Senate lobby session turns fiery with insults in Muscle Shoals probe
In a heated hearing Senator Black of Alabama and Huntsville editor J E Pierce clashed over remarks and a $1,000 check from J W Worthington linked to Muscle Shoals bids. Daniels and Daniels supporters watched as editor Pierce and Black sparred publicly. The clash prompted questions about records and funding tied to the Tennessee River Improvement Association and the American Dynamid bid. The session, part of the Huston Muscle Shoals inquiry, saw calls to subpoena records and scrutiny of Worthington and Raskob connections. Major Curran denied withholding association records to the committee.
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Washington
April
Senate Lobby Committee
Alabama
Ediitor
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
J. E. Pierce
Huntsville
Ala
Times
Pierce
Daniels
Navy
John J. Raskob
Tee
Senator Black
J. W. Worthington
The
Tennessee River Improvement Association
American Dynamid Company
Muscle Shoals
Black
Walsh
Montana
Robinson
Indiana
Raskob
Democrati¢é
New York
Hustan
Senator Snack
Today
Claudius HH. Huston
Huston
Union Carbide Association
Tennessee River
Improvement Association
Fone
Musete Shoals
Caraway
Ametein Cananid
Alabama Power
Worthington
Detroit
Senate
Henry H. Curran
Association Against the Prohibition
Arthur R. Robinson
Chicago Primary Voters Pack Polls Amid Turmoil
In Chicago on April 8 the statewide Republican senatorial race sees crowds at polls as early alarms yield to calm. Police guard polling sites after threats of violence from hot partisan rivals. Notable figures include Charles S. Deneen and Ruth Hanna McCormick. Incidents include a shooting of a campaign worker, a bomb at a former ward leader’s building, and an attempted kidnapping of Alderman Sheldon W. Graver, all restrained by authorities.
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Chicago
Morris el- Mer
Jin Hig Ward
Charles.s. Deneen
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Tur
Moil
Ulreck Vogt
Sheldon W. Gravier
Gandhi Carries On Crisis In Civil Disobedience Campaign
Reports from Bombay and Surat describe Gandhi continuing salt law protests with no police interference near Aaton Gulf of Cambay while lieutenants face imprisonment. In Kansas City, civic leaders fear a demoralized police force over unpaid wages and pending resignations as city officials debate payroll funding and potential police leadership changes.
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Bombay
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Indiana
Mahatma
Aat
Gulf of Cambay
Gandhi
Surat
Ram Das Gandhi
Bhimrad
Marwari Jamnalal
Emissary Says Bristow Release Likely After Ransom
San Angelo Times reports Mexican bandits holding J. E. Bristow have accepted 3000 pesos ransom paid at Ahuacatlan Navarit Mexico. Bristow to be taken to Jala then Tepic. earlier demands included 40000 pesos. Obie Bristow and Oklahoma University ties noted. Mexican troops reportedly stood down. Senator Thomas to seek U S action from state department.
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San Angelo
Texas
San Angelo Times Today
J. E. Bristow
Bristow
Ahuacatlan
Navarit
Mexico
Jala
Tepic
Mexico City
Obie Bristow
Oklahoma University
Washington
Thomas
Oklahoma
State Department
Fleagle Jury Drawn in Kansas Tax Case and Bank Robbery Link
A jury in Garden City, Kansas, is being selected to try Fred Fleagle for tax evasion connected to large deposits over five years in western Kansas banks. He faces potential transfer to Larned for a December 1927 bank robbery charge. Walter Fleagle and the father Jacob Fleagle Sr. face related cases. Walter was recently convicted.
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Garden City
Kan
Fred Fleagle
Ralph Fleagle
Lamar
Colo
Kansas
Walter
Jacob
Fleagle
Fred
Finney County
Larned
First National Bank
Bandits Go On Trial in Manter Bank Robbery Case
In Colorado, John Walker Clyde Ray and Andrew Halliday face trial for the Manter bank holdup and the slaying of undersheriff C. A. Hickman of Kiowa County. Judge Trimble ruled the defense cannot obtain copies of confessions signed after capture. The trio arrived from Hugo after overnight jail stay and were moved from Denver by auto.
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Colo
John Walker
Clyde Ray
Andrew Halliday
Ban
C. A. Hickman
Kiowa
Colorado
Samuel D. Trimble
Ray
Walker
Halliday
Hugo
Denver
Burned in explosion a close call for Miss Odenbrett
Mrs. Waldemar Gelich learned of her sister Miss Marjorie Odenbrett of Sheboygan Wisconsin narrowly escaping death after an alcohol stove exploded in her violin studio apartment. She was burned on her right foot and arm and is hospitalized but expected to recover. Her aunt Miss Katherine Maltmann of Pasadena California was present and plans to visit Lawrence May 19. A 1930 model covered wagon with rubber tires and gray mule draft was seen passing through Lawrence today.
