Kidnapped Doctor Is Given Liberty
Dr I D Kelley a wealthy eye ear nose and throat specialist was released after seven days in captivity near East St Louis Illinois. He was unharmed and said no ransom was paid. His captors kept him blindfolded and hooded at times while he read detective stories and listened to tales of Al Capone. The Post Dispatch reported a ransom demand of 150000 to 1000000 though none was paid according to family representative William Orthwein I. The doctor recounted the fear for his family and his long service to patients.
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St.Louis
Post-Dispatch
I. D. Kelley
East St. Louis
Illinois
John T. Rogers
Rogers
St. Louis
Kelley
Dr. Kelley
William D. Orthwein I
Kelleey
Scarface
al Capone
Chicago
Chicago Gunman Benny Butler Dies in Car Crash
Benny Butler, a feared gunman linked to Danny Stanton and Capone factions and a confidant of Leo Brothers, died when an automobile crash after a stop light overturned his car. He had previously been shot but died from the wreck. Butler aided detectives pursuing the Tribune crime reporter murder by providing liaison and telephone-tap connections, helping authorities capture the suspects.
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Chicago
Benny Butler
Danny Stanton
Capone
Leo Brothers
Alfred Lingle
Butler
Tribune
Kansas Weather Forecast Unsettled conditions with showers likely
Unsettled conditions prevail tonight and Wednesday with showers probable and a slight warmup in the far southeast. Morning observations note partly cloudy skies at Dodge City Kansas City and Wichita with dirt roads rough in Emporia Manhattan Arkansas City and Wichita. Temperatures at 7pm yesterday and today are listed with local mentions of Ford readings.
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Kansas
Dodge City
Kansas City
Wichita
Emporia
Manhate
Arkansas
Cit
Ina
Douglas County
Roosevelt Dismisses Charges Against Mayor Walker
Albany April 28 AP Governor Roosevelt dismissed the city affairs committee charges against Mayor James J. Walker of New York City. The committee had urged his removal for incompetence and neglect of duty. Walker was notified in California and returned a 15,606 word reply praising his administration. John F. Curry of Tammany Hall called the decision inevitable. Walker, presiding at a City Hall committee meeting, declined immediate comment and resumed the session.
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Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
James J. Walker
Newton
Walker
John Haynes Holmes
Stephen S. Wise
California
New York City
Holmes
Wise
New York
John F. Curry
Tammany Hall
Rural Health Day Observed With Free Attractions and Events
Rural Health Day activities linked Douglas County Health Day with a field meet in South Park next Saturday. Two rural schools sent contestants, entry closes Thursday 6 pm, details to Carl at 305 Massachusetts. The program includes free moving pictures, ice cream, a basket dinner, a Big Springs orchestra concert, 4-H health champions, and nine point health buttons. City schools will support with health posters and May health talks.
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Althe
Douglas County
South Park
Carl's
Massachusetts Street
Big Springs
Byron C. Donmayer
Mary Auliffe
Christie Hepler
White House
Hoover
Ted
Ures
Department of Agriculture
Ross Wulfkuhle
Paul Perking
Sunflower
Eudora
Robert Steele
Clinton
Rose Marie Lawrence
Baldwin
Goldie Enyeart
Beatrice Lins
Rincense
Sherbon
W. C. Nelson
H L. Chambers
H. W. Hutchinson
Lyle §. Powell
E. E. Rosser
A. C. Gwynn
Reunion at Temple Brings Major General as Dinner Guest
The Scottish Rite reunion at the Masonic temple hosts Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott as a dinner guest tomorrow night. The event opens with the fourth to sixth degrees conferred last night, with eighth through fourteenth today and fifteenth tonight. Tomorrow includes eighteenth degree in the morning and twenty first and twenty ninth in the afternoon. attendance has been strong.
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Masonic Temple
Hugh L. Scott
Woodring Heads East for Oil Talks and Governors Conference
Gov. Harry H. Woodring travels to New York for oil situation discussions and a meeting of the New England Council of Governors modeled on a nine midcontinent states economic compact. He plans a Wichita conference on May 19 with the council secretary and will later confer in Washington with a federal official.
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Topeka
Harry H. Woodring
New York
New England Council of Governors
Kansas
Wichita
Kan
Washington
Bureau of Public
Ren Carlice
Parsons
Kaw Valley Garden Association Elects Officers at City Meeting
More than 100 members attended an all day Kaw Valley Garden Association meeting at First Presbyterian Church. Officers elected were Mrs. W. C. Harding of Ottawa as president, Mrs. Lee Brown of Topeka as first vice president, Mrs. Frank Harrington of Kansas City Mo. as second vice president, and Mrs. Oliver McMillen of Ottawa as secretary treasurer. Miss Kathleen Doering of the University read a paper on Garden Color. Luncheon was served at 1 and a campus drive followed.
