Desperate Texas outlaw Raymond Hamilton moved to Huntsville
Raymond Hamilton, captured death house fugitive, was taken from Dallas to Huntsville to face execution for slaying Major Crowson. Surrounded by the heaviest guard, he was transported by automobile with Texas Rangers and deputies. Hamilton denied plans to reveal more and noted a bullet scar from the Harrison Street incident.
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Huntsville
Tex
Raymond Hamilton
Texas
Dallas
Apr
Texas Rangers
Dallas County
Crowson
Littl
Fort Worth
State
Max Rogers
Walker County
Hamilton
Joe Palmer
Ray
Kentucky
Prisoners Lose Extra Time Credits Not Factual Says Official
Parole attorney for Gov Landon states reports of convicts at the state penitentiary losing time credits are unfounded. He notes a recent attorney general ruling limited extra mine work credits, not previously earned allowances. Inmates with earned coal mine credits would keep the time promised before the ruling.
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Topeka
Kan
A. S. Foulks
Alf M. Landon
Foulks
Inflationists Plan New Moves in Congress
Senator Thomas D Oklahoma announced plans to offer amendments to the Patman cash bonus bill to gain administration acceptance. The Senate monetary bloc also aims to push Wheeler's bill for free coinage of silver at 16 to 1. These steps follow inflationary group conferences that formed four committees to press for more money issuance.
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Washington
Thomas D-Okla
Senate Monetary Bloc
Thomas
Patman
House
Senate Finance Committee
European powers seek peace at Stresa as Germany rearmament looms
A French ministerial council keeps 60 000 troops on alert while 120 000 conscripts train and Britain France and Italy pursue a Stresa accord on European security. Danzig shows Nazi fervor ahead of Volkstag votes as Addis Ababa says talks with Italy have ended.
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Associated Press
England
France
Italy
Anthony Eden
Stresa
Danzig
Volksteg
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Paris
Council of Ministers
Lebrun
Frenc
Metz
London
Britain
John Simon
Simon
Eden
Ramsay MacDonald
Austria
Rudolf Hess
Hitler
Soviet Russia
Germany
Volkstag
Vienna
Kurt Schuschnigg
Heimwehr
Warsaw
Geneva
Bethiopia
League Council
Schools in Tourney At Lawrence High School Court
Douglas county grade schools competed in a basketball tournament on the Lawrence high school court with first round scores including Midland 10 Vinland 23 Stony Point 3 Prospect 4 Coal Creek 32 Blue Mound 2. Blue Mound beat Prospect 21 to 9 in a consolation game. Hesper advanced to the semifinals after a bye and a forfeit from Model and beat Coal Creek 21 to 9. Hesper meets the Vinland Stony Point winner for the title at 9. Lecompton faces the Eudora Baldwin winner for the graded school title at 8. Coal Creek meets the Vinland Stony Point loser at 7 in a consolation.
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Douglas County
Lawrence High School
Midland
Vinland
Stony Point
Prospect
Coal Creek
Blue Mound
Hesper
Model
Lecompton
Coal Greek
Relief bill signed and aid program to start
Vice President Garner and Speaker Burns signed a 4.88 billion work relief bill. Congress passed the conference report 66 to 13 in the Senate and 317 to 70 in the House. Roosevelt expected to sign soon. main program to begin July 1 with 50 dollar monthly jobs and plan to raise total employed to 3.5 million, while removing unemployables from relief rolls.
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Washington
Garner
Speaker Burns
White House
Roosevelt
Florida
Congress
Senate
House
Thomas
D-Okla
Glass
D-Va
Dole
Army Day Observed Honors Opponents of War in 1917
Washington marked Army Day with a 50 000 strong procession along Constitution Avenue and silent ceremonies under the Capitol dome. Wreaths were laid on statues of La Follette Clark and Kitchin, the three lawmakers who opposed U.S. entry to World War I, by Rep Withrow Cannon and Jeannette Rankin. Senators LaFollette and Clark attended with Mills Kitchin, sons of the honored figures.
