Mary McElroy Plea Deepens Missouri Kidnapping Case
Mary McElroy urged Governor Park to spare Walter McGee who led a kidnapping that robbed her father and brought Missouri the first death sentence for kidnapping. McGee faces execution May 10 after a conclusive conviction and a denied rehearing by the Missouri supreme court, as public interest weighs mercy against the law.
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Mary McElroy
Governor Park
Missouri
Walter McGee
McGee
Missouri Supreme Court
Miss McElroy
State of
New Deal Faces Shifts in Work Relief Oversight
President Roosevelt proposes equal voting among top work relief leaders with him as the chief distributor of four billion dollars. A separate operations head would handle external responsibilities. The plan hinges on future tax funding and political dynamics beyond the White House. Dust storms are expected to end as nature gains air-conditioning in the southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
POWER FOR THE G. O. P. From grassroots revival hoped
The article argues the Republican revival will arise from ordinary voters in rural areas rather than Congress halls, stressing that men and women in the countryside who are Republicans will drive the movement. It frames the grassroots as the key to renewed party strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Congress
Sticks
Washington’s patronage politics spark party aims and pork
Observers in the capital note lawmakers care chiefly about district and state patronage and pork, fearing devotion to party principles won’t offset home-borrowed benefits. The Washington scene discourages big anti administration moves, pushing reform to the grassroots and less patronage-driven lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Uncle Santa Claus
Hindenburg Named Germany's President After Prayerful Campaign
Berlin reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg swept to the presidency with a large plurality, promising a steady hand in a new German democracy. In other news Frank Strong is elected Mayor for Boys' Day at the city high school, with peers choosing Thomas Cable and Fred Fearing as commissioners.
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Quantrill
K. LU
Helen Mahin
Lindley
Baptist
Mahin
E. E. Dix
Ft. Scott
Charles Tucker
W.W. A. Simpson
Paul R. Brooks
Anna Johnson
Hannah Oliver
A. D. Weaver
Annie B. Prentiss
George Edwards
Kansas City
John Walton
Scarlet Reynold
Vera Neely
University of Wyoming
Ma Phi Epsilon
L. E. Sisson
E. P. Sisson
Hamilton
N. Y
O. W. Maloney
Tulsa
Okla
Three tots host guests for Elfreda Marie birth party
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Guntert announce the birth of a daughter named Elfreda Marie on April 26. The hostesses assisting included Mrs. P. F. Walker Mrs. A. B. Weaver Mrs. A. B. Mitchell and several others in attendance.
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Jerry Sisson
Jean Dyer
Barbara Charlton
P. F. Walker
A. B. Weaver
A. B. Mitchell
Glenn Charlton
C. H. Ashton
Myone Rice
Mary Sisson
Mary Nell Hamilton
Elizabeth Walker
F. B. Davis
Helen Pendleton
C. W. Maloney Jr
Pi Upsilon Banquet Marks Local Fraternity Anniversary
The Pi Upsilon local fraternity held its first anniversary banquet at the chapter house with Bishop Griswold of Salina as toastmaster. Dr. Burdick and fraternity members responded to toasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pi Upsilon
Bishop Griswold
Salina
Burdick
Innes
Otto Fischer
Ernst
Kennedy & Ernst Hardware Company
Daughters of the King Meet and Local Social Notes
Forty years ago events capture a Kansas circle with the Daughters of the King meeting with Miss Hattie Ayers and Grace Pettijohn visiting from Olathe. Mrs. Sparr visits Kingfisher while Dr and Mrs Anderson plan a Colorado trip. Eva Howe Benedict returns from Omaha. Sigma Chis musicale at the opera house featured Alhambra Mandolin Club of Topeka, with Tipton, Sweeney and Lyons. after, dancing and a Chesterfield reception souvenir group photo. Kansas University freshman botany class members depart for a Bismarck grove picnic with three professors aboard. Mabel Curry calls on Georgia Wilder. Sam Moore, Oscar Learnard and Robert Fluke travel from Kansas City for weekend guests.
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Hattie Ayers
Grace Pettijohn
Olathe
Nellie Sands
R. W. Sparr
Kingfisher
S. B. Anderson
Colorado
Eva Howe Benedict
Omaha
Sigma Chis
Opera House
Black
Alhambra Mandolin Club
Topeka
Tipton
Miss Sweeney
Clay Lyons
Chesterfield
Kansas University
Bismarck Grove
Mabel Curry
Georgia Wilder
Sam Moore
Oscar Learnard
Robert Fluke
Kansasity
Easter Sunday Rake grove gathering and local notices
Neighbors and friends of Mr and Mrs Earl Rake gathered in the Rake grove for Easter Sunday with tables, seats, a large kettle for eggs and a cafeteria style basket dinner. Ray Stull of Orange Cal visited relatives, Marie Slusser returned home from Lecompton, and several locals reported illnesses. Mrs Hanna closed her school term at Deer Creek with a program and ball game.
