Jury challenges in Finney trial begin in Topeka
In Topeka on December 13 the Finney trial opened with jurors being examined for cause and peremptory removal. Defense attorney Schenck queried 12 tentative jurors as state challenges targeted Hoe and a replacement, Mrs. Poole, while other jurors included four farmers, four housewives, a grocer, a railroad worker and a retired mail carrier. The case involves forging and selling $20,000 in Hutchinson bonds to a Topeka bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Ronald Finney
Hutchinson
John Schenck
Durin
Glyder E. Hoe
Edith Poole
Foole
Schenck
Altho
Paul H. Heinz
Iuror
Phil Ackerman
Bar
Ackerman
Heinz
Wil J. French
Liquor Taxes Replace Special Levees Across Nation
Washington reports liquor revenues will replace about 4,048,853 annually in special taxes in Kansas. Under the National Recovery Act the presidential proclamation repealing the eighteenth amendment could erase or cut three of four special taxes by January 1, 1934. It ends dividend taxes December 31, removes the capital stock tax January 1, and cuts the gasoline tax by one third then. Excess Profits taxes end with the 1934 fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas
Treasury Department
Plan A Rail Line Faces Interstate Approval
The Missouri-Kansas Belt Railway and Terminal seeks ICC permission to build 122.5 miles from Kansas City to Valley Falls and branches to Leavenworth-McLouth and Oskaloosa-Topeka with 7.5 miles of sidings. Financing planned includes 150 shares of 6 percent preferred stock, unit and block common stock, plus $3.5 million of 5 percent bonds secured by two first mortgages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Missouri-Kansas Belt Railway and Terminal Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas City
Valley Falls
Kan
Leavenworth
MacLouth
Oskaloosa
Topeka
McLouth
Missouri- Kansas Belt Railway, and Terminal Company
Oday
Kansas
John W. McAlpine
George E. Russell
Edward A.enright
Kani
T. A.wilson
Larned
William T.arnos
Cleveland
Berry M. Massman
Tulsa
Okla
E. H. Erhardt
Chicago
Charles
Clay Briggs
Detroit
Enright
Briess
Ferettier
Bates in solitary confinement over Urschel ransom
Assistant Attorney General Joseph B. Keenan reported Albert Bates, one of the Urschel kidnapers, is in solitary at Leavenworth for about six weeks seeking the Urschel ransom money. Bates has not talked, Keenan said. Denver attorney Ben E Laska said he might file charges against those responsible for Bates isolation. Also led: coal miners seek higher pay rail rates in Kansas Oklahoma and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph B. Keenan
Albert Bates
Urschei
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Keenan
Bates
Urschel
Denver
Ben E-Laska
Kansas Weather Forecast Shows Light Change Soon
Generally fair tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Morning weather clear except for clouds in Emporia Coffeyville and Ottawa. Dirt roads and county roads described as good. Temperatures updated from yesterday to today with no major shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Emporia
Coffeyville
Ottawa
Douglas County
Treaty Plan Pushes Bilateral Tariff Deals With Colombia
President Roosevelt favors world wide tariff reduction but now seeks bilateral treaties with nations starting with Colombia. These pacts would allow reciprocal tariff and trade relations and permit similar agreements with other countries. A committee led by George N. Peek will study foreign markets, with a report due soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Colombia
White House
George N. Peek
Olathe Project Soon for Deaf School Dormitory
Preliminary work on a new 183000 dormitory and administration building for the Kansas State School for the Deaf in Olathe will start early next January. Funds were appropriated by a special session. construction awaits federal 80 percent grant approval. The building will house about 300 pupils and 70 staff, with work for about 40 men for a year expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olathe
Kan
Dee
Kansas‘ State School For the
H. J. Menzemer
Federal Public Works Program
County Setup Progress in Douglas County Civil Works Plan
Douglas County has organized a rapid civil works program to employ 590 workers, with Miss Mary Jamison directing disbursements and oversight. The effort transfers relief workers to road projects, sets up a re employment office, and reports strong local payroll activity and ongoing projects across county and township roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Mary F. Jamison
