Bremer 15 Home A Ransom Is Paid
Edward G. Bremer, president of Commercial State Bank, freed after 22 days in captivity near Rochester Minnesota. Police and federal investigators disclosed details of the kidnapping, noting a ransom reportedly paid in part. Bremer described being slugged and held in a dark room with guards, hearing multiple voices as the gang attempted to snatch him from his car on January 17. Authorities search for suspects Barker and Karpis linked to the case while considering locations in Kansas City and West Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Edward G. Bremer
Commercial State Bank
Rochester
Minn
Bremer
Betty
Federel
Joseph
Sprafka
Ganz
Douglas Street
Dx Waltmanyeh
Mayo Clinic
Street
New York
Lewiston
Walter
McGee
Gsom
Gangis
H. T. Nippert
Freddie Barker
Alvin’ Karpis
Edward. G. Bremer
Barker
Karpis
West Plains
Mantas
West St. Pat
Twin Cities
Rior
Kansas
Kansas Weather Forecast and Road Conditions
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with unsettled and slightly warmer temperatures. Morning outlook shows cloudy or partly cloudy with clear intervals at Coffeyville Salina and Dodge City. Roads reported as good in Douglas County.
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Kansas
Cofeyville
Salina
Dodge Sty
Douglas County
Probe is pushed in motor contracts graft inquiry
Washington reports reveal a probe into alleged efforts to defraud the army motorization program with a $10 million war contracts scheme. Attorney General Gummings avoided comment while grand jury witnesses discussed changes to motor truck specs and possible inside influence involving Legion officials and Marmon Harrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gummings
War Department
Crand
American Legion
Army
Joseph Silverman, Jr
New York
War and Justice Departments
Grand Jury
Royal Copeland
Newark
Silverman
Copeland
Edward Hayes
Marmon-Harrington Company
Indianapolis
Bert Dingley
Daniel C. Glassbrenner
High Legion
Chicago
H. Weir’ Cook
Teader
Grand
Air Corps Reserve
Indiana National Guard
FACES A NEW MENACE IN HAVANA TERRORISM AND STRIKE THREATS
In Havana on February 8 AP reports President Carlos Mendieta faced a new danger from terrorism after efforts to quell a 24 hour general strike called by the communistic federation of labor. Bombings occurred with few casualties and disorders spread to Santiago as leftist student factions allegedly threatened more violence amid protests near the presidential palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Carlos Mendieta
Communistic Federation of Labor
Santiago
Doumergue Begins to Restore Order in Paris Riots
France faces a tense moment as Gaston Doumergue returns to Paris to form a cabinet amid two days of rioting. Police clash with demonstrators near Madeleine and Place de la Concorde while the death toll rises to at least ten and hundreds are injured. The veteran politicians seek a truce and a decree option to stabilize the republic amid threats from red and hoodlum factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Doumergue
Madeleine Church
Place de la Concorde
Gaston Doumergue
France
Albert Lebrun
Edouard Daladier
Lebrun
Veterans of the National Union
Mpremiers
Foreign Office
Aristide Briand
Elysee Palace
Senate
Chamber
Daladier
Salvation
Chamber (of Deputies
Socialist Party
Almanifesto
Republic
Nolice
Terrell Resigns as Douglas County Farm Bureau Agent
J A Terrell, county farm bureau agent since February 1 1931, tendered his resignation effective February 17 and will move to Burlington as county agent of Oreys county. Board to meet Saturday to select a successor. Terrell cited a better position and budget cuts as factors in his departure after guiding 4 H work and government wheat, corn, and hog allotment programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Terrell
Farm Bureau
Burlington
Ories County
Wilson Counts
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Teril
Douglas County
Extension Department
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Terrell
Bourbon
Coffey
Counts
Signatures Forgeries Linked to School Bonds Trial
In Toneka Feb 8 AP report Salina board of education officials testified at Leland C Caldwell’s bond forgery trial that signatures on bonds purportedly issued by the board were not theirs. They had previously identified four July 1 1932 refunding bonds as genuine with their signatures. Officials Earl C Woodward F L Reynolds and Henry Everhart stated they had not authorized Caldwell to print the bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Senator Thomas Satisfied Inflation Set To Restore Economy
The Oklahoma Democrat, long urging inflation, says the nation is headed out of difficulties as inflationary steps already on the books may suffice. He believes no further currency expansion may be needed and that the policy is now in President Roosevelt’s hands to carry through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Appear on Music Program Kansas University Faculty Members
