Accomplices Sought in Marian Parker Kidnapping Case
Los Angeles police and Oregon officials pressed the search for Andrew Cramer and June Dunning, named by William Hickman in a confession as Marian Parker’s alleged accomplices. Investigators traced possible sightings through records in Los Angeles and Phoenix while Hickman faced charges of murder and kidnapping.
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Los Angeles
Phoenix
Ariz
Tiday
Andrew Cramer
June Dunning
William Jidscard Hickman
Marian Parker
A. Jennie V. Dunning
Jean Laughter
Sacramento
Phocent
Kuregga
Jeane Farran
Merchant's Hotel
San Diego
Hickman
Pendleton
Gre
Calif
Dane Dunning
William Edward Hickman
Marian Tarker
Polich
Proenix
Evening Tribune
William Ep
Aard Hickman
Lave
Marian
Cramers
Per Walker
Wassistant
Hickman Insists He Did Not Kill Girl
Hickman, the confessed kidnapper of Marian Parker, was interviewed in Pendleton insisting he did not kill the girl and saying he loves her. He named two alleged accomplices while denying plans to abduct another child and claiming he aided only out of misguided affection.
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Hickman
Girl
Unsettled Kansas Forecast Cites Slight Warmth
A brief Kansas forecast notes a somewhat unsettled pattern tonight and Saturday with slightly warmer conditions in the north and east portions. Conditions mention cloudy skies for Hutchinson and Dodge City with county roads described as good despite the unsettled weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Port
Hutchinson
Dodge City
Reed Not A Candidate For Senate In 1928
Kansas City December 23 AP Senator James A Reed of Missouri today eliminated himself as a senate candidate for 1928 but kept his name in consideration for the Democratic presidential nomination. Reed recalled that he had stated in St. Louis over a year ago that he did not intend to run again for the senate and repeated he would not run in 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
James A. Reed
Souri
Senate
Reed
St. Louis
Rush to handle incoming mail peak at Lawrence post office
Outgoing Christmas mail reached peak Thursday afternoon prompting Postmaster G B Hosford to note rising incoming mail but no change in first class volume. Parcel post from other towns increased. peak incoming mail expected Saturday. Delivery restored by 6 p m and parcel carriers will start Sunday at 6 a m with rural routes Monday.
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Lawrence
G. B. Hosford
Hosford
Caluag
Poctai
Dr Niebuhr to Speak at University Meetings in Detroit
Dr Niebuhr, pastor of Bethel Evangelical Church Detroit, will be the main speaker at a series of religious meetings arranged by the University Y M C A. The events run through the first semester with weekly forums halted until the second term. He will address the university February 7 and 3, and an all-University convocation on January 7. A sacred concert with the Men's Glee Club and University Band is planned, followed by a dinner yet to be arranged. Niebuhr will also speak at the tenth quadrennial Student Volunteer Movement convention in Detroit, where six KK OU students will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heinfield Niebu
Bethel Evangelical Church
Detroit
KK. OU
Local Stores to Close on Monday in Christmas Observance
Lawrence merchants announce a Monday closure for the Christmas holiday through the Merchants' Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. Banks and most business houses will shutter all day, with restaurants and drug stores varying hours, drug stores closing 12:30 to 6. Courthouse offices will be closed all day.
Acquitted Denver Promoter In Bank Funds Case
Charles E Haverer a Denver mining promoter was acquitted in federal court of aiding misapplication of Union National Bank Beloit Kan funds He had earlier been convicted and served part of a six year term at Leavenworth then granted a new trial on appeal and released on bond The case involved him selling three notes to Leo A Mergen former bank cashier Santa Claus Visits Police and local officials deliver cigars and cigarets to Lawrence police station along with other holiday notices and offers.
