Train Robbery Near Chicago Nets $133,000 In Gas Bombing
In February 1935 a half dozen masked robbers halted a Grand Trunk mail train near Evergreen Park, Chicago, triggering explosions and firing over 50 shots as they looted mail pouches totaling about $133,000 destined for Harvey payrolls. Police found the getaway car. authorities pursue leads.
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Chicago
Grand Trunk
Evergreen Park
Fort Huron
Mich
Stadion
Trei
Harvey
Port Huron
Federal Reserve Bank
First National Bank of
T. G Hudson
Harvey Nk
First National
Chicago Reserve Bank
Hudson
Chicana Federal Reserve Bank
First National Bank of Chicago
Bank of Harvey
William Cusack
Robin Bers
Lindbergh Leaves Selfridge for Unannounced Westward Flight
Major Thomas G. Lanphier reports Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and a party of four St Louis businessmen departed Selfridge Field at 11 24 this morning in a Ryan monoplane bound for an unspecified western destination. The group, including Battato and other associates, lifted off amid plans for the flight from Belfridge.
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Selfridge Field
Weekly Weather Forecast for Southern Rockies and Plains
Regional forecast notes unsettled conditions with occasional snow west of the divide and fair conditions east. Warmer temperatures are expected in the eastern portion early in the week with general near normal to above normal readings. Great Lakes and upper Mississippi basins expect periodic precipitation with variable temperatures around seasonal norms. Kansas area reports mainly cloudy skies, warmer northward tonight into Sunday, with road reports noting clear conditions overall except Hutchinson and Pittsburg areas facing slick or rough surfaces.
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Rocky Mountain
Platesu
Divide
Great Lakes
Upper
Mississippi
Lower
Missouri
Great Plains
Rormal
Karsar
Hutchinson
Pittsburg
Dodge City
Emporia
Salina
Douglas County
Reward Offered for Bank Robbers in Kansas City
Kansas City clears house approves up to 25 000 reward for identifying and convicting the holdup gang that stole 50 737 from the City Bank. Police raid nets 33 suspects later released. bandits believed to be out of town with Chicago ties. Other notes include Emporia College football coach change and Quezon stating Philippines ready to lose tariff protection for freedom.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Clearing House Association
Hollywood
Ninth Street
Troost Avenue
Lincoln R. Toyne
Toyne
Chicago
Underworld
Nick Fazzino
Tony Balena
Fazzino
Joes
Monrogia
Cal
Manuel Quezon
Philippine Senate
Associated Press
Philippines
House Committee Ends Farm Hearings
Washington February 25 AP The House Agricultural Committee wrapped up lengthy farm legislation hearings and plans a short drafting period The majority favors the McNary Haugen equalization fee bill vetoed by President Coolidge but expects opposition in executive sessions Two witnesses Hollingsworth of Seattle and Sexauer National Dairyman's League back the fee
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Washington
House Agricultural Committee
Coolidge
W. F. Hollingsworth
Seattle
Fred H. Sexauer
National Dairyman’s League
Endora River Jetty Plan Aims to Save Highway and Bridge
A Eudora area effort seeks county aid for river jetties to halt Kaw River erosion north of Endora. Residents fear loss of farmland and part of state highway 10 and the bridge. A three member committee was formed with Mayor Adams as chairman to push immediate work, with county engineers and commissioners backing the project.
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Endora
Eudora
Delbert
Adams
George Lothholz
B. Cory
E. E. Trueblood
X. J. Kennedy
Poland to raise Polish Lithuanian ties at League Council
Warsaw reports that Poland will present the Polish Lithuanian relations issue to the League of Nations council in March. Foreign minister Zaleski will head the Polish delegation. Poland believes Lithuania’s nonresponse to its proposal to resume diplomatic relations has paralyzed December council recommendations.
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Warsaw
Poland
Council of the
League of Nations
Patna Zaleski
League
Lithuania
League Council
Loyalty to Father by Missing Teapot Dome Witness
Myron K. Blackmer of Denver told the Senate oil committee he remains loyal to his father H. M. Blackmer, head of Midwest Refining, and that he believes his father did not reveal or mishandle profits from the Continental Trading deal. He said he has little knowledge of the matter and that his father advised confidentiality while considering whether to return to testify.