A number of University fine arts faculty members are appearing on the Kansas State Music Teachers Association program in Pittsburg this week. Roy Underwood plays piano this morning, Waldenmar Gelich and C A Preyer perform violin and piano this afternoon, with Miss Trene Peabody providing vocal solos. Dean Swarthout, Skilton, Gelich assisted in last night’s concert by Philipp Abbas, and Karl Kuertstiner played violin numbers yesterday. Talks were given by W B Downing Peabody and Underwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Fine Arts
Kansas State Music Teachers’ Association
Pittsburg
Roy Underwood
Waldemar Gelich
C. A. Preyer
Preyer
Trene Peabody
C. S.skilton
Phillipp Abbas
D. M. Swarthout
Skilton
Gelich
Karl Kuersteiner
W.B. Downing
Miss Peabody
Underwood
Kansas officials study Wagner Peyser act employment offices
Washington February 8 The feasibility of operating employment offices in Kansas under the Wagner Peyser act is being studied by G Clay Baker chairman of the Kansas Commission of Labor and Industry. He conferred with Department of Labor officials to learn if cooperation with the federal government offers added advantages for federally controlled employment bureaus. Kansas already operates its own offices and seeks possible benefits from shared funding and coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas
G. Clay Baker
Kansas Commission of Labor and Industry
Department of Labor
Baker
Police detective Charles E. Smith dies in ambulance
In St Joseph Missouri on February 8 Charles E Smith city police detective died suddenly en route to hospital after a heart attack at age 63 He had served 26 years on the force Also reported Ottawa Kansas February 3 Gov Landon appointed Homer Kint as justice of the peace in Ottawa to succeed John Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auetiels
Ottawa
Topeka
Alf M. Landon
Homer Kint
The
Peaceful
John Hamilton
Woodring to be questioned on Army Air Forces purchases
Washington Feb AP former Brigadier General William Mitchell warned the United States has no air force. The house military committee announced Harry H Woodring assistant secretary of war will testify tomorrow on how Army airplanes are bought under his direction. Mitchell blamed merchants tied to Coolidge and Hoover and said compared with Europe the U S has nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Mitchell
House Military Committee
Harry H.woodring
Representative Hill
D-Ala
Mitchell
Coolidge
Hoover
Europe
Penny bid approved for paving at Haskell Institute
M. N. Penny of Lawrence will be recommended as the successful bidder for about $12,000 in paving of driveways and sidewalks at Haskell Institute. The bid awaits approval by the Department of Interior and has been forwarded to Washington. The project calls for reinforced concrete 1-2-4 mix with driving, curbing, gutters, and jetts, yardage to be determined by appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. N. Penny
Lawrence
Haskell Institute
Fred O. Maeder
Penny Company
Department of Interior
Washington, B. c
Kansas Electric Power Wins Safety Honor for 1935
The Kansas Electric Power company earned a certificate of honorable achievement from the Bureau of Safety for top safety among 12 contesting firms for 1935. W. H. Ruese, safety director, announced the first such award since 1927. The R. H. P. logged no lost time accidents and 20 minor ones among 217 employees, with 66 based in Lawrence.
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Kansas Electric Power Company
Bureau of Safety
W. H. Ruese
Kansas Electric Power
Lawrence
Ruese
Kk. E. P
Stubbs Daughter Reports West Coast Visit and Board Appointment
Mars W R Stubbs of Lawrence appointed to the state board of movie review, with a report due in Topeka Sunday. Mrs. Robert B Stewart of Topeka, daughter of Mrs. Stubbs, conveyed the update as Stubbs camps between Kansas, Colorado, and the west coast after her husband Governor Stubbs’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
W. R. Stubbs
Lawrence
State Board of Movie Review
Toneka
Robert B. Stewart
Topeka
Stubbs
Kansas
Colorado
Cyrus B. Sweet
Loneview
Wash
Reformatory Opens at El Reno Oklahoma
The new federal reformatory in El Reno opens officially to house about 4600 prisoners to relieve Chillicothe and hold extra inmates from southwestern states. Only the more tractable prisoners will be sent here while James Weed, formerly a Lawrence officer, serves as guard after transferring from Leavenworth. The event follows a temperature drop noted in weather updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Reno
Okla
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
Ohio
James Weed
Lawrence
Leavenforth
Readings Vary From 60 Yesterday To 26 Degrees
Temperature readings show a sharp drop from 60 yesterday afternoon to 28 at noon today. Overnight measurements included 42 at % o'clock last night, 96 at midnight, 30 at 3 o'clock this morning, and 26 at 7 o'clock this morning.
