Kidnapping Case Ties Sankey to Lindbergh Mystery
Chicago reports a breakthrough in the Lindbergh kidnapping inquiry as Verne Sankey, once a truckman and sought fugitive, was seized after confessing to two other abductions. He allegedly collected ransom for Boettcher II and St Paul victim, and investigators link handwriting to notes. Authorities say Sankey’s capture may close America’s long mystery and connect to other high-profile kidnap cases.
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Chicago
Charles Augustus
Lindbergh, Jr
Jof Verne Sankey
Sankey
America
Melvin
H. Purvis
Federal Trees of Investigation
Haskell Bohn
St. Paul
Charles Boettcher II
Denver
Gann, S.‘D
Lindbergh
Edward G. Bremer
William Hamm
Jxt
St.Paul
Purvis
Boettcher
John
M. F. Kinkead
Kinkead
Sourland Mountain
New Jersey
Minneapolis _to
Jack Dempsey
Babeuth
Homerun
Sankey Ranch
New York
Joseph B. Keenan
Keenan
Groundhog forecast hints at mild weather ahead
Topeka February 1 AP Groundhog day predictions point to a shadow if he visits Kansas. Federal meteorologist H D Flora says signs indicate pleasant weather with a slow rise in Kansas temperatures tomorrow. He forecasts 55 to 60 degrees, 28 to 32 in northern Kansas tonight, and above freezing in the south, with clear skies continued through tomorrow.
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Topeka
Kansas
D. Flora
Flora
Duluth
Cable News in Brief from Across the Globe
An AP digest reports an amateur radio operator receiving a message about Soviet balloonists amid perilous weather, Hitler ordering police noninterference, Tyrol officials to curb Nazi activity, Panchen Lama prayers for the Dalai Lama, Stalin’s strong party support in the 17th congress, Japan’s war reluctance voiced by War Minister Hayashi, Insull staying in Greece amid embezzlement trial ties, and Rome marking the 11th anniversary of fascist militia parades before Mussolini.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Berlin
Hitler
Innsbruck
Austria
Tyrol
Panchen Lama
Dalai Lama
Joseph Stalin
All-Unior
Communist Party Congress
Tokyo
Senjuro Hayashi
Japan
Athens
Samuel Insull
Greece
Altho
United States
Insull
Chicago
Rome
Mussolini
Deaths and Funerals note local figures in Canon City and Eudora
Mrs S S Courtney former Lawrence resident and East ern Star active died in Canon City Colo funeral services held there interment at Oak Hill Saturday Mrs Horkmans in Canon City two weeks during mother illness Mrs Frank Lucas age 65 Clifton Colo died January 27 burial Grand Junction survived by husband two sisters Lydia Moody and Miss Lydia Moody and John Moody Eudora George Meeder Clearfield resident died at home funeral arrangements to be announced later
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S. S. Courtney
S. S. Cortney
Lawrence
Dave Horkmans
Canon City
Colo
Oak Hill Cemetery
Eastern Star Dering
Horkmans
Frank Lucas
Eudora
Clifton
Grand Junction
Lucas
Robert. Callum
Lydia Moody
Zolo
John Moody
George Meeder
Clearfield
Farmer Says Devaluation Won’t Bother Him
In Lawrence a Douglas County farmer jokes that devaluation of the dollar won’t affect him since he has no dollars. He quips that cheaper dollars might tempt others to spend. Meanwhile Metro clubs from Topeka and Kansas City gather for a dinner and program at Hotel Eldridge with about 35 men. clubs span several midwestern states and target men aged 21 to 35.
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Douglas County
Metro
Topeka
Kansas City
Eldridge
Metro Clubes
Mid-Western
Monthly Boys Club Supper at Trinity Lutheran Church
The Boys Club sponsors a regular monthly supper meeting tomorrow at 6 30 PM at Trinity Lutheran Church. Open to boys 10 to 14 in the community with a small supper charge and amusements planned. Reservations due by noon tomorrow. Bob Price Jr is president and William Kollender is supervisor. Monument planned in Cullowhee cemetery honors Roland Painter, Civil War secretary to General Robert E Lee, who died at 94 last year.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church
Bob Price Jr
William Kollender
Lee
Sylvia
N. C
Cullowhee Cemetery
Roland Painter
Robert #. Lee
Edmondson Announces Sheriff Candidacy in Douglas County
Charles Edmondson launches his August Republican primary bid for Douglas County sheriff in the 1934 general election. A Lawrence native and former Lawrence High School football captain, he plans an active campaign and has prior primary experience. Edmondson served in the U S Army and Marine Corps and is a National Guard second lieutenant with military service overseas.