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Waldemar Gelich
Marjorie Odenbrett
Sheboygan
Wis
Miss Odenbrett
Katherine Maltmann
Pasadena
Cal
City Hospital Lights Rate Battle Settled By Board
Lawrence Memorial hospital board adopted a motion to pay electric bills at the contract rate of 1.69 cents per kilowatt hour. The dispute with Kansas Electric Power Co centered on whether the rate applies to the new city hospital. The board also ordered transfer of the old hospital property to the city to unify ownership of all public hospital property.
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Lawrence Memoris Hospital Board
Hospital
Board of Trustees
Kansas Electric Power Company
New City Hospital
Light and Power Company
Ity
Sudik well near Oklahoma City shows gas in flow
Reported today a neighbor to the Mary Sudik No 1 well and the huge oil effort by T B Slick and Pritchard Oil Corp flowed 250 barrels in the first fifteen minutes after self-venting. Gas measured at 185 million cubic feet daily. Equipment was set to kill pressure and resume drilling after a 36 hour shutdown. The No 1 Mary Sudik well near the field edge had little pressure fluctuation this morning and was thought conquered.
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Ahoma City
Mery Sudik
Eek
T. B. Slick
Pritchard Oil Corpora
Oil Company
Oklahoma City
Mary Sudik
Resolution Favored to End Congress Lame Duck Session
Washington report details a proposed constitutional amendment to start terms on January 4 and end the annual Congress with a single session. The measure must be ratified by three fourths of states within seven years to take effect, having previously cleared the Senate but died in the House. In Youngstown Ohio, proxies on the Bethlehem Steel merger show about twenty thousand votes counted with merger opponents ahead roughly five to one.
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Washington
Congress
House Elections Committee
Senate
House
Congress Plans Merger of Veterans' Affairs
Washington April 8 AP The house began enacting Hoover’s plan to consolidate relief agencies for veterans. The Williamson bill would merge the veterans and pensions bureaus with the national home for disabled veterans into the Administration of Veterans' Affairs. Passage is expected Thursday with little opposition.
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Washington
Hoover
House
Williamson
Veterans and Pensions
Briand Says Britain France Agree On Covenant Article
London April 8 AP Foreign Minister Briand after a conference with Prime Minister MacDonald said an agreement was reached on the interpretation of article sixteen of the League covenant. Negotiations at the naval conference would continue toward a five power treaty. Briand arrived for resumption of talks, while the big three US Britain and Japan urged a tripartite naval pact for disarmament.
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London
Briand
MacDonald
Great Britain
France
League
Stimson
Reijiro Wakatsuki
Italy
Ja ke Drive Initiated in Outbreak Probe in Kentucky
Federal and local authorities moved to curb the source of an adulterated Jamaica zircon linked to partial paralysis outbreaks in Kentucky and nearby states. A federal grand jury indicted several officers and firms for conspiracy to violate prohibition laws as agents prepared capias warrants in eastern cities.
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Covington
Kentucky
Cordley P T A Presents Timothe's Quest at School
Cordley school hosts a Saturday 10 am children's picture show in the Cordley gym under P T A auspices admission ten cents The film Timothes Quest from Kate Douglas Wiggin's story will be shown to local Lawrence children The P T A aims for a large turnout. Washington flag lifted to full staff ends Taft tribute AP report notes flag flown at full staff signaling final national tribute to former President William Howard Taft
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Lawrence
Cordley
Cordley P T. A
Timoth’s Quest
Kate Douglas Wiggins
Cordley Gymnasium
Cordley P.T. A
White House
Washington
William Howard Taft
New Mail Delivery System Improves Lawrence Morning Run
Lawrence Kansas merchants gain earlier mail delivery as two carriers added on April 1 cut first business mail to arrive between 8:45 and 9:00 a.m. Postmaster C B Hosford says the plan, adjusting residential routes and using carriers with residential districts for partial business mail, has earned many favorable comments and will be refined further.
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Lawrence
C. B. Hosford
Hosford
Trippers Leave In Morning For 1200 Mile Goodwill Tour
The Travelair cabin monoplane carrying goodwill trippers will depart from the Municipal airport at 7:00 am for a 1200 mile tour visiting 31 Kansas towns plus Kansas City and St Joseph Missouri. The six passenger plane will carry Tr F G Allen Fred Ellsworth Claude Scott Phil Bowen John A Stryker Lt Emory C Martin and will drop advertising with confetti posters and streamers along the route. First stop Leavenworth with stops at Atchison and St Joseph, Missouri before landing in Kansas City Fairfax airport at 11 am and returning to the Municipal airport Friday about 5 pm.