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Kansas City
Kan
Charles E. Haverer
Denver
Union National Bank of
Beloit
Havener
Federal Penitentiary
Teavenworth
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Leo A. Mergen
Racences
Cian
Hickman Story Of Crime And Escape From Oregon Prison
William Edward Hickman, 19, the so called evil genius of the Marian Parker kidnapping and murder case, confessed after a weeklong game of hide and seek with police. Caught near Hickman, Oregon, he told a disjointed confession to the child’s abduction, blamed an alleged partner Andrew Cramer for the murder, and recounted his planned escape and capture amid a nationwide manhunt. He was taken to Pendleton, where officers and the public listened to his tale as the broader story of the case continued to unfold.
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Tendleton
Ore
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
Los Angeles
Columbia River
Hickman
Andrew Cramer
Jane Dunning
Gurdane
Marian
Hick
Haves
Mor Haves
Hurse
Pasadena
Pendleton
Tendheton
Echo
Pacific Coast
Perry M. Parkes
Cramer
Parker
Markex
Mr. Hayes
Little Marian
Mer Jan
Cain
Kidwell Faces Sharp Cross-Examination in Teapot Dome Case
Edward J. Kidwell, a juror in the Fall Sinclair trial, testified under tense questioning by Assistant District Attorney James J. O'Leary. Kidwell accused O Leary of pressuring him to sign false affidavits and admitted talking to his father about the affidavits after a warning from Justice Siddons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward J. Kidwell
Teapot Dome
James J. O'Leary
Leary
Kidwell
Sinclair
Dance Tonight to Benefit Lawrence Spanish War Veterans
A benefit dance in Lawrence to raise funds for purchasing a stand of colors for the United Spanish War Veterans camp will be held at 9 pm in the F. A. Us hall following an 8 pm program. Col A M Harvey of Topeka, past department commander, will speak, accompanied by Mrs Harvey. Delegations from Topeka Kansas City and Ottawa are expected, weather permitting, with a program recalling Exhelmae Weber and a winter tribute.
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Lawrence
United Spanish War Veterans
F. A. Us
A. M. Harvey
Topeka
Harvey
Kansas City
Ottawa
Exhelmae Weber
Lawence Traveler Recounts Narrow Police Scrutiny
J A Sutcliffe, arriving from Bakersfield by car, recalls a tense stop in a small town near Wichita for coffee to boost his energy. He describes a cautious exchange with a man who questioned him, then Wichita police and motorcycle officers who scrutinized his vehicle before permitting him to continue.
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J. A. Sutcliffe
Lawrence
Bakersfield
Cal
Los Angeles
Sutcliffe
Wichita
Two personal crisis reports in Franklin County
Two separate self inflicted deaths reported in Franklin County. Irvin Kinder a 16 year old Rantoul high school junior killed himself on school grounds using a match box reading death by own action. Parents offered no motive. David Ackerman 43 of Quenemo was found hanging from a tree near Pomona on a farm owned by W C Jones. He was despondent over ill health and finances.
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Ottawa
Res
Franklin County
Irvin Kinder
Rantoul High School
Rainh
David Ackerman
Quenemo
W_ C
Jones
Pomona
Unsettled Conditions With Higher Temperatures
Toneka Kansas review notes an unsettled sky with slightly higher temperatures for the next day. Snow was report ed in extreme northeast Kansas but not measurable. Overnight lows range from 8 to 20 degrees across the state with towns like Concordia 8 Goodland 12 Toneka 18 Dodge City 14 Kansas City 14 Wichita 16.
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Toneka
Kans
S. D. Flora
Weather Bureau
Concordia
Goodland
Dodge City
Akansas City
Wichita
Mental and Nervous Clinics December 29 at City Hall
Clinics announced by Prof Raymond H Wheeler Kilwanis clay committee sponsor. Dr G L Harrington Kansas City to hold nervous and mental clinic Thursday morning December 29 from 9 to 11 at City Hall. Orthopedic clinic by Dr C B Francisco Kansas City at City Hall Friday afternoon December 30 starting 1 PM lasting thru afternoon.
