Prisoner Powers Confesses to Triple Slaying Near Quiet Dell
In Clarksburg Aug 29 AP report, Harry F Powers alias Cornelius Pierson, 42, allegedly confesses to killing Mrs Asta Buick Eicher and her three children found in a ditch at Quiet Dell. Police say he spoke of the crime after promising to cooperate, while denying further remarks amid continued questioning. The victims may have been hanged in a crudely built gallows at a nearby building Powers had constructed. Further notes reveal his extensive correspondence with numerous women, and discharge papers show World War I service in the Rainbow division with a 28 month overseas record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
Asta Buick Eicher
Harry F. Powers
Cornelius O. Pierson
Cornelius Pierson
Quiet Dell
Parl Ridge
Ills
Park Ridge
Powers
117Th Regiment
Oklahoma City Mystery Ends in Fatal Wounding of Oil Man's Wife
Mrs. Esther Rogers 33, ex wife of W G Rogers, wealthy oilman, found fatally wounded at her home in Oklahoma City. A revolver was in her hand and she died at a hospital an hour later. Rogers, president of Rogers Oil and Gas Co, was questioned by police. He claimed a recent quarrel and a possible suicide attempt by her yesterday. The couple married in 1923 at Oklahoma City. divorce granted after filing May 4 on grounds of extreme cruelty. Investigators found skull fragments behind a dresser and a bullet hole in the bedroom wall, with hair strands and skull pieces embedded in the wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Esther Rogers
W. G. Rogers
Rogers
Rogers Oil and Gas Company
S Rogers
Ok F
Okla
Planes Leave St Louis Next Stop on Air Derby Route
Sixty one planes arrived today from East St. Louis and took off at 2 p m central time for Dayton Ohio the next overnight stop on the Santa Monica Cleveland air derby route. Gladys O Donnell of Long Beach Cal damaged her plane in landing here this morning and received temporary repairs at the field. The Journal World telephone number is 22. Get the habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Journal- World
Rai
Wage Cuts Reported Across 54 Industries in Early 1931
Wage reductions of about 10 percent affecting 210,675 workers were reported to the labor department for the first half of 1931 by 1,339 establishments. Gains and losses varied by industry with lumber, iron and steel, textiles, and foodstuffs showing notable changes. Seasonal factors reduced activity in July while public works and farm labor boosted employment.
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Labor Department
Washington
Ctus
Federal Employment Service
Iron and Steel Industries
Federal
Opposing Rail Rate Rise At Southwest Hearing
The southwest industries led by agriculture and many farm groups urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to reject a 15 percent rail freight rate increase. They argued low business mood and truck competition would worsen costs and damage distribution. Witnesses cited coal declines and potential jobs losses, while truck mileage and bus competition were noted as parallel routes. The hearing, before Commissioners Eastman and Porter, adjourned with September 21 set for arguments.
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Kansas City
Southwest
Interstate Commerce Commission
Joseph B. Eastman
Claude R. Porter
Eastman
Washington
Porter
Chicago
Grant
Stauffer
H. J. Coudelock
Midwest Coast Traffic Bureau
Goudelock
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
M. R. Taylor
The
States Public Service Commission
Hoover studies disarmament ahead of Geneva conference
President Hoover, at his Virginia camp, focuses on plans for the February Geneva disarmament conference. Assistant Secretary Rogers again surveys disarmament effects on national finances, while Mrs Hoover and weekend guests stay at the Rapidan camp. A stomach clinic organized by Dr Jones is listed for Tuesday at 8:20 in the city hall, with fasting requested.
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Luray
Virginia Hills
Hoover
Geneva
Jamies J6. Rogers
State Department
Rogers
Stimson
G.W. Jones
New City
Hall
Oil Pool Marketing Curtailed by Kansas Commission
Topeka August 29 AP The Kansas Public Service Commission moved to curb oil from the Ritz Canton pool in McPherson County directing field representative Lloyd Pickrell to prevent sales below the $1 top price. Chatwell operators may allow flows up to 19 percent of potential to guard against water damage. Only Standish Oil subsidiary Phillips Petroleum has filed to sell at the $1 schedule, with 1,500 to 1,900 barrels daily starting next Monday.
