Police Round Up Seven Gangsters After West Side Slayings
Police report seven gangsters rounded up after arrests in a dingy room linked to two West Side murders. The case ties to Clifford and Michael Reilly, shot in Cicero last year, and to a death-litCe incident at Capone’s hideout. O'Donnell fainted during questioning. one suspect posted bond and was freed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grend
Oorks Terrant
Idr
Connell
Myles
Doney
O'Donnell
West Side
Clifford
Michael Reilly
Mifford
Reilly
al Nation
Capone
Cicero
Exeoe
Po- Hee
Hoover Fishes Again Off Long Key Florida
President Hoover failed to land a catch during a long fishing foray off Long Key Florida. He and companions camped on the banks for many hours despite sunny skies and off shore wind forecasts. The outing continued despite no bites and interest from the reporters covering the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Key
Fla
Breside Hoover
Florida
Stone
Fone
Angie
Moore Sets New Class C Airplane Speed Record
Wilfred G. Moore of Kansas City is officially credited with a new Class C air speed record of 125.95 mph on a 10 kilometer inland course, surpassing the former 199.889 mph English mark. Observer Luke Christopher noted the record would be official after FA confirmation. Moore flew with passenger William S. Gladity aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
City
Wilfred G. Moore
Teddy
Boe
A. S. Hotler
Moore
William S. Glad €Ity
Kansas City
Luke ‘Christopher
Federation Aeronautier Aternationale
Fedntest Committee
American Aeronautical. Association
Tietliebt
F. A
Mark Iptthis
Lhe
SAN Saba
Thinking uses whole body not brain alone, Chicago experiments show
Chicago experiments reveal that mental activity triggers neuromuscular action across the body, not just the brain. Dr. Jacobson and colleagues used sensitive galvanometers and muscle electrodes to demonstrate measurable voltage from imagined motion, with one subject even watching the imagined movement on a quartz string and hearing thoughts via a stethoscope linked to a amplifier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edmund Sacobson
University of Cicago
Jacobson
Liquor Test Case Fails in Court over Gin Buy
In Washington on February 18 AP reported Joseph Patrick Carley faced a Volstead act buyer liability test that collapsed in police court when no one would admit selling the gin. The charge shifted to liquor possession, with officials promising to pursue charges of hiring liquor vendors in future cases.
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Washington
Joseph Patrick Carley
Carley
Lowman
Mrade
District’ of Columbia
Liluer
Deaths and Funerals from Lawrence Area
Ada T Smith Ward reports the death of Mrs Ada Thurber Smith of Reedley California. She leaves four children and several grandchildren. burial in Reedley. Sister of Mrs W D Patten of Topeka. Grace F Tussey of Sapulpa Oklahoma, uncle of James and Grace Tussey, burial in Columbus Kansas. Eva McCalep, 49, died at 501 Perry Street. funeral Saturday 2:30 at North Lawrence Baptist Church, burial Maple Grove Cemetery. survived by husband Thomas and two sons. Emma Shannon and Bertha Seames of Minneapolis listed among survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada T. Smith Ward
Lawrence
Ada T. Smith
Reedley
Cal
Smith
Ada Thurber
Richland
W. D. Patten
West Street
Topeka
Eva’ McCalep
Eva McCalep
Perry Street
North Lawrence
Interurban offers round trip to Wagner program in Kansas City
Kansaz City students and others may travel to Wagner German Opera Programs next Monday through Thursday for 1 as the Kaw Valley Interurban Company offers reduced return fares if forty riders are signed up. Reservations due by Friday noon at the KU fine arts office or by phone. Also notes a Food Sale by Ladies of St John’s Church and a De. Cy. Republican office ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansaz City
Kansas City
Kaw
Vallay Interurban Company
K.U
Fine’ Arts
Fine Arts
Ladies of
Reed Issues Call on Intangible Tax Rate Ruling
The attorney general released a letter supporting repeal of the secured debts tax statute to preserve the benefit of a 50 cents per $100 valuation on intangible tax. It cites Justice Harvey's Kant Sas dissent on bank shares and notes courts cap the rate at 50 cents per $100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Harvey