Civil Works Committee
J. L. Constant
George March
Civil Works
Surervision
Trueblood
Lillian Constant
Civil Works Administration
Lawrence Bank Trustee for Stadium Bonds Vote
Bondholders and Lawrence National Bank officials considered naming the Lawrence National Bank as trustee for stadium bonds. Fidelity Trust of Kansas City recently reorganized as a national bank without a trust department. Bonds outstanding total about 3640 600 against property value a.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U. Physical Education Corporation
Lawrence National Bank
Fidelity Trust Company of
Kansas City
Fidelity
Lawrence National
Lindley to Attend Farm Credit Administration Dinner
E H Lindley will be a guest at a Friday Wichita dinner hosted by the Farm Credit Administration. Officials of the organization that will administer the ninth federal landbank district will explain the purpose and functions of the governmental farm aid plan. Phone 44 University Coal Co Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.“H. Lindley
Farm Credit Administration
Wichita
Federal Landbank District
Roosevelt keeps civil works going to raise employment
President Roosevelt tonight focuses on increasing employment and will extend the civil works program into spring. White House reports say budget decisions are pending and securites controls remain unchanged. Hopkins says 4,000,000 men and 100,000 women will have jobs under relief efforts by Saturday. Bilateral tariff talks and simplified communications studies are under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Civil Works Administration
Quetta
White’ House
Hull
Montevideo
Harry H. Hopkins
Owa
Finney Faces a 90 000 Tax on 1933 Income
Washington AP Guy T Helvering the commissioner of internal revenue announced a 90000 tax assessment for 1933 against Ronald Finney a young bond broker on trial in Kansas for a million dollar bogus bond swindle The tax is believed to reflect profits Finney allegedly made in speculative dealings He is named as a key figure in issuing sprious Kansas municipal bonds and six others have been indicted in the federal case including former Kansas state treasurer Tom B Boyd Impeachment actions also loom for state officials Roland Boynton and Will J French The tax year was closed pending dissipation of assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue
Ronald Finney
Kansas
Helvering
Emporia
Topeka
Kan
Finney
State House of Representatives
Loot Registered Mail Heist At Detroit Post Office
Thieves drilled through 18 inches of brick and mortar to steal registered mail and up to 15,000 dollars in stamps from the Alfred Street branch post office in Detroit. Police found no evidence of forced entry. The loot included 58 pieces of registered mail and a postal official estimated the maximum value could reach 58,000 dollars, but expected loss likely far lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Alfred ‘Street
Postoffice
John B. Stacknoole
Gardner Kan Waterworks Project Listed in PWA Allotment
The Public Works Administration allotted 4,177,300 for 32 non federal projects in 15 states. Gardner Kansas receives 37,000 for a waterworks system with a shallow well, 50 000 gallon elevated tank and distribution network, with work starting in a month and an estimated 43 workers employed over three months. Kansas City scene notes McGee begins life sentence for ransom kidnaping of Mary McElroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Works Administration
Gardner, Kan
Sgeen
Grant
PWA
McGee
Kansas City
George McGee
Missouri _ penitentiary
Mary McElroy
Henry F. McElroy
Cuban Official Blasts U S In Cuba At Montevideo
Angelo Alberto Giraudy Cuba's labor minister told a Pan American conference committee that the United States intervened in Cuba by not recognizing President Ramon Grau San Martin's government. He condemned U.S. actions and accused Washington of blocking a free government and propping up a failed minority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Angelo Alberto Giraudy
Cuba
United States
Ramon Grau San Martin
Welles
Havana
Pendergast Demands Kansas City Liquor Control Parity
Kansas City Democratic leader T. J. Pendergast urged extending liquor control rights to Kansas City matching St. Louis after the Missouri house passed a control bill. He insisted Edgar Keating did not speak for the Pendergast organization on Kansas City’s exclusion. The Hotel Men's Association protests the perceived unfair treatment, sending a committee to Jefferson City to protest the St. Louis advantage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Saya Pendergast
