Dillinger Conspiracy Verdict In Minnesota Trial
Two men and a woman were convicted of conspiracy to harbor He er Van Meter, slain Dillinger, by a federal jury in Duluth. Tomas Kirwin of St Paul received two years and a $10,000 fine. Marie McCarthy and William Gray, each 18 months in an institution and $5,000 fines. Marie Conforti, a year and a day in custody. The four allegedly conspired to hide Van Meter from August 9 to 13 at a resort near Leech Lake, Minnesota.
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Duluth
Minn
Heer van Meter
Dillinger
Federal District Court
Tomas Kirwin
St. Paul
Robert C. Bell
Leavenworth
Marie McCarthy
St.Paul
William, Gray
Sondhe
Marie Conforti
van Meter
United States District Attorney
Lecch
Ake
Fragmented study notes mix of trivia and ads
A readable mix of questions about geography literature and history, plus local hospital and store notices. It mentions Athabasca Lake Port Arthur, St. Croix River, and a baby clinic at Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. Also references to college methods and new terms beginning in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swho
St. Croix
Athabasca Lake
Ndsbure
Paris
Port Ance
Washington
Irvs
Tutuila
St. Athanasius 2
Christmas Baskets Aid North Lawrence Families
North Lawrence Civic Association along with schools churches and merchants plans to distribute 40 to 60 families Christmas food baskets. A committee led by Mrs Thomas L Smith oversees the effort with relief lists checked to avoid duplications. Food will come from an 8 benefit show at Granada theater Saturday at 10 am with children admitted for a food gift. surplus if any goes to South Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Lawrence
Taste for candy grows for 1934 profits
The National Confectioners Association reported U.S. candy sales at 160,000,906 dollars for the first ten months of 1934, up 16 percent from 132,000,000 dollars in the prior period. President George H. Williamson said the industry likely ends the year with solid gains, surpassing 1932 totals.
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Chicago
National Confactioners Association
George H. Willianson
Santa's Mammoth Christmas Party at The Crown Sapa
The Crown Drug Sapa hosts Santa's Mammoth Christmas Party Saturday morning from 10 until gifts run out. Santa awards ten major prizes in a children’s contest from the weeks prior, including a bicycle as first prize. Manager A L Wolfe says one thousand free gifts for children and parents will be distributed. Santa will be present all day and begin at 10 o'clock.
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Sapa
Santa
A- L. Wolfe
Santa Claus
Granada
Wynekoop Sentence Upheld by Illinois Supreme Court
The Illinois Supreme Court today upheld a 25 year sentence for Dr. Alicé Wynekoop of Chicago in the murder of her daughter in law Mrs. E. H. Lupton. The ruling comes as Wynekoop spends the day in Topeka.
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Wynekoop
Sorinafield
Illinois, Supreme Court
Alicé.Wynekoop
Chicago
Deaths and funerals in Pittsburg and Junction City
George L Stevenson KU law graduate 1922 died suddenly in Pittsburg Kan. Funeral tomorrow at 2 PM in Pittsburg. Mrs Stevenson is his mother. sister Harriet M Stevenson predeceased him. Merle Gish, KU graduate and former Lawrence resident, died after three months illness. Funeral in Junction City Sunday at 2:30 PM. Pritchard Funeral Home directing.
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George L. Stevenson
George L Stevenson
University of Kansas
Pittsburg
Kan
Merle Gish
University of Knaag
Lawrence
Junction City
Gish
Albert Gish
Co. M
187Th Infantry
National Guard
Pritchard
Kidnap Plot Guarded Beverly Hills Millionaire
Beverly Hills billionaire William F. Gettle, once held for a $60,000 ransom last May, remained under police guard after a new threat letter was mailed from Long Beach. Authorities disclosed a crude note threatened harm to Gettle and his family and demanded money to be paid to a woman described in a second letter Gettle had not yet received.
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Los Angeles
William F.gettle
Beverly Hills
Gettle
Long Beach
Parenthood is rewarded by French academy prize
Paris France December 20 AP The French academy awarded 3500 francs to M and Mme Rambaud for patriotic service by contributing 15 children to the population The Rambands residents of Casablanca in western Morocco had previously received 10000 francs for similar awards
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
French Academy
Mime
Rambaud
Annual Christmas Party and Meeting of VFW and Auxiliary
A regular meeting of the V F W and the Auxiliary will be held tomorrow night at o'clock in the post rooms. The annual Christmas party and tree will be held after the meeting. The meeting is open to all veterans and members are urged to be present.
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V.F.W
Blaze at Phi Kappa Psi House Sparks Fire in Rear yard
At 1100 Indiana Street a trash blaze behind the Phi Kappa Psi house sparked flames that scorched paint but caused limited damage. Fire crews contained the blaze by about 11 am. Nearby incidents include a deadly rugby league match crush in Manchester and cathedral cleaning revealing 13th century Romanesque columns in Lubeck. Naomi Light spoke at the Friends Church in Mississippi in place of the ill pastor.
