Move to Clean Up the O Malley Mob in Oklahoma
McAlester Oklahoma December 7 The law moved today to finish extermination of the Walter Irish O Malley mob and make yesterday s roundup the last of the gang of kidnappers and bank robbers Five survivors of Tuesday s Muskogee jail break faced murder charges and death penalty demands Chief of Detectives Ben Bolton was fatally wounded and a prisoner John Blackburn Conover Wisconsin was killed Of the five who escaped one was killed one died and the rest were captured and jailed Dan Heady whose wife is held for allegedly smuggling the pistol used in the breakout was killed at a farmhouse near Weathers Dewey Gilmore the southwest s No 1 bad man was wounded Leonard Short died on a mountainside after a shack fire and exposure Federal officers said the remaining O Malley mobsters Gilmore and Russell Cooper captured Wednesday may be sent back to Muskogee for sentencing December 9 for a double bank robbery at Okemah Don Garrett was under a ten year Mann Act sentence
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McAlester
Okla
Walter
Dan Heady
Muskogee
Weathers
Heady
Dewey Gilmore
Southwest
Leonard Short
O'Malley
Gilmore
Russell Cooper
Okemah
Oklo
Don Garrett
Evelyn Swarthout Praised for Two Piano Recitals
Evelyn Swarthout won lavish praise for recitals at the University of Illinois on December 4 and at Evanston the next night. Letters from David Kinley and Frederic Stiven spoke of a superb performance, with about 1000 attendees at Urbana. The Daily Illini praised her as a pianist of promise and noted four encores at Evanston.
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Evelyn Swarthout
University of Illinois
National College of Education
Evanston
I. D. M. Swarthout
David Kinley
Miss Swarthout
Frederic B. Stiven
Frends
Miss Swartout
Burlington
Iowa
Lawrence Man Paroled After Burglary Sentence
Jackson county parole board frees William E. Pine of Lawrence Kansas a University of Kansas graduate from a two year term for burglary. Pine admitted robbing a filling station safe where he had worked as an attendant after being sentenced last October.
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Kansas City
Jackson County Board of Paroles
William E. Pine
Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas
Pine
Test Your Knowledge Classified Qs Turned Into Trivia List
A mixed list of trivia questions covers geography history science and biographies. It asks about Lat size numbers meaning strait near Isle of Wight Tyre Alamo inauguration date sigrette largest city in New Mexico Horace Mann airbrake West Point Bounty mutineers Singletor Copley ancient Old Testament Piper paca curling origin insulator electricity and Salmagundi Fannie Davenport.
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Isle of Wight
Hampshire
England
Fernand Cormon
Tyre
New Mexico
Horace Mann
Military Academy
West Point
Pacific
H. M.S
John Singletor Copley
Fannie Davenport
Mu Phi Epsilon Christmas Recital at University Auditorium
Mu Phi Epsilon sorority in KU School of Fine Arts presents its annual Christmas program Sunday at 4 PM in University Auditorium with assist artists Wilma Stoner Keith Davis and W Rolland Maddox. Program includes Petite Suite, Pagatelle Ensemble, vocal and instrumental solos, two piano duo Hochzeitsmusik, and carol fantasia, featuring Dororthy Frye Orene Yowell Mildred Allen and others.
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Mu Phi Epsilon
University of Kansas School of Fine Arts
University
A . Wilma Stoner
Keith Davis
W. Rolland Maddox
Debus
Elaine Fruteher
Tommhy Enlow
Wilma Stoner
Hochzeitsmusik
Breutgesang
Reigen
Jensen Ethel Jean Melone Dulrie Barnes
Clokey Zanella Emerson
Augusta Helen Mueller
Orene Yowel
Grvan Rolo
Fiulkes Doroth
Deaths and Funerals Ezra J Kelso, 5, in Pasadena
Ezra J Kelso, aged five, died November 26 at his home in Pasadena California after two strokes. He was a brother of Clarence Kelso and had worked at Haskell years ago. He had resided in Pasadena for twenty years and left no relatives except a sister in Ohio.
