Topekans in Jail After Auto Chase
Topeka men Harold Deering and James West were arrested after a high speed pursuit that began when Deering allegedly beat a woman and fled with her in a brown Ford sedan. Officer Floyd Hunter pursued with local help, the chase ending near Tongapoxie. Both suspects, listed with Topeka addresses, face drunkenness and driving offenses after a chaotic baseball game incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Hunter
Harold Deering
James West
Topeka
Hunter
Lawrence
West
Deering
Cam
Ford
Bob Sparr
Sparr
Tongapoxie
City Hall
Sheriff's Office
Perry
R. R. Rutherford
Houston Turner
Harold Stout
North
van Buren Street
Emergency Rail Rates Sought to Aid Livestock Movement
J H Mercer of the Kansas Livestock Association urged President Hoover and railroad presidents to grant emergency freight reductions on cattle shipments. He argued drought and poor market conditions threaten stockmen, urging the Farm Board to back concessions to ease costs and move cattle west and southwest from public markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Hoover
J. H. Mercer
Karsam Livestock Association
Mercer
Missouri Pacific
Unm Pacific
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Risco
Mary
Farm Board
Pardon Hearing to Probe 1916 Parade Bombing Case
Cross examination of prosecutors Brennan and Rubba in the Mooney and Billings case resumes before the state supreme court. Justices will hear Billings' application for a verdict, with Brennan and Cunha testifying on last week’s circumstances and continuing belief in the defendants’ guilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Mes F. Brennan
Edward Rubba
Thomas J. Jooney
Warren K. Billings
State Supreme Court
Tomorow
Billings
Verdon
Brennan
King George Suntanned Plays Benefit of Rest at Cowes
London reports King George and Queen attended a seaside holiday at Cowes. The king appeared healthier after the fortnight break and will stay at passes until Wednesday before moving to Sandringham for a short layover en route to Balmoral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
sLondon
Arig
Geo
Cowes
Sandringham
Balmoral
Endurance Flight Near Record as Flight Time Drops
In St Louis on August 11 AP reports less than 50 hours remain to beat the 554 hour endurance mark set by the Hunter brothers. Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine push their nonstop flight as 15,000 spectators watch at the field. Oil pressure concerns were eased by refueling with heavier lubricant while weather included rain and cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Dale
Jackson
Forest
Hunter Brothers
Sparta
Chicago
William ‘Brewster
Percy “Shorty
Chaffee
Steamer Caribou Strikes Land Off Newfoundland
Sixty five passengers and the crew of the steamer Caribou were rescued after a six hour ordeal in lifeboats in heavy seas. The ship struck a rock off the southwest tip of Newfoundland at dawn and landed safely at Port Aux Basques. Captain Robertson and officers assisted in the evacuation as passengers rushed from near their bunks amid fear and chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Johny
N. F
Sizxty
Caribou
Newfoundland
Port Aux B
North Sydney
Robertson
Unusual Plane Crash Might Prompt Chicago Air Ordinance Change
Chicago officials investigate a two-woman flight crash over the city as coroner and aviation aides summon witnesses. Sisters Mary Laws and Nia Laws, 24 and 22, died when a small plane piloted by Orville Luc a plunged from a stormy sky into a northside gas tank water. Witnesses recalled the craft’s improvised ascent and rapid descent amid warnings about air flight safety and ordinance penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grieg
Chicago
Seth Nega
Herman N. Bundesen
Reed Landiz
Centers
Mary Laws
Nia Laws
Orville Luca
Utanicipal
Te Tank
Suea
Faere
Eas
Eagles Sessions to Open in San Francisco Convention
In San Francisco on August 11 AP reports twenty thousand delegates gathering for the thirty second annual international convention of Eagles. The event will include a national assembly of women’s auxiliaries and feature a large membership gain of 92 548 for the last year announced by Grand National President Charles J Chenu of Sacramento California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Siena Order of Agles
National Assembly
Charles J. Chenu
Sacramento
Cal
R-100 Blimp Crosses U S Soil Over Niagara Falls
The airship R-100 crossed the United States today on its tour, visiting Niagara Falls New Hampshire area. It sighted over Lake Ontario after two American appearances, drawing crowds and posing for photographs as the giant dirigible skimmed low along the sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
N. Hce
Unity States
Ontario
Nse Ae
Lake Ontario
Peshawar Defenders Repel Afridi Raiders Near City
