Landon appoints Brewster to aid Boyd trial
Topeka Kansas AP Governor Landon named M S Brewster of Topeka to assist Lester Goodell Shawnee county attorney in the State vs Boyd trial set to begin around January 15 with preliminary motions next week. Goodell welcomed Brewster noting his local residence and experience in bond scandal probes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Jan. G
Gar
Alf M. Landon
Sardius
M. _Brewster
United States District
Lester Goodell
Shawnee
Tom B. Boyd
Aoe
Landon
Goodel
Hugh Wedell
Ronald Finney
Goodell
Fred M. Harris
Brewster
Boyd
Charre
D Aty
Hugo Wedell
Binney
Lyon
S& M
State
Gooriell
Otis E. Hungate
Jery
Harris
Teéland Caldwell
Bee
Finney
Otis Hungate
Kansas Weather Forecast Unsettled With Colder North
Unsettled weather in Kansas with rain chances and colder conditions in the northwest. Tonight and tomorrow forecast calls for generally fair skies but cooler temperatures. Morning view shows clear conditions except Arkansas City and Gabriel towns partly cloudy. Wichita fair. Salina rough roads. Temperature readings note a high around 33 today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Arkansas City
Goffeyville
Pittsburg
Wichita
Salina
Eagles
Esterday
U S Plans to Guarantee Mortgage Bonds
Washington January 6 AP Government plans to guarantee 4 billion dollars of Farm and Home Mortgage bonds as part of President Roosevelts drive to aid farmers and homeowners. Legislation to extend the guarantee to the principal would place these bonds on parity with government securities and ease sale. Bonds would be exchangeable directly for farmers mortgages instead of cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Nationalist forces seize Yenping amid Fukien clashes
Dispatches from Foochow report the fifty sixth division of the nationalist infantry capturing Yenping in Fukien from rebels. Nan king troops widen the front against rebels, with Shahsien and Ping man taken, heavy fighting near Ku tian. British missionaries urged to evacuate interior Fukien as Japanese planes bomb East Chahar and outlaw movements move toward Shantung.
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Shanghai
Foochow
Yenping
Fu Kien
Nanking
Fukien
Shahsien
Pingman
Kuiien
Kuitien
North China
Byrd’s Flagship Starts Move From Ice Pack
Admiral Byrd orders flagship to depart the lake ice pack at latitude 69 24 south 116 40 west to dodge delays. The ship will navigate the Ross Sea to Bay of Whales to unload 500 tons for the winter party, then return north as packing resumes.
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Admiral Byrd
Little America
MacKay
Richard B. Byrd
Ross Sea
Bay of Whales
Strikers Dump Milk In Chicago Dairy Strike
Chicago face of a large dairy strike sees thousands of pounds of milk dumped by farmers near Elgin and in Wisconsin. About 75,000 pounds were dumped from three trucks. No violence reported. Pure Milk Association members withheld all milk, cutting deliveries by about 20 percent while shipping about 4,000,000 pounds daily into Chicago.
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Chicago
Jain
Elgin
Wisconsin
Pure Milk Association, a_dairy
Paris Jail Return for Spy Suspect and Husband Denied
Mrs Rob ert Fordon Switz formerly Marjorie Tilley of New York lost her plea for freedom from spy charges and was sent back to jail for another month. Her husband’s similar plea was rejected yesterday and he will be held another month as French police continue investigating an alleged spy ring. Also reported is yearly license fee data showing a 50 percent tag price cut and a total collected amount of 26 785 in state records with 5 223 653 in 1932 from vehicle commissioner Carl New comer.
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Topeka
Carl Newcomer
Steagall weighs silver move to bolster monetary plan
Washington January 6 AP Chairman Steagall of the house banking committee said silver should gain prominence in monetary plans and considered introducing a bill to authorize the treasury to buy a billion dollars worth of silver. He proposed monthly purchases equal to domestic production and using the metal as currency collateral, arguing higher silver prices would strengthen money.
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Washington
Jan
Steagall
House -Banking Committee Today
White House
S*sagall
Htt Fm
Treasury
Conference on Sales Tax in Missouri Legislation
Missouri senators and House members move to resolve a sales tax bill in conference. Senate seeks 1-4 percent tax on retail sales and higher income thresholds, while the House favors a 1 percent levy on tangible personal property. Conferees named include Emmett Crouse, George Clayton, J. McDowell, Joseph Brogan, and William Bates. Final adjournment hinges on an agreement. liquor control bill remains a separate hurdle with ongoing meetings.
