Slow progress in choosing jury for Finney trial
In Topeka Shawnee county court the empaneling of jurors for bond broker Ronald Finney on bond forgery and sale charges advances slowly. After a day and a half, only six jurors passed for cause and ten more tentatively accepted. no peremptory challenges have been exercised.
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Topeka
Ronald Finney
Shawnee County
John Schenck
Finney
Hutchinson
Citizens State Bank of
Schenck
Alf. M. Landon
Katherine Garlinghouse
Tom Boyd
Wo Ors
Kansas Weather Forecast With Intermittent Rain and Snow
Unsettled conditions tonight and tomorrow with likely rain or snow in the east. Wednesday brings rising temperatures, mainly cloudy skies for Topeka and Salina areas. Road reports show good conditions in Douglas County. Temperatures sourced from the Gas Office Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Eme
Jove City
Salina
Dirk Toads
Douglas
France to default again in debt payment
Paris reports a cabinet confirmation of a third default on the France U S war debt. The due payment to Washington on December 15 totals 22 200 926 with 19 855 387 interest and 2 354 488 principal. London plans a token 7 500 000 payment. Overall foreign debt payments due to the United States on December 1 total 153 024 327 with 106 405 636 interest and 46 618 691 principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
Washington
France
Great Britain
London
Lindberghs Complete 900 Mile Hop To Port of Spain
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh arrive in Port of Spain Trinidad after an 800 mile from Manaus Brazil flight. They landed at 2 27 p m E S T in the harbor aboard the hydro monoplane after a 9 hour 39 minute journey over rain squalls and over the Orinoco marshes. Mrs Lindbergh operated the wireless and kept contact with Pan American stations throughout the voyage.
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Port-of-Spain
Trinidad
Charles
A. Lindbergh
Manaus
Brazil
Amazon River
Lindbergh
Pan-American Airways
Venezuela
Airways
Manaos
Orinoco River
Atlantic
Peek Takes Over the Job of Harmonizing Program
Washington reports President Roosevelt assigned George N Peek to harmonize the domestic crop adjustment program with foreign purchasing power through tariffs treaties barter and other means. Peek will head a temporary committee to coordinate government relations to American foreign trade while a permanent machinery is developed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George N. Peek
Roosevelt
Peek
Agriculture Department
White House
Pecke
Wallace
Tugwell
Cheaper License Plates for 14 States
The American Automobile Association announced that auto owners in 14 states will pay lower fees for 1934 license plates. It says the reductions have helped curb declines in car numbers in some regions. States listed include Arkansas Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Kansas Maine Montana Nebraska Nevada Oregon South Carolina Tennessee and Vermont.
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Washington
American Automobile Association
Association
Arkansas
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Kansas
Maine
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
Oregon
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vermont
Oil production rises in three states push US daily output
Oklahoma Texas and California collectively raised total US crude oil production last week by 176,381 barrels per day, climbing from 2,214,507 to 2,390,888 bpd. Federal allowance for December stands at 2,210,000 bpd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Texas
California
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Wallace and Peek clash and unite on farm recovery policy
At the National Farm Bureau convention in Chicago Secretary of Agriculture Wallace touted farmers rights and urged support for the Roosevelt recovery program while George N. Peek pressed for expanded exports and a broader view. Both praised progress and called for patient patience as the plan unfolds with a trade commission studying exports and imports.
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Chicago
Wallace
American Farm Bureau Federation
Roosevelt
National Farm Bureau
George N. Peek
Secretary of Agriculture
Peek
AAA
Europe
Peck
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Russia
Inter-Department Trade Commission
Committed for trial in King extortion case in London
Clarence Guy Gordon Haddon, who claims to be the illegitimate son of the late duke of Clarence, was committed for trial at Old Bailey after pleading not guilty to demanding money from the King with menaces. He was remanded on a charge of attempting to extort money from the king.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Clarence Guy Gordon Haddon
Duke of Clarence
Old Baily Court
Haddon
Bny
Addon
George
Welles to Leave Cuba for Washington and Miami
Ambassador Sumner Welles announced he would depart Havana by air for Miami and then Washington to resume state department duties. Jefferson Caffery, Roosevelt’s personal representative to Cuba, will arrive in Havana in three or four days to serve in Cuba as the President’s personal representative rather than as ambassador.