Peshawar, a strategic frontier city in British India, withstood a two day Afridi raid by about 10,000 tribesmen. British and Indian troops repelled assaults around the outskirts, halted a major attack on the depot, and disrupted communications as tribesmen suffered heavy casualties. Reinforcements were reportedly en route amid signals of evolving plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simla
India
Peshawar
Cit
Eile
Sorazai
Haji O Russ
Badama Poat
Ture
Ma Radene
Violators of Indian Salt Law Are Still Being Arrested Daily
Bombay dispatch reports daily arrests for breaking the salt law across India as crowds swell and courts jam. Gandhi defended the salt tax stance, arguing it humiliated India’s national consciousness and that heavier taxation would affect the poorest. Leading editors criticized the tax as uneven, highlighting widespread subsistence hardships and the salt monopoly’s impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
India
Gandhi
Anen
Government of
Fonda Ing
Ite
Indian Ocean
Stunt Plane Crash Injures Pilot and Youth Near Manhattan
A stunt plane named pancakes crashed about a half mile southwest of Spectators in Manhattan. E. Henderson, 36, and Archie York, 15, both from Manhattan, were injured and remained in the field late yesterday with unspecified injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kan
E. Henderson
Archie York
Ina
Henderson
Cleaners to New Posts Disrupt Plans in New York
About 100 street cleaners in New York City shifted to new posts in a citywide shakeup aimed at stopping schemes to land liquor. The chaotic move disrupted typical landings as workers handled bags of wine and liquor in a tense, unclear scenario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
City
New
Paket Shackers
Convicts Rescue Four From Drowning Near Sing Sing
Ossining N Y Aug 11 Four convicts were hailed as heroes for rescuing two men and their wives from the Hudson River in front of Sing Sing prison. Irving Brown Joseph Onterail Anthony Triano and David Weller helped the boat passengers reach the dock while guards watched. Officials credited the quartet with saving lives amid a tense rescue scene.
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Ossining
N. Y
Hudson River
Sing Sing
Irving Brown
Joséph Onterail
Anthony
David Weller
Me Weller
Eller
Triane
Weller
Wales A Ontos
S “Cop
Fewer Clothes He Wears The Better Saga
Washington August 11 AP No nightie or shoes for baby in hot weather says United States children’s bureau The 1936 August costume leans to shirts n shorts for infants Fewer clothes he wears the better the bureau states This aligns with health habits of urban babies and mothers in the capital city
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Children’s Bureau
Children's Bureau
Yesteryear
Romance on School Tour Wedding on Midwestern College Tour
Miss Lillian Crumpacker of McPherson Kansas and Roland Jones an instructor at Southwestern College Infield Kansas married at the Church of the Transfiguration. The ceremony was before the Omnibus College tour and witnessed by the touring student body. The couple will continue the tour as fifteen buses and four automobiles carry the students across the Midwest and East with two motor cafeterias providing meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omnibus College
Southwestern College
Infield
Kan
Lillian Crumpacker
McPherson
Roland Jones
Ye Church of the Trancfiguration
Middle West
New
Deaths and Funerals Summary for Metcalf Keller Wilson Jones
Deaths and funerals notice for Charles F Metcalf who died Saturday was held at Funk chapel with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. several Metcalf brothers attended. Also a service for Mrs William Keller at 2 pm at Rumsey home with burial at McLouth. Mrs Nellie Neal Wilson of Tulsa noted. Harry L Jones services set for Tuesday at Rumsey home with burial south of Eudora. Additional scattered lines reference telephone subscribers and a league.
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Charles R. Metcalf
Charles F. Metcalf
Funk
C. A. Puls
Alice Moncrieff
Claude Decker
J.C. Emick
Waler Thiele
D.coen Burn
George Kirchhoff, Jr
George Wetzel
Oak’ Hill
Wilder S. Metcalf
J. M. Metcalf
St. Louis
S J. Louis
T. N. Metcalf
Iowa Agricultural College
William Keller
Maine Street
Rumsey
Nellis
Friends Church
Tonganoxie
McLouth
Ira
May Smith
Lawrence
Ard
Earl Keller
Ottawa
Milton Adams
Kansas City
C. N. Adams
Nellie Neal Wilson Ward
Nellie Neal Wilson
Tulsa
Okla
Wilson
Br Late
Monroe
Jennie Walker Eal
Harry L. Jones
Deay <Emet
Eudora
Irene Jones
Arrest of Birs H Keene on Traffic Charge
Cited on a traffic charge, Birs H Keene of 1637 Barker Place was arrested last night for failing to observe a corner. The Massachusetts man was to appear in pollen court Monday morning, August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Keene
Barker
I Siaasschusetts
Pollen Court
Society notes and announcements from Month N. C.