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Kaw Valley Garden Association
First Presbyterian Church
Ottawa
Topeka
Kansas City
Lawrence
W. C. Harding
Lee Brown
Frank Harrington
Ransas
City
Oliver McMillen
Kathleen Doering
Dean Butler to Visit campus as music schools examiner
Dean Harold I. Butler of Syracuse University and former dean at the University of Kansas will visit the Lawrence campus Wednesday as examiner for the National Association of Music Schools. He travels from a Pacific coast tour and will tour the School of Fine Arts, meet teachers, and visit classes with hosts Dean Swarthey and Mr. Ober at a luncheon and dinner.
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Harold L. Butler
Syracuse University
School of Fine Arts
University of Kansas
National Association ‘of Music
Butler
Syracuse
Pacific Coast
National Association
Lawrence
Kentucky
Dean
Swarthey
Bert Ober
Howe Fund Tops One Thousand For Slain Officer Family
Fund for the slain officer's family rises to 1082 with a trust drive led by W. E. Spalding H. A. Jetmore and J. R. Holmes. Citizens urged to contribute through the Journal-World box or mail. The city plans support and Chi Omega sorority hosts a silver tea benefiting the fund. officer Howe served five months at 90 dollars monthly and left a widow and a gravely ill 13 year old son.
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Melvin Howe
Journal-World
W. E. Spalding
H. A. Jetmore
J. R. Holmes
Lawrence
Douglas County
Howe
Oak Hill Cemetery
Chi Omega
Michigan Street
Officer Howe
Armour & Company adopts 5 day week at Kansas plant
Armour & Company officials announce a five day week experiment for the packing plant's 3400 employees in Kansas City with manager Clarence E. Matthews saying the plan aims at economy and better employment conditions and will not affect output or earnings. The program follows a similar rollout in St Joseph Missouri. Nearby, a mid Atlantic steamship fire and a separate Kansas theft at a filling station are noted in brief items.
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Kansas City
Kan
Armour & Company
Clarence E. Matthews
Armour
St. Joseph
Harlan coal field fighting as deputies and miners clash
In Harlan Kentucky on April 28 a gun battle erupted at the No 30 mine of Black Mountain Coal Corp as about 50 unpaid workers attacked deputy sheriffs led by Jim Daniel. The fight lasted over an hour with hundreds of rounds fired. No deputies were injured and miners’ status unclear. The clash follows recent labor unrest linked to union organizing and prior violence near the death of deputy Jess Pace.
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Harlan
Harlan Coal Fields
Black Mountain Coal Corporation
Jim Daniel
J. H. Blair
Evarts
Jess Pace
Arrest Newsboys Who Cry The Popes Letter
Rome authorities moved to arrest news vendors who shouted the pope’s letter on streets after its publication in yesterday’s Osservatore Romano. The paper itself remains, but sellers who cried pope’s open letter faced six day suspensions and a warning to avoid drawing attention to contents.
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Rome
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Will Hear Marine Leader Butler at University Lecture
Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, famed U S Marine Corps officer, will headline the University of Kansas Community Lecture Course next season on February 26. The program will feature his experiences in the marine service or the national crime problem, with Butler’s public safety leadership in Philadelphia noted.
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Smedley D. Butler
U. S. Marine Corps
University of Kansas
Butler
Marines
Cuba
Navy Department
Mussolini
Adams
M. Bante Bellegarde
Philadelphia Field Artillery Association
Army
Navy
France
Haiti
Associated Press
Farmer Aided Slayer To Escape, Knight Positively Identified
County and city police said Oney Knight, sought for Melvin Howe’s slaying, was driven to Kansas City by farmer August Karlson after Knight received food and a ride. Knight’s daughter and Karlson identified him, with fingerprints and clothes matching the Ford coupe scene, as investigators pursue links to the April Oklahoma penitentiary release error.
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Oney Knight
Melvin Howe
Kansas City
August Karlson
Linwood
Fall Leaf
Lawrence
W. J. Cummings
Karlson
K. Anderson
Knight
Howe
Ss. Anderson
Eighteenth
Central
Oklahoma Penitentiary
Kansas City, Mo
Okla
Will Johns
Oklahoma
Madill
McAlester
State Penitentiary
Attack on Funchal Expands as Lisbon Reports Air Assault
The Lisbon government said its expeditionary force opened an attack on the rebel garrison in Funchal Madeira. Seaplanes bombed the wireless station and returned to carriers in the harbor claiming many hits.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Funchal
Madeira
Washington
Bureau of Industrial al
General Scott to Lecture at Kansas University and Visit Lawrence
Major General Hugh L. Scott a retired U S Army officer will visit Lawrence this week. He arrives in Kansas City tomorrow and travels to Lawrence to tour the University of Kansas and speak at Fraser theater and other events. He will attend a Kiwanis talk, address Haskell Institute, and participate in a Scottish Rite banquet before departing for Pawnee Oklahoma.
