Two Robbed Bank At Edwardsville Kansas
Edwardsville Kansas April 19 two men and a well dressed young woman robbed Edwardsville State Bank of 1480. They fled in a Ford-8 sedan matching Clyde Barrow Bonnie Parker gang descriptions. Bank vice president Beach and worker Knight were kidnapped and later released near Monticello after the vault was opened. Local authorities widens search as to Barrow Parker Methvin or Hamilton links.
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Edwardsville
Kan
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Kk. H. Beach
Arthur Knight
Monticello
Beach
Knight
Kansas City
W. G. Barth
Qlathe
Tooward Lawrence
Barrow
Henry Methvin
Raymond Hamilton
Methvin
Huntsville
Texas
Raid Illinois Bank at Pana Echoes Dillinger Saga
Four men robbed Pana National Bank with an estimated 30,000 to 50,000 in cash and securities. janitor Gus Smith was knocked unconscious. A jeweler Ernest Butterfield said one robber resembled John Dillinger. the attackers fled in an automobile after forcing a bank employee to open the safe. The incident follows Dillinger-linked copycat thefts in nearby towns.
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Pana. Ti
Witesses
John Dillinger
Pana National Bank
Gus Smith
Ernest Butterfield
Dillinger
Crown Point
Ind
Warsaw
Diilinger
Bank Robbers Take $886 In Bethany Bank Raid Chase
Three gunmen robbed the Farmers State Bank of Bethany of $886 and fled toward Oklahoma City as sheriffs from the city and Bethany pursued in cars. Bank president Wallace and a woman clerk were locked in the vault during the heist while the getaway car led pursuers over a rural road.
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Bethany
Okla
Farmers’ State Bank of
Oklahoma City
Wallace
Morgenthau vows crackdown on illicit liquor trade
Secretary Morgenthau said the illicit liquor industry remains strong and that the treasury will “hit and hit hard” as the old prohibition unit transfers from the justice department to the bureau of industrial alcohol on May 10. Revenue agents have already seized 73 stills, 84,000 gallons of spirits, and 173,000 gallons of mash worth $17,000 as part of intensified action. About 1,500 agents will be in place, with roughly 750 moving from the justice department.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Department
Prohibition
Justice Department
Bureau of Industrial Alcohol
Justice Departiment
Shakeup in Hold Up in Home Owners Loan Corporation
Long predicted shakeup in state branches of the Home Owners Loan Corporation culminates in orders to press criminal charges against an unnamed group in high and low places. John H. Fahey, chairman, cites forcing political contributions, office misuse for parties, mortgage approval fees, and over‑appraisals for large loans.
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Washington
Home Owners Loan Corporation
John H. Fahey
Congress
Roosevelt
Fahey
House
Senate
Japan objects to outside arms sales to China in draft
Shanghai reports Tokyo’s draft policy opposes foreign nations supplying China with military planes and instructors. It notes China’s ongoing purchases of bombers amid Japan’s stated aim to protect East Asia, with Hangchaw aviation school led by John H. Jouett hosting 20 instructors.
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Shanghai
Japan
China
Tokyo Foreign Office
East Asia
Hangchaw
John H. Jouett
United States Army Air Service
Kansas Weather Forecast and Road Conditions Report
Fair and cooler with possible light frost tonight. Friday will be fair. Expect clear skies and improving conditions. Dirt roads good except fair at Wichita and soft near Arkansas City. Douglas County roads reported good. Temperature readings note yesterday's high and today's low with a noon update from the gas office record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Wichita
Arkansas City
Douglas County
Slipper Spanking Trial Delivers Damages Suit Details
Testimony in Topeka reveals Miss Georgia Hill described a hazing incident near Goodland as painful with loss of consciousness while several classmates testified no force was used and that she volunteered to join restaurant plans. Defense notes a pillow request and a signed apology from defendants.