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Ezra J. Kelso
Pasadena
Calif
Clarence Kelso
Haskell
Ohio
Mr. Kelso
Soft voiced shopper questions raincoats at local shop
Lawrence chatter covers a mystery caller seeking raincoats without stickiness. The clothier assures improvements, but the caller remains unidentified. Joe Collitch’s golf crowd tricks a pro at 706 Massachusetts with a playful drive. Chief Will Johns receives limestone rocks from Kentucky. Tomorrow’s Mirror cartoon linked to Governor Landon circulates. WPA road surfacing planned from Black Jack to county line. Salvation Army kettles appear as Christmas nears. Friends church decor updated for December meeting. Helen Fruschee to host music at Ninth Street Baptist. Classifieds invite readers to browse housing and sales listings.
One Man Controls Chinese Destiny
Nanking report states Chiang Kai-Shek becomes chairman of the executive yuan and vice chairman of the Kuomintang standing committee, now overseeing the military and central political council. The move concentrates power amid North China autonomy tensions and possible new North China administration.
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Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Central
Executive Yuan
Wang Ching-Wei
Kuomintang
Nationalist Party
Central Political Council
Military Affairs Commission
Northern Autonomy Movement
North China
Brown
Rensuke Isogai
Shanghai
Generalissime
Isogai
Peiping
North China Administrative Organization
Ho Ying-Ching
Thanksgiving Day Guests Listed in Vinland and Vicinity
Thanksgiving rounds up many locals at the homes of Reuben Weeks Eva Weeks Carl Heinrich and family and friends in Vinland. Guests include Weeks and Rohe families, Watkins Arliss Charlene Evelyn Button Baird Janzen and Jennie Stevens gatherings feature meals showers games and treats amid community notices and a birth announcement for Jacky Sue Mangels.
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Reuben Weeks
Eva Weeks
Arthur Weeks
Mary Frances
Wanda
Marion
Martin Rohe
Buela
Henry Rohe
Henry Jr
Mary
Edith Jo
Glenn Smith
Arthur
Billy Lee
Albert Jacobson
Carl Heinrich
Watkins
Arliss
Charlene
Evelyn
Charlie Hubbard
Linwood
Nora Reusch Smith
Pittsburg
Jennie Stevens
Jake Ruesch
Miss Stevens
Alring
Moleta Laughlin
Bernice Gottstein
Edna Rockhold
Donna Violet Anderson
Eva Stevens Laughlin
Mildred Johnson
Nellie Hoskinson
Agnes Stevens
Faye Hagerman
Gertie Deay
Stevens
Mother
T. P. Stevens
McLean
John Laughlin
Schellenberg
Bertha
Annie Weiler
Clara Hoskinson
Helen Gill
Esther Eckman
Helen Holcom
Juanita Stone
Eunice
Ference Hammond
Eleanor Jones
Martha
Katherine
Anne
Edith Kelley
Ledila
Lucile Robertson
Addie Jennings
Hopewell Country Club Meeting and Social Highlight
High Prairie Mrs Dra per hosted a Pleasant Thursday gathering for twenty members at Hopewell country club. The program featured a select subject by Mrs Roy Reynolds a storytelling turn by Miss Frank Johnson and a book review of Green Lights by Mrs Snyder. Refreshments followed. The next meeting is set for December 12 at the home of Mrs Russel Greer with Mrs Carrie Williams. Mr Walter Dyer and family celebrated a birthday surprise dinner for Mrs Roy Merchant. The group also attended the play Elmer and a Monday evening event at the inland high school auditorium.
