Lost plane sighted by air search in Idaho mountains
Amelia Earhart Putnam joined the search as a Northwest Airlines transport wreck was sighted in northern Idaho. Pilot and co pilot Joe Livermore and Arthur Haid are confirmed dead with their 500 pounds of mail. Ground teams moved toward Cemetery Ridge near Calder while other planes pursued a Western Airlines disappearance.
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Wilds
West
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Byron Coover
National Guard
Spokane
Wash
Idaho
Northwest Airlines
St. Paul
Cooper
Joe Livermore
Arthur A. Haid
Cemetery Ridge
Calder
Seattle
Haid
Putnam
Air Conqueror
Pacific
Atlantic
Salt Lake
Paul Mantz
Utah
Western Airlines
Los Angeles
Grand jury chosen in Kansas City election probe
Federal Judge Albert L. Reeves selected 12 new grand jurors in Kansas City to replace excused members and fill to 22 as the panel investigates irregularities in the November 3 election. U S Attorney Maurice M. Milligan said subpoenas likely would be issued. Reeves urged the jury to get to the bottom of the matter and indict those involved.
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Kansas City
CPI
Albert L. Reeves
Maurice M. Milligan
U. S
Reeves
Boyd Pardon Sought In Million Dollar Bond Scandal
Tom B. Boyd former Kansas state treasurer sentenced to four to ten years in Lansing on charges from the million dollar bogus bond scandal seeks executive clemency. A plea hearing will be held Thursday before Judge A S Foulkes, with findings to Governor Landon afterward.
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Topeka
Tom B. Boyd
Kansas
Lansing
Boyd
A. S. Foulkes
Landon
Shortest day of the year marks winter start in Lawrence
The article notes today is the year's shortest day and the official start of winter, with sunrise at 7:34 and sunset at 4:59 giving about nine and a half hours of daylight. It suggests a yearlong Journal-World subscription as a Christmas gift for someone who has moved away.
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Lawrence
The
Journal-World
Adv
Inter American Peace Parley Concludes Formal Work
The Inter-American Peace conference in Buenos Aires ends formal work after approving 37 projects to strengthen bonds among 21 American republics and liberalize trade. A plenary session backs a Central American declaration for solidarity if war threatens the western world and calls for tariff reductions and equal trade opportunities. Delegates honor earthquake victims of San Vicente. Secretary Hull did not attend the plenary, preparing a final speech for Wednesday.
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Buenos Aires
San Vicente
Salvador
Cordell Hull
United States
Chamber of Deputies
Hull
Haskell campus Christmas lights dazzle visitors
The Indian students of Haskell College electrical department lit up the campus for the holidays. Thousands of bulbs decorated four buildings and a large tree, with red and green festoons on the administration, domestic science, and shop buildings.
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Haskell
Electrical Department
William Welfeldt
Appeal In Baby Hoax Trails In Missouri Case
Nellie Tipton Muench a 44 year old former society matron and sister of a state supreme court judge and three others convicted in the Missouri baby hoax seek appeals to avoid possible 25 year prison terms. They were found guilty of mail fraud for using the mails to extort money from Dr Marsh Pittman by claiming he was the father of a child. The group faces up to five years and fines of 1000 dollars on five counts. An appeal will be filed with defense attorney Sam M Wear stating the motion for a new trial. The government witness Mrs Grace Thomasson testified she helped in the hoax and said Muench intended to obtain 250000 dollars from Pittman.
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St. Louis
Nellie Tipton Muench
Supreme Court
Missouri
Muench
Ludwig O. Muench
Wilfred Jones
Helen Bertroyer
Marsh Pittman
George H. Moore
Sam M. Wear
Springfield
Social Security Plan Discussed by Huxman In Topeka
Governor-elect Walter A. Huxman met behind closed doors with Ed McDonald and C. H. Alspach to study federal proposals and actions by other states on social security. He pledged to keep the issue out of politics and learn all facts.
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Topeka
Walter A. Huxman
Ed McDonald
Social Security Board
C. H. Alspach
Kansas City
Earthquake Devastates San Vicente in El Salvador
San Vicente, El Salvador was struck by a powerful Saturday earthquake killing and injuring many. Over 400 bodies identified so far with authorities racing to assess damage while rescuers battle collapsed buildings and threatened by the nearby Santa Rita volcano.
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San Salvador
Salvador
CPI
San Vicente
Santa Rita
San Vincente
Probe Plane Crash Near Matauras Leaves 11 Safe
A giant airliner crash site in a wooded area near the Mataoras junction on the New York New Jersey Pennsylvania line prompted investigators from the Department of Commerce to comb wreckage and seek causes. Transatlantic flier Dick Merrill survived with injuries after weather and fog disrupted the flight from West Palm Beach to Newark.