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Washington
America
Constitution Avenue
Capitol
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Champ Clark
Missouri
Claude Kitchin
North Carolina
Broad Capitol Plaza
la Follette
Withrow
Wis
Cannon
Jeannette Rankin
Montana
Kitchin
Senator LaFollette
Pro
Senator Clark
Mills Kitchin
Kansas Sees 62 Degree High and 34 Low Across Counties
The Topeka report notes yesterday’s high of 62 degrees at Anthony and Tola with a 34 degree low at Hanover and Manhattan. Forecasts predict 55 to 60 degree readings today and freezing conditions for western Kansas tonight. Sunday expected cooler than today, while the stock index for 60 stocks rose to 37.7 from 37.3 yesterday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Anthony
Tola
Hanover
Manhattan
Seek Additional Light On Life of Hard Family
Kansas City reports two safe deposit boxes will be opened to shed light on Herbert Hurd and the life of his wife Elisabeth and their adopted daughter Bertha. Prosecutors filed an assault with intent to kill charge against Miss Hurd amid claims of torture and infidelity. Hurd faces murder charges as he allegedly confessed the shooting and plans to plea justifiable homicide.
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Kansas City
Herbert Hurd
Bertha Hurd
Nellie McNamara
Hurd
Bertha Goff
Miss Hurd
Fred Greene
Greene
John Costello
Lawrence High Typists Win Sectional Contest
Lawrence High typists won first place at a sectional contest held this morning in Ottawa, finishing with 34 points while Ottawa had 21 and Pomona 5. Lua Bumgardner led with perfect paper in accuracy and placed second in speed. Dorothy Netherton was second in both. Lucile Traynor and Hazel Lee posted perfect accuracy in the inexperienced group, with Dorothy Deichert third and Mildred Ewing fourth. Five pupils in the ten minute speed test made only two errors overall. Typing instructors were Guy Cross, Luella Foreman and Mrs Olive Jackson.
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Lawrence High School
Ottawa
Pomona
Lua Bumgardner
Dorothy Netherton
Lucile Traynor
Hazel Lee
Dorothy Deichert
Mildred Ewing
Ry Finny
Lawrence
Guy Cross
Luella Foreman
Olive Jackson
Kansas Weather Summary for tonight and Sunday
Forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Sunday with possible showers in extreme east. Colder in the west and east overnight. Morning outlook shows cloudy to partly cloudy skies with rain at Arkansas City and light rain at Dodge City. Dirt roads fair to good. Wichita near good. Douglas County roads good. Temperature readings show yesterday's peak at 59 and today’s noon reading noted by the gas office.
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Kansas
Arkansas City
Dodge City
Wichita
Douglas
Student Gets Another Threatening Note
Tahlequah Oklahoma April 6 UP a second note threatening the life of Lois Thompson an 18 year old co ed at Northeastern State Teachers college was found this week at her farm home. The handwriting matches 13 earlier letters since February 17 and the note was in an outbuilding. Extortion notes and handwriting samples from suspects were sent to the Justice Department in Washington. The co ed shot and wounded Daniel Shaw a Chinese student at Northeastern last week after accusing him of being one of the plotters against her.
