Detroit Gang Suspected as Slaying Rampage Mounts
Detroit police move to curb gang violence after a seven men shot execution style at a garage. Commissioner Russell vows a larger force and a campaign against vice while probes tie police to Moon murder rumors. Moran gang spy photos identified three men connected to the killings, as Chicago’s crime crackdown intensifies.
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Bingham Denounces Heflin Talks in Senate
In Washington on February 16, Senator Bingham Republican Connecticut protested the Senate forum being used to stir religious hatred. He spoke as a Protestant Mason, objecting to Heflin’s Catholic church criticisms in what he called an attack on tolerance.
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Ten Trains Missing In Bosnia Snow Banks
Belgrade reports ten trains are missing in Bosnia after heavy snow. Government dispatches by telephone telegraph wireless and couriers have failed to locate them for ten days. Hundreds of villages are buried in ice and snow and passengers lack food and shelter, raising deep concern.
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Jugo-Slava
Bosnia
Stamp plan aims state-named stamps in midwest test
Washington reports the postoffice department will experiment with postage stamps bearing the state names where sold. The goal is to curb organized post office robberies and fences. The Kansas and Nebraska test will begin around April with possible extension if successful. OO DROP BRIDGE FOR POKER.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
Kansas
Nebraska
Women in Majority as Players at the New London Clubs
London AP poker playing grows among English society women with many clubs opening in recent months. Most members are women and play spans from early afternoon to the small hours. Some clubs offer light meals at tables to keep the game uninterrupted. Some social clubs ban poker, pushing bridge players to relocate as games lengthen.
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London
Use for Jack Rabbits Marietta Okla
AP reports farmer OQ Fricke of Love Valley raised 400 laying hens and jack rabbits to balance diet. He shot, skinned, and dried the pests, grinding them into feed. Neighbors note Fricke now largely supplies his own chicken feed, boosting income from his flock to about $100 a month.
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Marietta
Okla
Fricke
Love Valley
Cosmic rays from all living creatures, says Lakhovsky
Georges Lakhovsky, student of Arsonval, claims a new class of waves called cosmic rays are emitted by humans and all living beings and may govern health and sickness like electric currents. Lindbergh forced down by fog near Cape Hatteras. plane undamaged. Senate passes alien deportation bill provisions. house sends to senate for acceptance.
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Georges Lakhovsky
Arsene d'Arsonval
Academy of Medicine
Tindbergh
Cape Hatteras
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Hatteras Inlet Coast Guard Station
Weather forecast for the southern Rocky Mountains and plains
The weekly forecast shows unsettled starts in the north with mountain snow. Temperatures run below normal east of the divide and near normal west of it. Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys, plus central Great Plains, see below normal temps north and central, near normal in the deep south. One or two precipitation periods likely. Kansas mostly fair tonight and Sunday, colder Sunday. roads generally good in towns like Topeka, Arkansas City, Dodge City, Wichita, Salina, Pittsburg. Griffin roads fair in Hutchinson and Douglas County.
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U P Seeks End of Leavenworth to Lawrence Motor Trains
The Union Pacific asks the public service commission to discontinue two daily motor trains between Leavenworth and Lawrence as bus competition reduces demand and increases operating costs. It also seeks to extend the Leavenworth Miltonvale branch to Lawrence.
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Union Pacific Railroad Today
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Reed attacks prohibition and brags of a congressmen list
Senator Reed of Missouri renewed his anti prohibition campaign in the senate. He claimed liquor was available at both major party conventions last summer and accused officials of hypocrisy for enforcing the law. He said he had traveled widely and found whiskey offered in every city and warned there is little real enforcement compared with other crimes.
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Reed
Missouri
Senate
Kansas City
Change in Western Union heads at Lawrence office
WW Robbins, longtime Lawrence Western Union manager, will depart for St Joseph Missouri tomorrow to assume the duties of manager there. Fred H Cox, former St Joseph employee and current Lawrence manager, will relocate his family to Lawrence March 1 to take over the Lawrence office. Both men began as Western Union messenger boys twenty years ago and rose to management positions.
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Western Union Telegraph Office
St. Joseph
Fred H. Cox
Western Union
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Lawrence
Robbins
Sullivan
Western Union Messenger Boys
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Mrs. Earle Returned From Iola Under Guard
Sheriff Rutherford went to Iola and brought back Mrs. E. E. Earle on a bad check charge. She allegedly passed a check for $18.75 at Weaver store last December and had been jailed in Iola on a similar charge. Franklin county authorities then handed her to Rutherford. Three women are jailed, including Mrs. Charboniceau for forgery and Mrs. Ida Dimery Harding for assault with intent to kill, all kept in the same cell due to crowding.
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Iola
E. E. Earle
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Franklin County
Rutherford
W. ©. Charboniceau
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Ten men escape sunken submarine using new hatch and lungs
Ker West Florida February 16 Ten men the largest group to escape a sunken submarine stepped to the surface from 34 feet depth. They wore oxygen inflated lungs and escaped through a newly perfected escape hatch. The tests are by the navy tender Mallard and the S 4 in an effort to save submarine crews.
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Mallard
Strcken
Tax Revision Left for 1931 Session
Topeka February 16 AP With major taxation revision deferred until 1991 the Kansas legislature will take up bills to establish new state colleges in western Kansas and other measures next week After six weeks the major appropriation bills remain unreported by Ways and Means Both houses passed a highway control measure and a gasoline tax increase but await final senate action A tax policy report urges a graduate income tax and a production tax while cautioning against other forms of taxation and recommends reviving a state tax commission The bill to create a new Dodge City college was set for early action with western city bills for Great Bend Garden City and Scott City receiving adverse committee action Senate action on four school bills is pending and public utility bills were completed in the week adjournment set for Monday
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Throngs Visit Palace During Hirohito Entombment Event
Visitors flock to the Kyoto Imperial Palace after Emperor Hirohito's enthronement rites opened to the public through March 1. In ten days over 57,000 entered and crowds on a Saturday topped 100,000 as New Year visitors swell the turnout. Authorities expect about 4.1 million will view the palace before closing. Night queues form before gates open at dawn. In Topeka, county commissioners ask for banks tax talks from Senator Harris on the taxation issue.
