Soviet angle in plane shipments
Washington reports the Vimaleft Company of Jersey City and its president Robert Cuse surfaced in the 1930 congressional probes into communist activity as officials sought grounds to revoke the export license for 2.7 million dollars of airplanes and engines to Spain. The hearings linked the firm to Amtorg and a New Jersey repair operation for Liberty motors diverted to Soviet forces, with lawmakers and President Roosevelt debating an extension of the neutrality law to curb munitions sales amid civil war tensions.
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Washington
Vimaleft Company, Ltd
Jersey City
Robert Cuse
Spain
United States
State Department
Case
Cuse
Vimalert Company
Soviet Russia
Roosevelt
Wilmalert
House
Representative Fish
Basil W. Delgass
Amtorg
Liberty Motors
War Department
Delgass
New Jersey
Vimaleft
Makhnikovsky
Russia
Neleass
Liberty Myotars Delgass
Capper
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pittman
Quiz questions from a historical newspaper page
Test Your Knowledge. A set of trivia items asks about ex-presidents pensions Grosvenor Square Cradle Song Shrove Tuesday Lisbon treaty Mexico Girardon and more. Includes a doctor’s ad and an insurance pitch with phone numbers.
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United States
Grosvenor Square
Lisbon
Mexico
Francois Girardon
Palmetto State
New Orleans
Alexander. Denist
Push Building Work Converts Underwood Home to Six Apartments
Remodeling of the 1880 Underwood house at 64 Tennessee Street moves ahead to create six apartments. M N Penny and L C Ringler hold the permit. their wives bought the property as Underwood heirs. Three units will have living room kitchen and bath, three will add separate bedrooms. A new heating system plumbing and second floor hardwood floors are planned. The Ringlers will occupy one unit. they now live with the Pennys.
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Underwood
Tennessee Street
M. N. Penny
L. C. Ringler
Penny
Henry Tisdale
Charles Elwell
Elwells
Junius Underwood
Deaths and Funerals in Baldwin Tonganoxie and Kansas City
Funeral services for Tarlton Toney 82 died at home in Baldwin were held at St. John's Catholic Church with burial at Holden. John Todd 71 of Tonganoxie died this morning and services will be at Friends church with burial at Maple Grove cemetery. Dr Arthur James Watling Sr died at his daughter's home 838 Arkansas St. Services at Funk Chapel Dec 31 1 30 pm burial Elmwood Cemetery Kansas City. Survived by three daughters three grandsons three granddaughters one great grandson. Dr Watling formerly a dental technician and practitioner in Kansas City Junction City and Michir.
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Baldwin
St. John's Catholic Church
Holden
John Todd
Tonganoxie
Friends Church
Floyd Moss
Maple Grove Cemetery
Carl Todd
Lawrence
Arthur James Watling
C. C. Makepeace
Arkansas Street
Funk Chapel
Carter Harrison
Elmwood Cemetery
Kansas City
H. L. Fretz
Ogden
Utah
J. L. Shaffer
Club Members to Greet New Year on Pike's Peak
Pi Fifteen mountain climbers buckled on heavy clothing today and began the 14,110 foot ascent toward Pike's Peak summit to greet 1937. The AdAmAn club plus ten helpers aim to reach the top by 9 p.m. tomorrow as the sixteenth annual New Year’s Eve climb with fireworks at the peak.
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Colorado Springs
Cola
Pike's Peak
AdAmAn Club
Colorado Plains
Governor elect Huxman to stay in Topeka for New Year
Governor elect Walter A. Huxman, down with a severe cold, will remain in Topeka for New Year’s observances and focus on his address as inauguration nears. Shelterbelt Nursery near McPherson to be abandoned March 30 after 23 years of service. trees harvested and shipped to Hutchinson for storage. Marriage licenses issued to William Kandt Jr and Lois Woods. Donald Elliott and Nelda Faye Shaeffer. Roland Godfrey and Anna Rosevelt. New term starts January 4.
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Topeka
Walter A. Huxman
Hutchinson
Shelterbelt Nursery
McPherson
Kan
Federal
Congress
William Kandt, Jr
Lois Woods
Independence, Kan
Donald Elliott
Nelda Faye Shaeffer
Roland Godfrey
Anna Rosevelt
Coach Dorais Warns on College Football Gambling Menace
New York December 30 Gus Dorais of the University of Detroit told the American football coaches association that gambling on college football is a serious menace. He urged a committee to study action as professional gamblers reportedly probe injuries and team conditions.
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New York
Gus Dorais
University of Detroit
American Football Coaches Association
Dorais
Doras
de Ormond
Tass
Chevrolet Assembly Line Stops No Bodies Ready
The Chevrolet plant in Flint Michigan suspended operations at 1 PM due to a sitdown strike in Fisher body division plant No 2 cutting off body supply. Company officials stressed there is no labor trouble at the Chevrolet plant and Roth Chevrolet leads in production within General Motors.
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Flint
Mich
CPI
Chevrolet Motor Company
Fisher Body
Roth Chevrolet
General Motors Corporation
Chevrolet
Capper urges Kansas to ratify child labor amendment
Senator Capper of Kansas urged the Kansas legislature to ratify the long pending child labor amendment to the constitution in a telegram to William Allen White. He said it was tremendously important to ratify, noting newspapers reported ten of thousands of girls employed in big city factories at starvation wages.