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Washington
Myron &K
Continental
Blackmer
Midwest
United States
United’ States
Italy Recall of Auriti Ties With Austria Deepens Crisis
Rome confirms Auriti, Italian minister to Vienna, has been summoned to discuss Austria's protests over Italian treatment of German residents in Tyrol. If tensions ease, he will return to Vienna. otherwise a break in relations may loom as Vienna warns against interference. Austria tests Mussolini’s insistence on peaceful borders and Italian policy.
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Rome
Austria
Giacinto Auriti
Vienna
Mussolini
Tyrol
Teale
Fyrclese
Seipel
Italy
Messaggero
Meellor Seipel
Hapsburg
Haly
Serbia
Smith rejects long range debate on prohibition with McAdoo
Albany Feb 25 AP Governor Smith refused to enter into any extended debate or newspaper controversy over prohibition with former Treasury Secretary William G McAdoo, his 1924 Democratic presidential rival. He cited the federal constitution as the supreme law and said his reply to McAdoos March American Review of Reviews article fully covers his position.
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Albany
Smith
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
American Review of Reviews
Secretary of the Treasury
Organ Recital by Edward Rechlin at New Auditorium
Edward Rechlin of New York will give an organ recital March 12 in the new auditorium. His tours across the United States highlight religious literature in organ music, praised for authority and brilliancy. The University School of Fine Arts brings him to Parsons.
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Edward Rechlin
New York
Reehlin
America
United States
Joan Sebastia Bach
Dayton
Chicago
School of Fine Arts
The
University
Kansas Banks Show Growth in Deposits and Resources
In Topeka on February 25, the Kansas Bankers Association released figures for year end December 31 showing national banks in Kansas with deposits totaling 225,834,000 across 257 banks, up from 117,000? The report also notes loans and discounts of 183,312,000 and total resources of 267,625,000, rising from 258,812,000 the previous year.
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Topeka
Kansas ‘National Banks
W. W. Bowman
Kansas Bankers’ Association
Loree Road Merger Faces I C C Complaint
The Interstate Commerce Commission filed a Clayton anti trust complaint against Kansas City Southern for acquiring Missouri Kansas Texas stock and seeking control of St Louis Southwestern. KCS must show cause by April 2 why an order to dissolve the merger should not issue. Loree and associates had planned a prior merger but were blocked by the commission.
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Washington
Kansas City Southern Railway
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Com Mission
L. F. Loree
Associates
Missouriansas Texas
St. Louis Southwestern
Air motor without fuel tested at Detroit
Major Thomas G. Lanphier reports experiments at Selfridge Field with an airplane motor operated electro magnetically without fuel. Inventor Lester J. Hendershot claims potential but future tests will decide. Colonel Lindbergh observed as a spectator. Stout of Stout Air Service notes energy drawn from air or ground currents and expresses interest in a larger model.
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Detroit
Thomas G. Lanphier
Selfridge Field
Associated Press
Lester J. Hendershot
Pittsburgh
Lanphier
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
William B. Stout
Stout Air Service, Inc
Stout
Former gunner dies after long service in war
Miami, Feb 28 AP John R Johnson 55 once fired the first American shot of the Spanish American War from the U S S Raleigh a gunner in the Manila Bay action at El Fraile He died in a Miami hospital after an acute appendicitis attack honored by fellow members of the John J Pershing post United Spanish War Veterans with special recognition for his service.
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Miami
Fla
John .R. Johnson
John J. Pershing
U.S. S
Raleigh
Johnson
el Fraile
Manila Bay
Congress
Four Men Injured in Boiler Explosion in Churchill Field
Four Roxana Petroleum workers from Oxford Kansas were hospitalized with burns after a boiler explosion at a pump station in Churchill field Sumner County. Hospital staff expect to determine injury extent in two days. Also reported a Kansas City fire killed 20 year old George Dodson and fire forced his father to escape via a window. Dodson worked at a public library. A separate note from Bismarck says North Dakota petitions seek Frank C Lowden on the March 20 Republican ballot.