A collection of social notices includes Mrs. Leon Carter and family travel plans to Kansas City, Henry joining Massey Holmes law firm after Harvard and University of ?. birth announcements for a son George Allen and a daughter Sarah Lois. K. A. Dames meeting with Mrs. Carman. social greetings for Lone Betty Jane's seventh birthday. and guests at a post party hosted by Mrs. R. T. Greene and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Carter
N. C
Kansas City
Henry
Massey Holmes
University of Oesas
Harvard Law Serve
Sigma Chi
New England Conservatory of Music
Inston
Windsor Manor
C. E. Osborne
Dodge City
Sarah Lois
Osborne
Merchants’ Bank
Charley Banning
Betty Jane
Jayin
Rames
R. T. Greene
Arleene Fingy
Vanieta Bond
Mary Louise Greene
Leslie de Merritt, Jr
Marie Cottrell
Raymond Johnson
Olive
Maxine Flory
Mary Katherine Markley
Warren
Solon Marl i
M. D. Ot
W.H. Banning
Opening of the Fritzel Plant Draws 2500 Visitors
More than 2,500 people toured the new Fritzel plant at Sixth and Mississippi streets yesterday from 9 AM to 9 PM. Arthur Fritzel extended hours to accommodate the crowd. Fifteen hundred coupons were handed out, five employees conducted tours, and visitors asked many questions about operations. The day was deemed a success by all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritzel
Sixth
Mississippi
Arthur Fritzel
Fritzer
Drought Situation Varies Across Twenty States
The American Red Cross told the President in Washington that eighteen drought struck states show conditions ranging from not so bad to very bad. Rising sickness, farm unemployment, water depletion, and typhoid increases appear in several areas while southeastern Kentucky reports unemployment, and Arkansas Illinois face severe drought though Florida and Georgia are in better condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Red Cross
Drouth
Kentucky
Alaat
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Davis urges federal loans for drought farmers
Democratic nominee J M Davis called on President Hoover to issue 500 million in federal reserve notes to fund small farmer loans from 25 to 2000 dollars with no interest in drought distressed areas. Also notes Brownsville runoff stance and marriage licenses from Topeka probate office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Jonathan M. Davis
United States
Kansas
Hoover
Federal Reserve
Battle Looms as Nationalists and Rebels Clash in Shantung
Shanghai reports a pivotal clash between nationalist and rebel forces over Shantung with beidegory claims on Taian Feicheng and Tsinan. Northern general Feng Yu-Hsiang boasted of victories and captured brigades while nationalists denied losses to Kweiteh Mamutsi and heavy battlefield casualties across Shantung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Shantung
Tsinan
Tsin
Yen
Taian
Feicheng
Henan
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Haichow- Tungkwan
Feng
Kweiter
Mamutsi
Tonan
Hyde to Discuss Drouth Relief on Radio
Secretary Hyde will outline the drought relief plans on the Columbia broadcasting system Thursday night at 9 30 eastern standard time. A coast to coast hookup is arranged by the Washington Evening Star. The agriculture department chief has just returned to Washington from a tour of the dry areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hyde
Columbia Broadcasting System
Standart E
Washington Evening Star
Agriculture Department
Involve Bamberger in Changed Baby Tits Case
Chicago August hearing before Judge Sabath on habeas corpus. Charles Bamberger accused of conspiring to switch infants from Englewood hospital affecting parents rights. Mrs Margaret Watkins claimed not to have her child. Hearing set to August 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
APL
Barrett O’hara
Charles Bamberger
William Watkins
Englewood Hospital
Joseph Sabath
Influence Tried To Push Clerk Against Norris
Aug 11 AP report says IXye of the senate campaign funds committee planned to prove influence used on George W Norris grav y clerk aiming to run against Senator Norris in Nebraska. The clerk’s bid to contest was barred by courts for filing too late. Norris planned to run as an independent if the grace allowed a Republican primary entry. identical names on the ballot risked confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris Washington
Ixye
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Norris
Infantry and Cavalry Arrive at Fort Riley Reservat ion
