Kansas senator cites veto as cause of crime surge
Rep Donald Muir pins eight year old Dorothy Hunter’s death and a lynching on Governor Woodring’s veto of capital punishment bills. He argues the state would be better off with the electric chair and harsher penalties, blaming the governor for rising mob violence in northwestern Kansas. The piece also notes Sen George McGill announcing his U.S. Senate bid but choosing to stay out of the race to focus on agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Read
Kansas
Legistrure
House
Senate
Muir
Woodfing
Woodring
Shindow
Atwood
Dorothy Hunter
Sen
George McGill
United States
Farmers’ Union
Harvey Is Sentenced For Liquor Charge In Kansas City
Pat Perry alias Pat Harvey, of Kansas City Missouri, received sixty days in jail and 200 dollars in fines after pleading guilty to possession and transportation of liquor. County Attorney R B Stevens said Perry was arrested Friday afternoon driving a Plymouth with eleven gallons of alcohol. He admitted intent to deliver liquor to a student rooming house near Eleventh and Kentucky streets. Confiscation proceedings started against the Plymouth sedan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Perry
Pat Harvey
Kansas City, Mo
Charles Springer
R. B. Stevens
Justice Springer
Perry
Mr. Stevens
Eleventh
Kentucky
Privett Denies Missing Before Society Wedding
New York reports 19 year old Veral Lucinda Privett denied rumors she is missing. Engaged to Lieut Basil J farslake, he sent a cable to police in New York seeking her location. Privett, wealthy and working in a Fifth Avenue store, said she remains with family and the engagement is off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Veral Lucinda Privett
Basil
Miss. Privett
Fifth Avenue
Greene
Heads Reunion Committee Directs Plans for 1907 KU Class
Lawrence residents organize the 1907 University of Kansas class reunion to be held June 5 in conjunction with the commencement. Mrs L H Emmett chairs, with Mrs John Ise in charge of reception and registration and Mrs Floy A Boynton planning a dinner after the baccalaureate service. Classifieds invite selling poultry and eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Emmett
Lawrence
University of Kansas
John ‘Ise
Deaths and Funerals Franes Fenstemaker and Bartholomew
Mrs Frances Elizabeth Fenstemaker 80 died at her daughter's home in Lawrence. Funeral Thursday at 2:30 pm from Rumsey parlors with Rev Seth W Slaughter. Burial Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by two daughters and three sons. Mrs Winona Neis Bartholomew 30 died in Colorado Springs. Funeral Friday at 2 pm from Eudora Methodist Church. Burial Eudora. Survived by husband a daughter and her parents and siblings.
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Frances Elizabeth Fenstennaker
Frances Elizabeth Fenstenaker
E. S. Eastman
Illinois Street
Rumsey
Seth W. Slaughter
Oak Hill Cemetery
Fenstemaker
George Eastman
Lawrence
T. S. Fenstemaker
T. W. Fenstemaker
C. 2. Fenstemaker
Bellwood
Winona Neis Bartholomew
Colorado Springs
Eudora
C. R. Bartholomew
Een
Peter Neil
Hearing Continued for Two Youths in Murder Case
Preliminary hearing for Lowell Lloyd and Lawrence Richardson, Anderson county youths, charged with first degree murder in the death of Evelyn Patterson of Pleasant Grove, was continued to April 25 before Justice W. O. Decker in Garnett. Both are jailed in Anderson county with $5,000 bond. Patterson, found unconscious on a highway near Garnett on April 1, died shortly after, and the pair surrendered April 2, admitting time with Patterson before her death while denying involvement in the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Lloyd
Lawrence Richardson
Anderson
Evelyn Patterson
Pleasant Grove
Garnett
Lloyd
Richardson
Anderson County
Patterson
Two men arraigned in bank robbery case in Kansas City
Tony Decarlo and Gus Nigro were arraigned in police court on robbery charges after being captured shortly after the Brotherhood State Bank heist in Kansas City Kansas. Each man held on $10,000 bond. Seven bank employees identified them as two robbers who took $5,200. a sack with almost all the loot, missing $500, was found in a bush near the capture site.