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Port Jervis
N. Y
Che Department of Commerce
R. I. Lossow
Dick Merrill
Transatlantic
Pan American
Eastern Airlines
Matamoras
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Merrill
Newark
N. J
West Palm Beach
Jacksonville
Richmond
Frank Will Keep Job During the Holidays
Madison Wisconsin December 21 action by the University of Wisconsin board of regents on Dr Glenn Franks tenure probably would be deferred until after New Year supporters of Dr Frank said about 3000 of 8000 students were prepared to strike if the board refused to renew his contract Harold Wilkie regents chairman proposed retirement at end of the school year accusing the president of lacking administrative ability neglecting duty and permitting questionable expenditures of state funds for his household
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Madison
Wis
John Callahan
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
Glenn Frank
S. Callahan
Rank
Harold Wilkie
Regents
Dr. Frank
Bunn Team Arrives for Kansas City Exhibition Game
Coach John Bunn and 13 Stanford players arrive from California en route to Kansas City for a basketball debut in the new municipal auditorium against Warrensburg. The visiting squad, tall and husky, tours the K U campus with coach Tad Reid and meets Dr. James Naismith, who receives a watercolor in honor of his game.
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John Bunn
Stanford University
California
Kansas City
Municipal Auditorium
Warrensburg
Tad Reid
K. U
Bunn
Stanford
Eldridge
James Naismith
Weather outlook favors Christmas shoppers in Kansas
Topeka dispatch reports ideal Christmas shopping weather with no rain or snow expected for Kansas. Temperatures will rise to 45 to 50 degrees statewide tomorrow, tonight may drop to 25 to 28, and no zero weather or Canadian cold is in sight. Skies may be cloudy tomorrow as forecasters note a mild spell. Meanwhile in Raleigh, North Carolina, NC State coach Hank Anderson received formal notice from President Graham that his football head coaching tenure would end.
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Topeka
UPA
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Canadian
Anderson
Raleigh, N. C
Heartley
Hank) Anderson
North Carolina State College
Frank P. Graham
Landon and Roosevelt Share Christmas Chat at White House
President Roosevelt and defeated Republican Alf Landon spent about an hour at the White House discussing Christmas and children. Landon said they talked little politics, with the two swapping fishing tales and noting Roosevelt’s recent South American trip while Landon recounted a Florida fishing trip. Landon appeared jovial as reporters and staff pressed for glimpses.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
White House
Landon
Florida
Christmas carol program lights up Lawrence streets
About one hundred high school students will perform Christmas carols in Lawrence tonight with four stops around the city. Groups sing again tomorrow and Wednesday, inviting residents to join at intersections as a decorative float travels with the Singers. Route directions, escorts, and transport by city buses and a university truck are listed, with leaders and coordinators named.
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Lawrence
Arvid Jacobson
University Design Department
Bernard Frazier
John King
John Ingalls
Lillium Dowers
Rapid Transit Company
Haskell
Joe Williams
Oliver Hobbs
Inaugural Parade Seats Put On Sale For Roosevelt Event
Washington December 21 seats for the Roosevelt inaugural parade January 20 are on sale from 3.50 to 10 dollars. The committee notes construction costs up 40 percent from 1938 levels. Three seven thousand grandstand seats available. average stock figures cited follow unrelated financial data.
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Washington
Dickens Christmas Carol to Run in Journal World
Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol will be published in full in the Christmas Eve edition of the Journal-World. The story, a perennial favorite, follows the earlier publication of The Life of Our Lord and is expected to thrill readers anew.
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Journal-World
The
Trust Deed Filed for Power Bonds in Kansas
Kansas Electric Power company filed a mortgage with Bankers Trust New York and trustee R Gregory Page to secure a 5 million dollar bond issue at 3 45 percent. The indenture covers eight counties for real estate and 19 counties for property rights, franchises and permits. The filing aims to swap higher interest bonds for the new issue to save interest costs.
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Kansas Electric Power Company
Bankers Trust Company of New York
R. Gregory Page
Plainfield
N. J
Register of Deeds
Kansas
Douglas
Wyandotte
Morris
Lyon
Leavenworth
Labette
Greenwood
Coffey
Atchison, Butler, Chase, Jefferson, Johnson, Neosh
Osage
Wilson, Elk
Shawnee
Woodson
Car Victim Better After Wisconsin auto crash near Concordia
Emory Giannangelo, 19, Bethany college football player, improved after serious injuries from a Friday crash that left four KU students injured near Concordia Missouri. Fractured jaw, loss of blood, and additional injuries were reported. Brothers Joe Giannangelo, 26, a KA student, and Frank Giannangelo, 20, with lacerations, were hospitalized or released by Friday. Other victims Mike Sihlanick, 19, and Joe Trimeloni, 20, were released. The group was en route to Pennsylvania for Christmas vacation when their car collided with a transport truck after it crossed icy highway. Mrs Mary Giannangelo of Monongahela PA arrived with daughter Olga to be with the family.
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Emory Giannangelo
Bethany
K. U
Concordia
Harvey Sisk
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Emory
Joe Giannangelo
K. A
Frank Giannangelo
Joe Trimeloni
Mike Sihlanick
Pennsylvania
Mary Giannangelo
Monongahela
Olga Giannangelo
Last Day for First Half Tax Paying Laws Penalty
The line of people at the county treasurer’s office stretched long as residents rushed to pay the first half of 1936 taxes to avoid a 10 percent penalty. December 20 was supposed to be the deadline, but an extra day was allowed since it fell on a Sunday. About 400 people paid on Saturday, the largest single day since tax paying began November 1. After today, interest accrues from December 21 until paid, with delinquency on June 20 for the second half.