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Phi Kappa
Psi House
Indiana
Friends Church
Naomi Light
KNOWLEDGE HILL CLUB MEETS AND BIRTH OF NEVA MAY
The Knowledge Hill club met with Mrs. John Canary for an all day session last Wednesday followed by a bountiful noon dinner and social afternoon. Christmas exchange planned with Mrs. Joe Clough. Mr and Mrs Clifford Thiry welcomed baby Neva May on December 6 at the Hayden home in Osk Ridge. Several neighbors visited including Mr and Mrs Baker Murphy and many area residents. School notes mention a contest to encourage visitors with Virginia Grant and Zada Wilks leading sides. Donald Grant absent due to sickness. A Friday dinner at the school and a Christmas program by Miss Erhart and pupils are planned.
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John Canary
Joe Clough
Clifford Thiry
Neva May
Osk Ridge
Lewis Mole
Lawrence
W. R. Stin
Wood
Oak_ Ridge
Albert ‘Hayden
Baldwin
Virginia Grant
Zada Wilks
Donald’ Grant
Erhart
Alwilnaghuy
Joann
Clough
Ruby. Athey
Ladies Aid
Katherine
Williamstown
Ben
Wilson
Bayne
Seattle
New York City
Bayne Wilson
Alaska, Steamship Company
Kansas University
Dan Sweeney
Ensene
Klein Farm
Morris Duncan
Topeka
Bertha O'Tremble
Oskaloosa
Henry Giseman
Giesman
Albert Giesean
Anna Haynes
Perry
Mary
Rose Giesman
H.W. Giesman
Robert
Raymond Giesman
Oake Hill
Eurene O'Tremble
J'Thomas
Ralph Vausbinder
Frank Bracken
Peru
Arthur Ferris
Oskitlonsa
Mattie Baxter
Seymour
Chas Steinmets
Ted
Russell
Baxter
Mildred Allen
Williamsburg
Td. Stallard
John Lewin
C. F. Thompson
Ben Wilton
Millie
Frear
Roy
Perry School
Nupila
Marguerite
Mar
K. U
Ben Iwhile
Earl “Giliot
Dave Tiarris
Leroy
Dorothy
Lois
Mary Lott Slarris
Tobe Guiley
North
Lawrence Sunley
Karl Luthey
Sunilny
Martha Baxter
Katherine Muhrbill
John Mulvihill
Margaret Vausbinder
Annatice Vausbinder
St. Francis Hospital
Williamstown and Perry Area Notes and Events
Local schools schedule events and changes with a Christmas program planned at Buck Greek school and Williamstown high school cancelling a program due to unit work. Community updates include visits by Ben Wilson and family, property moves, roof work, estate tasks, a funeral for Henry Giesman, various family visits, and multiple short notes on residents and students in the Williamstown Perry and nearby areas.
Local Bethel News and Obituary Highlights
Bethel notes include visits by Mrs Bessie Hepner and relatives in Pennsylvania, illness of Mr Wilson in Olathe with operation planned, and a Kansas City trip by Mr and Mrs Otto Garber. Obituary for Annaliza Russell details birth in 1857, life in Indiana and Kansas, marriage to Eddison Forth, and death in 1931 with funeral at Overbrook Methodist Church. Community reminders cover Myrtle Hoffman’s return to Carbondale work, Durenc Brecheis’s seventeenth birthday dinner, visitors Myrtle Browning and Brownings from Los Angeles for Christmas, and local church event invite with Rishey Mead appearance.
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Bessie’ Hepner
William
Ruth
Pennsylvania
Lee Jones
Mr. Wilson
Olathe
Jones
Bell Memorial Hospital
Otto Garber
Kansas City
Godfrey, Swenson
Kansas
Lawrence
Kan
Eddison P. Forth
Willow Springs
Bethel
Overbrook
Earl
Fred D
Charles E
Effie Allen
Michigan
Valley
Myrtle Shoemaker
Pomona
Arlie M
Houston
Tex
KR. C. Russell
Berkeley
Cab
Methodist Church
Mm Overbrook
Forth
Myrtle Hoffman
Carbondale
Johnnie Brecheisen
Durenc
Candiea Wan
Velma Vance
Nellie Finely Teresa
Elsithy Toffman
Alberta
Edith Bond
Floyd Fine
Local social notes from Kanwaka area gatherings
Mrs W J Collins and Jack Collins hosted visitors from Brackett Mercant Mrs Clarence Hodson and children Betty Lawrence and Phil shared Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Meyers. J S Bunnett of Kanwaka visited Mr and Mrs M Crowder. Mrs Harlie Armstrong attended the Kanwaka Literary Club at A M Ocker home. Riverside Farm Bureau Women hosted a farewell party for Mrs Earl Brown as she prepares to move to Florida. Dorothy Armstrong and Frank Speicher visited the Speicher home near Eudora. Helen Norwood of Lecompton referenced in report.
