Hauptmann Trial Evidence Wraps Up in N J Court
Testimony in the Bruno Richard Hauptmann Lindbergh kidnapping and murder trial concluded in Flemington New Jersey with Mrs. Dwight Morrow rebutting defense insinuations about maid Violet Sharpe. The state rested after 97 witnesses. defense presented 53. Summations set for next Monday at 10 a.m.
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Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Dwight W. Morrow
Violet Sharpe
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Yonkers
New York
Hauptmann
Edward J. Reilly
Robert Rosccrans
Justive Trenchard
Roosevelt Ready to Meet Adverse Gold Ruling
President Roosevelt and Attorney General Cummings prepared a plan of action in case of an adverse Supreme Court gold ruling. The court met in a Saturday session with no word on when decisions would be issued, though expectations pointed to Monday. The administration signaled readiness for any emergency and decisive measures if needed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cummings
Supreme Court
Capitol
Long Invited to Address Kansas Senate Sparks Debate
In Topeka Kansas senators debated inviting Huey Long to speak at the state Democratic gathering amid questions of Republican trickery. Some Republicans apologized to President Roosevelt for the action while others denied inviting Long. The legislature adjourned for the weekend as the house passed a compulsory military training bill and the senate eyed bills on medicine and beer.
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Topeka
Kan
Huey Long
Senate
Long
House
George K. Melvin
Douglas County
Charles Hall
Reno County
White House
Melvin
Marvin McIntyre
Hall
Roosevelt
Charles E. Miller
Tonyganoxic
Len
Kansas
ALM
London
Ui Senate
Heer
Little Rock
Arka
Arkanaas Hong
Huey T. Long
Ganixdana
Louisiana
Washington
Arkmanas House
Longes
Arkansas salons say no to Huey Long speech
Washington reports the Arkansas house rejected a resolution inviting Louisiana share our wealth advocate Huey Long to speak. Long praised Arkansas friends, estimated 90 percent support, and stated he declines most invitations. He noted no invitation from Kansas legislature.
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Long
Arkansas
Advocate
Kansas
Believe fighter drugged before Chicago boxing match
Joe Virpo collapsed just before he was to enter the ring for an 11 round bout with Frankie Sagilo at Cicera stadium in Chicago. Dr W A Vopata of the Illinois State Athletic Commission said Virpo was drugged and the commission opened an investigation. He was taken to St Anthony hospital.
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Chicago
W. A. Vopata
Illinois State Athletic Commission
Joe Firpo
Philadelphia
Middleweiht
Frankie Sagilio
Cicera Stadium
Krpo
St. Anthony Hospital
State Athletic Commission
Sin Investiation
Shepard Case Heads to Jury in Second Trial
In Topeka Kansas Maj Charles A Shepard faces a second murder trial over the 1920 suspected poisoning death of his wife Zenna Shepard at Fort Riley The government argues he killed to be with Grace Brandon and to protect other women The defense counters that Mrs Shepard’s alcoholism and other factors negate intent and the motive remains contested with a packed courtroom and heavy media attention
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Topeka
Kan
Charles A. Shepard
U. S
R. T. McCluggage
Sheperd
Grace Brandon
McCluggare
Triangle McCluggage
Shepard
Colin Neblett
McClugginge
McCluggage
G. J. Kagey
Shepard Malena Counsel
Kagey
Brandon
S. Alexander
Warlaw
Mear Harlan m
Tospeka
Hal Harlin
Fromer
Kansas
Zennna
Fort Riley, Kin
Federal
Hardig
SS. Alexander
Harlan
Maj. Ed- Saudah
Strickler
Babe Ruth Breaks Bat in English Cricket Lesson
Babe Ruth visits a subterranean school under the Thames for a one hour cricket lesson with Alan Fairfax. He bats with vigor, breaks his bat, and jokes about cricket pay while sticking to baseball. Fairfax hopes to train a great batsman, but Ruth prefers remaining a baseball star and club owner.