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A. M. Gardner
Gardner
Sugar Tax Bill Vetoed in Cuba Impeachment Move
President Miguel Mariano Gomez vetoed the 1.5 million sugar tax bill, prompting impeachment proceedings urged by opponents. Senator Octavio Rivera announced the move as Batista aligned anti-Gomez forces to claim 120 of 169 votes in the house. An extraordinary session was convened for today at 5 p.m. to hear charges.
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Havana
Miguel Mariano Gomez
Octavio Rivera
Fulgencio Batista
House of Representatives
House
Gridiron Club Banquet to Feature Mrs Roosevelt Guest
Roosevelt hosts the Gridiron club stag banquet at the White House with 400 guests. Wives of attendees, including newspaperwomen, will be entertained by Mrs Roosevelt as the club lampoons officials and presidents in off the record skits.
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Washington
Gridiron Club
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
White House
Christmas Eve Radio Message From Pope May Be Given to World
Pope Pius, bedbound with circulatory congestion and fever, hopes to broadcast a Christmas Eve message. Prelates say he may use a microphone in his study. Networks plan a 5:30 am CST transmission with WEAF WJZ NBC WABC CBS and later an English translation.
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Pope
Vatican City
Pius
New York
WEAF
WJZ
NBC
WABC
CBS
Docket Cleared as District Court Dismisses Multiple Cases
County Attorney R B Stevens moved for dismissal of several district court cases before leaving office. Dismissals included Ernest Higgins and George Kaull over fishing law charges, Edwin Hines and Clarence Deskins for duplicate child desertion cases, Roscoe Whitman for possession of intoxicating liquor, Hugh Crabb for forgery, Gilbert Mitchell Edwin Corwin and James McGinnis for auto theft. divorces granted: Ollie Smith from James J Smith and Edgar Patterson from Helen Patterson. Carol Youngbird. damages settled against James Nichols with Youngbird awarded 100 dollars after jury waiver.
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District Court
R. B. Stevens
Hugh Means
Ernest Higgins
George Kaull
Justice Court
Edwin Hines
Clarence Deskins
Roscoe Whitman
Hugh Crabb
Gilbert Mitchell
Edwin Corwin
James McGinnis
Enjoy Boys' Chorus at Junior High Glee Club
Oliver Hobbs, music teacher, leads a versatile Junior High Glee Club with able sopranos altos tenors and bass voices. The Rotary program featured a soprano solo by Jack Payne and strong group singing, proving the club compares well with others.
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Oliver Hobbs
Mr. Hobbs
Hobbs
Rotary
Junior High Glee Club
Jack Payne
Drebing
James Frame
Robert Learned
Albert Learned
Charles Fuller
Stanley Nelson
Jack Stout
Stanley Flouse
Jack Puffenbarger
Billy Cox
Calvert Winter
Donald Stout
Paul Howard
Deana Kiefer
Roy Smonts
Robert Donaldson
Elgin Woody
Richard Dauberman
Alvin Beers
Richard
Police Question Two Men In Car, Weapons Case
Kansas City Kansas police questioned Al Crapo and George Thomas after recovering a stolen motor car a rifle a shotgun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in a private garage. James Cashin said the car was reported stolen March 8 at Carthage Missouri. Also notes a Christmas tree and program at Lake View A M E church on December 25.
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Kansas City
Kan
al Crapo
Wichita
Kay
George Thomas
Tulsa
Okla
James Cashin
Carthage
Christmas Rush Hits Lawrence as Stores Stay Open
Christmas shoppers swarm Lawrence’s business district on the first official winter day of 1936 with three shopping days left. Post office and wrapping stations report record volumes. express shipments exceed last year. Schools adjourn for holidays. university offices close for Christmas and New Year. County rural schools plan Christmas programs while Sheriff Vogler arranges a turkey at the jail for Christmas.
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Lawrence
Merchants’ Bureau
Roger Williams
K. U
Haskell
Jaste
University Kansas
K. G
Business Ofice
Santa Claus
Dougl
Harold Fisher
Fred Vogler
Jenkins Named Legislative Representative for Peace Officers
Jack Jenkins, superintendent of identification for the Kansas City Kansas police department, is named legislative representative for the Kansas Peace Officers Association. He succeeds L R Richts er, Marion county sheriff, who resigned to become secretary to Congressman Ed Reeves from the fourth Kansas district.
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Jude Anderson
Kansas Peace Officers Association
Jack Jenkins
Kansas City, Kan
Peace Officers Organization
Jenkins
L. R. Richster
Marion County
Secetary
Ed Reeves
Kansas
Weather outlook with mixed clouds and rising temperatures
Kanaas forecast shows fair conditions in the east and increasing cloudiness in the west tonight. Tuesday brings partly cloudy to cloudy skies with a rise in temperature. Morning conditions are clear and generally good with temperature records from the Gas Office noted.
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Kanaas
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