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Kansas City
Kan
Tony Decarlo
Gus Nigro
Brotherhood State Bank
Senate bids farewell to Senator William J Harris of Georgia
President Hoover and congressional colleagues paid tribute to Senator William J Harris of Georgia who lay in state in the senate chamber. The Rev Zebarney Phil lips chaplain delivered the funeral sermon as the widow sat beside the coffin with family and friends.
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Washington
Hoover
Wiliam J. Harris
Georgia
Senate
Zebarney Phillips
Pinckney School Puppets Stage Gingerbread Boy Show
About 400 pupils and teachers enjoyed a puppet performance of The Gingerbread Boy at Pinckney School this morning under Miss Maude F Ellsworth supervision. University of Kansas students assisted. spotlights enhanced puppet actions and Ellsworth explained manipulation. The act is part of public school art activities. Fans expect a sellout for Max Carey’s Brooklyn opener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinckney School
Maude F Ellsworth
Lawrence
Early Arrests Unlikely in Read Mob Case
Four northwestern Kansas counties were tasked to locate mob members who hanged Richard Read, after state officials convened a regional inquiry. Sheriff A A Bacon, briefly removed under mob law, was reinstated. Read was buried at Hawkeye as services were led by a Colby minister.
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Atwood
Kan
Kansas
Richard Read
Dorothy Hunter
Casey
Roland Boynton
Boynton
Wichita
Rawlins
Cheyenne
Thomas
Sheridan
Bacon
Harry H. Woodring
Read
Hawkeye
Colby Minis- Ele
End to Sunday Film Injunction argued at appeals court
Arguments to dissolve a temporary federal injunction stopping prosecutions of Fox West Coast Theatres for Sunday operation were heard by the United States circuit court of appeals in Wichita. The case debates conflict with state Sunday labor statutes and whether the order should be dissolved or made permanent.
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Wichita
Fox
West Coast Theatres Corporation
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
John C. Pollock
Roland Boynton
W. C. Ralston
Pollock
Mills Novelty Company
Tree
Cotteral, Phillips and McDermott
Fraternity aids former KU wrestler Webring found jailed
Carl Webring once KU wrestling captain and 1920s student was found in the city jail as a sleeper. KU football player George Atkeson alerted Sigma Phi Epsilon brothers who helped him, though Webring stayed at the jail overnight and left this morning for Colby. He lost his right leg after a Chicago accident two years earlier and had wandered the country seeking work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Webring
K. U
Cee Webring
Altho
Colby
Chicago
Ae Ri Webring
University
Stafford
Rainfall Shortfall Shrinks as April Deficit Narrows
Rain totals up to 7 a.m. April 20 bring monthly rainfall to 3.10 inches, near normal for April. Meteorologist C. J. Posty notes the year’s deficiency falls from 2.28 to 1.26 inches due to above normal rainfall. afternoon shower not in figures. Normal to April 20 is 2.07 inches. yearly rainfall reaches 5.68 inches with a 1.36 inch deficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Ten more days for 1932 crop loans now set
Washington April 20 AP Farmers gain ten extra days to apply for 1932 crop production loans with over 10 million dollars remaining from the initial fund. Agriculture officials report loans totaling 39.364 million dollars approved to date for 311,150 farmers, average 126 dollars each.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Henry S. Clarke
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act
Hyde
Orient
University of Kansas faculty votes on routine matters
The Kansas University faculty met to consider routine items including ROTC credit for combined degrees, a journalism department request for alternate year cycles of newspaper circulation courses, and changes to elective procedures for the administrative committee. The administrative committee recommended no change to voting on its members and proposed a three year ineligibility period for re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Journalism Department
Department of Botany
Department of Journalism
Architect Exhibit Shows Drawings by Maurice F McManus
Maurice F McManus a senior in the University of Kansas school of engineering and architecture has work on display on the third floor of Marvin hall The exhibit continues the remainder of the school year Previous shows featured John A Brown and John G Barnes The item also notes Mrs C B Strong of 447 Ohio street underwent a major operation Wednesday at Memorial hospital
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C. B. Strong
Ohio Street
Memorial Hospital
Maurice F. McManus
University of Kansas School of Engineering and Architecture
Marvin Hall
John A. Brown
John G. Barnes
Ottawa meeting hears talks on Christian Education