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Topeka
Kansas Public Service Commission
Ritz-Canton
McPherson County
Lloyd Pickerell
Pickrell
Thurman Hill
Chatwell
Standish Ou Company
Phillips Petroleum Corporation
Lorder
Standish
Murray to speak at Soldier Field Chicago Labor Day
Governor William H. Murray announced he will speak at Soldiers Field Chicago on Labor Day September 7. He cancelled three Oklahoma speaking dates to accept the invitation from the Chicago Federation and said his address would be broadcast via international radio hookup.
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Oklahoma City
William H. Murray
Soldiers Field
Chicago
Chicago Federation of
Murray
Frats Slow to Pay Up Special Taxes
The Kansas Supreme Court granted a restraining order delaying county officials from selling or advertising University of Kansas and Baker sorority and fraternity houses to satisfy 1930 delinquent taxes. The order covers 53 Greek groups at KU and Baker, noting special road and sidewalk taxes are not blocked. Delinquent special taxes incur 15 percent interest after Sept 1, 1931, with 28 properties totaling 32 775.34 dollars previously taxed.
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State Supreme Court
Douglas County
University of Kansas
Baker
J. F
Tony
Eli Metsker
K. U
Baker University
Supreme Court
Metsker
Gorrill and Asher
May Ask MacDonald to Resign Parliament Seat
London Aug 29 AP The Seaham Harbor Labor Party representing Ramsay MacDonald in Parliament recommended he resign his seat. The move follows MacDonald being ousted from the party by Hampstead division after joining the new national government. Delegates meet Sept 9 to consider the resolution. MacDonald says he might sacrifice to save unemployment aid, calling it a war repeat. observers doubt he will resign before a general election. The party hopes he would step down if required.
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London
Seaham Harbor
Labor Party
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Hampstead
MacDonald
Seaham
Ford Plant Employes To Work September 8
Detroit August 29 AP The Ford Motor Company announced that between 15 000 and 95 000 men were ordered to return to work starting September 5 with about 50 000 expected to be recalled by mid September Only former employees were asked to report back
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Open Air Carnival Speeds Off In National Air Races
Cleveland August 29 AP American aviation opens a ten day carnival of sport and speed with the 1931 national air races. Notables include Russell Boardman and John Polando who flew New York to Istanbul for a world distance record. Military fliers perform demonstrations while civilian stunt fliers vie for a $100000 purse. Dorothy Hester, 20, of Portland, Oregon, begins a daily stunt series as the event unfolds with novelty aircraft and expert formations.
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Cleveland
Russell Boardman
John Polando
New York
Istanbul
Turkey
Navy
Schiff
Marines
L. H .Sanderson
Air Corps
A. J. Williams
Brestawc Orlinals
Polan
Warsaw
Tokyo
United States Navy
Dorothy Hester
Portland
Ore
Tex” Rankin
Weather Summary From Yesterday To Today
The report records temperatures at 1 p.m. yesterday and noon today with today's maximum and minimum readings. Details show a calm trend across the day, indicating mild conditions and typical diurnal variation for the period.
Baseball results and weather disrupt NL and AL games
Rain postponed National League double header games in Philadelphia at New York and Boston at Brooklyn, with Pittsburgh at St Louis and later American League action featuring Lefty Grove’s exit after 25 wins. Boston defeated Washington in two tight games, while Connie Mack denied reports of Shires trade as air derby leader Gladys Boyd arrives in Dayton from Santa Monica.
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Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Meine
Grace
Johnson and Wilson
Cincinnati
Chicago
Johnson
Sukeforth
Root
Hartnett
Lefty Grove
Itaxuc
Seaso
Yankee Athletics
Lou Gehrig
Grove
Yankees
Walkery
Grove New York
Gomez
Andrews
Rhodes
Dickey
Walberg
Cochrane
Boston Red Sox
Washington Senators
Washington
Toston
Rowe
Spencer
Durham
Wichington
Fischer
Hadley
Russell
Berry
Cleveland
Blacholder
Bengough
Hudlin
Myatt
Detroit
Frazier
Faber and Grubs
Tater
Bridges
Herring
Hayworth
American Association
Louteville
Kansas City
Hatter and Shea, Holley and Peas
P T A President Institute Ends Four Day Session
The Douglas County Normal Institute closed at Lawrence Memorial High School with an address by Prof. Sol D. Dice of Topeka and a program by the Douglas County Parent Teachers Association. Mrs Henry Howard Henry spoke on the work of the PTA and the summer reading plan reporting 108 pupils. Prizes were awarded to top readers Bonnie Jean Bruner and Irene Fishburn with school and group prizes for reading participation.