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Topeka
Georgia Hill
Silvis
Goodland
Kan
Christina Jensen
Richard J. Hopkins
Miss Hill
Charles Griest
Carolyn Price
Sherman County
Loretta Gulick
Kansas City
Miss Jensen
Georgia
Miss Price
Goodland Christian Church
C. S. Fowler
Denver
Fowler
John Addington
Two Stillwater Students Killed in Highway 53 Crash
Two Stillwater youths died and four others were injured in a highway 53 crash fourteen miles east of Stillwater. The deceased were Stanton Smith of Oklahoma A and M and Ralph Stepp, a Stillwater high school senior. Injured were Ruby Webber, Genevieve Hughes, Blanche Focht, and Phillip Rahill. Webber and Rahill were in critical condition.
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Stillwater
Okla
Stanton Smith
Oklahoma A
M. College
Ralph Stepp
Ruby Webber
Genevieve Hughes
Glencoe
Blanche, Focht
Phillip Rahill
Aggie
Webber Girl
Rahill
State Police and Radio Urged as Step for Kansas
Kansas Garden City April 19 AP Roland Boynton attorney general urged creation of a non political state police system and installation of a state radio to aid in tracking criminals. He spoke at the Southwest Kansas Highway Officials Association meeting and urged arming local peace officers and establishing two state police divisions one for criminal investigation and one for road patrol with radio as a key complement.
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Garden City
Kan
Roland Boynton
Kansas
Boynton
Southwest
Kansas Highway Officials Association
RETURN FROM THE EAST FOR KU ATHLETICS LEADERS
Dr F C Allen director of athletics at Kansas University returns to Lawrence after a three week East tour attending a national coaches meeting in Atlanta and New York City He spoke before KU alumni groups and noted wide interest in the Kansas Relays On the trip he persuaded Pennsylvania to enter Gene Venzke in the invitation mile against Glenn Cunningham and others for the 1934 Relays program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.C. Allen
K. U
Lawrence
East
Atlanta
New York City
Allen
Eleanor
Kansas
Seaboard
Pennsylvania
Gene Venzke
Glenn Cunningham
Sudbury Finn Wins 38th Boston Marathon Title
Dave Komonen of Sudbury Ontario won the 38th Boston Marathon finishing in 21 hours 32 minutes 53.45 seconds. Favorite Pawson Henigan and Whitey Michelsen dropped out near mile 17 while Johnny Ketley of North Medford finished second after trailing Komonen throughout.
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Boston
Dave Komonen
Sudbury
Ont
Pawson
Henigan
Whitey Michelsen
Komonen
Johnny Ketley
North Medford
Die in Louisiana storm claims two lives in LaFayette Parish
A wind and rain storm across La Fayette parish this morning killed Ophe Melancon about 65 in Carencro when his home collapsed and killed Mrs Climine Taylor about 52 in Arnaudville. Injured were Mrs Moise Hebert and Walter Taylor. Preliminary checks showed extensive property damage.
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LaFayette
LaFayette Parish
Ophe Melancon
Carencra
Climine Taylor
Arnaudville
Moise Hebert
Walter Taylor
Wheat Prices Slump After Agriculture Secretary Statement
Wheat prices on the board of trade dropped five cents a bushel amid heavy liquidation after a Wal lace statement that domestic and world prices would converge this year. The stock index for 90 stocks stood at 87.7, up from 87.6 yesterday.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Wallace
Ate Ee
Roosevelt Considers War Debt Message
Washington reports President Roosevelt ready to renew war debt talks with Great Britain but officials doubt a parley or immediate settlement. The London demand to write down Britain's debt surfaces in Parliament as a debate over the budget highlights ongoing arrears. Roosevelt contemplates a congressional message outlining current debt status with June installments looming.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Great Britain
London
Britain
Herbert Samuel
House of Commons
Congress
Great Britains
Treasury
Auto Turned Over En Route to Funeral in Lawrence County
A car carrying Lawrence residents to a Richmond burial overturned north of Princeton. Mrs. Carl Brooks and Mrs. Lee McCoin were treated for injuries at Ottawa and Princeton hospitals, with Eugene Daniels uninjured. Mrs. Brooks drove and lost control after a flat tire, flipping the vehicle several times. The group had attended funeral services at Rumsey's for Alva G. Smith, a paper company employee aged 32, before the crash.