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London
Ruth
England
Thames
Alan Fairfax
Bamibino
Fairfax
Babe
Altho
Colonel Ruppert
Supreme Court Delays Wall Case Decision Until Monday
Washington reports no decision on the wall cases after a five hour closed session. Clerk Charles Elmore Cropley, with Chief Justice Hughes, announced there will be no opinions today. The court followed the same procedure as the previous week to avoid crowding in the courtroom.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Charles Elmore Cropley
Hughes
Mysterious Wall Attacks Terrify New Yorker Resident
In Victor New York, Ray mond Vanek, 25, keeps a shotgun guard as a mysterious assailant strikes with knocking noises. Neighbors and police report the attacker, described as demented yet elusive, has damaged property and sent Vanek into fear. Police chief William De Long calls the suspect highly cunning and unidentifiable as investigations continue.
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Victor
N.Y
Bob Apy
Higard
Raymond Vanek
Chesler
Mental
Viangeegl
Watch Dow
Vangrol
Oliver Eno
Ives
June
Rochester
Vinrol
Volice
William de Long
de Long
Ganandaigua
Mercy slaying case ends in prison sentence
Joseph Hartz pleaded guilty to mercy slaying his wife Isabelle Hartz an expectant mother. He testified he chose sudden death rather than let her die in childbirth. Hartz used a flatiron to kill his wife and must serve from one to fourteen years in prison.
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Joneph Aarts le
Dd Vearn
Tia Wile Chiteago
Joseph Harie
Dudge Thy Lowe
Sen.sehen
Hartz
Suchuslanhlers Far
Isabelle
Buttercups and Snow Found in Rockies Storm Visibly Impacts Front Range
Buttercups bloomed in the far north Rockies while farmers in the south faced a so called million dollar snow. A central plains storm brought moisture to dry lands and improved early spring plowing prospects. Mount Sentinel hikers in Missoula returned with bouquets as cold temps extended from the Wyoming line to Pueblo with readings in the high twenties to thirties.
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Denver
Rockies
Central Plains
Colorado
Mount Sentinel
Missoula
Mont
Genorafo
Wyoming Line
Pueblo
Teachers in Meet Toneka Feb 9
The 18th annual session of the Kansas State Teachers' Association council of administration closed with officer elections. Dr Wallace Fleming of Baker University was named College Department chair. Dr Philip Ring of Washburn College was named county superintendents chair. Arlene Richardson of Council Grove was appointed to a leadership post. Kansas state high school principals elected Ralph Young Arlington president and other officers including Mt. Farms, Hutchinson, and Detrour of Wichita. Will Billingsley of Haven became grade school principals chair. Delore Gammon of Emporia to head elementary supervision. Leona Sheppard of Kansas City to chair grade school supervision. O W Lyman of Burdett to lead boards of education.
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Toneka
Council of Administration
Kansas State Teachers' Association
Wallace BR. Fleming
Baker University
Baldwin
Philip C. Ring
Washburn College
Topeka
Co. Sunt
Sondergard
Salina
Arlene Richardson
Council Grove
Kansas State High School
Prin
Ralph E.young
Arlington
Mt. Farms
Iidorailh
John L. Hutchinson
Pittsburg
G. C. Detrour
Wichtn
Will Billingsley
Hayen
Tta Laidig
Oberlin
Delore Gammon
Emporia
Wass
Leona Sheppard
Kansan City
O. W. Lyman
Burdett
Boards of Education
Frank FE
Murphy
Frederick
Rabbit Hunt Off Near Dighton Due to Epidemic
Yopeka February report states a smallpox epidemic in Reno county has led to a state board of health order canceling a rabbit hunt planned near Dighton. Attorney Clarence Vo Beck requested county officials act to stop the event. About 6,000 people were expected to attend the hunt spanning four by four miles, now halted for public health protection.