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Tahlequah
Okla
Lois Thompson
Northeastern State Teachers College
Department of Justice
Washington
Daniel Shaw
Northeastern
Farm Credit meeting promotes debt relief for Kansas farmers
Kansas rural lenders gathered at Ottawa for a full day session on Farm Credit Administration loans and cooperative lending. Speakers from the Manhattan agricultural college and FCA branches in Wichita outlined low interest rates, local ownership, and financing for production credit associations and National Farm Loan associations. Attendees from several counties included J. D. Martin, Will Hayden, T. C. Richardson, C. C. Gerstenberger, and others asserting farming stability and improved financing options through the new system.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Farm Credit Administration
Agricultural College
Manhattan
Wichita
Farm Credit Pro
Sirect
Farm Loan
John W. Coleman
Federal Land Bank
D.L. Mullendore
Production Credit Corporation
Focal
Wichita Bank For Cooperatives
Ralph Snyder
New Farm Credit Administration Unit
Frank. Blecha
District Farm
P.H. Stephens
FCA
Dudley Doolittle
Frank M. Butcher
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
W. H. Mott
Herington
J. D. Martin
Lawrence
Will H. Hayden
T. C. Richardson
C. C. Gerstenberger
Nebraska sets up 30 ports of entry to curb bootlegging
Lincoln officials announce a state plan to prevent gas bootlegging by requiring fuel imports only through 30 staffed ports of entry on major highways. Secretary Dwight Felton of the state agricultural department oversees the system, to be enforced under a new law expected to be signed by Governor Cochran.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Dwight Felton
State Agricultural Department
R. L. Cochran
Auto production rises in first quarter of year
Auto production in the first quarter totaled 1,109,691 units, up 48 percent from the same period last year, per the Automotive Manufacturers Association. March output reached about 447,561 units with gains of 25 percent over February and 30 percent over March a year ago.
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New York
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Semana
Drastic War Bill Favored In House
The House voted to empower the President to commandeer national financial resources for defense. An amendment to tax all excess war profits was approved, and a raise in drafted militia ages from 21-31 to 21-245 was passed. A proposed congressional conscription of journalists failed, while licensure for newspapers was defeated.
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Washington
McSwain
House
Representative Short
R-Mo
Lee
D.okla
Military Committee
Senate
Representative Connery
D-Mass
Representative Southoff
Congress
Se Vuctick
Dtexas
Lcensing
Maverick
Sisson
D-N.y
Conviction of Strode Is Upheld By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld Gordon Strode's conviction for possession of narcotics and his life sentence in the state penitentiary. Strode, arrested in Lawrence with morphine, claimed a doctor prescribed the narcotics for arthritis. The May 1934 trial led to a habitual criminal sentence with fines. related jail incidents included Clark and James, with Clark later recaptured in California and returned to Lansing. Topeka youths missing.
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Topeka
Apr
Supreme Court
Gordon Strode
Douglas County
Strode
Lawrence
Gordon “Bane” Strode
Hugh Means
Wilford Clark
Lawrence Negro
Clark
Jack Dunkley
Luther James
James
Lberty
Sacramento
Cal
Lansing
SSS Ee
Two High School Sophomores Go Missing While Traveling
Topeka April six officers across the west and northwest search for Chester Collier sixteen and Lloyd Barbarow seventeen who left home earlier this week in search of adventure. Friends said they planned to visit Wyoming and other northwestern states with the last sighting near Herington Kansas as a motorist reported them hitchhiking. Baptist minister Rev. R H Moorman said school mates provided the tip leading to a Cheyenne Wyoming sheriff watch for the youths.
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Topeka
Chester Collier
Lloyd Barbarow
Adventure
R. H. Moorman
Collier
Wyoming
Herington
Kan
Moorman Ested
Cheyenne
Wyo
West End Meteorological Hash Hits Kansas Weather Zone
Salina Kan April 6. Rain snow and dust fell across central Kansas as the weather man issued meteorological hash. Severe dust storms raged at Dodge City Tribune Scott City and Colby while Colby reported .20 inch moisture and Plainville half an inch. Farmers welcomed the moisture for spring crops though the southwest saw only dust.
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Norton
Kan
Kansas
Mankato
Midway Line
Waveney
Dodge City
Osborne
Rear Bend
Dresden
Goodland
J. Sykes
Sykes
Great Bend
Salina
Tribune
Scott City
Colby
Plainville
Stomach Operation For California Boy of 13
A 13 year old San Jose California boy Jimmy Neilson underwent diaphragmatic hernia surgery at Truesdale hospital in Fall River Massachusetts. The operation lasted about an hour and a half and he was pronounced in fairly good condition. His stomach was twice its normal size making the case seem as serious as that of Alyce Jane McHenry of Omaha Nebraska who had the same operation March 4. Jimmy’s recovery was slower and the case is described as serious factor.
