Loans Spread to Revive Business in Finance Push
Providence Aug 19 AP reports the Reconstruction Finance Corporation lent 1 219 million dollars to 4 947 institutions from February 2 to July 31. Mills notes 70 percent of borrowing banks were in towns under 5 000 population and asserts broad support beyond large city banks. He says deposits and credits have in part stabilized and compares the ship to weathering a hurricane with a sound hull.
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Providence
R. I
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Mills
Bryant- Stratton College of Business Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Great City Bank
Banke
Two Die in Oklahoma Electric Chair Execution
Two Blaine county murderers faced the electric chair at the state prison early today. I J Alder, 50, killed his brother in law and Mrs McDonald over a dispute about pie, while Fillmore Davis, a Blaine county suspect in a gas line theft case, insulted officers and witnesses before his execution.
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McAlester
Okla
Blaine County
State
I. J. Alder
Tom McDonald
Guy Jarvis
Alder
State operatives shield coal mine amid mass pickets
A corps of 15 state operatives arrived at the Rees and Pitcock coal mine in Bokoshe Oklahoma to protect operations as hundreds of United Mine Workers members formed pickets around the property. Sheriff Blaslock and deputies had been guarding the site since Wednesday.
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Bokoshe
Okla
Rees and Pitcock
Co. A. Burns
State Bureau of Identification
Blaslock
Leflore
Luther Pitcock
United Mine Work
United Mine Workers of America
Balloon flights and a prison escape drama unfold
Ardmore Oklahoma reports the first death from the Granite reformatories prison break as posse members pursue fugitives and a kidnapping case unfolds. Meanwhile Prof Auguste Piccard plans a third ascent from Hudson Bay to study cosmic rays, after a 55,000 foot flight with equipment unharmed by a rough landing.
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Desenzano
Italy
Auguste Piccard
Hudson Bay
Canada
Lake Garda
jLake Garda
Zurich
Switzerland
Cavallaro di Monzanzano
Piccard
Deaths and Funerals for Henderson and Carr
Mrs Clarence Henderson 34 of 445 Arkansas Street died at a local hospital. Funeral at Ninth Street Baptist Church Monday at 2 PM with Rev B L Wightman and Rev G N Jackson. burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by husband and parents Green Hughes of Lawrence. Mrs Elizabeth Carr 86 of 433 Maple Street died Thursday. service Sunday August 21 at 2:30 PM at Ninth Street Baptist Church. burial Maple Grove. Body rests at Miles funeral home prior to service.
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Clarence Henderson
Arkansas Street
Ninth’ Street Baptist Church
B. L. Wightman
G. N. Jackson
Oak Hill Cemetery
Green Hughes
Lawrence
Elizabeth Carr
Maple Street
Ninth Street
Bapital Church
Maple
Grove come“Benevolent Order Number 2
Miles Funeral
Lawrence Daily Snippets Report Local Happenings
A Lawrence area update notes a white cat linked to a missing-milk supply, nightly birds and cicadas serenade nearby, and a cool fall night. School starts Sept 6 with two extra vacation weeks, curious cloud shapes, shoppers from Kansas City pausing for 15 cent sandwiches, and musings on football conditioning, hunting chatter, and local sports talk amid street chatter.
Rebel Forces Attack Rio Front 700 Prisoners Taken
Rebel forces attacked the federal army right flank at Bury near Taquari, but federal troops regained the positions. General Waldomiro's forces captured a rebel patrol within nine miles of Taquari. About seven hundred prisoners arrived by two ships, with front reports noting ongoing engagements and arrests for speeding.
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Sao Paulo
Bury
Tiarare
Waldomiro
Taquari
Kansas Railroads Seek Lower Livestock Rates Experiment
Kansas railroads filed with the public service commission seeking authority to amend line tariffs for short haul live stock shipments to October 1. The plan sets 10 000 pound minimums with rates of 23 dollars for 100 miles and 34 50 dollars for 260 miles on single line moves among Topeka and several Kansas points. The tariff would run for one year and would not affect other weight minimums.