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City Hall
Raymond, H. Wheeler
Kilwanis Clay Committee
G. L. Harrington
Kansas City
C. B. Francisco
Dairymen to Discuss Prices at Monday Meeting
A Douglas County Milk Producers association meeting will be held Monday evening in the Chamber of Commerce rooms to consider a report on boosting dairy prices. Producers and distributors seek higher returns as costs rise, with proposals to raise retail price from 10 to 11 or 12 cents and producer share from 8 to 9 or 10 cents per quart. The discussion will also cover membership status as 90 of 125 producers have paid dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Douglas County Milk Producers Association
Lawrence
White Christmas Hopes Rise as Western Kansas Snow Falls
Snow began about 1 a.m. and by morning lightly coated towns in western Kansas. Two inches fell in places aiding wheat growers after a dry spell. Weather officials warned of unsettled conditions with more snow possible, and a white Christmas seemed likely across Dodge City, Salina, and nearby towns as cold air moved through the area.
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Dodge
Kas
Dee
A. A
Arden City
Salina
Kans
Kansas
Amarently
Celhy
Russell and
Ellsworth
T On
Remus move seeks early sanity hearing or bond
Cincinnati December 25 AP George Remus argues in probate court that his 68 days in jail and expert insanity opinions require advancing his sanity hearing or granting bond. Remus, found not guilty by reason of insanity for his wife Imogene Remus murder, plans to plead before Judge Lueders with attorney Charley Elston stating he only learned of the motion after filing. A jurors’ petition yesterday failed to secure release.
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Cincinnati
George Remus
William Lueders
Remus
Imogene
Lueders
Gabriel Ryerson
Charlee Elston
Chicago
Tames G. Cotter
United States District Attorney
Lquor
Brother of Former Resident Leads as S-4 Submarine Sunk
Lieutenant-Commander Roy K. Jones of the submarine S-4 sunk off Provincetown last Saturday afternoon is the only brother of Mrs. Dwight V. Buchanan, formerly of Lawrence, now residing in Blue Rapids.
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Roy K. Jones
Provincetown
Dwight V. Buchanan
Lawrence
Blue Rapids
Notice to Advertisers for Jarma World Press
The Jarma World will go to press early tomorrow morning. All advertising copy must be in our office by 6:60 tomorrow evening. A reply to advertisers will follow with guidance on ad submissions and deadlines. Funk's Ambulance is listed with phone 19 for contact.
Lindbergh Not To Fly Till Wednesday
Mexico City AP reports Colonel Lindbergh may delay takeoff for his Guatemala flight until Wednesday with plans leaning toward inspecting the Spirit of St Louis and personally reviewing every detail. He will also study Central American maps provided by the Mexican government.
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Mexico City
Santa Radio Broadcast Delights Lawrence on Christmas Eve
Lawrence celebrates with a radio event as Santa Claus plans a global journey. SCNP will tune in on the WREN wavelength at ten minutes to six Saturday night, Christmas Eve, while Jenny Wren’s Bing Smith reports a merry Santa near the mic. Officials assure the station’s readiness to ensure a flawless program.
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Lawrence
Santa Claus
North Pole
Santa
SCNP
WREN
Jenny Wren
Bing” Smith
SONP
Jenny Wren Milling Company
Sante
North Pete
KU Symphony Plans 25th Mid-Winter Concert
The University of Kansas symphony orchestra presents its twenty-fifth annual mid-winter concert on January 12 at in the K A auditorium. Fifty instruments will be represented with student players and one or two faculty assistants. Conductor Karl O Euersteiner leads the program featuring Beethovens First Symphony as the principal piece. Contralto soloist Mrs. Alice Monerich will perform. The exact program will be announced next week.