Kant Sas Supreme Court
Tursuit
Dustide Harvey
Special representative election set for February 25 in Sedgwick
Sedgwick County officials received notice from Governor Clyde M. Reed calling a special representative election for February 25 to fill the Wichita district seat left vacant by the death of Wallace Kemp. Three Republican candidates Austin Coward, William Histed, and E. L. Foulke, all of Wichita, filed for Kemp's seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
William J.wertz
O. A. Bell
Sedgwick County
Clyde M. Reed
Wallace Kemp
Geth
Kemp
Austin M. Cowatd
William Histed
E. L. Foulke
Kansas Lawmaker Proposes Self-Payment for Special Session
Independent Kansas report from February 13 notes Joe Kramer, state representative from Montgomery County, ready to cover his own costs to attend a Topeka special legislative session. He backs a one day session to repeal the intangible tax law and urges other legislators to do likewise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indepence
Kan
Joe Kramer
Monitgomery County
Topeka
Standard Oil Kansas declares 50c dividend. plans 23 mile pipeline
Neodesha Kansas February 13 AP directors of the Standard Oil company Kansas announce a quarterly dividend of fifty cents per share payable March 15 to stockholders of record February 28. The company also announces a 23 mile extension of its 6 inch pipeline from Sallyards to El Dorado to connect with the Continental Oil Wright pool production. Work starts immediately and aims for completion by April 1. The extension will enable purchase of oil from Continental and transport about 5000 barrels daily through Empire Oil and Refining and its own extended line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neodesha
Kan
Standard Oil Company
Kansas
Sallyards
el Dorado
Greenwood County
Standard Oil
Ompany
Continental Oil Company
Wright Pool
Wichita
Empire, Oil and Refining Company
Kansag
Continental
Sigma Tau initiates fourteen KU students at Colonial Tea Room
Fourteen University of Kansas students were initiated as members in Sigma Tau, the honorary engineering fraternity, at a Tuesday evening ceremony in the Colonial Tea Room. Initiated were Charles Delabaugh, M. Wren Gabel, Kenneth Hentzen, Herbert Hartung, George E. McKennay Oliver, M. Magers, Lester Per, Maurice Reagan, Clifford Shumaker, Howard Sutton, Harry Sprague, Lowell Trutblood, Ralph D. Venner, and Henry P. Goode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Sigma Fau
Colonial
Charles Delabaugh
Gabel
Kenneth Hentzen
Herbert Hartung
George E. McKennay Oliver" M. Magers
Lester ‘Per
Maurice Reagan
Clifford Shumaker
Howard Sutton
Harry’ ‘A. Sprague
Lowell Trutblood
Ralph D. Venner
Henry P. Goode
Kansas Governor Calls Extraordinary Session On Intangible Tax
The governor outlines that a 1930 crisis over state bank taxation requires repealing intangible tax laws. He warns of tax chaos harming city, county, school, and state revenue, and plans a special legislative session starting February 27 to enact emergency tax relief and related measures. The move follows a 1929 recommendation and cites impact on property owners and banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Attorney General's Office
State Tax Commission
Tax Code Commission
Kansas
Classes Organized for Pre-School Mothers
Afternoon sessions for mothers of preschool children, part of night school at Liberty Memorial High, meet weekly for several weeks. One class Monday at 3 at New York school. another Thursday at 2 at Quincy School. Open to mothers from other districts. Sponsored by Parent-Teachers Associations and Pre-School Council with the state board for vocational education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Memorial High School
New York School
Quincy
Ralph Graber
States Board For Vocational Education
Woodlawn School
Lawrence
Physicist Speaks On Minerals In Drinking Water
Miss Selma Gottlieb of the University of Kansas state water laboratory told the Kansas Water Works Association that discussion on drinking water minerals focuses on hardness. She cited European authorities who credit hard water with better teeth, growth, and robustness, countering the belief it harms health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma. Gottlieb