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Kansas
Public Service Commission
R. G.merrick
Western Trunk Line
Kansas State Committee
Kansas Lines
I. C. Peterson
Commission
Arkansas City
Hutchinson
Wichita
Atchison
Parsons
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Kan
Favor shorter work week gains Legion support nationwide
Indianapolis Aug 19 AP A national Legion poll shows American Legion posts favor a shorter or flexible working week to spread work and boost employment. National commander Henry L Stevens Jr announced early returns from about 10 600 posts indicate 789 votes for the plan versus 122 against.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
Legion
Henry L. Stevens Jr
Bank Robbery and Kidnapping Report Near Bixby Oklahoma
Five men robbed Citizens Security Bank at Bixby noon today and kidnapped assistant cashier Howard Deiston. He was released unharmed five miles south of Bixby on the Okmulgee highway as a posse pursued. In Newport, Ellsworth Vines advanced to the final round by defeating Davey Jones in a four set match 3-6 10-12 6-3 6-2 6-4.
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Tulsa
Okla
Citizens Security Bank
Bixby
Howard Deiston
Broken Bow
Deiston
Okmulgee Highway
Across Atlantic to safe landing after long flight
Captain J A Mollison completed a 2000 mile plus flight from Halifax toward New York in heavy fog and poor weather. He landed at Pennfield Ridge after 11 45 a m E S T, exhausted but safe, with his mother in Glasgow expressing relief at the success.
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Halifax
St. John
Bay of Fundy
Pennfield Ridge
Harbor Grace
Alifax
New York
Glasgow
Scotland
J.A. Mollison
America
Jim
Legal fight over removal powers in New York City
The continuing hearing into mayoral and police commissioner removal argues whether removal power lies with the people or via constitutional procedure. Arguments discuss Section 122 of the city charter and the home rule law, with focus on governor removal authority and local provisions.
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Levine
Justice Staley
Epstein
New York City
City of
New York
Staley
UPTURN SEEN AS EASTERN MARKET OPTIMISM GROWS
A. B. Weaver reports renewed activity and rising prices after a New York buying trip. Eastern business leaders express cautious optimism for an eventual fall improvement, noting that retail gains may lag. H. B. Bullene plans to return next week.
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A. B. Weaver
New York
Weaver
H. B. Bullene
Indictment Leads Senator Davis to Schedule Plea
New York August 19 AP Senator James J Davis of Pennsylvania will plead August 30 to indictments charging him and six others in a lottery case tied to benevolent Moose activities and other fraternal groups. The Western Union Telegraph Co and individuals will also enter pleas next week. several defendants have yet to respond.
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James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
United States Attorney’s Office
Davis
The
Loyander of Moose
Moose
Western Union, Telegraph Company
M. Jd
Telegraph Company
Bernard C. McGuire
Raymond Walsh
Conrad Mann
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Theodore Siler
Frank Herring
Federal Building
Couple sentenced in Nanking for communistic acts
Paul Noulens and his Swiss wife were condemned to death in Nanking on charges of communistic activities. The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment after fifteen months in prison. Protests by H G Wells Romain Rolland and others failed to secure release. The Journal-World Market Basket aids thrift.
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Nanking
China
Paul Noulens
H. G. Wells
Romain Rolland
Lawyer’s Slayer Still Sought in Tulsa Slaying Case
Tulsa on Aug 19 AP officers seek Harry Campbell charged with burglary and bond jumping as the man who allegedly called J Earl Smith by phone before his death. Smith, a criminal lawyer, was found shot beside his car east of Tulsa. Campbell and Roy Wright tied to $75,000 Wilcox Oil & Gas burglary. Campbell held on a drunken driving warrant after a crash. Investigators suspect ties to Harvey Bailey and the 1921 bank robbery case Smith defended Bailey in Ft Scott.