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Douglas County Normal Institute
Lawrence Memorial High School
Sol D.dice
Topeka
Douglas County
Parent-Teachers Association
Organization For the Benefits
Henry
Howard Henry
Big Springs
Parent- Teachers Association
A. R. Coleman
Reading
Bonnie Jean Bruner
Baldwin City
Eugene Field
Irene Fishburn
Cargy
Overbrook
Dorothy Canfield
Betsy
Cargy School
Elsie Dodder
Baldwin
Baldwin City- Grade
City
Parent- Teachers’ Association
Christmas in Honolulu for Sooners and Fans
Norman Oklahoma AP reports Oklahoma football hopefuls may mix football with ukulele music during a Christmas trip to Honolulu. A selected Sooners squad will sail to Hawaii in December for two games, with permission granted for the Pacific trip and conference approval needed for any post season game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Honolulu
Oklahoma University
Hawaii
Ex-athlete acquitted of assault on Wichita officers
William Noble a 22 year old former University of Oklahoma athlete was acquitted in district court in Wichita after being charged with assaulting two police officers Howard Hoyt and Virgil Paden former Kansas football star faced a similar warrant. The incident reportedly involved resisting Hoyt’s effort to eject them from the hall on August 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
William Noble
University of Oklahoma
Howard Hoyt
Virgil Paden
University of Kansas
Hoyt
Kansas PSC allows 10 percent oil production in Ganton pool
Topeka August 29 The Kansas Public Service Commission announced it has authorized opening all wells in the Ganton pool to 10 percent of their potential output. The action extends the same allowance already in effect for chat wells to Viola formation wells.
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Topeka
Kansas Public Service Commission
Viola
Chat
Island in Missouri River ruled Kansas territory
Jefferson City August 29 An island in the Missouri river opposite St. Joseph is territory belonging to Kansas an opinion from the office of Attorney General Stratton Sharter ruled The island lies across the main channel from the Missouri side and is within Kansas boundaries, according to the Buchanan county prosecuting attorney’s summary.
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Jefferson City
Missouri River
City of
St. Joseph
Heels Broken in Fall in South Lawrence Garden
In a fall yesterday morning in his garden in South Lawrence, Mr. Broeker suffered fractures of both heels and is confined to Memorial Hospital. He was ladder picking fruit when he slipped and landed hard, injuring both heels. He faces several weeks of recovery. Journal-World want ads.
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South
Lawrence
Herman Broeker
Memorial’ Hospital
Broeker
Journal-World
Theater Man Fears He Is Sought by Kidnappers
Ed Dubinsky head of Publix theaters in Kansas, asks police to probe a possible kidnapping plot. He says two armed men were seen near his yard by a night watchman, who fled after threatening his employee. A large car repeatedly paused in front of his home last night.
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Kansas City
Ed Dubinsky
Publix
Kansas
Dubinsky
AN AG CLUB FAIR AT LIBERTY MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
The second annual Vocational Agriculture and 4-H club fair will be held at Mount Hope nursery on West Fourth Street September 3 and 4. W R Essick notes pork production possible at a fair profit with 13 class members showing sows and 12 pigs from a litter by Everett Shaw. Cash prizes total 50 for litter, 16 for individual fat hog, and 30 for gilt class. breeds include purebred Duroc Poland China and Hampshire gilts. Judging will reflect packers demand, with premiums for hogs 175 to 200 pounds. exhibitors named include Lester Hegeman Stuart Thurber Robert Kampschroeder Floyd Weible Elmer Attenbernd Eugene Alford Lyle Weeks Herbert Nunemaker Edgar Hunter Everett Shaw Milton Kyatt and Raymond Pine.
