Manhunt for lone convict after Leavenworth breakout
Leavenworth Kan December 12 A P a manhunt for one missing convict followed a sensational prison break that left three inmate mail robbers dead and three recaptured Guard and justice officials probe how seven convicts obtained weapons and how the escape was carried out while Earl Thayer Oklahoma inmate remained at large Army planes were not used as planned Warden White wounded during the escape.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Leavenworth federal/ penitentiary
Department of Justice
Thomas B. White
Earl Thayer
Oklahoma
Fort Leavenworth
Thayer
Fred Zerbst
White
Pital
Warden recovers as treasure hunter Thayer still free
Leavenworth Kansas December 12 A P recapture of Earl Thayer 65 year old Oklahoma mail train robber regarded as the most desperate of seven escapees was the chief concern of Warden T B White recovering from shotgun wounds suffered during the kidnapping of Mrs Hershel Phillips and the prisoners temporary refuge at the Gates farm White believes the convicts planned to kill him and Thayer would have been the executioner Doctors say White's condition improved with six shotgun slugs removed from his arm and chest
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Leavenworth
Kan
Earl Thayer
Oklahoma
T. B. White
Federal Prison
Thayer
White
G. B
Combs
A. Bennett
Jane Addams Undergoes Major Operation
Jane Addams of Chicago social worker and longtime president of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom underwent a major operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Delayed by bronchial trouble for a week, the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize recipient arrived Wednesday and was to be treated by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University.
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Baltimore
Jane Addams
Chicago
Women's International League For Peace and Freedom
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Miss Addams
Mary
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Republicans Meet In Topeka For Junior Leaders Session
Young Kansas Republicans gathered in Topeka at the call of state chairman John Hamilton to sharpen organization and plan for the 1932 campaign. Names of two presidential candidates surfaced in hotel lobbies as the group prepared for a business session and a dinner headlined by former Nebraska governor Arthur J. Weaver.
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Topeka
Kansas
John Hamilton
George Chamos
A. Hotchkiss
Osage County
Writ to Compel Paving Filed in Supreme Court
A writ of mandamus to compel Lawrence city and Douglas county commissions to finish East Fifteenth street paving was filed in the supreme court by Roland Boynton. The 5-8 mile project, unresolved since 1928, faced delays as residents hired Walter Thiele to enforce completion. The city opposed paving under current business conditions but would proceed if compelled.
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Lawrence
Douglas County Commission
Kaw Valley Rabbit Association elects 1932 officers
The Kaw Valley Rabbit Association met at the Chamber of Commerce rooms and elected officers for 1932. President is Dr. E Hauser of Eudora, vice president L Garrett, and secretary-treasurer Glenn Moody. Board members are Dr. Hauser Carl Gradber Robert Guntert and E B Thompson. Wichita pilot injured.
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Kaw Valley Rabbit Association
Chamber of Commerce
E. Hauser
Eudora
L. Garrett
Glenn Moody
Dr. Hauser
Carl Gradber
Robert Guntert
E. 8. Thompson
Ee Wichita
Klampfer Crashes In Plane Of Own Design
G F Klampfer 28 was injured probably fatally when a tiny monoplane he designed and built crashed from 60 feet during a test flight in Wichita Kansas. The plane powered by an automobile motor nosedived after takeoff for the third time.
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Wichita
Kan
G. F. Klampfer
Hold Two at Salina Officers to Question Men
Salina Kansas December 12 AP Sheriff Roy Stephen said C L Montague and Maurice Johns, who gave Minneapolis Kansas as their address, were held at the county jail. They were arrested Thursday in connection with a trio of robberies involving a column store in Webster Nebraska. Fremont Nebraska officers were en route to Salina.
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Salina
Kan
Roy Stephen
C. L. Montague
Maurice Johns
Minneapolis
Hieseahient
Nebraska
Stephen
Journal-World
Webster
Neb
Fremont
Reach Agreement About War Debts With Moratorium Talk
Washington reports an informal understanding between administration and senate leaders that foreign governments would not be faulted if War debt payments due next Tuesday are missed while the one year moratorium is formalized. Under Secretary Mills said Stimson would handle foreign governments and no formal statement was expected. Mills noted the legislation cannot be enacted by Tuesday and Rainey said Democrats will not make the moratorium a party issue though he opposes it.