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Havana
Sumner Welles
United States
Cuba
Miami
Washington
State Department
Welles
Jefferson Caffery
Roosevelt
Caffery
Ramon Grau San Martin
Market Index Dips Slightly As Stocks Trade Quietly
Daily market report shows average of 90 stocks at 81.7, down from 81.9 yesterday. Mention includes Royal’s Beautiful Chiffon at 89 and advertisement shorthand notes.
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Royal
Manhattan Theaters Close Indefinitely Over Sunday Ban
The Dickinson Wareham and Varsity theaters will shut after tomorrow night as they have operated at a loss since a welfare board ban on Sunday shows. A local vote against Sunday movies was cited, but Dickinson contests its accuracy and notes Kansas State students could not vote. He argues six day operation would be possible if Sunday shows resumed, since nearby cities permit them.
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Schenck
Alf’m. Landon
Roland Boynton
Will J. French
Buditor
Tom’ B. . Boyd
R. H. Yeager
Paul H
Heinz
Yeager
Boyd
Boynton
Heinz Rae
Manhattan
Dickinson
Wareham
Glen W. Dickinson
Varsity
Sam Sosna
Welfare Board
Kansas State
Kansas
Topeka
Junction City
Lawrence
Madrid reports uprising put down after four days of violence
Authorities across Spain say anarchist uprisings that left 94 dead and many wounded have been suppressed. A threatened general strike failed and martial law is not expected. After last Friday’s bombings and riots, government troops fought roving extremists with only scattered disorders remaining. Relief plans for families of the slain moved forward and troops were assigned to replace guards in affected areas.
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Madrid
Spain
Jay
Committee Discusses Proposed Liquor Tax
Washington Dec. 12 AP A joint congressional committee heard proposals on a liquor tax aimed at squeezing bootleggers. Joseph H Choate Jr chair of the federal alcohol control administration urged a tax between 2 and 3 a gallon. Edward G Lowry Jr noted a blended whisky might sell for 1.50 a quart under a 2.60 million federal tax with Roosevelt interest in eradicating bootleggers over revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional
Joseph H. Choate, Jr
Federal Alcohol,control Administration
Edward G. Lowry, Jr
Roosevelt
Choate
Congress
France firm in stand against Germany over Saar and army
Paris cabinet approves Paul Boncour’s pledge to resist a German army size of 100000 unless storm troops are included and refuses Saar concessions. France will shape its policy after Britain decides support for allies on the issue.
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Paris
Hitler
Germany
Paul Boncour
France
Saar
League of Nations
Kansas Drops To Second In Flour Output In October
Kansas moved to second among U S flour producing states in October as Minnesota took the lead and New York rose to third with Missouri fourth. Kansas had led for most months except August and October, according to Commerce Department figures. Also reports say recent rains improved the Kansas wheat crop, though root development remains below normal for this time of year. University Coal Co. phone 44.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Department of Commerce
Minnesota
New York
Missouri
Topeka
Federal Agriculture Departments
Reichstag Meets Quits Till Further Notice
Berlin AP reports the Reichstag met for seven and a half minutes in the shortest session in history. The body was largely Nazi with women and Jews absent, and Adolf Hitler was away in Wilhelmshaven. Hermann Goering was re elected president and led a brief show of unanimous support for his and three vice presidents’ nominations before adjourning. Hitler had traveled to Wilhelmshaven to welcome the cruiser Koln home from a world voyage.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Adolf Hitler
Wilhelmshaven
Hermann Goering
Hitler
Koeln
Winter. Stays On Across Europe and North America
Winds snow and extreme cold dominate a global winter scene with record lows from White River to Milwaukee and Chicago. Seven direct and indirect fatalities reported across Hungary, France, and the Pacific Northwest amid ice filled canals, frostbite cases, and widespread exposure deaths. An opera star in Detroit reports a $1500 fur coat theft as temperatures dip near zero.
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Associated Press
Europe
North America
White River
Owls Head
N. Y
Montreal
Portland
Boston
New York
Hungary
Thames River
England
Bar-le-Duc
France
Middle West
Milwaukee
Chicago
Indianapolis
Bismarck
N.D
Helena
Mont
Pacific Coast
Superior
Pacific Northwest
Bellefonte
Hampden
Detroit
Maria Olszewska
Move Kansas Suspect Brought to Wichita for Plea
Jack Wisdom, accused slayer of three, was brought to Wichita for arraignment after escape from a reformatory in Hutchinson. Gov. Landon had ordered safekeeping as authorities anticipated a guilty plea and sentence to the state penitentiary at Lansing.