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Jefferson City
Senate
House
Michael Kinney
St. Louis
Emmett Crouse
St.Josephs
George D. Clayton
Ite
Hannibel
JC. McDowell
Charleston
Joseph Brogan
William M._Bates
Conference
Liquor Committee
Cooks and Waiters Prepare 24Hour Strike Over NRA Code
Kansas City January 6 AP plans for a 24 hour strike by organized cooks and waiters next week in protest against the NRA code were announced by Charles B. Nelson and M. D. Corrigan presidents of their unions. The stop work protest will be nationwide. The cooks argue they are skilled labor unfairly treated as unskilled and face reduced wage scales. Corrigan says the code approved by Johnson and before the President for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas’City
NRA
Charles B. Nelson
Waiters’ and Beverage Dispensers’ Union
M. D. Corrican
Cooks’ Union
Nelson
Edward B. Flore
Cincinnati
Lawrence High Defeats Bartlett High In Close Ningo
Lawrence high school Negro basketball team defeated Bartlett high of St. Joseph Missouri 28 to 18 on the focal court last night. A large crowd cheered a hard fought game with a late surge by Lawrence to maintain the lead. Also: Ogden Utah January 6 AP announces a Hereford steer as grand champion at the Ogden live stock show bred owned and exhibited by Foster Farm Rexford Kansas. J W Van Natta of Lafayette Indiana awarded the purple rib. A divorce suit was filed today in district court by Josephine Peters against William Oliver Peters alleging extreme cruelty and neglect. married in 1929.
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Lawrence High School
Bartlett High
St. Joseph
Lawrence
Kansas
Ogden
Utah
Ogden Livestock Show
Foster Farm
Rexford
J. W. van Nat
Lafayette
Indiana
Josephine
Stock Market Index Report
The market index for ninety stocks averaged 797.6 points yesterday, slipping from 728 points earlier in the session. The brief movement highlights a cautious trading day as investors weigh sector performance and economic signals.
Underhill Taken To State Prison
Wilbur Underhill, co leader of the Bailey Underhill gang, was moved from Shawnee to McAlester State Prison by order of J Edgar Hoover after reports of attempted gang rescue. Guarded transfer followed a long hospitalization and surgeons warned earlier transfer could be fatal.
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Bulletin
Washington
Wilbur Underhill
Coleader
Bailey-Underhill
Shawnee, Okla
McAlester
Department of Justice
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Lehman attacks LaGuardia over proposed fiscal dictatorship
Governor Lehman issued a sharp 2500 word rebuke to New York Mayor LaGuardia, calling his request for broad powers a bid for control beyond the charter. LaGuardia called the governor's letter unbelievable. Lehman said the mayor's plan could lead to chaos worse than the emergency itself and argued the existing charter already grants sufficient power to reduce city expenditures.
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Albany
N. Y
Lehman
Fiorello H. la- Guardia
New York
Emer 'Wenev
New York City
LaGuardia
Board of Estimate
Senate approves Smith crop loan bill expanding farmer eligibility
Washington January 6 AP The senate agriculture committee unanimously approved the Smith crop loan bill authorizing 100 million dollars in loans to farmers. Chairman Smith said the measure would greatly widen seasonal government aid and make all farmers eligible, whereas under current regional credit operations only about 75 percent qualify.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
NRA cites Kansas City cleaner for price cutting under cleaning code
The NRA national compliance board told the Federal Trade Commission Edward T. Jones a Kansas City dry cleaner, accused of cutting prices. He allegedly charged 49 cents for men's suits and 59 cents for dresses, well below the 75 cent code rate, and operated under NRA Cleaners and Blue Eagle names without signing the reemployment agreement. Jones denies compliance, runs 12 local stores and a wholesale plant, and faced a December 30 demand to conform.
