Democratic fund touches highways in Kansas bribery row
Topeka January 7 AP The dispute over financing the 1930 Democratic state central committee deficit centers on a raised $10,000 claim from four road contracting firms allegedly delivered to highway director H M Helvering. J F Swonger Jr described meetings with contractor W Y Buck and state politicians, with Stucker backing the tale and denying any coercive conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Democratic State Central Committee
The
State Journal
J. F. Swonger, Jr
Ottawa
Guy T. Helveran Democratic
Ivening
Associated Press
Swenger
Stucker
Helvering
State Highway Department
W. Y. Buck. Swonger
Democratic State Committee
Salina
HH. M. Stucker
Manhattan
Mr. Helvering
Mr. Stucker
Kansas Weather Forecast With Varying Conditions
Kansas forecast shows generally fair conditions with little temperature change tonight and Friday. Morning readings vary from sleet in Salina to cloudy in Emporia Ottawa and Manhattan and partly cloudy in Wichita and Pittsburg. Roads range from frozen and rough to slick and muddy in spots including salina arkansas city Ottawa and Emporia with cool conditions in Coffeyville and Pittsburg.
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Kansas
Salina
Emporia
Ottawa
Manhattan
Wichita
Pittsary
Arkansas City
Topeka
Coffeyville
Pittsburg
Douglas County
Ncainmell
Modern father is household football in changing families
Evanston Jan 7 AP Prof Ernest R Mowrer of Northwestern University sociology says modern fathers are household football and that the old rule children should be seen and not heard is discarded He says fathers are often meddlesome outsiders or allies to be catered to in conflicts with mothers He argues the American family has disintegrated faster in the last decade than any prior period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Northwestern University
Ernest R. Mowrer
Mowrer
University
Department of Sociology
Seek Convention in Kansas City as $150,000 pledged
Washington reports Democratic circles receiving telephonic word that Kansas City businessmen pledged 150000 to host the Democratic national convention in June. A certified check carrier was to depart at 4 pm. Committeemen favored KC, noting funds could push it over Chicago Atlantic City or San Francisco. Two groups pledged support, one merchant organization and the hotel operators association, while deciding if entertaining costs are viable.
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Washington
Kansas City
Chicago
Atlantic City
San Francisco
Merchants Organization
Hotel Operators’ Association
Hamilton elected governor of Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank
George H. Hamilton, president of Fourth National Bank of Wichita, was elected governor of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank. A lawyer by training, he moved to banking, rising from State Savings and Mercantile Bank to lead the Fourth National after a Wichita civic career. He succeeds W. J. Bailey, who retires at 77 after ten years. Hamilton, 56, has two college students, studied at Olivet College, Harvard Law, and Northwestern University.
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Kansas City
Jam
George H. Hamilton
Fourth National Bank
Wichita
Kan
Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank
Hamilton
Illinois
State Savings
Mercantile Bank
Fourth National
W. J.bailey
Chamber of Commerce
Olivet College
Harvard Law School
Northwestern University
Bailey
Many Die in Railroad Accident Near Moscow
Moscow reports at least fifty killed and scores wounded in a train wreck fourteen kilometres northwest of the city. A freight train plowed through the injured along a parallel track after a six coach local passenger train halted at a switch. Two following trains collided into the rear, smashing coaches and spreading debris along the right of way.
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Moscow
Snow holds Panhandle in freeze as thaw nears
Amarillo Texas January 7 AP heavy snow remains under freezing temps with slight thaw expected. All highways are open and buses operating for first time since snow Monday. Overland traffic resumed yesterday. Train service delayed little. Bell Telephone aims to restore 500 toll lines by noon with temporary repairs. permanent lines to take weeks. Cattle reported in excellent condition with no losses. Advisory Council of Farm Bureau Women to meet Friday at 2 pm in post office building to reorganize and elect officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Tex
Panhandle
United States Weather Bureau
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Ivestock
Advisory Council
Farm Bureau
Two Women Fliers Lost Their Lives in PA Crash
Harrisburg reporting on January 7 AP states two young aviators from New York to Buenos Aires, Mrs. Ruth Stewart and Mrs. Debbie Stanford, perished when their plane crashed on a southern Pennsylvania mountainside during rain and fog. Wreckage sighted early today by fliers, bodies recovered by ground teams. Shelton, Woerner and family are noted. wife of Woerner collapsed in reaction.
