Topeka links two men to diamond robbery cases
Two men arrested in Topeka are suspected of ties to a San Francisco jewel heist. Police say diamonds valued at 406000 were found with the pair, who remain silent under questioning. Authorities seek links to other robberies and an earlier Home Trust heist. Extradition papers may send them to California. two women claimed as wives of the suspects are held on narcotics interests.
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Topeka
San
Kansas
Home — Trust Company
San Francisco
Perry Brush
Fopeka
Salt Lake City
Nedean
Mike’ Marino
Kansas City
Gichn
Home Trust Company
Wayne
Horning
Shawnee
California
Harry Amels
Marino
Wom
Big Ship Mail Thieves Hit London to Southamption Route
Aboard the Leviathan mail bags were slit open at Southampton on Saturday. Several registered letters vanished and a package thought to be from a London diamond merchant to a firm in Bogota reportedly disappeared. Estimates of value vary from $12,000 to $500,000 with the theft linked to London and sea routes between New York and Cherbourg. Two crew members among the three alleged ringleaders face arrest. Meanwhile in New York Easter parade, several young women drew attention by smoking as a statement for equal smoking rights.
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London
Isteamship
Southampton
Bogota
Colombia
New York
Cherbourg
Fifth ‘Avenue
Accry
Kansas Reformatory Tags To Double Work Shifts Soon
Hutchinson April 1 AP Kansas reformatory labor problem solved with over one million motor car ocean tags for 1930. Day and Night eight shift soon start in car tag factory per superintendent BE Friz. New legislation provides for two tags per vehicle, doubling work ahead. Kansas among last to add front tag. Manufacture of 560,000 tags for 1929 took six months. Color scheme: white figures on black background.
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Hutchinson
Kansas Reformatory
Friz
Kansas
Liquor buy fraud probe widens in Kane county
Philip Johnson admits no liquor purchase from Mrs Lillian De King during the Aurora raid on April 1. Deputy sheriff shot Mrs De King at her home during a raid based on a買 claim by Fairchild that he bought liquor from a De King woman. Johnson says the buy occurred at Stafford's station near the De King home. Kane county state's attorney hints at involving the Illinois attorney general. Also note: Pacific coast clam beds severely overfished, needing bag limits and seasonal closures to conserve catch.
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Aurora
Ill
DL King
Philip Johnson
Lillian de ‘King
de King
Eugene Boyd Fairchild
Fairchild
Johnson
Batavia
Joseph de King
Stafford
George D. Carbury
Kane County
Iinois
Washington
Pacific Coast
H. C. McMillin
Bureau of Fisheries
Stomach upset relief with olive colored compound
A fragment describes a remedy labeled purely a compound for stomach upset. It mentions olive colored pills and a twenty cent cover and suggests eating what you like for relief.
Famine in Ruanda Congo Described By Missionary
The Daily Express dispatch from Nairobi cites Dr. T. E. Church reporting terrible famine in Ruanda district of the Belgian Congo. Crop failures, poor agriculture, and bad communications have driven thousands to die or starve, with migrants faltering before famine and disease sweeping the region. The Nugan da government halted exports since December, hindering relief efforts but the government now spends money and acts to address the crisis.
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The
Daily Express
Nairobi
Kenya
Ruanda
Belgian Congo
T. E.church
Nuganda
Speed Trap dispute drums on in Wyandotte County
Kansas City dispatch reports Sheriff Harry B. Powers of Wyandotte County, facing claims over a so called speed trap run by Dan D. Ellis, remains in a legal clash. An investigation involved switching vehicle licenses and a challenge to resign, with Elllis dismissing charges while Powers contemplates trial.
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Kans
Harry B. Powers
Wyandotte County
Justice Court
Dan_D. Ellis
Ellis
Ellis Baliwick
Lis
Kansas
Missouri
Esterday Ellis
Powers
Frederick R. White
Crowder Area Social News Recaps Local Visitors
Bert Perkins called at the David Perkins home in Lake View Monday evening. Numerous Lawrence residents and Kanwaka neighbors visited, including Miss Maxine Mercer, Dr and Mrs. Pierson, and Mr and Mrs. Crowder. Sunday callers included Bert Perkins and family, with Sengs of Riverton and Winter guests. The notes describe visits among Crowder, Emmett, Collins, Doane, Sweezer, Grimes, and others, with extended family travel and weekend gatherings across Lake View, Buck Creek, and Riverside.
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Bert Perkins
David Perkins
Lake View
Maxine Mercer
Lawrence
Jack Myers
Riverside
Henry Collins
Ona Belle- Collins
Clarence Hodson
Billie
Betty
Lawrence Vernon
W. I. Col- Ans
S.C. Doane
Presgrove
Lecompton
Samm Sweezer
David Perkinson Lake
View
Sidney Emmett
Kanwaka
J. M. Crowder
Harry Carr
Harlie Armstrong
Helen Gabriel
Ona Belle Collings
Sam Grimes
Clifford Meustiffer
Topeka
Jesse
W. S
Beattie Collins
Ona Belle Collins
Clarence Hudson
Doan
Brown
C. F.bratton
Sam Sweezer
Julius Beuermann
Henry
Leo
Kahle
J. M. Growder
Charles Woodward
Belvoir
Jack Grimes
Anna Shotz
Journal- World
Margaret Perkins
Lucille Vausbinder
Buck Creek
Sunday Socials Report Guests and Family Visits
Sunday gatherings featured Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sweezer and Mrs. Clarence Hodson with son Lawrence Vernon visiting Mrs. Jack Myers of Riverside. Mr. and Mrs. David Shields of Lawrence also attended. Mrs. Bert Perkins and daughter Margaret joined Mr. and Mrs. Jake Vausbinder of Topeka for Sunday afternoon.
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Sam Sweezer
Clarence Hodson
Lawrence Vernon
Jack Myers
Riverside
David Shields
Lawrence
Bert Perkins
Margaret
Jake Vausbinder
Topeka
Kansas Oklahoma Missouri Legionnaires Race Tightens
Harry Woods, chairman of the Kansas department membership campaign for the American Legion, said the tri state contest among Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri legionnaires has developed into a neck and neck race as of April 1 in Ottawa Kansas.
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Kan
Harry Woods
Kansas Department
American Legion
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri Legionnaires
Three-state Legion membership contest expands to Missouri
The Kansas and Oklahoma Legion groups lead a yearly membership race, now joined by Missouri for the first time. Mr Wooda predicted a large three-state rise in 1929 campaign membership as the contest runs through April 30. A Russian district imposes a tax on bachelors and argues against nonmembers of cultural and charitable societies.
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