T. J. Pendergast
Missouri House of Representatives
St. Louis
Pendergast
Edgar Keating
Cating
Jackson County
Teader
Neating
Hotel Men's Association of
J. ‘Whitmore
Jefferson City
Study on U S Communications Aims at Monopolies
The administration examines the communications problem with a tentative report favoring monopolies under federal regulation. It outlines three paths including continued conditions and government ownership, noting a near monopoly in telephony and a tangled radio scene. Roosevelt will send the report to congressional chairs for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Commerce
Western Union
Postal Telegraph-In
Roosevelt
Senate
House Interstate Commerce Committees
Britain to pay seven and a half million in dollars
London reports a seven and a half million dollar token payment to the United States on Friday to settle part of war debts. The sum will be transferred from a British dollar account in the United States, with December 15 due installments totaling about 117.67 million dollars in principal and interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Washington
Great Britain
City approves resurfacing project near streetcar tracks
A district court dissolves an injunction blocking resurfacing of streets adjacent to streetcar lines. Abel Construction to finish center striping on Eighth and resume full-width resurfacing after a public works grant of about twelve thousand dollars, with costs shared by the city and adjacent property owners. Crews work east on Eighth from Mississippi as tracks on several blocks are covered and slated to be re surfaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh. Means
A. B. Mitchell
Ed Riling
Luth Kern
J. L. Constant
Toneka
Abel Construction Company
Kentucky
Tennessee
Harry Hopkins
Washington
Thirteenth Street
New Jersey
Eighth Street
Mississippi
Seventh Street
Santa Fe
New Hampshire
Louisiana
Hidith
Rock Slide Kills Nine on Mountain Road Work
Grand Junction Colo Dec 18 Nine men, part of a federal civil works crew on the Colorado national monument rimrock road, died when a rock slide blasted a 50 foot cliff. Two more were swept 300 feet down the slope. a search resumed as park officials blamed blasting on the opposite canyon side for weakening the cliff. CCC workers assisted in rescue and an official inquest was scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Junction
Colo
Colorado National Monument
Here
T. W. Secrest
U.S. Park Service
CCC
Ais
T. F. Voorhees
Scenic Rimrock
Colorado
Lindberghs Prepare Return Flight From Manaos
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh plan to continue their hydro monoplane journey back to the United States tomorrow after a 4209 mile leg from Manaos Brazil. They will fly west to Puerto Rico and then to Miami with a stop in Puerto Rico. The flight from Port of Spain to San Juan covers 753 miles and 1180 miles to Miami, totaling 1933 miles to the U.S. mainland, which they have not seen since last July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Manaos
Brazil
Lindbergns
West Indies
Puerto Rico
Miami
San Juan
Farm Bureau endorses Roosevelt recovery program
The American Farm Bureau Federation endorsed the Roosevelt agricultural recovery plan, urged breaking down opposition, and called to broaden provisions to achieve parity prices for farm produce. A faith-in-government resolution led 27 recommendations at the 16th annual convention with 1,000 delegates. Delegates also unanimously backed a proposal for a dollar tied directly to the purchasing power of commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
Roosevelt
Paving Bond Made For Massachusetts Street Project
Officials in Topeka announced Harrison Construction of Kansas City has filed bonds totaling 91000 as surety on a paving project for nine blocks of Massachusetts street. The bid winner, chosen from six bidders, faces a reduced estimate of 100000 with about 10 percent retained for engineering and contingencies. Work order should be issued soon, with the contractor given ten days to begin. The new concrete street will run from Eleventh to Twentieth, but the Breeze sale three-block section is canceled due to funds. No plant site or equipment moved yet. Lekins B M Babb expects firm representatives in Lawrence shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Topeka
Harrison Construction Company
Kansas City
Massachusetts Street
Lekins
B. M. Babb
Lawrence
Eleventh
Twentieth
Breezesale