Statewater Laboratory
University of Kansas
Kansas [Water Works’ Association
Miss Gottlieb
Europe
Seers Offices in Topeka Plan for New Baseball Club
McEvoy, president of the St. Louis Thowns baseball club, announced plans to establish offices in Topeka after transferring the Tulsa Western League franchise to Topeka for the 1930 season. He met with Topeka Chamber of Commerce officers who agreed to provide the baseball park at the Kansas Free Fair grounds for the new club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McEvoy
St. Louis Thowns
Tulsa
Ohda
Personal notices from Lawrence society pages
Mrs. Fred Morris travels to St Louis to be with her mother Mrs Susan Reot who broke a hip falling on the parement while alighting from a car in front of her hotel. Miss Margaretta Fenn of Evanston IL assistant to Pi Beta Phi grand president will visit Lawrence next week and stay with Miss Leona Baumgartner. Miss Mattie Stevenson lies in Memorial hospital recovering from a broken leg suffered at home last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Morris
St.Louis
Susan Reot
Margaretta Fenn
Evanston, IL
Pi Beta Phi
Lawrence
Leona Baumgartner
Mattie Stevenson
Memorial Hospital
Interviews Frat Members At University Of Kansas
Mrs. Rita S Halle of Good Housekeeping interviewed about forty KU students and faculty today on fraternity and sorority life. A reception for the visitor was hosted by Mrs. E Lindley at the Lindley home this afternoon as part of the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita S. ‘Halle
Good Housekeeping Magazine
University of Kansas
Kansas Laundry Owners elect Baltz president at Wichita
H A Baltz of Emporia was chosen as president of the Kansas Laundry Owners Association at the Wichita convention. Officers named: Mrs J E Selover Wichita first vice president J L Kinnikin Garden City second vice president Harry Sharpe Topeka secretary treasurer Frank Duckett Topeka sergeant at arms. Next year’s meeting will be in Wichita or Topeka. Sinclair Cuts Crude Price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
H. A. Baltz
Emporia
Kansas Laundry Owners Association
J. E. Selover
J. L. Kinnikin
Garden City
Harry Sharpe
Topeka
Frank Duckett
Diplomacy and politics amid religious freedom debates in Europe
AP dispatches report British foreign secretary Arthur Henderson backing actions compatible with religious liberty in Russia. US Senator Hefling vows independent bid if Alabama Democrats bar him from August primary. Michigan official Clancy disputes Governor Green attending a Detroit party testimony. KU students face $1 daily penalty for late tuition. James Rieger, 73, former Westport mayor and Kansas City lawyer, dies. Navy orders nine Marine planes costing 117,562 from Curtiss for 1940s deployment.
England’s naval might questioned by KU professor
Prof. Dinsmore Alter of the University of Kansas, on leave in England with a Guggenheim Fellowship, says newspapers doubt England could rival the United States in naval building. He cites high taxes, unemployment, beggars, doling, and drunkenness as undermining such a claim, calling it a sardonic joke.
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England
United States
Dinsmore Alter
University of Kansas
K. U
Alter
Mixed US market lifts and declines in late trading
In Chicago potato receipts and government bond notes show slow trading as markets drift. The Day in Wall Street reports sharp, conflicting moves with utilities and high grade industrials leading early gains before selling pressure returns, while freight and copper data hint mixed signals for February.
Market Gains and Dips Mark Trading Slump and Rally
Union Gans and American Telephone rose 4 to 7 points as new year prices appeared. American Waterworks gained 3 with several others up a point or two. A block of 10,000 Consolidated Gas of New York shares traded at 115 as traders weighed a technical reaction versus continued gains. Some commissions urged buying high grade stocks for strength, while Basin 5 fell to a new yearly low near 67 1 2. Gillette Safety Razor dropped 7 points, and Safeway Stores, National Lead, Columbian Carbon, and Strong & Webster all fell several points.