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Lawrence
Richmond
Princeton
Carl Brooks
Ottawa
Lee McCoin
Eugene Daniels
McCoin
Rumsey's
Alva
G. Smith
Paper Company Employe
Richmond Cemetery
Walter Williams
Brooks
Smith
Charles Thomas
Manager Puzzled by Absence of Phillies Pitcher
New York April 19 AP A thorough search for Frank Pearce Phillies pitcher who disappeared Tuesday has found no trace or reason for his absence Manager Jimmy Wilson says they checked everywhere in Philadelphia and near the club Pearce 27 from Anchorage Kentucky was with the team for the opening series with the Giants and left to make a business call before mysteriously vanishing The mystery leaves the young right hander considered one of the club s best prospects PMIDedded
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New York
Frank Pearce
Phillies
Jimmy Wilson
Philadelphia
Pearce
Anchorage
Wilson
Giants
Redbud Time in Kansas Poetic Spring Impressions
A lyrical note evokes Redbud time in Kansas with spring imagery. Magenta blossoms color fields as a painter’s brush previews summer hues. Clouds drift overhead and warm breezes accompany the season’s early color.
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Kansas
Garden design tips from KU professor at Kiwanis talk
Prof. W C Stevens head of botany at the University of Kansas spoke to the Kiwanis Club in Lawrence on yard and garden planning for the contest. He urged perennial planting, a strong lawn foundation, space efficient borders, and vines for small plots while stressing permanent, easy care gardens that please passersby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Stevens
University of Kansas
Lawrence Yard
Kiwanis Club
Wiedemann's
Stevens
Trio arraigned in Topeka on untaxed liquor charges
Two men and a woman arrested at Garnett Kansas faced federal charges of manufacturing liquor without a license and possessing untaxed liquor. They were George Taylor Leslie Wagner and Fay Wagner. Arraigned before United States Commissioner Frank Flack they were committed to Shawnee county jail in $5 000 bond each with preliminary hearing set for Wednesday morning. The bonds reflect multiple counts of possession of hundreds of untaxed gallons of liquor.
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Topeka
Garnett
Kan
Frank Flack
United States
Shawnee County
George Taylor
Leslie Wagner
Fay Wagener
Flack
Today in Baseball From Apr 19 AP
A ninth inning homer by Judius Salters gave Med Box a 4 0 victory over Washington for their first win of the season. Washington, New York and Chicago games noted with partial line scores and players. In the National League fog halted Brooklyn Boston game at 7 1 1. American Association reports Leavenworth appointive politics as Homer Davis flies to Washington for possible US attorney post.
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Toston
Judius Salters
Alvin Crowder
Washington
TD Bouton
Pim, Filley,Line, Lerz and Klumpn
Welch and Forel
New York
Philadelphia
MacFaydon, &, Dickey and Tinyes, Tetroft
Chicago
Rowe, Anker and Cocrane, Galligan and Ruel
Cleveland
St. Louis
Wells and
Grube
Harder
Winsarner
Pyrink
Brooklyn
Docgers
Boston Braves
Boston
Convicts in Harness Do Work of Mules at Arkansas Farm
Convicts at Tucker Prison Farm Arkansas imitate mule labor to pull cotton planters due to mule shortage and late planting from heavy rains. Superintendent A. G. Stedman says men face no harsh treatment and are performing as they would otherwise. Six teams of six men with a seventh guide the planter, weighing under 100 pounds.
All Around Test Set For Kansas Relays Decathlon
Eight all around track and field performers will compete tomorrow and Saturday in the Missouri Valley AAU decathlon tied to the twelfth annual Kansas Relays. Friday at 1:30 p.m. begins the first five events and Saturday at 9 a.m. completes the last five at the stadium. Charles Childress of Warrensburg Teachers won last year with 7454.04 points, narrowly beating Wilson Charles. Kansas entrants include Clyde Coffman and Delbert White with other participants from Wichita, Pittsburg, Chicago, and Iowa. Events Friday feature the 100-meter dash broad jump shot put high jump and 100-meter run. Saturday includes the 110-meter high hurdles discus pole vault javelin and 1500-meter run.