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Hopewell Country Club
Loren Williams
Phillip Robert
June
Elmer
Inland High School
Earl White
Frank Moore
Jess Frazier
DeSoto High School
Paul Hausman
Springfield
Arents
Philip Gariel
Rey
Leroy Thornbring
Mary Gordon
Etta Marsh
John White
Hubert
Paul Thornburg
Elbert White
Ed Andrew
Alonzo Ambler
Mildred Louise
Harold Fisher
Lawrence
Earl Ott
Belleview
Howard Miller
Albert Miller
Clarence Hausman
Philip Gabriel
Elroy Parker
Ruby
Reba
Thompson White
Edgar White
Chester Baecher
Charley Baecher
Ott
Lester Massey
William Edelbrock
Eudora
Sam Ness
Delbert
Junior
James Kraybill
Grandpa Kraybill
Stephen Oldham
Topeka
Albert Neis
Easts
Oliver Neis
John Neis
Wellsville
Otto Abels
E Ning Star
Ben Neis
Gideon Neis
Floyd Broer
Weaver
Fred Neis Jr
Hesper
Pete Neis
Freddie Neis
P Gabriel
Paul
Harold Eberhart
Roy Breithaupt
Ruth
Aileen
Lena Breithaupt
Sarah Ha Man
Harold Statts
Clearfield
J. AL. Reynolds
DeSoto
Ralph Wotan
Chester Baecker
Glenn
Robby
Ed Millurn
Gertie Staffen
Delbert Griffin
Amos Westerhouse, Jr
Oliver Lynn
Near Lenexa
Ray Lefmena
Mildred Louise Ambler
Lila Jean
Billy Bob Edelbrock
Anna Scheiner
Jamestown
Philip Lefmann
Lefmann
Howard Caviness
John Maiiness
Amos W Rhouse, Jr
Topeka Stirs as Kansas Parties Rally at Convention
In Topeka the state hosts its biennial party convention with young Republicans and Democrats active, Gov. Landon’s presidential boom noted, and visits by Charles Curtis. Across Kansas double shooting at Paola and other incidents, plus Wichita and Kansas City gunfire, dominated headlines.
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Topeka
Kansas
Alf M. Landon
Paola
Kansas City
Wichita
Charles Curtis
Landon
Cals
Fred Seaton
Lawton
Film Player's Wife Dies After Argument in Hollywood
Hollywood California December 7 Mrs Althea Freed Alexander wife of actor Ross Alexander died early today from a bullet wound police say was self inflicted during a dispute. Detective W A Tassey said Alexander retired to his bedroom after a minor quarrel and was awakened by two shots outside the house. Mrs Alexander a former New York stage actress had been despondent over film work prospects for months.
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Hollywood
Canf
Althea Freed Alexander
Ross Alexander
W. A
Tassey
Alexander
New York
Stujes
Frolic misstep and Christmas lists fill campus pages
A senior coed recalls a freshman Frolic mishap with a heavy dancing partner who stepped on her feet and left her sore, while another couple enjoyed a smooth blind date. The piece also notes Tom Gentry and his Ambassadors performing, and shifts to campus life with brides criteria from Rochester and beauty shop habits among Kappa Alpha Theta and Alpha Delta Pi members.
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K. A
Sawbones
Fred Astaire
Ten Minute Alibi opens at Fraser theater Monday night
The K U Dramatic Club presents the three act mystery melodrama Ten Minute Alibi opening Monday at 8 15 P M in Fraser theater with nightly performances through Thursday Directed by Prof Allen Crafton and aided by Robert Calderwood Mary Myers Elliott Jessica Crafton and Robert Gard Cast includes Hunter Mankato Phillip Sevilla Betty Findon Colin Derwent Sir Miles Standing Inspector Pember and Sergeant Brace with Fraser Trio providing pre show and intermission music Tickets are 50 cents at Greenhall.