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Mount Hope Nursery
West Fourth Street
W. R. Essick
Liberty Memorial High School
Everett Shaw
Essick
Nebraska Experiment Station
Poland
China
Lester Hegeman
Stuart Thurber
Robert Kampschroeder
Floyd Weible
Elmer Attenber
Big Springs Fair Opens September 10 12
The fifth annual Douglas County Livestock and Agricultural association fair runs September 10 12 at Big Springs with livestock and agricultural judging as the focus. 4-H clubs participate along with athletic contests and a concert and baseball games.
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Douglas County Livestock and Agricultural Association
Big Springs
Tecumseh
Belvoir
Watson
Planes at Hudson Bay near 75 miles apart today
Ottawa reports two aircraft on arctic routes between Europe and America along Hudson Bay. Wolfgang Von Gronau, on a sub-Arctic leg to America, landed at Povungnituk, Quebec, at 7:07 last night. Edwin Preston and Robert Colslignon headed from Detroit to Denmark, were at Port Harrison, 75 miles from Povungnituk, awaiting relays toward Pangnirtung, Baffin Island.
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Ottawa
Europe
America
Hudson Bay
Radio
Marine Department
Wolfgang von Gronau
Povungnituk
Quebec
Edwin Preston
Robert Colslignon
Detroit
Denmark
Port Harrison
Porungnituk
Pangnirtung
Baffinsland
Haskell Institute prepares for new school year
A record number of students is anticipated at Haskell Institute as pre school inquiries and early arrivals surge under Assistant Superintendent Raymond E. Staley. The enrollment outlook sees about 1100 students, with a new superintendent Dr. Robert D. Baldwin expected September 1. A campus upgrade includes a new girls dormitory about 80 000 dollars, an employees apartment building 40 000 dollars, and a 60 000 auditorium, along with road paving and renovations ready for occupancy by autumn.
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Haskell Institute
Raymond E. Staley
Staley
Robert D. Baldwin
Doctor Baldwin
University of West Virginia
Haskell
Haskell Drive
Bombing marks on two cars in St Louis near hotel
At Seventh and Massachusetts streets in St Louis two parked cars owned by J. D. Leake of Chicago show jagged holes from a bomb’s heater casing. Leake, his son, and R R Drysdale were in a hotel room nearby when the blast occurred. a passing motorist was knocked unconscious and the hotel suffered window damage as a gambling house across the street was wrecked.
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Seventh
Massachusetts
St. Louis
J. D. Leake
Chicago
Mr. Leake
T. S. Leake
R.R. Drysdale
Los Angeles
German aviatrix lands at Haneda after Siberia flight
Marga Von Etzdorf, first woman to fly solo across Siberia, arrived at Haneda airport near Tokyo completing a Berlin to Tokyo journey. She became the first foreigner to land at Haneda, which opened recently. The Taikikawa airfield will be used only by military aviators in the future.
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Tokyo
Marga von Etzdorf
Siberia
Haneda International
Berlin
Haneda
Tacikawa
Body found in car near Wathena ends in apparent self harm
The body of a young man tentatively identified as Joseph A. Neely of Wilkinsburg, Pa., was found in a motor car four miles west of St. Joseph near Wathena Kansas. Coroner E. F. Karr said the man had a bullet wound behind the right ear and a revolver lay in his hand. A surveyors' outfit camping gear and three suitcases were in the vehicle.
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St. Joseph
Joseph A. Neely
Wilkinsburg
Wathena
Kan
BE. F. Karr
Doniphan Lounty
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Dayton
Air Derby
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cuba
Paul C. Wolman
Baltimore
Ernest Lee Jahneke
Johnson -Hagood
Seventh Corps
W. S. Crosley
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Ritz-Canton Pool
Will
New Plymouth
Bullene-Skinner
Bal Bates
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Woodring
Harry H. Woodring
Coffeyville
Geo. Hanna
Here
FORD
Galaxy of Pilots
Shires
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Milwaukee
Arthur Shires
Mlack
Ohio
Santa Monica
Jeezy Fay
College Mall
P. T. A. President Institute
Sooners
Wishite
Assaut
Wathens
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