Dr. Alfred D. Grey of Plymouth Congregational Church spoke at the Neosho Presbytery spring session in Ottawa. Fifty delegates from 33 charges attended. President John Bailey Kelley of the College of Emporia also spoke on Christian Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred D. Grey
Plymouth Congregational Church
Ottawa
Neosho
Election of Officers at University of Kansas
The Women s Athletic Association holds officer elections at 4:30 p m this afternoon in Robinson Gymnasium Candidates for president are Mary Elizabeth Edie of Lawrence and Dorothy Lightburn of Fort Crook Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Athletic Association
University of Kansas
Robinson Gymnasium
Mary Elizabeth Edie
Lawrence
Dorothy Lightburn
Fort Crook
Neb
Woodlawn PTA Plans Thursday Meeting At School
The Woodlawn school PTA will meet Thursday at 3 pm in the school building. Hostesses will be mothers of fifth grade pupils. A program includes a play Our Book Friends by fourth graders and a jumping jack dance by fifth grade girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodlawn School
Kansas Scientists Elect Taft University of Kansas Chief
At the sixty fourth annual McPherson meeting Kansas Academy of Science elected Prof. Robert Taft of the University of Kansas chemistry department as president. Dr. W J Baumgartner of KU zoology was named an additional member of the academy's executive council. Prof. L E Sisson spoke on London in Shakespeare's Day in Fraser Hall to English majors and others interested in Shakespeare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Taft
K. U
McPherson
University of Kansas
Kansas Academy of Science
W J. Baumgartner
Academy
L. E. Sisson
London
Fraser- Hall
University of Kansas English Department
Sixtieth anniversary dinner of Friends in Council
The Friends in Council marked its sixtieth anniversary with a formal dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Irving Hill. About 45 attendees included members, spouses, and former members. Mrs. C. C. Crawford presided, reading a club history, with tributes to deceased members and a closing Auld Lang Syne. Joyce Elaine Pine was born April 17 to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Pine at Memorial hospital. The New York Parent-Teacher Association meets Thursday at 2:45 pm with officer elections and a candy sale. Dr. A. M. Fortney will speak on school health at Pinckney PTA Thursday at 2:30 pm. Robert Haggart hosted a discussion on six years as a Dollar shipping officer. Eamon De Valera’s oath abolition bill passed in the Dail Eire. Medical school applicants to Kansas number 157. 65-70 will be accepted, with 87 out-of-state applicants.
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Friends In Council
R. D. O'Leary
C. M. Baker
Husbands of Friends In Council
C. F. Nelson
New York
Parent-Teacher Association
R. T. Greene
The
Black Bears
Dorothy Thurber
Dog
Wayne Redford
Kenneth Hickman
Donald Hunsinger
Eldon Saunders
Goldilocks
Robert Haggart
Hershel , Underhill
James O’bryan
Mr. Haggart
Dollar Shipping Lines
Pacacana
Fire on car in Lawrence and spring weather notes
Heard in Lawrence reports a car driven by Archie Ottinger caught fire but firemen found no damage and Ottinger blamed a backfire through the carburetor. The piece notes a Robin Hood-like morning with two wrens singing, a hunter strolling mallard decoys, damp cars, rain easing unemployment, and countless dandelions sprouting around the city with courthouse crews pulling weeds at South Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Ottinger
Ottinger
Lawrence
South Park
KU Fine Arts recital on campus program announced
University of Kansas fine arts students present a 3 30 pm recital in the Administration auditorium open to the public. The program includes Mano Etude Op II No 3 Chonin Elmer Anderson Turnphrase on Waltzes from Die Fledermaus Schuett Violin Concerto in E Minor first movement Mendelssohn Hermine Stover Abend in Sevilla Niemann Garden Music Lecugna Toulon Ready to Mop Up Oran Algeria French troops pacify Atlas area French Morocco mop up campaign two years in progress amid price rise news note
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K. U. Fine Arts
University of Kansas Fine -Arts School
Mano
Chonin
Elmer Anderson
Diane
Oran
Algeria
Atlas
French Morocco
Tadjla
Farkla
Texaco
Carter’s
Hoover seeks power to reorganize government
Washington April 20 CAP A majority of the house economy committee reached a virtual agreement to empower President Hoover to reorganize select government areas to save costs. Representative Williamson was instructed to revise his proposal for executive authority, to be added to the $200,000,000 retrenchment omnibus bill. The panel plans to direct changes subject to congressional approval and is also studying Hoover’s bid to cut World War I veterans’ benefits by about $80,000,000 with a proposed $29,000,000 cut in the Veterans Administration. Disabled Veterans of Foreign Wars criticized the moves as too drastic, warning of reduced allowances, pensions, and hospitalization.