Highway Department
Federal agency approves liquor imports for four months
Washington reports the federal alcohol control administration granted allocations totaling 5,595,187 gallons to be imported by next March. The plan lets in 1,631,233 gallons wine, 239,218 champagne, 147,510 brandy, 3,314,443 whiskey and bourbon, 40,030 rum, 99,056 gin, and 123,027 cordial and liquors. Joseph H Choate Jr, FACA director, notes a reserve is kept for corrections and new firms. Senate and House committees also meet on the tax problem as Yale professor Yandell Henderson proposes a control experiment with full strength whiskey only in packages and diluted liquor by the drink in venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
Joseph H. Choate, Jr
FACA
Capitol
Senate
House
Yandell Henderson
Yale
Landon Urges Ministers in Politics at Baldwin
Governor Alf M. Landon told Baldwin City Rotary members that Christian ministers should actively engage in city, state, and national politics. He warned that a nation focused only on money and profit would fail, speaking during a Baker University trustee meeting following the mid winter session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Christian Church
Alf.m. Landon
Baldwin City
Rotary “Club
America
Landon
Board of ‘Trustees
Baker University
Pritchard Funeral Held in Wichita
Funeral services were held today for Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pritchard. Jack Wisdom, who received a life sentence for their murders, spent his first day in hard labor at the state penitentiary. Charlene, 15, the couple’s only child, sat distraught as hymns were read. The procession moved to Cedar Vale for interment. M M Pritchard, father of the Wichita merchant, could not attend from Vilas Colorado due to frail health after the search for the bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Harry Pritchard
Jack Wisdom
Kans
Charlene
Gedar Vale
Kew
M. M. Pritchard
Vilas
Colo
University of Kentucky Christmas Vesper Service Planned
The annual All-Musical Christmas Vespers by the School of Fine Arts will be Sunday at 4 pm in the University auditorium. A 77-voice Vesper Choir, string quartet, harp, violin, organ, and tableaux will feature scenes The Annunciation, The Vision of the Shepherds, and The Adoration. The new eight-part Choralogue by W B Olds will be performed with narrator Rev Carter Harrison and Trent Peabody soloing in Magnificat. Candles will be lit by two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Fine Arts
University
University String Quartet
Eastwood
Bloch and Mattern
Rosemary Ketcham
Department of
Design
Vesper Choir
D. M. Swarthout
W. B. Olds
Redlands University
Carter. Harrison
Trinity Episcopal Church
Trent Peabody
Fine Arts
Dean
California
Dean D. M. Swarthout
Olds
Ile
K. U. University
Seba Eldridge, Jr
Seba Eldridge
Edwin Bodine
W. T. Bodine
Florida Trip Soon for Haskell vs Tampa Game
Has Kell Institute prepares to face the University of Tampa in a Christmas Day game at Tampa Florida. The Haskell squad will depart Lawrence December 21 and reach Tampa December 23 in the afternoon. Coach Gus Welch expects about 22 players to make the trip and plans welcoming ceremonies in Tampa and Jacksonville on the return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell Institute
University of Tampa
Tampa
Fla
Gus Welch
Haskell
Lawrence
Welch
Jacksonville
John T
Three Bandits Rob Bank in Coaleate Kidnap Five Victims
Three well dressed gunmen robbed the First National Bank of Coaleate shortly before noon, kidnapping cashier Oliver Browning and assistant cashier Mrs. O Connell along with Frank Colette and two other customers. The group fled in a new Ford V-8 toward Ada. a posse pursued as officers across counties were alerted. The hostages were released unharmed a short distance away. Stock market data noted the Markel index with yesterday’s and today’s readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coaleate
Okla
First National Bank of
Oliver Browning
O. Connell
Frank Colette
Ada
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of. Ackerman
Goodell
H. C. Bryant
Finner
George
Topeka Bank
Pittsburg
Miss Jamison
Chamber of Commerce
G. G. Glenn
Jamison
State’ Fish and Game Commission
Lawrence Bank
Lindley
K. U
Farm Credit
University Coal. Co
Wall of
Postoffice Branch
Gardner
Kansas Town
U.S
U. 8
Crow's Nest
Edgehill
Cola
Lindbergh
New
Ford
Hamilton‘’s
Adv
Farm Bureau Federation
Massachusette Street
Rotary Club
Pritchard
Cedar Vale
K. A
Florida
Indians
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