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Vane
Clarence Vo Beck
Sherif KR
G. Wheatcraft
John Blum
Ned Casey
Dryden Case Ends With Acquittal On Assault Charge
In Chicago February, George Eastman Dryden was acquitted of assault and battery from a party incident at his apartment on January 15 involving Vera Rew, 21, formerly of Tulsa. The case included allegations of immersion in scalding water and a related dispute over alleged actions by Dryden and Hazel Rew. A separate assault claim against Hazel was postponed before another judge. Dryden is a grand-nephew of Rochester camera millionaire George Eastman.
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Chicago
George Eastman Dryden
Eumera Fortuna
Vera
Billy) Rew
Tulsa
Dryden
Gibson
Gorman
Billy
Wankens
Hazel
Jude
Eats Dryden
George Edstman
Rochester
Not Matter of Pride Dewey Short Lambasts Executive Overreach
Congressman Dewey Short told Chicago alumni that being a member of Congress is now a matter of chagrin rather than pride. He warned the executive branch has swallowed legislative functions and in many cases usurped the courts, in a speech at Baker University alumni event in Chicago on February 9.
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Chicaga
API
Dewey Short
Chicago Mumni
Baker University
Confess
Theovernment
Congress
KU and Aggies in Track Meeting
Kansas State wins the dual indoor track meet 647 percent to 95 percent in a chilly afternoon at West Stadium. The event featured a twelve-event program with records in the 440 yard dash and two mile run, plus new marks in the half mile and shot put. Myron Rooks of the Aggies injured a foot and did not finish the quarter mile.
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K. U
Kansas State
West Stadium
Ad Lindsey
Clyde Coffman
Warren Plaskett
H. W. Hargiss
Kansas
Ward Haylett
Argies
Aggies
Knappenberger
Steele
Reed
Nixon
State
O'Leary
MacCaskill
McKnown
K.U
Myron Rooks
Wheelock
Robinson
McColm
Grady
O'Riley
Elwyn Dees
Dees
Sandefur
Kappernberger
Osu Jenson
Mieran
Tteelfield
Min
Penhorrer
Suite
Steele Sluts
Sivas
Atytmean
Ates Nown
Wim
Phe
Ul Revart
Dy eVeany
Thy Ronayte Porker
Sitter Tend
Waeimiy
Hess Keke
Inte
Tame
Ayers
Shite
Twosiiley von Wheelork
Goa
DNL
Baite
Cryer
Witting
Taahes
Win
Dorn
Nini
Bell Slate
Kitaatrer
Rina
Ulen
Sanelerin
Wanna
Shainin
Trial opens in Kennamer murder case in Oklahoma
Upwards of one hundred witnesses have been subpoenaed for the murder trial of Phil Kennamer son of Federal Judge Franklin E Kennamer for the Thanksgiving night slaying of John Gorrell Jr a student dentist The defense announced 60 witnesses last night bringing total summoned by both sides to 97 minus duplications Noted witnesses include Virginia Wilcox 18 daughter of oilman H F Wilcox and her brother plus Kennamer's mother who may testify if health permits The defense says Kennamer killed Gorrell in self defense after a quarrel over a supposed extortion plot involving twenty thousand dollars The list features coeds wealthy Tulsa residents handwriting experts and other prominent figures
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Yulsa
Okla
Fel
Phil Kennamer
Franklin E. Kennamer
John Gorrell
Dentis
Viawnee
Virginia Wilcox
H. F. Wilcox
Correll
Kennamer
Wilcox
Gorerel
Pawnee
C. A. Coakley
Stock Market Index Report on Storks and Ford
Stock market note reports an average index around 28.6 for yesterday. Mentions Ford versus Hamilton in an adv item, reflecting a financial and industrial comparison brief.
Tenant's Goods Sold Then Returned to Tenant
Parsons Kansas February 1 AP Livestock and household goods valued in the hundreds were removed by a constable in a sale to satisfy a $150 rent judgment. Neighbors bid livestock for a few cents and household items for three cents, money paid, sale clerk returned property to J F Poage, his wife and six children. Poage had leased the farm from W P Talbot and waivered homestead rights. Just before the sale, neighbors gathered, others stayed silent.