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Washington
Senate
Mills
The
Treasury
Stimson
Rainey
Borah
Idaho
Finnish diet votes no confidence amid crisis over prohibition
In Helsingfors the Finnish diet declared no confidence in the government, threatening cabinet resignation or dissolution of the diet. The issue centers on prohibition with a government proposal for a year‑end referendum to decide whether dry laws should be repealed modified or continued amid claims prohibition increases crime bootlegging and liquor revenue is needed to balance budgets.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Diet
Hold Highway Commission Liable for Damages
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled the state highway commission liable for injuries from road shoulder defects on Highway 40 between Lawrence and Tonganoxie. The decision upholds a new trial for Mrs. Cora B. Collin seeking $50,000 after a May 1929 accident when her husband swerved to avoid a collision and the wheel hit a rut. The original $1,500 jury verdict was overturned for a new trial.
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Topeka
State Highway Commission
Supreme Court
Wyandotte
Cora B. Collin
Lawrence
Tonganoxie
Collin
McAllaster Pupils Dramatize Animals in Parade Show
McAllaster school P T A program featured a zoo animal dramatization by kindergarten pupils and first graders who attended a circus parade with a band and trained performers. Cages were built and a band organized as teachers assisted with suggestions, linking the play to reading writing and animal studies.
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McAllaster, P.T. A
Free Wrapping Service for Christmas Parcels Opens at Gas Office
The merchants bureau operates a parcel wrapping station at 733 Massachusetts Street run by W. Gill. By 2 pm, 24 parcels were wrapped with about 35 expected today. The station runs 9 to 6 daily, with extended hours on store nights. It will use heavier wrapping paper and will hire more help as needed. Signs point to the new location at the Gas Office. no stamps are sold, but parcel post and express rates are explained.
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Merchants Bureau
Gas Company
Massachusetts Street
W. We Gill
Highth
Vermont J
Pas
Meeting at Lone Star hall elects officers amid crowd
Douglas County Farmer's Union held its quarterly meeting at Lone Star hall with a large crowd and an important business session planned. Cal Ward was to speak but was absent. E L Ramsey stood in for the Farmers Union Oil Co. Ottawa.
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Farmers Union
Lone Star
Douglas County Farmer's Union
C. J. Gleason
Cal Ward
State Farmer's Union
E. L. Ramsey
Farmer's Union Oil Company of
Ottawa
Kansas City
Board Approves Thirteen Engineers for Certification
The state board for registration of professional engineers held its first meeting at Teen George C. Shaad’s office to pass upon applicants. Thirteen engineers were approved including Horner Kansas City Hefling Hutchinson Murray Wilson Pratt and others from Kansas City Mo Newton Leavenworth and Salina. The board, created by the last legislature, has Dean R. E. Seaton as chairman and R. J. Paulette as secretary with Shaad Meyers and Boyle as members.
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Board For the Registration of Professional Engineers
George C. Shaad
Wees Horner
Kansas City
AL Hefling
Hutchinson
Murray A. Wilson
Pratt
Clark
Jacoby
Carl E. Paulsen
Albany
He Y
N. T. Veatch, Jr
Wyatt
R. J. Paulette
Salina
Dean Shaad
A. M. Meyers
Blair Boyle
Winfield
Police hold two youths on car theft charges
Police chief W J Cummings said two youths about 19 years old, Carl Whiting and Walter Jackson of Portsmouth Ohio, are in custody after being arrested near highway 3W noon yesterday. They admitted taking a Chevrolet sedan from Memphis Tennessee. Officers Henry Smith and Charles Calhoun detained them while investigating escaped Leavenworth prisoners.
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W. J. Cummings
Carl Whiting
Walter Jackson
Portsmouth
Henry Smith
Charles Calhoun
Missouri
Memphis
Tenn
Leavenworth
Two Die in Hotel Blaze in Washington
Two men died and six injured in a fire at the Franklin Hotel on 623 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington. The blaze caused about 25000 in damage with one victim unidentified and Je L Conley named among the dead, as guests were evacuated to safety.