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Lawrence
Hugh L. Scott
Princeton
N. J
U. S. Army
Kansas City
Wilder S. Metcalf
T. J. Sweeney, Jr
Hugh Means
W. H. Sears
Scott
Eldridge
University of Kansas
Museum
Fraser Theater
W. L. Burdick
K. U
Sears
Masonic Temple
Kiwanis Club
Haskell
Haskell Institute
Patriotic Women’s Organizations
Pawnee Bill
Oldtown
General Metcalf
S. J.hunter
Hunter
Mothers Day Events at Kansas University Highlight Weekend
Multiple Mother's Day activities planned at the University of Kansas including a 6 pm dinner in the Union with speaker Mrs. Bramwell of Belleville, registration 11 am to 2:30 pm, a 3 pm Fraser theater performance of Cock Robin, a 4 pm Mu Phi Epsilon musicale, and a 6 pm reception. Prizes honor the farthest traveler, and committees led by Agnes Husband and Myra Little organize the events. Auction sale tomorrow.
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University of Kansas
Union Building
Ruby Phillips
Bramwell
Belleville
Memorial Union Building
Fraser Theater
Kansas Players
Union
Mu Phi Epsilon
Vernelle Hirschiler
School of Fine Arts
Emporia
Kansas Authors Club
K. U
Chi, Omega
Agnes Husband
Myra Little
Kenneth Meuser
C. A. Coe
C. M. Sterling
Will F. Kissick
Gordon Sloan
Virginia Irwin
Thos
van Bruner
Dinsmore Alter
Wesley Ruff
Owen Paul
Cristine Marsh
Ester Cornelius
Evelyn Swarthout
Mu Phi Epail
Lela Hackney
Steaey Pickel
Third of Series Will Be Held in North Lawrence
North Lawrence hosts the third Lawrence Public Auction Sale tomorrow at 10 oclock in Harper Sales Pavilion. Committee members say sale listings resemble the second sale on April 15 and plan for similar turnout. Livestock and other material arrive at the pavilion on sale day, with final figures to be announced tomorrow. Homer Rule will conduct the sale.
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Lawrence
Harper Sales
North Lawrence
Homer Rule
Sheriff thanks local police for prompt response in Hiawatha call
A letter from Brown County Sheriff John H. Hellenbach thanks the local police for their quick response to a hold up at a Fairview restaurant and filling station last Friday morning during the search for bandits in which Officer Melvin Howe was killed. Burke Taken to Prison St Joseph Man jailed for life for Patrolman Skelly murder moved to Marquette to begin sentence. Two Die in Burning Plane in France during army maneuvers.
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W. J. Cummings
John H. Hellenbach
Brown County
Hiawatha
Fairview
Melvin Howe
Hellenbach
Howe
Burke
St. Joseph
Mich
Fred Burke
Charles Skelly
Berrien County
Marquette
Rheims
France
Pierre Crepsy
Joseph Schildwech
Rebel Army Holds San Pedro Sula Skirmish Amid Revolt
April 28 Government forces under Jose Maria Reina pressed a pursuit of General Gregorio Ferrara after rebels evacuated breastworks near San Pedro Sula a key rail point between Tegucigalpa and the coast. Ferrara was said to head toward Iti buca in his home department as authorities warned of decisive fighting and evacuated foreign residents to Puerto Cortes.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Gregorio Farrara
San Pedro Sula
Jose Maria Reina
Ferrara
Itibuca
Puerto Cortes
Cermak pledges suppression of crime themed plays
Chicago mayor Anton Cermak, in his first policy statement since taking office, announced that all plays and films portraying Chicago as crime ridden would be suppressed. He cited the Bang play on the spot by Gar Wallace, scheduled to open Sunday, and said he would attend the opening to decide if it harms Chicago's reputation.
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Chicago
Anton Cermak
Gar Wallace
London
New York
Cermak
Gangster Car Found Linked to Jack Diamond Shooting
In Catskill New York an automobile was found containing two shotguns, three revolvers, and a woman's glove. Police link the car to the fatal shooting of Jack Legs Diamond as he left a roadhouse near Cairo. Diamond was reported gravely wounded and hospitalized in Albany.
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Catskill
N. Y
Jack
New York City
Diamond
Cairo
Albany
Investigation into anti-Smith campaign expenditures 1928
World classified ads note a May 6 probe into campaign finances linked to Bishop James Cannon and the anti-Smith efforts, reflecting a historical inquiry from that period.
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James Cannon
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