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Wichita
Jack Wisdom
Lansing
Fred Hammers
Hutchinson
Kan
State Reformatory
Noah Wiggins
Louis White
Wiggins
Wisdom
Alf M. Landon
David J. Wilson
Meade County
Reformatory
Emery Large
John A. Potocek
Sumner County
Harry Pritchard
Pritchards
Wellington
Robbery Fail Occurs in Harrah Oklahoma City Try
Five burglars attempted to steal the First National Bank of Harrah's safe led by night watchman J C Smith who was kidnapped and released unharmed after a 50 mile car ride in a failed Oklahoma City robbery incident. A separate Bay City Michigan event saw four armed men rob a National Bank branch shortly after opening with about 15000 dollars taken.
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Oklahoma City
First National Bank
Harrah
J.C. Smith
Michigan
Bay City
Mich
Kansas Ice Men Convene in Lawrence Thursday
The seventeenth annual Kansas Ice Men's Association convention opens in Lawrence with headquarters at Hotel Eldridge. CG M Beachy will call the meeting to order at 10:30 AM and present the president's report. Dean Frank Stockton will speak on Why a Business Education during the morning session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Ice Men's Association
Lawrence
Eldridge
CG. M. Beachy
Wichita
Frank T. Stockton
Re U. School. of Business
Harry Sharp
Topeka
Robert C. Rankin
L. R. Girton
National Association of Ice Industries
Mount Taylor
Code Authority
Washington, D. C
B. H. Lindley
Th University of Kansas
K. U. Fine Arts
Alice Moncrieff
Irene Peabody
Ruth Crcutt
Bondholders meet to consider stadium trustee switch
Kansas University bondholders of the Physical Education stadium meet at 2 pm to name a successor trustee as Fidelity Trust is reorganized into a national bank without a trust department. Lawrence National Bank is proposed as trustee. The outstanding stadium bonds total 162,500 against property valued at 640,000. The stadium was funded by alumni, students, faculty and friends as a war memorial with subsequent bond issues to extend seating. Half of the total issue has been retired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U. Athletic Board
E. H. Lindley
University Kansas Physical Education
comoEatins
Fidelity Trust Company of
Kansas City
Fidelity
National Bank
Lawrence National Bank
Physical Education Corporation
Dickinson cites huge payroll of the AAA
Senator Dickinson released a statement based on official figures showing the Agricultural Adjustment Administration payroll at 7,118,740 with 3,704 regular employees. The breakdown lists five salaries at 10,000, one at 9,900, six at 9,800, four at 9,000, five at 8,000, two at 7,500, twelve at 7,000, twelve at 6,400 to 6,800, twenty-four at 6,000, and forty-nine at 5,200 to 5,800, excluding per diem workers.
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Washington
API
Dickinson
Adjustment Administration
Camp Workers Need Clothes for Kansas In Winter
Gov Landon said civilian conservation corps workers in Kansas lack winter clothing and shoes and the seventh corps area headquarters at Omaha was ordered to correct the situation as far as practicable. Count Iya Tolstoy dies at 68 in New Haven hospital after residence in Southbury Connecticut.
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Topeka
Alf M. Landon
Civilian Conservation Corps
Kansas
Seventh Corps
Omaha
Iya Tolstoy
New Haven
Conn
Southbury
Abrogation Talk on Platt Amendment Considered
Washington reports say a plan to abrogate the Platt amendment to ease Cuban unrest was discussed at the State Department. Ambassador Welles in Havana reportedly explored overtures though no official offer or authorization from President Roosevelt or the State Department was confirmed.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
State Department
Welles
Havana
Roosevelt
KU students decide to return confis cated activity books
The student activity ticket committee at the University of Kansas set a plan to return 26 activity books seized from non owners after the Missouri football game. Raymond Nichols says adjustments to the compulsory activity ticket are needed as the first semester begins. Henry Werner, chair, will authorize immediate return to owners. Names of offenders may face action by the Men's Student Council and the W.S.G.4. Tickets found with non owners next semester will be confiscated and handed to joint student councils for possible action. William Chapple seeks recovery of his activity book in a pending suit before Justice of the Peace C A Springer set for Thursday in December.