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Washington, Dee
Franklin
Pennsylvania Ue
Je L. Conley
Murder suspected in Humboldt woman’s death
Humboldt Kan Dec 12 AP Coroner A R Chambers said Mrs Ella Starkey aged Humboldt woman found dead at her home outside town had been slain. Her body discovered by her son B B Starkey district distributor for the Kansas City Star with a gash over the left eye and blood on a porch step and in a wash basin. He believed she was struck with a sharp instrument and could not have caused the wound herself. Authorities said she had been dead about two days and no motive was found.
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Humboldt
Kan
Ella Starkey
A. R. Chambers
Legislator to Prison for Tax Evasion in Illinois
Illinois state representative Lawrence C. O'Brien left Chicago with bootleggers and narcotics peddlers to serve an 18 month term in Leavenworth for failing to pay $70,000 income taxes. He told the federal marshal, Here goes a member of the penal commission of the state legislature to the penitentiary.
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Chicago
Lawrence C. O'Brien
Leavenworth
Hold Elimination Debaters Shine At KU Meet
Ellsworth high school won the elimination contest at the University of Kansas after a morning practice debate tourney under KU extension division and the department of speech. Nine schools competed in the eliminations with Independence and Junction City in the finals. Independence was runner up. About fifty-one teams from roughly twenty-eight high schools entered the practice rounds debating unemployment insurance.
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Ellsworth
University of Kansas
K. U. Extension Division
Department of Speech and Dramatic Art
Independence
Junction City
Abilene
Topeka
Coffeyville
Cherryvale
Topelka Catholic
Northeast League plan events for 1932 football season
Lawrence high hosts a meeting of Northeast Kansas League principals to plan football schedules for 1932. Topeka withdraws from league football. debates to be held in Lawrence with round robin tournaments and tentative schedules laid out for October to November games.
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Lawrence
Lawrence High School
Q. C. Shanklin
Argentine Hich
Ottawa
Olathe
Topeka
Rosedale
Wyanette
Argentine
Atchison, Atchison
Atchison
Wyandotte
Manhattan
Emporia
Leavenworth
Hoover and Garner drop Arlington Bridge Columns
President Hoover and Speaker Garner met at the White House to drop costly decorative columns planned for the Arlington Memorial Bridge across the Potomac. Aviation officials complained the columns posed hazards to flyers, and Col. U.S. Grant announced a new decorative design would replace them. Garner left first, riding back with Keyes.
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Washigton
Hoover
Curtis
Garner
White House
Arlington Memorial Bridge
Potomac
Virginian
Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission
Col
U.S. Grant
Capitol
Keyes
Independence Man Finds Robbers Skipping His Pants
Dick Arnold of Independence, Kansas, who lost his trousers to robbers three times in a year, tested anti burglary notes by hanging trousers with $2 in the pockets on his screen door. Awakening, he found the pants undisturbed and money intact, leaving him unsure if the method works or if robbers took a night off.
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Independence
Kan
Dick Arnold
Arnold
Fife gets reformatory sentence for second degree forgery
Joseph Ray Fife, 22, Moran, pled guilty to two counts of second degree forgery in district court and was sentenced to the state reformatory at Hutchinson until discharged by law. He admitted writing 17.48 in forged checks and said the offense funded a holiday visit with his mother in Hammond Indiana. Roy Davis, 19, Moran, was arrested but released after authorities found he was not involved. Fife had also admitted stealing a Ford roadster from a Kansas City rental garage while a KU law student. the car remains held locally pending federal inquiry.
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Joseph Ray
Fife
Moran
State Reformatory
Hutchinson
R. RB. Stevens
Lawrence
Kansas City
University of Kansas
Kansasity
Roy Davis
Pittsboro State Teachers College
Stevens
Hammond
Ind
Railway unions push for 10 percent pay cut talks
Chicago Dec 12 AP unions pressed for a voluntary ten percent wage reduction and urged railroad presidents to confer. Daniel S Willard representing Baltimore and Ohio and nine chief executives accepted the union proposal and planned a conference early next week. 1,500 general chairmen said any deal must ease unemployment and improve labor conditions, or the union would pursue concerted action under the Railway Labor Act.