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Kyoto Imperial Palace
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Change Imminent in Spanish Affairs in Hendaye
Reports from court quarters in Spain indicate Premier Primo de Rivera is being urged to resign. The Franco Spanish frontier scene confirms a government shuffle, with a new administration expected to replace the present Sanish regime soon. The exact date remains uncertain.
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Spain
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Observance Honors World Day of Prayer With Women Chorus
More than a hundred women gathered for a World Day of Prayer service at a Lutheran church. Speakers, organ music, and violin solos highlighted efforts on missionary work in Indian schools. A Jerusalem conference discussion and notes on religious training for Indian students were shared by Mrs Bronson and others from Lawrence. Two bouquets were donated by a local flower shop.
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Russian Symphonic Choir to Perform at University Auditorium
The Russian Symphonic Choir under Basile Kibaltchich will perform Russian sacred chants folk songs and modern pieces at the University auditorium tonight at 7 30 o'clock with the Baker University choir and a Topeka party also attending. Translations will be printed on programs to aid enjoyment as box office opens at 2 7 30. Coffeyville Wins Verdigris Valley League Debut Tourney Coffeyville high school claimed the league title after final games last night.
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Topeka
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Durant says progress is real and ongoing
Dr Will Durant addressed a large audience at KU's University Arena arguing progress exists despite pessimism. He outlined ten steps in human advancement from speech and fire to education, tools, science, and writing, insisting true progress grows capacity to do great things and that America contributes to science art and morality.
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Ed Anderson declines candidacy for Lawrence streets and utilities post
Ed Anderson, a longtime Lawrence resident, announced to a Journal-World reporter that he will not run for the office of commissioner of streets and public utilities. He says the current commissioner John L. Constant should remain in the job, praising his competence and urging voters to elect the best available men to city offices. The item also runs a local ad offering a $10 trade-in on a Clark Jewel Regalstor Range and car-wash services by Hudson-Goff.
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Lawrence
Journal-World
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Fuel famine threatens in Austria
Vienna reports a serious fuel shortage as Austria appeals to Germany for coal. Germany begins large coal shipments but heavy snow blocks rail lines, risking two weeks delay. Electric plants face depletion within days, prompting government guidance to conserve coal and keep hospitals and public services supplied.
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Vienna
Austria
Automobile tag grace ends for Couz uny drivers
Sheriff Rutherford announced that automobile owners in Couz uny have a few days left to apply for 1929 license tags. County records show over 3,000 owners still unlicensed as of yesterday. 4,600 applications were received so far this year. After next Saturday February 23, drivers without tags or license applications face arrest and heavy fines.
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J. F. Metsker
Rutherford
Rebels Attack Train Near Yurécuaro in Mexico
Survivors of a train attack near Yurécuaro Michoacán head toward Mexico City as as many as 25 to 100 may have died. Reports say the military escort and engineer were killed. others perished among passengers and crew as insurgents burned the train. The Zamora garrison pursued the attackers.
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Experts Review Reparations Figures in Paris Talks
Paris reports that reparations experts digest five days of data from German delegates Hjalmar Schacht and Carl Melchior. Monday will bring a statement from France or Germany’s position, with expectations of annual payments around 1.5 billion marks vs about 3.0 billion by the Allies, noting dollar equivalents.
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Hjalmar Schacht
Carl Melchoir
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Railroads had a bad year 3928 for passengers
The 1928 year proved hardest on railroads with the fewest passenger travelers since 1895, passenger miles down to 31.635 billion the lowest since 1909, and the average miles per traveler at 284, the weakest in 1869 to 1929.
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Chicago
Railway Age
Divorce filing cites extreme cruelty in Turkish prince case
Princess Suad Bey Chakir former Sidi Wirt of Garden City Kansas filed for divorce from Prince Suad Bey Chakir of Turkey in San Francisco. Extreme cruelty is named as the main basis for the suit.
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Sidi Wirt
Report on Haskell Institute Conditions Quieted Indian School Charges
Kansas committees led by Attorney General William A. Smith and W. C G. Simons examined Haskell Institute in Kansas at the request of authorities. They found no evidence of mismanagement or poor conditions, praising health, student morale, and athletic programs while noting reviews of related charges.
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Plan n to Dusk Hop From U. S. to Canal Zone
Flight plan outlines a dawn to dusk attempt from the United States to the Panama Canal Zone led by chief pilot Cayuvin Tea Baker. The route includes stops at Browne Texas French field Panama Tampico Minution Guatemala City Guatemala Managua Nicaraga and Davin Janama with departure possible Monday or Tuesday from a ship at Sellyfield San Antonio.
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Hear She's SOS Call From President Harding Aid Flight
President Harding requested assistance for the freighter Padnsiy after an SOS from the vessel near 390 miles south of Cape Race. The Padnsiy had departed New York for African ports on February 10, with Harding departing New York for Bremen on February 13. No further details were provided by the wire.
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United States Leads World in 1928 Oil Output
The United States produced 902 million barrels of oil in 1928, about 65.2 percent of world output, totaling 1,322.896 million barrels globally. U.S. production surpassed 1927 by a small margin, with the 1927 figure at 907.129 million barrels.
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