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Missouri
University of Kansas
Raymond Nichols
Henry Werner
Nichols
Werner
William Chapple
Court of Justice of the Peace
C. A. Springer
Shoe Fund Aids Children With Needed Shoes
The shoe fund drive led by Rev. A Puls seeks footwear for school children amid a cold snap. Parents contact nurse electa Kindlesperger city nurse Minnie Scott or county worker Mary Jamison for help with shoes or repairs. Donations total 148.60, $1.40 from goal, with more expected. gifts can be sent to Rev Puls home or the Journal-World office.
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A.puls
Electa Kindlesperger
Minnie Scott
Mary Jamison
American ‘Legion
Puls
Journal-World Business Office
Santa letters hint at brighter Christmas in Chicago
Chicago December 12 AP Assistant Postmaster John T McGarth reports letters to Santa reveal a happier Christmas. He notes fewer appeals from parents and more requests from children for toys rather than food. For thirteen years he has filled in as Santa, coordinating donations from individuals and organizations to deliver gifts in time for the holiday.
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Chicago
Santa Claus
John T. McGarth
McGarth
Santa
Failure to Increase Civil Works Quota Hits Kansas
Topeka reports John G. Stutz civil works administrator says efforts to obtain additional quota in Kansas failed. He notes 805 projects under way statewide employing 54,706 men and 2,250 women, with an estimated drop to 50,000 by Thursday night.
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Topeka
John G. Stutz
Kansas
Stutz
Beer Ordinance Fails In Leavenworth City
Leavenworth officials express displeasure with the public response to a beer ordinance that took effect December 1. About 100 beer sellers existed in the city but only 37 licenses were issued. Monthly fees range from 2.40 dollars for bottle beer retailers to 7.50 dollars for draft and bottle beer dealers and 13 dollars for wholesalers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth City
Quota Reached in Civil Works Plan
Douglas county reaches a civil works quota of 590 workers with eight women sewing garments at the courthouse and additional clerical and road work underway. Miss Jamison reports about 20 women and several men employed through reemployment efforts, with allotments and wage checks to be distributed Friday and Saturday. The Red Cross cotton cloth provided by the government is being turned into clothing as a service project, six sewing machines in use by the women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Civil Works
Mary Jamison
Civil Works Office
Chamber of Commerce
Miss Jamison
New Lunder Way
Miss.Jamison
Douglas County
Red Cross
Civil Works Department
Call Upon Officials to Submit Plans on Airport
Lawrence city officials were urged today to submit plans for a civil works project to improve the airport as an emergency landing field. A telegram from United Airways asked for immediate action to obtain a $5,000 allotment in line with government aims to create 2,000 emergency landing fields nationwide to support private flying. Washington reports say the government seeks to attract manufacturers to develop a low priced plane around $700. John G. Stutz, civil works administrator for Kansas, said he would review the matter but had no definite policy details yet and would provide information within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
United Airways
Washington News
John G. Stutz
Kansas
Toneka
Snow Delays Predicted in Kansas by Weather Chief
Topeka December 12 AP Federal meteorologist Flora predicted snow in Kansas with a late start in the Northwest. Despite freezing eastern Kansas, he said today’s weather is milder than mid December danger but colder than usual. Tonight and tomorrow would see a rise from around 24 to 36-40 as precipitation remains possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
S. D
Flora
Dne
Altho
Banks Oppose Guarantee in Kansas Poll
Topeka reports Allied Independent Bankers of Kansas executive secretary Charles E. Snyder Jr says a majority of Kansas banks oppose federal deposit insurance. Of 562 institutions polled, 526 opposed, 26 favored, 12 non committal. Also from Leonardville a Kansas State College student in Green, Kansas, C A Larson, 82, was killed when he stepped into a car driven by a student at the campus town intersection. Sheriff notes accident unavoidable. driver not held responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Charles E. Snyder, Jr
Allied Independent Bankers of Kansas
Leonardville
Ken
C. A. Larson
Wilcox
Green
Kansas State College
E. W. Richter
Found Guilty of Murder in Pittsburg Case
Mrs Mary Morozzo of Frontenac was found guilty by a district court jury of first degree murder in the death of her husband. Sentencing will occur on the regular sentence day later in the term.
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Pittsburg
Mary Morozzo
Frontenac
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University Coal Co
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J. A. Gibson
Committee of Arbitration and Appeal
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