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Parsons
Kan
J.F. Ponge
Altho
Ponge
Poage
W.P. Talbot
Talbot
Justice Court
Charles Rettag
Markers Up Soon For Transcontinental Highway Route
Federal markers will designate the new transcontinental highway from Winnipeg to Port Arthur as Federal Highway 69. Kansas will enter from Atchison on highway 4 joining 69 in the southeast. The route, laid out by the American Association of State Highway Officials, aims to boost north south traffic and connect Texas and Oklahoma with Kansas and Lawrence. Local chambers and highway officials in Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma back the plan, with Parsons and Tarnen Chanthere of Commerce leading Kanata efforts.
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Winnipeg
Canada
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Port Arthur
Tex
Kansas
Atchison
American ‘“Association of State
Washington, D. C
Chambers” of Commerce
Minnesota
Iowa
Oklahoma
Texas
Lawrence
Kanata
Yoo Ronda Edimittens
Parsons and
Tairenen Chant
Het
Thie
Do, Coveter
Chriman
We Maloney
Woody Boardman
CR. Brind
Dec Johnvondy
Grayson Takes Lead as Red Cross Chairman Pick
Adml Cary T Grayson named national Red Cross chairman by President Roosevelt after the death of John Barton Payne. Retired Navy physician, Grayson vows equal moral support for all donors and stresses service in every community. He once rode with Theodore Roosevelt and advised Wilson on health-minded golf.
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Washington
Red Cross
Cary T. “Grayson
Roosevelt
John Barton Payne
White House
Navy
Iusus the Red Cross
Admiral Graysons
Theodore Runsvelt
Hardy
Wileson
Hit and Run Driver Sought in Topeka Fatal Crash
Police search for the driver who struck and fatally injured 70 year old Jenny W. McClure of Grantville three miles east of Topeka on Highway 10. McClure died after being hospitalized.
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Topeka
Jenny W. McClure
Grantville
McChire
Sted
City to plan two decades of public improvements
Lawrence leaders and the Chamber of Commerce mapped a 20 to 25 year plan for city improvements. The report outlines sewer upgrades, new fire and police facilities, street work, park enhancements, a city market, water and hospital needs, airport land, library upgrades, a cemetery project, and low-cost housing. Recommendations will go to state planning boards and then to federal agencies for funding.
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Lawrence
City Commission
City Planning Commission
City Planning Committee
Chamber of Commerce
State Planning Board
Pwaa Board
National Resources Board
Lawrenc
Union Pacific
North Lawrence
W. EB. Spalding
Birthday Ball funds aid crippled children clinic program
Lawrence receives 203.00 from birthday ball receipts to support crippled children's clinic through Kiwanis club. Fund to supply braces and appliances, with 20 percent to national infantile paralysis committee. Committee plans to supplement clinic work at the crippled children’s program.
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Ki«wonis Club
Laywrenen
Kiwanis Elub
Chamber of Commerce
George Docking
He. Jones
Wis
Cyron
Lawrences
Hannes
L. E. Eby
Dr. Jones
Reopen Murder Case Ties Humboldt Men to 1932 Slaying
Tom Massey and Roy Gurwell of Humboldt Kansas are held on murder charges in the Hess case. A gun linked to the October 30, 1992 Humboldt death was found near the body site. Authorities say both suspects deny knowledge of the killing and await arraignment.
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Tom, Kan
Tom Massey
Roy Gurwell
Humboldt
Kan
Thomas Hess
Humboldt Gilling Station
Merle Gill
Kansas City
Hesse
Unsettled Weather Moves Across Kansas Cities
Unclear OCR notes unsettled conditions tonight and Sunday across Kansas with variable temperatures. Morning forecast shows cloudy skies with patchy clear at Manhattan and several counties reporting mixed road conditions from rough to muddy. Gas office record indicates temperatures fluctuating, though exact figures are illegible.
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Kansas
Manhattan
Ottawa
Topeka
Pittsburg
Emporia
Douglas County
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