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Okla
Granite Reformatory
Finis Beard
Bill Guess
Cecil_Crosby
Ortiz Rubio
Mexico
Guess
Berwyn
Albert Snyder
Dee Walker
Altus
Beard
Leon Lemons
Wilson
Lemons
Walker
Tishomingo
Carter County
Grand Jury
Sapulpa
Craig Kennedy
Tulsa
Joe Pounds
Granite
J. Earl Smith
Harry “Campbell
Smith
Roy Wright
Wilcox Oil & Gas Company
Campbell
Wright
Congabell
Lincoln County
Harvey Bailey
Fort Scott
Kaw
Bailey
Ft. Scott
Mackie House Sold to Johnston and Comer at 1941 Massachusetts
The George K. Mackie property at 1941 Massachusetts street was sold by Mrs. Flora B. Mackie to Mrs. Adeline E. Johnston of Lindsborg and Mrs. Hannah M. Comer of Kansas City. The deal closed about a week ago, handled by S J Hunter. Johnston and Comer, sisters, plan to move to Lawrence to educate their families and will improve the house later known as the Manor for entertainments. Delta Sigma Pi, a University of Kansas professional fraternity, filed a suit deed on the property last Tuesday. the fraternity had purchased it several years earlier.
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George K. Mackie
Massachusetts Street
Flora B. Mackie
Adeline E. Johnston
Lindsborg
Hannah M. Comer
Kansas City
S.J. Hunter
Johnston
Comer
Lawrence
Lindsberg
Delta Sigma Pi
Getto Family Plans Midwest Motor Trip
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Getto will head to Pittsburgh and Jeannette Pennsylvania then return to Lawrence around August 30. They travel with Paul and Ernest Getto and Ernest Casini. Paul remains at Jeannette as a sophomore while Ernest Getto and Ernest Casini return to Kansas University this fall.
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Mrs. S. M. J. Getto
Pittsburgh
M. J. Getto
Jeannette
Lawrence
Mr. Getto
Paul and
Ernest
Ernest Casini
Paul Getto
Ernest Getto
K. U
Allen Family Attends Olympics in Los Angeles
Dr and Mrs F C Allen with daughters Jane and Eleanor and son Bobby return from Los Angeles where they attended the Olympics. A M Clark Gillette acting governor concedes Republican gubernatorial nomination to Harry R Weston of Jackson, state treasurer, in Cheyenne Wyoming.
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F. C. Allen
Jane
Eleanor
Bobby
Los Angeles
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
A. M. Clark
Gillette
Harry R. Weston
Jackson
Seventh grade may join Mickey Mouse Club at Patee
S E Schwahn says seventh graders may join with Hollywood approval. Nine sponsor firms provide application blanks. First meeting at Patee theater tomorrow at 10 after a parade along Massachusetts street. PTA and AAUW supervise club activities with officers appointed.
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Mickey Mouse Club
S. E. Schwahn
Patee Theater
Hollywood
Massachusetts Street
Parent Teachers Association
American Association of University Women
Cars In Collision At Corner Of Tenth And New Hampshire
Cars driven by C. W. Hardin and Miss Margaret Cleveland collided at the corner of Tenth and New Hampshire streets last night. No one injured and minor damage reported. AGEN, EBV. Indiana bank robbery convictions numbered 37 in the year ending May 1, 1932, with total sentences of 700 years.
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C. W. Hardin
Margaret Cleveland Collisi
Tenth
New Hampshire
Agen, Ebv
Indiana
Clinton and Belvoir family gathering update
Mr. and Mrs. Ebon Anderson and family visited the Wright and Bertsinger home near Big Springs. Faye and Edith remained through Wednesday. The Modern Woodmen met at Belvoir hall Tuesday night. Mrs. James Allison attended a family reunion near Vinland on Sunday.
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Wright, Bertsinger
Big Springs
Faye
Edith
Belvoir Hall
James Allison
Vinland
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