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Winfield
Kan
Roxana Petroleum Corporation
Churchill
Sumner County
Oxford
Kaw
Willard Trinkie
Theodore Beeman
Roy Greer
Lon Anderson
Kansas City
George Dodson
Smith
B. Dodson
Lowden
Bismarck
N. D
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois
North Dakota
Aled
Meeting on Milk Prices Held by Douglas County Producers
The Douglas County Producers association met in Lawrence at the request of bottlers and manufacturers to set current and future milk prices. A dissenting vote approved a resolution forbidding sales to certain processors below specified retail and wholesale levels. Distributors and producers reported heated talks, and refreshments were served. The next meeting is scheduled for March 12.
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Douglas County - Bank Producers’ Association
Lawrence
Producers’ Association
F. B. Butehar
AY Sandefar
Lawrentce
United States
Baltevia
Mayor Thompson Leads Illinois Draft for Coolidge
Chicago Mayor William Hale Thompson said Illinois would send 40 to 45 delegates to support renominating President Coolidge at the next Republican convention. He leads a Cook County movement to draft Coolidge despite his refusal to run. He said Lowden’s ambitions would not derail the plan and that Illinois is uniquely active in this effort.
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Washington
William Hale Thompson
Chicago
Illinois
Coolidge
Cook County
Lowden
Ilinois
Three Face Murder Charges in Wichita Burger Stand Killing
Deputy Sheriff Dan Dwyer swears warrants charging Glen Faasler L. R. Bennett and W. S. Bennett with first degree murder in the January 2 holdup of Amos Kuéchenmeister, 22, owner of a Wichita hamburger stand. Faasler is in state reformatory, Bennett brothers arrested in Sedalia Mo and War saw Mo. Extradi tion efforts planned to bring them to Wichita for trial. Debaters depart for Norman to spar with Oklahoma in five city trip covering several universities and debating Latin American policy, with one Texas debate on party return to power.
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Wichita
Kan
Dan Dwyer
Amos Kuéchenmeister
Hamburger
Glen Faasler
State Reformatory
Hutchinson
L. R. Bennett
Sedalia
Bennett
W. 5
Warsaw
Dwyer
Bennetts
EB. CG Buehler
Rice
University of Texas
United States
Texas
Republican Party
Cowley County Republicans Back Curtis Nomination
Cowley County Republicans adopted a resolution endorsing Senator Charles Curtis for the Republican presidential nomination and named delegates to the national and state conventions. Committees on credentials and organizations were formed at the mg session. Judge Hugh Means granted a divorce to H G Sloan from Margaurite C Sloan in district court this morning. City officers arrested Taylor on a drunkenness charge this afternoon at Eighth and New Hampshire streets.
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Cowley County
Curtis Winfield
Kan
Charles Curtis
Means
H.G. Sloan
C. Sloan
Hugh Means
Taylor
Eighth
New Hampshire
Ottawa Police Chief Under Inquiry After Resignation Demanded
Topeka reports Leon W. Lundblade assistant attorney general traveled to Ottawa to pursue further investigation into Ottawa chief of police Jonathan Marshall. Marshall has refused to resign as demanded by Attorney General William A. Smith amid alleged derelictions in office. Smith plans to question several Ottawa residents as part of the probe, spurred by federal agent W. A. Buck who labeled Ottawa a wide open town.
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Topeka
Leon W.W. Lundblade
Ottawa
Jonathan Marshall
William A. Smith
Marshall
Smith
W. A. Buck
High School Glee Clubs Present Pinafore in Auditorium
Lawrence high school Glee clubs will stage Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera His Majesties Ship Pinafore on Friday night March 9 in the school auditorium. The production, fifty years after the original, features Herbert Cleary as Captain Corcoran and Clayton Lott as Ralph Rackstraw with a cast including Dorothy Morgan as Josephine and Dorothy Arnold as property manager. The show is directed by Miss Helen Pendleton with assist Miss Flora Stebbins, Evelyn Swarthout as accompanist, and Maurice Bruner as business manager. Big school orchestra members include Helen Stockwell, Billy Holloway, Arthur White, George Mayer, Ted Schoentein, Sylvester Schiedemann, and Margaret Jane Winsler. Ticket sales begin next Monday at the high school.