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Washington
NRA National Compliance Board
Edward T. Jones
Kansas City
Federal Trade Commission
Jones
NRA Cleaners
Blue Eagle Cleaners
Zgreement
Blue Eagle
NRA Record
W. E. Franklin
Kansas City Cleaners Administrative Board
Franklin
Fo Jones
Independence
Kan
Lawrence
Clinics to screen tuberculosis patients at University and Memorial
The Douglas County Tuberculosis association will sponsor a regular monthly TB clinic from 9 to 5 Monday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital conducted by Dr. C F Taylor. A separate 9 to 5 clinic for students and faculty at the University Hospital follows due to high patient numbers. Dr Canuteson recommends student examinations after TB skin tests. Students contributed 158 to the Christmas seal drive and 90 percent of faculty did likewise. next clinics funded from those drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Tuberculosis Association
Lawrence Memorial Hspital
C. F. Taylor
Sanitarium
Memorial Hospital
U. Hospital
R.I. Canuteson
Canuteson
Sentence Pronounced On Convicted Kidnapper Clarence Click
Kansas January 6 AP report states Circuit Judge Daniel B Bird formally sentenced Clarence Click to eight years in the state penitentiary for participation in a $30 000 ransom kidnapping of Miss Marvy McElroy daughter of City Manager H F McElroy The sentence followed delays to await potential federal action which had not yet been decided The case also involved related figures Walter McGee and George McGee with heavier penalties in the crime
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Click
Daniel B. Bird
Miss
Marvy McElroy
H. F. McElroy
Click
Walter McGee
George McGee
Kansas
Plot to kill Sonora Governor Calles foiled in Mexico
Soldiers and police in Hermosillo arrest ten men in a raid linked to a conspiracy to assassinate Elias Calles Jr the Sonora governor and son of Plutarco Elias Calles Iron Man of Mexico One guard was wounded and one suspect leader Pedro Salazar Feliz escaped during a skirmish at Navojoa with arrests also reported in Monterrey for an attempted attack on Major Plutarco Elias Calles Jr
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Hermosillo
Sonora
Mexico
Rudolfo
Elias Calles
Plutarco
Calles
Monterrey
Plutarco Elias+Calles, Jr
Navojoa
Orange
Pedro Salazar
Feliz
War debts and St Lawrence waterway dominate Congress
Washington dispatch reports heated debate on US war debt defaults and the St Lawrence waterway pact as Congress resumes. President Roosevelt backs ratification of the treaty with Canada but opponents expect a heavy Senate vote against it. Borah pushes for debt facts to spur tariff talks and possible state department data requests. The Finance Committee will consider a 470 million liquor tax bill, with swift passage anticipated, while income tax revisions and silver questions loom.
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Washington
St. Lawrence
Canada
Senate
Copeland
New York
House
Borah
State Department
United States
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Kansas City Officials Deny Rural School Closures Claim
Kansas City superintendent F L Schlagle and state officials deny nationwide figures of 35,000 rural Kansas children deprived of schooling. They note 6,983 rural schools opened this year, 360 fewer than last year, largely due to consolidation, and insist every child has access to educational facilities in Kansas.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Kan
F. L. Schlagle
State Teachers Association
Schlagle
John K. Norton
National Education Association
National Association
Clazle
Theodore T. Ellis Dies Noted Philanthropist and Art Collector
Theodore T. Ellis, 67, vice president of the Chicago Daily News and former owner of the Worcester Telegram and Evening Gazette, died suddenly in London. A St Louis native, he spent most of his life in New England as a manufacturer, banker and publisher and was a noted philanthropist and art collector. His widow received notice at their Worcester home.
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Worcester
Mass
Theodore T. Ellis
Chicago Daily News
Worcester Telegram and Evening Gazette
New England Fibre Blanket Co
London
England
Elis
St. Louis
New England
Chicago Dail News
Col
Fran Knox
Strong
Destructive Fire Destroys Stores in Basehor Kansas
An undetermined origin fire in Basehor Kansas on January 6 destroyed three stores and a barber shop and damaged a lumber company office and the bank building. The Leavenworth fire department battled the flames with assistance from New Ford V8 Hamilton's.
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Basehor - Basehor
Kan
Basehor
Leavenworth ‘Fire Department
Oyate
Budget Limits Shape House Action Next Week
Washington January 6 AP Speaker Rainey pledged the house would stay within Roosevelt’s budget of 6 billion for next year and focus on appropriation bills. Mansfield plans Monday hearings on a rivers and harbors omnibus with about 100 million outlay plus 75 million for PWA projects lacking authority. A federal advisory committee on emergency aid to education drafts requests to Roosevelt and Congress, chaired by James N Rule with George F Zook guiding the discussions.