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Union Gans
American Telephone
American
Consolidated Gas of
New York
Commission
Basin 5
Ig Furniture
Gillette
Safeway
National Lead
Columbian Carbonair
Stong & Webster
Wren Thursday Program Schedule Highlights
A fragmented listing shows a day’s broadcast items featuring Mildred oat dese, pianist, Helen Beard and Karl smitten, and Heven' Fltvens Pance Orchestra. Other segments include Golden Games, Champlain Spark Smith Brothers, Maxwell House Nelo ns, Atwater Kent Midwack Program, Amos ’n Andy, and The Manhatters. Weather and market updates, plus several musical acts and speakers, fill the lineup with multiple stations and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Oat Dese
Helen Beard
Karl Smitten
Heven’ Fltvens Pance Orchestra
Golden Games
Champlain Spark Smith Brothers
Maxwell House
Nelons
Atwater Kent Midwack
Canoega Adventurers
Poronnda S Quest
Amos
Andy
Salicon
Jemlink
Lilo
The
Manhatters
Fragmentary Technical Sports Schedule and Weather Note
Readable parts indicate a timetable with entries such as Longines Time and Hamilton Brown sketch followed by 10:08 p m and 10:15 p m. Other items reference weather and a list of names like Salk ny Weather Afan. The fragmentary OCR yields a sparse event list with unclear context and several unreadable names.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Ad Promotes Health
An old warning style advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a cure for tiredness and dull skin claiming they purify bowels and stimulate the liver. It markets rosy cheeks bright eyes and youthfulness and promotes Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy for gum health with guaranteed results from Round Corner Drug Co. Agents.
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Edwards Olive
Dwarts
Leto
Round Corner Drug Co
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Egan Saba
Tex
Risien
Texas
Hecan Growers
Aimpaiem
Horace F. Tussey
Interurban
K. C
REED
Sedgwick
Kansas Standard (ii Company
Sigma Tau
Ould Stock School Libraries
Vacation Reading Club
O. J. Jane
A. R. Olraan
Va‘ation Reading Club
Eka
Gover‘iyde ‘M
Enid Okla
Oklahoma Republican State, Central Committee
SEERS
St. Louis Brownk
Capital City
Halle
Emporian
Sinclair
Sinclair Crude Jail Purchasing Company
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corp
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Oklahoma
Standard Oil Companies
New Jersey
London
House of Commons
Great Britain
Russia
Arthur Henderson
Foreijgn
Will Ruh
Decatur
Ala
Jo. Thomas Hefling
State Democratic Committee
Clancy
Michigan
House Judiciary Committee
Green
Scould
Detroit
Walter Liggett
Westport
James Chadwick Rieger
Gee
eNew
Marine C -Washington
Marine Corps
Mavy Department
Curtias_airpine and motor company
Newark
Boy Scout
Chamber of Commercce
People's State Bank
Chamber of Commerce
Ecke’s Hall
251St Coast Artillery
San Diego
NO. 10
Joe Lauer
Ben Fisher
Homewood
John
Agnes Mary White
Tecumsehk
Topeks
Mary McAuliffe
Union
Bell
Roy Detwiler
Joe Later
Ottawa
Earl Jordon
Roy Jordon
A. M. Hird
Rose White
Lauer
Doris
Dale’ Hobson
Helena
Josephine
Joseph Laner
Martha
Raymond Stoneking
Rose
Agnes White
Roy Bowen
Stull
Big Springs
Gene White
Paul Thompson
Mary White
Clarence Craig
Excelsior School
S. T. Detwiler
Cecil
Peoria
Charles Detwiler
Asa Turner
Velma
Owen Turner
John ‘Cunningham
Frank Sutton
Harry
Charles Bowser
John Kline
Detwiler
Dan White
George Summer
Harley Sammer
Frank Johnson
Late Market News
USDAI
Government Bonds
Liberty
Treasury
Wall Street
American Can
American Tobacco
U. S. Steel Common
Simmons Co
Galette
Safety Razor
Charaeter
Underwood-Elliott-Fisher
Boston
Ublic
Cam Reer
Nee
Iadelphia, Co
General Public Service
Brooklyn
Wren
Douglas ‘County
Ftusrip
Visks
Piso
Eiernens Iesenag
Matesa
Laird Bros. L. §. Com. CO
Renkin Drug Store
Schubert
Funeral Home Ambulance
Rumsey Bros. Funeral Home
Ind. St
Mosler
the Mosler Night Deposit Safe
Lawrence National Bank
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