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University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra
K. A
Karl O. Euersteiner
Alice Monerich
Kuersteiner
Youth Confesses to Bank Robbery in Kansas
Winfield Kansas December 23 AP John T Brack a former student at St Johns College here confessed to police that he and his brother Ernest robbed the State Bank at Lieventhal last Tuesday taking about 3820 which they divided at Hutchinson He says they hid the money in a wheat field near Hutchinson then drove into Hutchinson and stayed until yesterday Finest is held by authorities at Great Bendie In his confession the youth who was expelled from College for breaking dormitory rules spoke of the crime and its concealment
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Hickman
Los Angeles
Hayes
National Bank
Harry Havis
Havis
Oregon
de- Herman Cline
Marian
Tedar
Thee cl
AL Jagast
Roman Parker
Segate Clothier
Lamopey
Northwest
Winfield
Kas
John T. Brack
St. Johns College
Ernest
Lieventhal
Hutchinson
Great Bendie
Train Hits a Bus Daretown N J Fatalities Reported
AP reports six children killed and several injured when a Pennsylvania railroad train struck a bus at Daretown seven miles from Salem New Jersey on December 23. The incident dominates today’s early news from the region.
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Salem
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Daretown
Haskell Indian school to stage King Winter’s Court pageant
Has Kell Indian school presents King Winter’s Court Christmas celebration with a pageant at 7 30 tomorrow night in the gymnasium led by Miss Ella loria Thomas Austin stars as King Winter. Three tableaux appear and a large lighted tree decorates the gym. Afterward presents are distributed in dormitories and meals are planned Sunday and Monday with open house to follow.
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Haskell Indian School
King Winter's Court
Ella]loria
Simail
Haskell Gymnasium
Thomas Austin
King Winter
Gyimnasium
Mary
Haskell
Lawrence Curches
Department of Music &T Haskell
Stella Robbins
Voice
Nels Nelson
Farm film shown countywide aids farm bureau work
Over 2,000 saw the film The Roman Sleepy Valle exhibited in eighteen county locations under A I Gilkison county agent. He plans to return the film to the American Farm Bureau federation office in Chicago. Douglas county was among the first in Kansas to show it. Gilkison tested thirteen soil samples from a southeast WeKarusA farm and found high acidity making the soil poor for alfalfa. Remedy is ground limestone application.
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Valle
Farm Bureau
A. I. Gilkison
Kansas
Gilkison
Ideatr
Wekarusa
Two Die In Robbery Attempt At Stanton Bank
Midland Texas December 25 two unidentified men believed to be Mexicans were killed and another wounded during a bank robbery attempt at the Hone National Bank of Stanton. A nearby church burned as officers pursued the robbers and a fourth bandit reportedly fled after a shot. Authorities note Texas bank robberies have risen since September with a $5000 reward offered for dead robbers.
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Home National Bank of
Stanton
Texas
Midland
Ita
Hone National Bank
Here
Wd Christian Churca
C. Bayes
Glassrock County
Lee Smith
Bayes
Martin County
Oulessa
State Banks’ Association
Odessa
Association
Four Chinese Communists Executed After Hankow Uprising
In Hankow area of China authorities executed four Chinese communists including a man identified as the leader of a recent uprising in Turghsan. The insurgents overran Turghsan thirty miles from Hankow about forty nights ago, established a peasants government, and killed many local gentry and merchants. The report notes released Russian women and ongoing detentions of Russian men, with local ads and classifieds filling the page.
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Reese
Hankow
China
Turgshan
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Marian Park
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Hickmnai
Hickmer
Cantorhia
Ran Fenne
SGU
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Reinhold ‘Nebuht
K. U
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Beloit Bank
A. M. Fortney
Interstate Bus Company
A. D. Weavey
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Desperado
Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Buck Liewallen
Tom Gurdane
Parker Branin
Associated Press
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Parker's Bank
Col. A. M. Harvey
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Hanna— Ady
Wilbur
Fanaty
Ashington
Charles FP. Hughes
Naval Operations
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Lindbergh
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