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Earl
Rake
Rake Grove
Ray Stull
Orange
Cal
Marie Slusser
Lecompton
Ralph Houk
Roland Kraft
Albert Deister
Hanna
Deer Creek
Luella Stull
Mrs. Carr
Mary Ann Stull
Wiliam Selch
Celestia Kiser
Ruth Selch
Fannie’s Secret
Zella Wilson
Anna Louise Hoffsommer
Wilma Kiser
Howard Hildenbrand
Bertha Kiser
Virginia Wilson
Clifford Deister
Great Riches T Great Riches T
James and Jane Stim eon clash as Jane’s sharp temper and social missteps drive a wedge in New Concord. After a failed senate bid and a hostile town, Jane’s pride and friction with James erode their marriage. A destabilizing arc ends with James facing political defeat and uncertain futures.
Porcupine's Zoo Escape Tale Becomes Bedtime Voice
Sundown narrates a porcupine tale of sleep by day and night wandering, recounting a zoo capture and a perilous escape. Mrs Quacke Duck probes details while plans to visit Mrs Quacker of Quackerville arise, signaling a quiet neighborhood scene.
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Porcupine
Mrs. Quacke Duck
Percupine
Mrs. Quacko Duck
Porcupine Visitor Confesses A Straightforward Escape
Mrs. Quacko questions a visiting porcupine about a wild escape. The porcupine insists it required no planning, claiming he faced no pursuers. She doubts the tale and presses for details about what actually occurred.
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Porcupine
Mrs. Quacko
Plague History and Transmission Across Rodents and Humans
A historical overview explains plague as a germ disease primarily affecting rodents and transmitted to humans via the rat flea. It notes bubonic and pneumonic forms, with pneumonic plague most destructive, and warns of potential spread among rodents and possible human outbreaks.
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New York Academy of Medics
Iago Galdston
Athens
London
Lond
Flashes of Life New Castle Fish Shipment Boosts Meat Prices
Thomas E. Wiget of Wilson & Pack ers plans ship ments of fish to Iowa as meat prices soar. Aboard the Buroypa, he notes carloads of fish redefine boxing fish in response to high meat costs.
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New Castle
Val
Thomas E. Wi
Wilson &4
England
Buroypa
Wilson
Iowa
Radio schedule highlights from all stations Saturday night
A dense listing of networked radio programs across KMBC WDAF WREN KNBC WDAE and more for Saturday April 27 and surrounding days. Shows include The Pretenders Master Builder Grace McTiernay Grace Hayes Lucky Strike Hit Parade National Barn Dance American Prosperity and World Trade and various orchestras and talks.
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KMBC
WDAF
Martha Mears
Wren
Marin
WDAE
Jack Armstrong
KNBC
Milton Charles
Moment Musicale
Kansas City
Wrenaul Whiteman
Orch
RMBC
Glenn Gray
Oreille Knapp
N Orch
Sbandor
Detroit
Walter Winchell
MBC
Wayne King
Ren
Robt
M. LaFolletter
Wendell Hall
Roosevelt
D. W
Wren—Press-Radio
KMBEC
LDS
Stan Meyee
Oriental Gardens Orch
Chas E. Conghlim
Louis Panico
Annie Wren
Red Davis
Ruddy and
Ginger
Ren—Dangerous Paradise
Boake Carter
Richard Himber
America
Fray and Braggiotti
IBC
Edwin C. Hil
Voice of Stone
Nat't Fed
Avivae
WIAF
Amos ‘N
Andy
Kandor
Enric Madriguera
Bob Chester
Kansas News Briefs roundup and highway concerns
A roundup day at Fort Hays drew 500 plus visitors in dustless weather. In southern Kansas residents urged a new US 160 route to bypass Medicine Lodge. Hutchinson district reports 38 Hutchinson State Reform School inmates earned diplomas amid summer transfers. Pittsburg Teachers College contest honors go to Fort Scott and Joplin musicians. 3,506 students entered. Elim Lutheran pastor Luther Stromquist died in Longmont after a heart attack. Oliver C. McMahon, a Civil War veteran, died in Toronto.
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Winfield
Kansas
Medicine Lodge
Belvidere
Kiowa
Coldwater
Pittsburg
Fort Scott
Joplin
Pittsburgh Teachers College
Lindsborg
Luther J. Stromquist
Elim Lutheran Church
Longmont
Colo
J. O. Stromquist
How He Knew About the Greatest Man in the Community
A Border-Cities Star quote notes a man described as Skinner with a broad mind a big heart and brilliance who died unaware of his talents. The punchline reveals the speaker learned of him by marrying his widow.
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Skinner
Border - Cities
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Lincoln Park Zoo
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Temple of Song
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Grand Hotel
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College of Emporia
Iling Fd McConnell
Shanning Pottork
Edwin C. Hill
Kostelanetz
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Eddie Cantor
Rubino
Your Hom Town
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Monday
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Hutchinson School
Reno County
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First National Bank
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