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Fall River
Mass
Jimmy Neilson
San Jose
Calif
Truesdale Hospital
Jimmy
Alyce Jane McHenry
Omaha
Neb
Extend Time for Entries To Yard Garden Contest
About two dozen entries have been received for the city wide yard and garden contest. Entries will be received for a few more days and application blanks may be secured at the Chamber of Commerce office. Due to difficulty in obtaining photographs, entrants will have two additional weeks to secure front and rear home photos for judging next fall.
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Chamber of Commerce
Board of Health Upholds Preemptive Dam Abatement Ruling
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled the state board of health can order nuisance abatement before health threats arise. It affirmed Shawnee County and state action to dam Silver Lake, amid a dispute with landowner L F Dougan over water drawdown in 1931 that killed fish. A second item notes the Pure Milk Producers Association meeting set for Monday April 8 at 8 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
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Topeka
Kangas Supreme Court
State Board of Health
Shawnee County
Silver Lake
L. F. Dougan
Dougan
Kaw River
Pure Milk Producers Association
Chamber of Commerce
District Contest in Grade Schools Honors Spring Creek
Spring Creek won the southeastern district Grade Schools scholarship contest held March 26 in Douglas County with exams in geography arithmetic and spelling at Baldwin Prairie City Union and Black Jack. Winners include Chester Gates Baldwin and Wayne O Neil Black Jack in Eight Grade, Jean Bretnall Baldwin in Seventh Grade, Glen Stecher Spring Creek in Sixth Grade, Jarrett Morgan Boring Creek in Fifth Grade, Alvin Seels Independence in Fourth Grade, and Maxine Price Independence in Fourth Grade spelling.
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Spring Creek
Douglas County
Hopewell
Independence
Prairie City
Baldwin Grade
Black Jack
Prospect
Oakale
Vespertine
Union
Willow Springs
Adeline
Baldwin
Chester Gates
June Beck
Marie Gardner
Kathryn Friex
Marie Foun
Helen Thomas
Lea Price
Donald Jer‘sins
Wayne O'Neil
John Beeghley
Orin C. Balch
Vesperline
Thed
Grace Husted
Jean Bretnalt
Aitha Warner
Baldwine
Billy Clark
Thelma Lederer
Leonard Mctonnell
Frances Daviton
Lillian Rhine
Dorothy Dulmstead
Ted
Jean Bretnall
Donald O'Neil
Blackjack
Barbara Pollock
Glen Stecher
Joe Jardon
Geneva Reynolis
Bonnie Jean
Jarrett Morgan
Boring Creek
Lucy Frovone
Billy Cragoe
Billy Sheppard
Arithmetic
Lucy Brovant
Betty Mathia
Pearl Gardner
Buddy Dunn
Hardwin
Jay Sheppard
James ‘Leitaker
Billy Crague
Lucy Brevant
Eveyn Warner
Leonard Berry
Alvin Seels
Wincel Butell
Praire City
Minnie Mathta
Maxine Price
Gloria Schmitendorf
Duane Enyart
Ruth Young
Cecila Stecher
Alice Moody
Philip Hartley
Kansas City Suspect Captured By Topeka Man
William Radkey, 24, an ex convict, was captured in Topeka after attempting to rob an oil station operator, J L Reese, of his car. Reese grabbed the gun and they fought in the street, with Radkey later admitting a Kansas City jewel robbery link dated March 4. He denies involvement and will be charged with attempted highway robbery. Sheriff Rogers noted Kansas City officers had not yet stated custody plans.
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Topeka
William Radkey
Kansas City
Shawnee County
Radkey
J. L. Reese
Reese
Rogers
Supreme Court Reverses Decision Against Levands
Topeka Apr 6 UPi Holding no essential element of crime proved the supreme court reversed the Sedgwick county district court verdict of five counts false advertising against Beacon Publishing Company publisher of the Wichita Beacon. The court ordered the case dismissed stating the publisher is liable only for publication of a prohibited ad known to be false.
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Topeka
Upi
Supreme Court
Sedgwick County
Beacon Publishing Company
Wichita Beacon
Russell Hobbs
Max
Louis Levand
The
Beacon
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