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Charles Edmondson
Douglas County
Dmondson
Lawrence
Lawrence High School
Edmondson
National Guard
U. S. Army
Marine Corps
Gain in Cigarette Taxes Reach New High for 1933
Washington reports cigarette taxes yielded $335,534,622 to the treasury in 1933, $25,000,000 above 1932. Total tobacco taxes rose to $409,308,921, reflecting the period’s broader tax take. Other tobacco users, including cigars and snuff, contributed less than cigarettes.
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Washington
Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
Boany
Morgenthau
Co op Club Plans Mind Reading Night at Eldridge
The Cooperative Club meets at 6 30 PM in the Eldridge hotel for a regular session. Walter Schaal leads the program committee arranging Madame Anitra a renowned psychic crystal gazer to perform mind reading, a Q and A, and a comedy skit. Madame Anitra is at Crown drug store this week for a special merchandising feature answering past and future questions for customers.
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Cooperative Club
Amateur boxers to meet nine bout card at Haskell gym
Nine amateur boxing bouts from 112 pounds to heavyweight will headline a card at the Haskell gymnasium tomorrow night at eight o clock between an Indian team and Lincoln Nebraska YMCA boxers. Roy Lawrence referees with Bill Ramey and Clarence Swede Wilson as judges and C C Carl as timekeeper. Admission is 45 cents.
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Haskell Gymnasium
Lincoln, Neb
Injured Farm Hand Harold Duncan in Horse Incident
Harold Duncan 21 suffered a broken right leg when a horse slipped on ice and fell on him at George Grosdidier farm while assisting with chores. He is from six miles southwest of Eudora and was transported by ambulance to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He faces about three months of recovery per the attending physician.
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Harold Duncan
Eudora
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
George Grosdidier Farm
Jim Duncan
Memorial’ Hospital
KU Students Depart as First Semester Ends
The University of Kansas closes a semester amid finals with many students heading home for a five day break. Enrollment for spring starts Tuesday, while the campus fixes grades and prepares for the new term. The Kansan notes a lower net loss due to unusual factors and mentions student gatherings and a recovery party at Westminster Hall.
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University of Kansas
Mt. Dread
Union
the University
Kansan
Altho
George C. Foster
Ray Nichols
CWA Administrator's Demanding Yet Exacting Post
Mary E. Jamison, administrator of local CWA projects, says duties vary daily and personnel must be cut as the county nears its full quota. She notes 60,000 federal workers are on payroll nationwide and projects end February 18, with continuation funds expected from Congress.
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Douglas County
Mise
Mary E. Jamison
Senomee ‘Kiwanis. Club
Aew
Jamison
Alt
Congress
CWA
Miss Jamison
Rker
Federal
Federal Treasury
City Farmers Help to Make Michigan Farm
Capac Mich February 1 AP Howard A Smith a St Clair county farmer with ideas about agricultural relief today enjoyed a 7500 laugh at neighbors who called his foolish experiment The 7500 was Smiths share of 15000 crop raised on his 400 acre farm after he invited 280 unemployed Detroiters to join him on a cooperative basis Not all of the 7500 was profit 2500 went to seeds bought with federal funds and Smith still has produce to sell He said city folks ago out to farm and got a big laugh but he pressed ahead The land had been idle and taxes could not be paid due to labor conditions He said if he had to pay those 280 workers he could not have made it The city farmers received 7500 half the proceeds for their labor and expenses
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Capac
Mich
Howard A. Smith
St. Clair County
Smith
St. Clair‘county
Americans Pardoned by Spain for Guard Assault in Palma
Ambassador Bowers received word that Spain's supreme court had approved a pardon for four Americans held in Palma Mallorca for assaulting a civil guard. The jailed pair Clinton Beod and his wife from West Springfield Massachusetts Roger Mead of New York and Edmund Blodgett of Stamford Connecticut face potential early release as the full court acts on the sentence of six months and a day.
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Madrid
Claude G. Bowers
United States
Supreme Court
Palma
Mallorica
Clinton Beod
Weat Springfield
Mase
Roger F. Mead
New York
Edmund A. Blodgett
Stamford
Conn
Bowers
Lecompton Play Thrives Under Bruner Direction
Howard Reed three act comedy Sound Your Horn presented by sophomores Wednesday night under Miss Maurine Bruner with Miss Kathryn Weatherby assisting. Cast and numbers between acts praised. cast members He Wymer Elsie Kellogg Rachel Norwood Glenn Simms Robert Walters Lucille Rothwell Doris Mellenbruch Ruth Weimer Wesley Crady Lawrence Cree also recognized for help. Guests at dinner included Rev. G. C. Albin and Grace Kellogg. locals Mrs. Emma Ballard Mrs. Will Granel and families noted.