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K. U. Dramatic Club
Fraser Theater
Allen Crafton
University Department of Speech and Dramatics
Robert Calderwood
Mary Myers Elliott
Jessica Crafton
Robert Gard
Hunter
Kenneth Postlethwaite
Mankato
Philip Sevilla
Walter Tloch
Lawrence
Betty Findon
Jeanette Jenkins
Kansas City
Colin Derwent
Martin J. Maloney
Sir Miles Standing
Robert Cunningham
Inspector Pember
Richard Wulff
Sergeant Brace
Sam Kimble
Mulvane
Fraser Trio
Robert Serlore
George Trovillo
Walton Ingham
Greenhall
Four Burn to Death in Cleveland Dwelling Fire
A mother Olga Wheaton and her three children Edward Edith and John aged six three and one perished when fire gutted a two family home in Cleveland early today. The father Marion Wheaton 39 a WPA worker was rescued severely burned by Patrolman Lace Floyd. Six others escaped unharmed from the other suite.
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Cleveland
Olga Wheaton
Edward
Edith
John
Marion Wheaton
Lace Floyd
Prairie Center Friends Missionary Society Meeting
The Prairie Center Friends Missionary Society held its regular monthly meeting last Wednesday. It was an all day session with a comfort kit attached to the proceedings.
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The
Prairie Center Friends Missionary Society
Williams town Ladies Aid holds all day church meeting
The Ladies' Aid met November 20 at the church for an all day session led by Mrs. Arthur Ferris. A potluck dinner followed as members enjoyed the day. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Ben White and Miss Marjorie White of KK A. and Perry residents.
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Ladies’ Aid
Arthur Ferris
Ben White
Raines
Perry
Marjorie White
KK. A
Bayne Wilson
Seattle
Tom Bayne
John Nevins
Wilson
Kaw
Tom Bayne Place
Harry Humphries
Brooks Humphries
Steve Humphries
Topeka
John Laver
Mary Frances Leger
Carl
Lawrence
N. D. Vaushinder
Jerald
Alan
Deshayer
Ernest. Deshayer
Charles Tevis
Mildred Blaylock
Buck Grewley
Mirland School
November school events and community notes
November activities include Buck Creek pupils led by Miss Leeta Oaks with top grades and spelling prizes, a Williamstown program under Mrs. Humphries and Miss Hurley raising funds, and a wedding of Dorothy Steinmetz and Emmett Rice. Families traveled, guests visited, and local ill ness news circulated. an insurance ad ends the piece.
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Blaylock
Chester Lee
Mildred
Leeta Oaks
Buck Creek
Lois Harris
Wilma Gantz
Dorothy Gantz
Dallas Dolan
Jerald Valsbinder
Mildred Blaylock
Gade
Cecelia Mumhill
Thomas Dolan
Lucille Vausbinder
Miss Oaks
Williamstown
Elsie Humphries
Lucille Hurley
Fitz Gantz
Irvin Hazlett
Michigan Valley
Hazletts
Idaho
Dorothy Steinmetz
Steve Steinmetz
Dean
Emmett Rice
Valley Falls
Hauser
Perry
Wallow Falls
Harter Johnson
Giles Webb
Randolph
EA. Vausbinder
Martha Vausbinder
Harveyville
Matearet Vausbinder
Morris Duncan
Albert Glathart
Kansas
Eli
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New York Sunday Mirror
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Highway 50
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Ninth Street Baptist Church
Chiang Kai - Shek
Vinland and Vicinity
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Philippines
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William E. Borah
London
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Esther
Harry Cochran
Margaret Grauberger
Max
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James Curtis Reaves
AAA
H. Umberger
Kansas State College
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State Board of Agriculture
Osage County
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Crawford County
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Winfield
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Coffeyville
Edward Casebeer
Waukesha
Wis
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Reed
Clayton Babcock
Donald
J. W. Hershey
McPherson College
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Homer Haneen
John J. Kienkle
Chanute
Janet Samuel
Manhattan
St. Paul
Sire
Garden City
Lorraine Dickerhoof
William H. Thacker
Harry
A. D. PI
Tom Gentry
University of Rochester
Kappa Alpha Theta
Alpha Delta Pi
Massachusetts
K. U
Captain’s Creek
Normandie
Solther
California
Heart Yt
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HOTEL
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Pls Nag
RCA Victor
Butcher
Jess
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Amo Sur Calle
Peoples State Bank
Mass
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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