Kansas National Guard infantry and cavalry units arrived yesterday to set camp on the Fort Riley reservation. Brig. Gen. Charles I. Martin of Leavenworth commands the troops as the Kansas artillery had been in camp for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction City
Kan
Kansas National Guard
Fort Riley
Kansas Artillery
Charles I. Martin
Leavenworth
Haskell Institute Plans for Indian Work Outlined
Supt H B Peairs detailed Haskell Institute growth since 1917 and outlined new plans for two years of junior college courses to test student ability for further schooling. University training would place some students at Kansas University with branches at Manhattan and Emporia, aided by scholarships. Every student would receive vocational training as part of a program to restore Indian independence through education. Four students showcased handicrafts by Mable Morrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell Institute
Rotary Club
H. B. Peairs
Supt. Peairs
Supt
Peaks
Haskell
Kansas University
Manhattan
Emporia
Mable Morrow
Margaret Jones
Esther Santee
Henrietta Bleksely
Adeline Morgan
Dr. Jennie Van Epps Released on $5,000 Bond
Leavenworth Kansas August 11 AP Dr Jennie Van Epps a Ton ganoxie physician who was held for three weeks on a conspiracy to smuggle narcotics into the federal penitentiary and Soldiers Home was freed today on five thousand dollar bond She is ordered to appear at the October term of federal court here to answer an amended indictment from a Topeka special grand jury Bond was provided by friends in Ton ganoxie and a surety company She returned to Ton ganoxie
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
Jennie van Epps
Tonganoxie
Federal Penitentiary
Topeka
State highway bids approved for 19 Kansas projects
Topeka, Aug 11 AP Approval by the state highway commission of bids previously received and tabulated on 19 state highway projects in central Kansas was announced. The list includes 34.7 miles light type surfacing 21 miles oil and sand 17.4 miles earth grade and culverts 3.8 miles chat surfacing and seven bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Highway Commission
Central
Kansas
Pleasant Grove and nearby kin gather for Sunday meals
Belleview and nearby families share a Sunday visit at C. E. Crane's with Oscar Crane from Pleasant Grove joining James and others. The article notes hot weather, water shortages, livestock losses, and various relatives visiting or staying with kin across multiple towns including Lenexa, Kansas City, and Clinton, with several trips and gatherings reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Crane
Pleasant Grove
James
C. E. Crane
Mrs. Gibson
Baby
Harris, Kan
Lonnie
Esther Platt
Williamsburg
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Saga Child's’ Bureau
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Etreet
George Allen
Paul Abel
K. A. Dames
J.N. Carman
Kentucky Street
A. M. Ockerblad
Vermillion
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Tex
Republican State Executive Committee
L. H. Menger
Olen Hurd
Lethe May
Williamstown
Ji Me H
Paul Sherman
Io Mabel Zeferjohn
Charles W. Thomas
Nay
Hugh Means
el High
Biller
Lyne
Ly Mn
Ralph Harris
Ottawa Herald
Oklahoma
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Nye
FT. Riley
Nations
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Mabel Walker Widlebrandt
Cherge
David Lawrence
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Ohio
James Eads How
Hobo
Staunton
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Klein
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R. J. B. Henry Wi
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DR. van Epps
Bond
Kansa
Belleview
Evabell
Alice
Lewie Les Kindred
Weaver
Annabell
Arleta Holmes
George Grosdidier
Mary Bradshaw
Sue Regler
Lenexa
Ede Fields Holmes
Will Miller
Harry Walker
John Page
Clayton
Ella Rea
Mary Hass
Fred Bartz
Mary Dillon
Harry Miller
de Soto
Ag Miller
Sam Skinner
Betty Ruth
Joie Marie
Carl Rosin
R. Skinner
M. Starr
O. J. Lane
Paul Hasa
Kaneza City
David Wilson
White Cloud
Wallace W. C. T. U
John Akin
Caroline Frank
Billie
Atl. Hadi
Edd Hadi
A. B. Hadi
A. L. Hadi's
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Mia
Mike
Had
Viola Jr
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Glen
Erma
Rosabell
Clinton
George Bickelmyer
Anna~Bickelmyer
W. Laughlin
Edd Hadl
Delores
J. F. Hadl
Prospect
A. L. Hadl
Glen Miller
Mra
Earl Ottee
Bingham
Utah
Beccary Designn
Biyon
Schubert Funeral Homembulance Anis
Round Corner
Rock Land
Sevey
Robinson
Agt
W.W. Burnett
JH Robinees
Kans
Lawrence, Kane
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