Seven Ward Plan Proposed for Lawrence City
The Lawrence city commission considers dividing into seven wards instead of six with an ordinance to be voted at the Monday meeting. The map realigns boundaries with North Lawrence gaining one ward, four west of Massachusetts and two east. If approved, two council members would be elected per ward when the plan takes effect in June 1985, with voting by wards and precincts for state and national elections. Present and proposed registration figures are listed for each ward.
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City of
Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
North Lawrence
Massachusetts
Eighth
Twelfth Street
Kaw- River
Kansans Seek Federal Highway Loan Topeka Capitol Mission
Topeka Feb 8 AP Kansans travel to Washington to lobby for a 22 100 000 loan and grant from the Public Works Administration for highway construction. State Highway Director Harry Darby accompanies Senator Kirke W Dale and Gale Moss as they argue the plan to create relief through employment. The loan will be repaid by dedicating 1 000 000 annually from highway revenues for up to 80 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Harry Darby
Washington
Public Works Administration
Darby
Kirke W. Dale
Arkansas City
Senate Roads Committee
Gale Moss
State Highway Department
Supreme Court
Highway Department
Lofgren Named President of Kansas Music Teachers
Prof Oscar Lofgren head of Bethany College music department in Lindsborg Kan was elected president of the Kansas State Music Teachers association at the 26th annual convention in Pittsburg Kan The 1935 meeting was awarded to Lindsborg and dates to be announced Howard Taylor of the University of Kansas was elected vice president and Mrs Annie M P Bundy of Topeka was reelected secretary treasurer Taylor also joined the executive committee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kan
Oscar Lofgren
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Kansas State Music Teachers Association
Lofgren
Walter McCray
Pittsboro Teachers College
Howard Taylor
University of Kansas
Annie M. P. Bundy
Topeka
Taylor
FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER Harvey Ridge Iola Painter Facea Sentence
Harvey Ridge 60 Iola Painter found guilty of second degree murder after a district court jury opened a sealed verdict. Sentence will be passed later. Ridge killed dairyman J C Johnson on August 28 at the Johnson farm home after Johnson shot Ridge and Ridge returned fire. The jury upheld the state's claim that Ridge provoked Johnson after warnings to stay away. Ridge pleaded self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tola
Kan
Harvey Ridge
Iola Painter
Murger
Ridge
Johnson
Junction City Man Wins Angus Calf Raiser Prize
T L Mullins of Junction City wins the annual beef production contest at the farm and home week in Manhattan Kansas. His entry of 27 creep fed Angus calves topped 235 beef cattle raisers based on daily gain feed costs quality and management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kan
T. L. Mullins
Junction City
Mullins
Insurance moratorium lifted March 25 declares Landon
Topeka date Feb 8 Gov Alf Landon and Insurance Commissioner Hobbs announced the emergency moratorium on policy loans cash surrender values and bank deposits with insurers would end March 25 The 80 day grace period for policyholders ended several weeks earlier and the crisis era controls are eased
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Alf Mr. Landon
Charles F. Hobbs
Insurance
WILL USE STREET TRAFFIC PLAN ON MASSACHUSETTS STREET
City hall meeting set plans to minimize disruption during paving on Massachusetts Street. Contractor to grade once brick is removed, local traffic allowed until paving begins. power company to speed rail removal. Street commissioners report to citizens after contractor talks. about 30-signature petition sought to limit inconvenience. Skimmer scoop at 1500 block. all brick removal to Eleventh Street before paving starts. center street to be cleared and graded. Highways traffic rerouted via Tennessee until resurfacing resumes. papers from Washington not yet arrived. work likely to start next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Street
Power Company
J. L. Constant
8. M. Babb
Tennessee
Washington
Cox Has K. U. Team Faces Sooners Without Coach
The University of Kansas basketball squad, minus head coach Dr. F C Allen due to influenza, prepares to play Oklahoma Sooners in the first of a two game series. Freshman coach Forrest Frosty Cox will lead the Jayhawkers in tonight's exhibition contest as one of several experienced players are also out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Oklahoma Sooners
F.C. Allen
Allen
Jayhawkers
Forrest
Frosty’ Cox
Six Douglas County inmates seek paroles at Lansing