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Howard Reed
Maurine Bruner
Kathryn Weatherby
He Wymer
Elsie Kellogg
Rachel Norwood
Glenn Simms
Robert Walters
Lucille Roth
Grace Kellogg
Mary Brass
W. B. Glenn
H. F. Fulton
Topeka
Glenn
Transac
Hite
G Glenn
Fi'ton
Emma Hogg
Herman Bohnsack
Eudora
Emma Ballard
Lecompton
Sun
Coffman Family Moves Near Mud Creek Bridge
Mr and Mrs Clifford Coffman relocated last week to the Fred Harman farm 3 1 2 miles east of Mud Creek bridge. Mr and Mrs Ted Buchicum and Mrs Charles Coffman drove to Topeka Sunday to visit Mrs Coffman.
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Clifford Coffman
Fred Harman Ae
Mud Creek Bridge
Ted Buchicum
Charles Coffman
Topeka
Coff
Former exile returns to United States after 15 years
Miss Goldman, aged 64, who was exiled in 1919 for radical activities, returned to the United States today after 15 years abroad. She crossed the international bridge from Canada at 10:50 a.m. and will visit Rochester relatives. The Labor Department had granted her reentry a few weeks ago.
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Va. Falls
N. Os
Miter
Pata
Anne Mariage
United States
Canada
International Bridge
Miss Goldman
Labor Department
Toronto
Rochester
Kansas Day Tales And Local Moves In Kanwaka
Local notices recap numerous family moves and visits in Kanwaka area. Neighbors Sam Sutton and family visit Lecompton. Coffman siblings travel to Tonganozie to see ill Al Coffman. Kanwaka Good Will club gathers for Kansas Day program with Mrs. Simpson in charge. Clifton Warrington enlists in U.S. Army cavalry at Fort Riley. Barber School reports perfect January attendance and high achievement by students.
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Starbird
Famiy
Wm. Bahnmaier
Big Springs
Derby Farm
Sam Sutton
Leucompton
W. €. Walters
John Coffman
Bagwell
Tolley Coffman
Kansas City
Charles Coffman
Tonganozie
Baldwin
Bert Sutton
Helen
Kanwaka Good Will Club
E. M. Bahnmaier
Kansas
Jack Simpson
Simpson
Chas. Fooning
G. Richards
Homer Hird
Ed. Buerman
Esther Wulfkuhle
Wm. Richards
Otto Johanning
E. Warrington
Ruby .Houk
Ed Buerman
T. R. Wiggins
Stanwix
G. Bigsby
Chas. Topping
Roy Deskin
Rodger Mac Bahnmaier
Janette ‘Venwix
Harriet Humes
Clinon
Earl Yakle
Far Rebeam
LeLoupe
Russel Harrel
Clinton
W. O. Slusser
Russell
George Coffman
Ben‘ Swallow
Floyd Schellhorn
T. R. Wieghis
Ed. Auerman
Chas
Coffman
Mary
Frank Houk
Ruby
Pearl
Marvin Alfred
Janette Stanwix
Shipman Carter
Richard
Raymond Love
Elmer Warrington
Dona Lee
Harley Dobson
Clifton Warrington
Sigel
U.S. Army Cavalry
Fort Riley
Clifton
Barber School’ News Seven Nails
Barber School
Barber school enrollment dispute cited in district move
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a Barber school issue involving an enrollment of 14 and a district action. Names such as Jean Cottman, Ray Slusser, and Marit Bahn appear in garbled form. The readable fact is a dispute over student enrollment and relocation within the district.
Market News in Walt' Atreet Report on Gold Standard Shift
Market activity fluctuated with heavy trading and a resumed ascent in equities. Grains sagged while cotton and other commodities mixed. bonds strengthened as several major issues rose. The dollar’s parity and gold exchange rates sparked debate on currency policy amid hints of further financial stabilization steps.
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Soller
Abe
Ely
American Lephone
Montgomery Ward
Newark
Central Union Pacific
Allied Ch Chemical
Chrysler Seara-Firebuck
Safeway Stores
Southern Pacific
Douglas Aircraft
Britain
France
Washigton
London
Altho
Washington
United States
National City Bank of New York
Olive Tablets Claim Breath Freshening Effect
Advertisement notes Olive Tablets by Edwards, marketed to reduce bad breath. Claims nightly use for a week improves odor and digestion with prices listed as 15, 90c, and 60c.
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la Edwards
Kruschen Salts Promotes Slim Figure For Women
An advertisement urges women to use Kruschen Salts daily in hot water each morning to reduce fat and improve vitality. It promises noticeable fat loss, energetic health, clear skin, and cheerful vivacity, with an 85 cent bottle refundable if not satisfied.
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