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Missouri Valley Aau
Kansas Relays
Charles Childress
Warrensburg
Wilson Charles
Haskell
Kansas
James A.bausch
Bausch
Clyde Coffman
K. U
Delbert White
Pittsburg
Lorenzo McLain
Wichita University
Jay Berwanger
Chicago U
Dave Cook
Illinois
Russell Pearson
Weston police fire on bandit trio after chase
Three men in a sedan with Illinois plates wounded in a pistol duel with Weston Massachusetts motorcycle officer Alfred Raynor near the Weston Natick line. The assailants fled in the car after escaping, one man’s head wrapped in a towel and hands manacled, and police pursued but lost the vehicle as shots rang out.
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Weston
Mass
Illinois
Kosten Post
Weston-Natick
Alfred Raynor
Raynor
Intel
Natick Line
Eighth Death From Sedalia Steam Table Explosion
Sedalia Missouri April 19 AP reports the death toll from the steam table explosion on April 11 rose to eight with Mrs Bessie Greer among the deceased. A large group of women were cooking for a railroad shop workers celebration. seventeen were burned and in hospitals, two in critical condition.
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Sedalia
Bessie Greer
Water Rising After Dam Spillway Repairs
Water in the mill pond above the Kaw river dam was released through the spillway to allow dam repairs. Early today the pond dropped, repairs finished, and water began rising rapidly again. The Banks of Lawrence announce a closing at noon Saturday April 21 for Kansas Relays.
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Kaw River Dam
Kaw River
Ann
Hue
Lawrence
Kansas Relays
Adv
High schools open track show at University of Kansas
A weekend track meet at the University of Kansas Stadium features 116 high schools and over 1,600 boys. H. A. W. Hargiss of KU will referee and start events with preliminaries at 10 am and finals at 2 pm. Favorite teams include Wichita North, Wyandotte, Hutchinson, Pittsburg, Wichita East, Manhattan, and Arkansas City. Kansas Vocational of Topeka is favored in Class B. Downs, Fowler, and Valley Falls push for honors. Kirk of Downs leads Class B sprinters after a strong Hays meet showing. Admission to the meet is 25 cents with 38 KU students judging events. Officials include E. R. Elbel and Paul Harrington.
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University of Kanesa
H. W. Hargiss
K. U
Wichita North
Wyandotte
Kansas City
Kan
Hutchinson
Pittsburg
Wichita East
Manhattan
Arkansas City
Anthony
Sanders
Kansas
Topeka
Downs
Fowler
Valley Falls High School
Kirk
Downs High School
University of Kansas
Hargiss
E. R. Elbel
Paul Harrington
Thomas
Kansas High School Athletic Association
Trotzky Expulsion Notice Shocks Paris Residents
Paris dated April 19 AP report that Leon Trotzky was formally expelled from France for revolutionary activity. A village constable was turned away at Barbizon as gendarmes entered Trotzky's cottage to deliver the order. Reports suggested Trotzky sought refuge in Spain or Belgium while his secretary cited visa difficulties. Authorities banned a militant socialist and communist demonstration near city hall set for tomorrow. Trotzky's departure with Inspector Vilchien to the frontier appeared imminent, with departure time kept secret to avoid protests.
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Paris
Leon Trotzky
France
Holshevik
Barbizon
Trotzky
Spain
Belgium
Doumergue
Vilchien
State Income Returns Pass the $600,000 Mark
Topeka April 19 AP Income tax collections totaled 618000 plus a large backlog of mail. Director Ellis D Bever said filings without penalty were arriving at about 3 000 daily and final totals may take days to weeks as extensions delay some corporations and individuals. Mail opened yesterday yielded about 27000 in tax and 3300 corporations 53200 individuals have been tabulated so far. Kansas postmasters nominees named by President Roosevelt were forwarded to the Senate for confirmation, listing multiple towns and appointees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Ellis D. Bever
Bever
Kansas
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Alta Vista
Hugo A. Simonton
Hennington
Z. A. Kissinger
Chapman
James E. O'Connor
Golby
Carl G. Eddy
Concordia
William H. Dannenbarger
Dwight
John F. Hoishouser
Ellis
Fred Seasin
Hays
Joseph B. Baseall
Jamestown
Stephen £. Murray
McDonald
Jack
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Malone
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Derringer
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O'Farrell
American Association
St. Paul
Arn
Gullani
Shores
Grenzel
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