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Travelair
Kansas
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Tr. F. GC. Allen
University
Fred Ellsworth
K. A
Claude Scott
Chamber of Commerce
Phil Bowen
Kiwanis Club
John A. Stryker
Emory C. Martin
Ellsworth
Scott
Hutchinson
W. A. Lewis
Rotary
Leavenworth
Atchison and St. Joseph
Fairfax Airport
Lincoln Life sues to cancel policies in Pearman case
In federal court at Jefferson City the Lincoln National Life Insurance Co of Fort Wayne Indiana seeks to cancel $200000 in policies issued to William R Pearman using the name William Folta in a suspected conspiracy to defraud. Pearman was killed near Bentonville Arkansas and Dr A J Bass of Columbia Missouri is held there as a chief conspirator. Police in Columbia report a car tied to Dr Bass found in Bentonville with guns and letters, while Pearman suffered three 38 caliber wounds.
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Jefferson City
Apr
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Fort Wayne
Ind
William R. Pearman
William Folta
Pearman
Bentonville
Ark
A. J. Bass
Columbia
Kansas City
A. J. Brass
William Robert Pearman
Dr Bass
FESS SEES CRUCIAL HOUR FOR PROHIBITION
Washington April 8 AP The senate debate on anti liquor laws spurs a plea for dry congress members to unite for a testing hour. Secretary Melion accuses the administration of a campaign against the eighteenth amendment. Senator Fess of Ohio defends the cabinet and urges unity for enforcement at the crucial point ahead.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Melion
Brockhart
Iowa
Fess
Ohio
Judiciary Committee
Mitchell
Norris
Anns Host Rotary Dinner Ahead of Jayhawk Conference
The Anns were guests of the Lawrence Rotary Club at a dinner meeting where final plans for the Eighth District Jayhawk Conference were discussed. The event will be held in Lawrence Thursday and Friday next week, with more than a thousand Rotarians and wives expected for Buffalo Barbecue Night Rodeo and Relays. Wayne McCoy led the program as committees reported, and attendees later enjoyed a screening of High Society Blues after a dance in Wiedemann's Gun Room. The host club will wear distinctive crim blue blazers, crusher hats, red ties and blue trousers to identify members.
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Anns
Lawrence
Kansas
Buffalo
Wayne McCoy
Wiedemann
Dickinson
Rotarians
Air Company Head Killed In Detroit Show Crash
Samuel B. Lambert, president of Lambert Aircraft Engine Co, dies when a monoplane crashes near South Bend as he heads for the Detroit air show. Broken propeller and engine weight caused loss of control at about 2,000 feet. Lambert, of Moline, Illinois, was en route to refuel. body crushed at the wreck site.
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South Bend
Ind
Detroit
Samuel B. Lambert
Lambert Aircraft Engine Company
Moline
Ili
Lambert
Mono Aircraft Corporation
Lambert Company
Aircraft
Lawrence teachers chosen for 1930 31 calendar set
Lawrence board of education at its April meeting selected the teaching staff for 1930 31 re elected many familiar names and accepted resignations. The calendar sets opening date September 8 1930 mid year closing January 23 1941 and opening January 26 1981. Three artist concerts planned and district wide curriculum collaboration with the University of Iowa invited by Dean Paul C Packer.
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Lawrence
Board of Education
H. L. Baker
Mayde Uesula Henley
Bernice Nash
Marcia Carter
Marian Lane
Helen Harshberger
Mary Dillard
Lillian Websted
Susan Todd
Emma Tieperman
Margaret Benfield
Mabel Richardson
Hazel Dawson
Lottie Perkins
Susan Friend
Winifred Dean
Caroline Stevens
Louise Towne
Genevieve West
Olive Brock
Rhuy W. Holmes
Joyce Johnson
Helen Gaw
Slice Shimmons
Helen Supple
Mina Hudorn
Aileen French
Alice Dicker
M. J. Posey
Irma Long
Harriett Rynerson
Forrest Noll
Ralph Graber
Edwin Burg
Clarence
Mildred Gilmore
Grace Holderness
Dorothy ‘Dinsmoor
Ruth Clawson Brintnall
Donald Herrington
Flora Stebbins
Electa Kindlesperger
Maude Ellsworth
Opal Jayne Kennedy
Paul C. Packer
University of Iowa
W. W. Curfman
Kansas Cities
Cartman
Treasure dug from former Aztec lake bottom in Texcoca
Mexico City AP reports Fernando Mendizabal, digging in his Texcoca garden, found gold and silver valued at 1506 dollars. The site sits on the former bottom of Lake Texcoco where Aztecs reportedly dumped riches during the 1521 Spanish invasion as Mendizabal begins systematic digging for more treasure.
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Mexico City
Fernando Mendizabal
Mendizabal
Texcoca
Sien
Texcoco
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