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Chicago
Daniel S. Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
New York
Railway Labor Act
Paulen undecided on Senate bid in Kansas
Former Kansas governor Ben S. Paulen said he has not made a definite decision about seeking the Republican nomination for the U S Senate next year against Democrat incumbent George McGill. Paulen, now a banker in Independence, has been mentioned since Vice President Curtis’ decision to run again. Chumos of Topeka, former head of the Pachawamac party at KU, sought Kansas Young Republican league presidency at Topeka meeting. Gandhi reaches Rome for talks en route to Bombay. will meet Pope Pius and Mussolini, wearing his traditional loin cloth and shawl.
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Ben S. Paulen
Kansas
United States
Senate
George McGill
Independence
Kan
Curtis
Chumos
George Chumos
Pachawamac Party
University of Kansas
Kansas Young Men's Republican League
Gandhi
Rome
Mahatma Gandhi
Bombay
Pope Pius
Vatican
Mussolini
Weather forecast and roadway notes for Kansas
Forecast indicates rain or snow tonight with possible precip in extreme east, then colder Sunday especially in the southwest. Morning outlook shows partly cloudy to fair conditions. Douglas County roads reported fair. Temperatures show yesterday and today with rainfall to 7 p.m. yesterday.
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Kansas
Point Fair
Fair Tor
Aus
Douglas County
Kansas To Meet Denver In Night Game On Sept 30
AP report notes Rocky Mountain conference schedules show Kansas as the sole Big Six team to face a member school besides others. The Jayhawkers are slated to play Denver University September 30 in Denver under lights. Also mentions a Men’s Forum Class discussion on The Moral Progress of America led by Dr. Robert A. Hunt at First Methodist Church.
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Yankee Stadium
New York
Army
Navy
Ray Stecker
West Point
Ed Herb
Brown
Kim
Tschirgi
Stecker
Denver, Corp
Deve
Kansas
Jayhawkers
Denver University
Denver
Robert A. Hunt
America
First Methodist Church
Ranks Chapel
Milk Producers Marketing Co chartered for Kansas plant
The Milk Producers Marketing Company won a charter in Topeka with $500,000 capital to operate a large Lawrence milk plant. Directors include F T Felon R C Hoggin s and L D Jaccard with Bethel residents among ten stockholders. Plans call for a creamery cheese factory and milk products, with $400,000 in stock offered to farmers and $100,000 in preferred stock. Walter Thiele is attorney.
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Lawrence
State Charter Board
Topeka
F. T. Felon
R. C.hoggins
Kansas City
Kan
L. D. Jaccard
P. Mindedahl
O. Ingram
Bethel
Felon
Howevns
Ingram
Jaccard
Mindedahl
F. H. Sappington
Basehor
William Herddman
Bennet Springs
John H.miller
William Haas
W. H. Mohiler
Piper
Sappington
Walter Thiele
Supreme Court reverses damages in fatal ride case
The Kansas Supreme Court reversed a 4750 dollar award to Albert Cornwell of Emporia for the death of his wife in an Osage City crash on March 25, 1920. The ruling holds that a tire puncture did not prove negligence by driver Miss Elizabeth O Connor, who was driving and faced danger without time to decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Lyon County
Albert Cornwell
Emporia
Osage City
Supreme CourtAFFIRMS Mortgage Ownership In Lawrence Case
Topeka Dec. 12 AP The Kansas Supreme Court upheld the Douglas County District Court ruling that Bankers Mortgage Company of Topeka owns the property in Lawrence. The lot formerly belonged to J D McNeill who mortgaged it to the bank for 2500. The bank sought prior judgment of 2030.91 with secondary liens totaling 873 in favor of other parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Supreme Court
Douglas County District Court
Bankers Mortgage Company of
Lawrence
J. D. McNeill
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