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Washington
Hoover
House Economy Committee
Williamson
McDuffie
Congress
J. O'Connor Roberts
Veterans’ Administration
Veterans Administration
National Headquarters of
Disabled Veterans of Foreign Wars
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Mixed in One List
A scrambled crossword grid of across and down clues with numerous errors and misspellings. Clues vary from names to objects, numbers, and actions, including references to Noah, ancient cities, and measurement terms, presented in a jumbled, partial format.
Will Transfer Charges Against Smoky Joe Bailey
Liquor charges against Smoky Joe Bailey colored arrested Monday morning in a raid on his eating house at 403 East Ninth street will probably be transferred from district court to Justice J H Mitchell court. County Attorney R B Stevens said Bailey is ready to plead guilty but district court term is closed until May. He will be allowed to plead in justice court to dispose of the case, with Bailey's appearance before Justice Mitchell expected late today.
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Smoky Joe” Bailey
Ninth Street
Court of Justice
J.H. Mitchell
R. B. Stevens
Stevens
Bailey
Hugh Means
Justice Court
Mitchell
Imade
Campus Trio at Patee Theater Opens Engagement
The Campus Trio from the University of Washington Bill Golden Chet Griggs and Dee Phillips opened an engagement at the Patee theater today. The trio left Seattle last June on a walking tour planning six weeks on the road but has been touring for nearly a year traveling through the Midwest to Mexico. They have bought three cars since starting the trip and appeared on KOL and KOMO radio in Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Washington
Patee
Bill Golden
Chet Griggs
Dee Phillips
Seattle
Middlewestern
States
Mexico
KOL
KOMO
Market Wheat and Corn Fall as Dust Proof Dampens Demand
Chicago April 20 AP Wheat prices fell almost two cents a bushel as May contract holders liquidated surges amid reports of dust storms in Kansas and Oklahoma. Bears cited crop damage from the March freeze and recent weather. May corn declined with weak demand and liquidations dragging prices to new lows since 1599. Oats and other grains showed varied movements as buyers hesitated and deliveries dropped below seasonal lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kansas
Oklahoma
Bears
Kansas City
Wheat market slips as rains raise grain hopes
Grain futures show corn and wheat under pressure while rain promises relief for winter wheat in areas hit by killing frosts. Traders note bearish weather signals and potential slight demand shifts, with livestock and potato markets also reported in quiet trading as Kansas City and Chicago levels fluctuate.
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Roosevelt
Ford County
Dodge City
Franklin Roosevelt
Baker
Murray
Garner
Smith
Reed
Ritchie
Harry Loodring
George McGil
Coffeyville
Garfield
Journal-World - Classified
Idren of
Max Carey
Brooklyn Baseball Club
Fraternity
A. D. Grey
Neosho Presbytery
University Women's Athletic Association
Woodlawn P.T. A
Lawrence Pine
Locust Street
Joyce Elaine
A. M. Fortney
Pinckney P.T
Thelma Hemphill
Genevieve’ West
Dublin
Irish Free State
Eamon de Valera
Dail Eireann
Fianna Fail
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Lawrence Hunter
House Committee
Stutt
Lamb
Dodge
Jason
Brivatea
Colleq
Yar
PreArer
Cae
Bers
USDA
Minnesota
North Dakota
Irth Cobblers
Idaho
Arizona
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Milo ‘Matze BI
Lnew
York
Liberty
Liberty First
Otis Ie
Treasury
Treasury Treasury Mig
Funk’s Mortuary Ambulance Service
Hotel Wood
N. H
Soxman’s Sandwich Inn
C. G. Schulz
Cities Service Oil CO
Paul Raffety
Ith
Lawrence ‘Hatchery
Jellison
N. HL
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