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Lawrence High School
London
Lawrence
Captain Corcoran
Herbert Cleary
Ralph Rackstraw
Clayton Lott
Genevieve Vernson
Little
Buttereus
Josephine
Dorothy Morgan
Sir Joseph Porter
Leland Lewis
Hebe
Sir Joseph
Alice May DeForest
Dick Deadeye
Harold Hardtaker
Boatswa
Bruce Dunn
Lynn Butcher
Tom Tucker
Lawrence Leith
Portsmouth
Helen Pendleton
Flora Stebbins
Evelyn Swarthout
District court to reconvene for two-week civil docket
The February term of district court, delayed by Judge Hugh Means illness, will reconvene Monday at 9 AM with civil cases heard in the original order for the next two weeks. Jurors report at opening. a few motions were heard today. A separate report details a narrow escape near Lawrence as Crawford McClung's Ford plunged off an embankment, he unhurt. Also weather notes suggest decent travel conditions Sunday, with roads reported good. A Milwaukee divorce filing cites a husband’s dog in bed, claims the wife slept on a day bed.
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Hugh
Means
Crawford McClung
Lawrence
Baldwin Branch
McClane
Fraternal Aid Union reports large 1927 disbursements
The Fraternal Aid Union disbursed nearly two million dollars in death claims and collected almost three million in 1927. More than 1,700 death claims were paid, equating to about one per month per member. Secretary S. S. Baty urges local lodges to ensure prompt payment of claims, noting payments reach beneficiaries within four to five days after proof of death.
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Fraternal Aid
S. S. Baty
Big Lawrence Insurance Organization
Sie
Baty
Rae ‘Wing
Fraternal Aid Union
Leap Year Dance Upset Move Promises Male Pranks
Men may stage payback at the Leap Year dance tonight at F. A. C. where attendees must have their date buy tickets, cover taxi rides, and handle other costs. Tom McFarland, varsity dance manager, says a lively crowd is expected with Kearney's orchestra. Chaperones include Mrs. J. He Xramer, Mrs. Nina Ogden, Mrs. Mary St. Clair, Mrs. T. A. Mesular, and Miss Elizabeth Meguiar.
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Tom McFarland
Varsity
Kearney
J. He Xramer
Nina Ogden
Mary, St. Clair
T. A. Mesular
Elizabeth Meguiar
Reward offered for wreck tampering near Parsons Kan
Missouri Kansas Texas railway officials announced a $1000 reward for arrest and conviction of those who tampered with a track near Parsons Kansas. Investigators report bolts and angle bars removed from a rail shortly before a northbound Katy train wreck last night. A southbound train passed safely minutes earlier. no clues yet on the wreckers.
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St. Louis
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway
Jeneral
Parsons
Kan
Katy
Prince Carol
Former Romanian Crown Says He Will Soon Have Throne
Nice France December 25 AP Former Crown Prince Carol of Romania is quoted by friends as saying that in two months he will be on the Romanian throne, a claim denied by Foreign Minister Titulescu who says the Braila cabinet will strive to keep him from returning. Carol has been enjoying the Riviera nightlife at Mentone.
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Nice
France
Carol of
Rumania
Magda Lupescu
Titulescu
Romania
Braiifapu
Carol
Mentone
The
Riviera
Road petition aims at Lawrence Baldwin Road surface plan
Residents along the Lawrence Baldwin Road may petition for surfacing and a benefit district. George Lamb, assistant county engineer, is drafting the facing and district plan. Union school board clerk vacancy filled by Mrs W Myllory, appointed by County Superintendent O J Lane, to serve until April election. Union district No 34, 16 miles south of Lawrence. Cars washed for $1.50 in warm water. Hudson Goff ads mention Atwater Kent Radio.
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Lawrence
Baldwin Road
George Lamb
Stusband
W. Myllory
Douglas County
Union
O. J. Lane
Flory
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Ottawa Affairs
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