Six men sentenced from Douglas county to serve in the state prison at Lansing filed notices of their applications for paroles before the state board of administration. The applicants are Lawrence Boyland, Lawrence Faith, Walter Chase, J T Haley, Kenneth Bryant, and Harley Reed. The board will hear the applications on April 3, 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Lansing
State Board of Administration
Lawrence Boyland
Lawrence Faith
Walter Chase
J. T. Haley
Kenneth Bryant
Harley Reed
White slave ring busted in Illinois arrests surge to 126
Authorities say 126 people were arrested as a white slave ring was dismantled after luring more than 40 girls from Geneva state training home. Six escaped inmates from Geneva Home for Wayward Girls were among the 26 held in a raid at a local hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois State Training Home
Geneva
Julius Sherwin
Zirlseter
Farmers Sign Under Allotment in Douglas County
The first opportunity for farmers to sign up under the federal corn and hog allotment program opened today at five Douglas County locations. County and township committeemen will staff offices from 8 a.m. daily at sites including the courthouse, Oak Ridge, Kanwaka hall, Lecompton high school, and Clinton church, with further offices in Marion township hall, Black Jack hall, Vinland Grange hall, Budara city hall, and Willow Springs township hall opening tomorrow. Committeemen and officers will collect work sheets and contracts as farmers sign or mail forms, aiming to finish by mid next week. letters from county agent J. A. Terrell urged all farmers to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Povernment
Douglas County
Oak Ridge
Kanwaka
Lecompton [Hich
Clinton Church
Marion Township
Black Jack
Vinland Grange
Budara
Willow Springs
J. A. Ferrell
Terrell
Hesper Academy
Smith Motor Company
Baldwin
Lone Star
Stull
Sooner Basketball Squad Arrives for K U Games
The University of Oklahoma basketball team arrived this morning for a two game series with Kansas. The first game is tonight as an exhibition, with Friday’s game counting in the conference standings. The Sooners, undefeated in the Big Six, stay at the Hotel Eldridge. Coach Haaken McDermott leads a group including Cobb Munson Browning Bross Main W LeCrone H LeCrone Warren Hays and Tyler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University. of Oklahoma
K. U
Sooners
Eldridge
Kansas
Haaken McDermott
Cobb
Munson
Browning
Bross
Main
W. LeCrone
H. LeCrone
Warren
Hays
Tyler
Lincoln Day celebration to be held at St John A M E church
Topeka Kans Feb 8 The annual Lincoln Day celebration for colored Kansans will take place at St John A M E church on February 12 with delegations from Atchison Leavenworth Kansas City Lawrence Wichita Emporia and Pittsboro expected Registration at 130 pm business session 220 banquet at 6 and public meeting at 8 Highlights include a welcome by Mrs Mary E Gaines a response by Attorney T W Bell a discussion on Making Our Club Practical led by F J Reynolds and officers election William Harrison of Hutchinson toasts at banquet and remarks by W Robert Smalls of the Urban League Kansas City Mo The evening program features The Negro and the New Deal speaker plus Lincoln and Douglass addresses by Prof William Jordan Sylvia and Mrs Fred Helm Music by the Rosch sisters and Washburn Kansas University students Charboneau trial continued in Winfield district court until February 20 due to state senator Arnold Todd and defense counsel absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W., Bell
Leavenworth
F. J. Reynolds
Bisquet
William Harrison
Hutchingon
W. Robert Smalls
Urban League of
Kansas City, Mo
Lincoln
Douglass
William Jordan
Sylvia
Fred. Helm
Wichita
Rosch
Washburn
Kansas University
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Cummings
Reporf
Legion
Cuba
Andre Tardieu
Joseph Paul Boncour
Edouard Herriot
Pierre Etienne Flandin
Joseph Caillaux
Pierre Laval
Louis Barthou
Alexandre Millerand
Jules Steer
Albert
Naa
Amenetng Pg Peccdinn
Moma
Smericans
John
Wolfe
Jonz
Britton
Busch
Bayonne
Fine Arts
Woodring
Army Air Forces
Haskell
M. N
Penny
Kansas Electric Power Co
West Coast
State Movie Board
Longview
Capitol
State Music Association
Harry Turner Coal Co
Ady
Cox
Hop Washington
Hope of
Republican House Conference
Clark
Bankes of
Lincoln's
James Anderson
Paul Brune
A. E
Preston
Wilson
Ithra Anderson
Clinton
Lawrence Leonhard
A. E. Hayden
Grant
Fred Peterson
Frank Topping
Seymour Gentry
Wakarusa
John French
Stanley French
Lecompton
M. C. Elliott
E.G. Haverstock
Waka
Carl Nieder
Neal Banks
Inton
Henry Ramnald
Clar B Bee Hoover
Marion
Ralph Cline
Otto Hack
L. W. Schellack
A. D. van ‘Tries
H. H. Miskimen
Fred Cleland
Palmyra
Roger
Stanley
W. Gerstenberger
Eudora
Sooner
K. U. Games
Oen Ford
Hamilton
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