks otherwise.
William B. Shearer, paid $25,000 by American shipbuilders, testified before a Senate committee at the Geneva naval conference that no member of the American delegation wished the talks to fail. He said one person advocated a policy clause that could affect naval parity, but did not name the individual. He asserted his own aim was parity with Britain and described using naval intelligence data on Britain and Japan's plans.
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