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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1938

Page

3

Kansas student recalls Munich four power conference

University of Kansas law student William Kandt writing from Tubingen details his Munich visit during the four power conference with Hitler Mussolini Chamberlain and Daladier. He notes German life in Berlin and Tubingen travel through Italy Elba Venice and Swiss passes and plans a spring trip to France Belgium Holland and England. The letter describes wartime mood and daily life including costs living conditions and social norms.

Munich Ober’s William Kandt University of Kansas Law University of Tubingen Germany Kandt Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity Lois Woods K. A Innsbruck Hitler Mussolini Chamberlain Daladier Tate Europe Bill Genset Hamburg Berlin Tubinger Italy Rome Pat Sree Isle of Elba Napoleon Venice Swiss Alps Gotthard Pass Brenner Pass Austrian Alps Tubingen Turkey Aigerint France Belgium Holland England

Lillington Man Advertises Farm For Sale With Queer Reason

Pi E M Lynch of Lillington Route 8 advertises his farm for sale listing two tobacco barns a good house a tenant house a store and filling station now doing business He adds the reason for selling too lazy to work in a blunt self description of his state of mind.

Lillington N. C Pi— E. M. Lynch Route 8

From Darkest Africa to Wall Street Fraud and Murder Trials

Italy seeks land amid arrests as Musica and associates hide nearly $80,000 in cash and a $225,000 policy. Philip Musica pleads guilty to grand larceny, serves three years, then works for the district attorney. Barnet Baff is murdered, Cohen is convicted, and Governor Smith commutes Cohen’s sentence to life. In 1926 F Donald Coster rises at McKesson & Robbins, merger with Girard & Company forms an $87,000,000 concern, receivership follows and arrests ensue for Coster and Dietrich in Fairfield Connecticut.

Honduras Musicas Philip Barnet Baff Joseph Cohen Musical Cohen Baff Alfred E. Smith Musica Johnson Philip Musica F. Donald Coster McKesson & Robbins Company Julian F. Thompson Coster Girard & Company Mount Vernon Thompson Connecticut McKesson & Robbins Hartford Conn State Supreme Court Carol E. Coster Dietrich Montreal Diewie Fairfield Onn New Orleans New York Naples Antonio Italy Arthur George Louise Grace Bay Ridge Brooklyn

Coster Musica Revealed As Ex-Convict In McKesson Case

Federal and New York investigators disclosed that Coster Musica, once a Wall Street figure, used multiple identities and forged credentials in a long fraud tied to the McKesson Robbins affair. Fingerprint matches linked him to a 25 year old file. Vernard’s print history also surfaced. Investigations trace $18,000,000 missing assets and duties fraud across the firm and its international agents.

Coster Vernard Coster- Musica Dietrich George Vernard McKesson-Robbins Coster Musica Bennett Ambrose V. McCall Henry Unterweiser Coster-Musica Attorney General Unterweiser McCall Johnson Senate William Randolph Hearst Germany Elenora Lochner Brooklyn Arthur Musica Joseph F. Ruggieri McKesson and Robbins Thompson W. W. Smith and Company Manning and Company Smith and Company John J Wall Street Taft McKesson & Robbins New York U. S Gregory Noonan James J. Caffrey Securities Exchange Commission London Robert Kline The SEC

Ism From New England Topic For King Address

President Philip C. King of Washburn college will speak on The Ism From New England at the Sons and Daughters of New England annual dinner on Wednesday December 21. Membership is open to natives or six months residents and to descendants of New Englanders. Officers are Joseph F. King president Byron Cooke vice president Mrs C V Hesse secretary D H Spencer treasurer Robert McNair Davis executive committee chairman.

New England Philip C. King Washburn College Sons and Daughters of New

Annual business meeting and dinner schedule announced

The article notes the annual business meeting will be held Wednesday night at 6 00 followed by dinner at 6 45. It records a formal event timing without additional context or participants.

Vinland High School Band Concert Tonight

The Vinland rural high school band presents its second annual fall concert tonight at 8 in the Vinland high school auditorium. Conducted by William Knox with assistants William Schimmel and Louis Heinrich, the event includes a post concert box supper for the community. The program features landmark marches, a soprano solo by Muriel Haber, and works by Harold Bennett Oscar Rasbach and Edwin Franko Goldman.

Vinland Rural High School Vinland High School William Knox William Schimmel Louis Heinrich Harold Bennett Oscar Rasbach Muriel Haber John F. Shea Little Gray Church Fairrest Nvetaahet Geupatheasies Edwin Franko Goldman Edwin Branko “Goldman

Overture Ambition and Bennett Feature Trombone Solo

An orchestral card highlights Overture Ambition featuring Darold Bennett with the trombone section performing a rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.

Darold Bennett

Panorama of Time drama at Fifth Street Church Kansas City

Harriet Tubman community center troupe stages Panorama of Time at Fifth Street Christian Church Kansas City Kansas on Sunday. The Auction Block of Nineteen Thirty Eight features two boys and two girls offered to bidders such as Pool Hall Beer Parlor Easy Money Graft and more. Play originated by A R McDuff who serves as president of the organization.

Harriet Tubman Community , Center Association Fifth Street A. R. McDuff

Fllen Fights Billboard Battle Over Scenic View

Fllen opposes billboards as eyesores spoiling the scenery while she declines makeup to improve appearance, reflecting a quirky stance from a 1938 Publishers Syndicate item.

Publishers Syndicate

Platinum Known to Ancients for High Melting Point

The text notes that platinum was known to ancient peoples but its extremely high melting point prevented their work with the metal.

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