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W. J.collins
Gon
Jack
Meyers
Brackett
Clarence Hodson
Hilfe
Betty
Lawrence
Phil
Ers
J. S. Byunett
Kanwaku
Ton
J. Med Crowder
Harlie Armstrong
Kanwika
Harrie Armstrong
Dorothy Armstrong
Theodore Armstrong
Kanwaka
Clarence “Hudson
Billie
Dotty
W. J. Collings
Eugene
Henry Collins
S$. McGentry
Rumsey
Lecompton High School
Dorothy
Armstrong
Crowder School
Mire
Harlic
Lecompton
Helen Norwood
Kanwaka community notes and family updates
Tuesday and Saturday meetings held at Kanwaka home and schoolhouse with reports on local households. Several residents attend events in Lawrence and Lecompton. examinations, operetta, Christmas plans, and gatherings feature among community activities.
Pleasant Grove Family Visits and Local Doorstep Gatherings
Pleasant Grove notes show Tulsa visitors Mr. and Mrs. Albert Williams visiting A L Williams’s family last week. Virgil Bond spent weekend with Jim Turner family near Centropolis. Robert Tucker Ernest Tucker and Dudley Flory joined a White Cloud trip to visit Orvilla Flory and Phyllis. Kermit Wilson and Terold stayed Monday evening with Donald Prueshaim family.
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Albert Williams
Tulsa
Okla
A. L. Williams
Virgil
Bond
Jim Turner
Centropolis
Robert
Ernest Tucker
Dudley Flory
White Cloud
Orvilla Flory
Phyllis
Flory
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Trinity
Lutheran
Trinity Lutheran Church
Frontier Figure
Col
Richard
Shaw
New -York
Ichard G. Shaw
Wriiersman
Tombstone
Jie
Ariz
Sonora
Mexico
Colorado
New York
Joseph Meehan
Albert Si. Fish
Grace Budd
Brooklyn
Ith
Paul Dean
Russellville
Ark
Dorothy Sandus
St.ais Cardinal
Paul
Keith Stager
Stager
Nathé
Ohnson County
Frank House
House
Forestry
Game Commission
Arry Gilkey
Mercypital
Old Springfield
Edward Tate
Associated Press
C. W. Carman
District Court
Crown Drug Store
United States Conference of Mayors
White Sulphur Springs
Baltimore
tans-Pacific
Glenn’ L. Martin Company
pan-American
Pacific
Jennings
Frank Jennings
Bronson
Cleveland
Funeral. Co
Tate
New
C.C
Washington, J.dec
Hugh M. Tate
Tennessee Ay
Interstate ‘Commerce Commission
William’ E
E. H. Lupton
Tope A
John Borg
William F. Gettle
iGovernment
F. W.and
Auxiliary
BLAZE
VHI Psi
Manchester
England
Salford
Stean
Luebeck
Germany
Knowledge Hill
Ferson County Teachers. ‘Association
McLouth
Roy Hegeman
Lloyd Hege- Minh ‘ Millard” Bond
Near
Globe
Virgil Bond
Donald‘Trushein
Mj D. Messer
TS. Flory
Oscar Markley
George van Housen
Bud ‘Perilue
Everett Eberhart
Noah Eberhart
Wilbur Gish
Carl Russell
Floyd Churchbaugh
W.R. Saneers
I. S. Flory
Jack Dillon
Riley Flory
Cerro Gordo
Ill
Elmer Flory
Tuck Dillon
Pleasant Grove
Orville Flory
Roy Curtis
John .Metsker
Mars. Hegeman
Clifford Raesits Gon
Thurber
J Fot
Felix Tucker
Crane
Ray Shuler
Ore
Ville
Dallas Jeili
Nuffer
Doris Hiatt
Roy Curti
Jack Diflon
Margaret Dagget
Harold “Tucks
Yan Crane
Chyllis Flory
Conrad Curtis
Maeste
Charlie Ratchter
J.S. Flory
Carl Peterson
Guy
Cary Penter
N. Ds Messer
Bud
Hallie Peterson
Columbia
Robert Elston
Ernest
Tucker
Rosco
Daniela
Eddie Patterson
Bis
N.D. Messer
Pontiac
Oie
Pleasant-Grove
Moore & Son
Lawrence, Kaw
Gross Auction Co., Inc
Main St
Kannan City
Onsack Faber
Marvin Higley Lessell
Herb Childs
Mass
Toys
Gilbert
Bock Hels
Inaead
BOO Gucci
Massachusetts Street
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