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Washington
Rainey
Roosevelt
House
Mansfield
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Congress
James N. Rule
Pennsylvania
George F. Zook
PO Ee
Aiding Ducks: New Game Bird Restoration Committee Formed
In Des Moines a new game bird restoration committee was formed at Secretary Wallace's invitation with Thomas H. Beck and J Ne Darling leading aims to restore waterfowl habitats and revive duck populations. Aldo Leonard of Wisconsin University was named as a third member, though not yet present. The effort ties to a $25 million marginal land reduction project and seeks to revive water levels to aid ducks, geese, and other wild birds within three years.
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Washington, Jan
Thomas H. Beck
Colliers’ Magazine
J. Ne Darling
Ding
Des Moines
Wallace
Aldo Leonard
Wisconsin University
Beck
Move to outlaw direct livestock buying in Congress
Congress considers outlawing direct purchases by packers under the 392 stockyards act amended by Representative Howe of Kansas. The plan would empower the secretary of agriculture to license stockyards and markets and compelled packers to buy livestock through government controlled channels. Senators Nortis of Nebraska backs abolition of direct buying as a route to ensure competitive bidding and price fairness for producers. A separate item notes a highway project removing nine miles from the San Francisco Los Angeles route and 539 curves eliminated.
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Washington
Representative Howe
Kansas
Agriculture Committee
Congress
Hope
Secretary of Agriculture
Nortis
Nebraska
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Highway Department
Death of Kaw River pioneer Dolly Graeber noted riverman and shop founder
Lawrence mourns Dolly Graeber veteran Kaw riverman and Graeber Brothers shop cofounder who died of a heart attack at about 7 am. He was 78 or 79, born 1855 in Lakin Illinois and moved to Lawrence in 1857. Survived by wife Pearl Sechrist, two sons Kenneth and Atlinz, daughter Bernice, two brothers Albert and Carl, two sisters Laura and Mrs Frank Holliday. Funeral Monday at 10:30 from Funk's chapel. Graeber known for boat livery and fishing lore on the Kaw, famed for a 60 pound catfish and a 145 pound catch. He helped recover bodies after river dangers and aided many KU students with boat rides.
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Lawrence
Gal
Dolly) “Graeber
Kne
Giaeber Brothers
Geacher
Albert
Carl
Alway
Henry Hopkins
Miss Pearl _Sechrist
Cambridge
Ohio
Kenneth
K. U
Aint Atlinz
Los Angeles
Cal
Bernice Graeber
Northeast Junior High School
Kansas City
Laura Graeber
Frank Holliday
Funk
Dean R.A Schweder
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mr. Graeber
Lakin
Ill
Charles Graeber
Franklin
Quantrill
Dolly
Graeber
Kaw
Spo
L. L. Dyche
State Fish and Fame
George Potts
Milstein Violin Recital Opener At University
University activity ticket holders may exchange coupons for the second concert in the series a violin recital by Nathan Milstein the renowned young Russian violinist. Milstein is in high demand with major orchestras and will perform on the 24th in a peak 1993 1934 season recital.
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K. U. Fine Arts
Nathan Milstein
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Wedell
Bond Scandal
Paul H.heinz
Finney Goodell
Iaz
U.S
Fukien Province
Byrd
Lake In Ice
Paris
Robert “Fordon Switz
Missouri
Bartlett
Stock’ Market Index
Underhill
Okla
Wilburn Underhill
Desperado
Sem Brown
Oklahoma
Okmulgee
Underhiil
Sam Brown
Almire Underhill
Dorothy
Arer
R. H. Colvin
Oklahoma City
City Hospital
Okmulge
Kansas State
Kansas City Union Station
Frank Nash
Tri-State
Brady
la- Guardia
U. S
The
Edwards
East Ninth Street
T. B. Association
St. Lawrence Waterway
Schlagle Brands
Ford
Hamilton
Zen
Douglas County
Kaw River
Fiets
Packers
G. A. Graeber
Fine. Arts
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