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Washington
Capper
Kansas
William Allen White
Emporis
Kan
Phillips signs Bud Browning to play with 66 club
Bartlesville Oklahoma December 20 Phillips Petroleum officials announced Bud Browning all American forward with the Santa Fe Trails basketball team for two years had signed to play with the Phillips 66 Missouri Valley A A U club Browning former University of Oklahoma star and Big Six scoring record holder of 27 points in a game left today with the Phillips team for Denver where Friday the club meets Safeway Stores in a league game
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Okla
Phillips Petroleum Company
Bud Browning
Santa Fe Trails
Phillips “66
Missouri Valley A. A. U
Browning
University of Oklahoma
Phillips
Denver
Safeway
Young Roosevelt Better After Illness and Surgery
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. is described as very satisfactory after a streptococcus throat infection and two sinus operations at Massachusetts General Hospital. His mother and his fiancée Miss Ethel du Pont moved to friends’ home to escape crowds, visiting daily. In Chanute Kansas, residents must pay overdue utility bills or face service shut off as city clerk Ross Cooper implements the new policy.
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Boston
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Massachusetts General Hospital
Franklin
Ethel du Pont
Chanute
Kan
Ross Cooper
Memorial Hospital Notes and Airway Safety Funds
Memorial Hospital notes report Mrs Otto Fischer recovering from a major operation last evening Mis Olive Brown of 845 Illinois street had a tonsillectomy this morning and Alice Davis of 245 Indiana street underwent a tonsillectomy today In Washington on December 30 the commerce department announced plans to seek 10 million dollars in additional funds to improve airway safety facilities over the next two years.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Ransom note tied to Seattle kidnapping case and intruder patterns
Police linked a ransom note to a masked kidnapper who abducted Charles Mattson and left clues in Seattle. Investigators traced a stolen Bertocchino auto, reviewed a Tacoma recovery, and noted similar ladder and intrusion attempts at Hadaway Hall and the Franklin residence. Authorities pursued possible ties between the Mattson and Franklin cases while a truce in negotiations allowed family talks with the kidnapper.
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Allen Strickland
Tacoma
Bertocchino
Seattle
Ann
Tim
W. W. Matta
Charles
Department of Justice
Mattson
Figenta
John Franklin
Haddaway Hall
Franklin
Charles Mattson
Lawrence Bets On Spring as Weather Short Lifts Spirits
Lawrence experiences a brief spring like spell with birdsong and cool damp air. Residents note green lawns and a passerby jokes about oiling a mower or grabbing a snow shovel. KSAC radio airs a live adaptation of Harvey Vonore detailing Lecompton and early Kansas post Civil War.
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Lawrence
Mercury
Tenth
Kentucky
Lecompton
Kansas
KSAC
Harvey Vonore
Horace D. Herr
Lecomaton
Robots Replace Canaries In Southern Illinois Mines
In Eldorado Illinois mechanical birds replace live canaries and white mice to warn miners of odorless carbon monoxide gas. Superintendent Michael Taggart says the device, a small barrel tube rubber bulb and valve, indicates CO levels by liquid color change when the bulb is squeezed. Wheat in Good Condition In Kansas report says winter wheat is generally in good condition though top growth is smaller and subsoil is dry.
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Eldorado
Illinois
Michael Taggart
Eldorado Mine
Topeka
Kansas
Flora
Survives a Hanging in Shanghai Sikh Man May Be Immortal
Atma Singh a Sikh from British India survived a hanging when the rope snapped as he dropped from the scaffold. Police hospital care followed brain concussion. His wife Shakur and thousands of locals view the event as divine intervention. Consulate officials noted an unforeseen rope failure and possible beam edge cut.
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Shanghai
Atma Singh
India
British India
Shakur
Shanghai International Settlement
John Brenan
Miss Nora Van Trips Hosts Ladies Club Christmas
Miss Elizabeth Pearson was elected president of the Ladies club at the December gathering with 21 members present. Christmas tree and gift exchange marked the close, and schoolchildren made gifts for parents before vacation.
Christmas News From Wellsville Area Families
Miss Pauline Smith visited her Kansas City parents on Christmas Day while Elizabeth Pearson and nephew Joe Bailey from South Dakota stayed with Topeka friends. A community hall Christmas program ended with Santa distributing gifts. Dr. Rolland Waters and family, from Fayetteville, Ark, visited, with meals shared by relatives in Wellsville. Local students and residents, including Harry Neis and the Kalb and Neis families, marked the holidays with dinners and gatherings. The Wellsville Community Club planned a January meeting, and John Clayton of Edgerton, long ill, died December 17. Various guests and families hosted Christmas meals, plays, and gift exchanges across Wellsville and nearby towns.
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Pauline Smith
Kansas City
George .Smith
Elizabeth Pearson
Joe Bailey
South Dakota
Topeka
Svell
Santa Claus
Rolland Waters
C. C. Waters
A. D. van Tries
Donald Pearson
Paul O'Neill
Raymond Pearson
George Kyle
Tena Pearson
Whipple
Wellsville
Kathleen Sheppard
Manhattan
Mary Louise Sheppard
Billy
Sheppard
Nora
Irene van Tries
Edward Revey
Corrinne Revey
van Tries
Finn Cavender
Antioch School
Anna Cavender
Market News Overview From Kansas City Grain Market
The report outlines grain pricing moves and market signals with mixed quotes for wheat corn and related commodities. It references several firm names and numbers, noting price shifts, closing figures, and volume indicators alongside dates and bid offers.
In loving memory of Doris Jean Malder obituary
In loving memory of our darling daughter Doris Jean who passed away one year ago in January. In the cemetery she lies sweetly sleeping among gently waving flowers. Peaceful may you sleep dear Doris Jean. In life we loved you dearly in death we do the same. Sadly missed by Mother and Daddy Mr and Mrs M M Malder.
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Doris Jean
Daddy
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