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Harrisburg
New York
Buenos Aires
Pennsylvania
Ruth Stewart
St. Louis
Debbie Stanford
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Ground Marties
Stewart
Pittsburgh
Gentry Shelton
Shelton
Woerner
Glass Denounces State Dept Over Foreign Loans
Washington reports the state department and Senator Glass clashed over foreign securities. Glass, a former secretary of the treasury, charged the department with lawless actions after a denial said no loan had government approval. He called the department's reply a subterfuge and said he would pursue the matter in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Glass
Thas
Virginia
Secretary of the Treasury
Department
Senate
British envoy questions Japan on Peiping Mukden railway action
Tokyo Jan 7 AP Sir Oswald Lindley British ambassador called at the Japanese foreign office to seek clarification on how Japans army seized the railway receipts in Manchuria. The army had held the funds to prevent Chang Hsueh Liang from gaining them. with his withdrawal the money would be returned. French and American ambassadors also visited, but the visits were said not to be related.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Oswald Lindley
Foreign Office
Peiping Mukden
Manchuria
Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang
Marshal Chang
Table Bills On Salaries In Washington Expenditures
Washington January 7 AP The house expenditures committee tabled all four bills to cut government salaries arguing reduced purchasing power harms more than mere cuts in expenditures. Sponsors Shallenberger Rich and McGugin testified in support while the panel favored broader savings. Also New York January 7 AP Helen Wills Moody restored to No 1 in 1932 women’s rankings by USLTA with Ellsworth Vines leading the men’s list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Expenditures Committee
Shallenberger
Nebraska
Rich
Pennsylvania
McGugin
Kansas
New York
Helen Wills Moody
United States Lawn Tennis Association
Ellsworth Vines
Definite Action Reached in Manchurian Affair
Washington reports that interested powers have decided on sweeping action in the Manchurian situation after conferences with Secretary Stimson and ambassadors from Britain France and Italy. Hoover voiced deep concern and pledged close watch while Yen presented credentials as China’s new minister and heard the US reaffirm its treaty commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stimson
Fren
State Department
Hoover
W. W. Yen
China
Paris cabinet shake-up seen after Maginot death
Paris reports say a cabinet shake-up may follow the death of war minister Andre Maginot as Briand’s health raises questions about leadership for the Geneva disarmament talks. In Washington, thousands petition Congress for work relief as the reconstruction bill faces quick House action and Senate debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Andre Maginot
Aristide Briand
le Matin
le Journal
L’oeuvre
France
Poincaire
Andre. Tardieu
Paul Painleve
Wisconsin athletic council presses for resignation
Wisconsin Madison January hearing reveals a straw ballot naming Glenn Thistlethwaite as director with five faculty votes and Walter Meanwell two. Irwin Uteritz described as a compromise between faculty and alumni. Prof. Pyre cites bungling and vacillation as factors behind George Little’s urged resignation.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin Athletic Council
George Little
Glenn Thistlethwaite
Walter Meanwell
Irwin Uteritz
F. A. Pyre
Little
Pyre
Annual KU concerts feature two university groups
Two University of Kansas music ensembles announce mid winter concerts next week in University auditorium. The K U Symphony Orchestra led by Karl O Euersteiner performs Tuesday evening at 8. The K U band under J C McCanles gives a Thursday concert at 8 10. Both are open to the public with soloists Ruth Crett and Aliie Merle Conger from the fine arts faculty.
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University of Kansas
K. U. Symphony Orchestra
Karl O. Euersteiner
K. U. Band
J. C. McCanles
University Auditorium
Ruth Crcutt
Aliie Merle Conger
K. U. Fine Arts
Tammany Leader Faces Liquor Business Charge
New York January 7. Charles W. Culkin a Tammany leader and former sheriff is accused by Samuel Seabury, counsel for the New York legislative investigation, of being a partner with James H. McCann in a liquor business. McCann, linked to Culkin in a lamp concern, deposited about 1.31 million dollars in banks from 1925 to 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles W. Culkin
Tammany
James H. McCann
Samuel Seabury
Legislative
Seabury
McCunn
Culkin
Lamp Company
Bodies of Killers to Be Buried in Houston
Springfield Missouri January 7 AP The bodies of Harry and Jennings Young who killed six Greene County officers will be buried in Houston Texas likely today in a private funeral The mother Mrs J D Young learned by long distance call that the wives preferred Houston burial The Greene County court had eased its demand for returns before reward payment and would honor a moral obligation to compensate Houston officers who trapped the killers even if burial is in Texas
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Springfield
Harry
Jennings Young
Greene County
Houston
Texas
J. D. Young
T. T. Mackey
Greene County Court
Missouri
Young
C.C. Kendall
Wichita
Kan
Juanita
Jennings ‘Young
Kendall
Kiwanis Install New Officers at Wiedemann's
New Kiwanis officers were installed at today's weekly luncheon. C C Stewart became president succeeding Waldemar Gelich. Others taking duties include Paul Lawson vice president Howard McConnell district trustee E S Weatherby secretary treasurer and board members Guy Keeler F Nw Raymond Dr Canuteson Karl Kreider I C Stevenson Frank Hosford D M Swarthout. George Shaad led the installation ceremony. William Pilcher of the school of fine arts sang plus a humorous closer. A separate item notes five year old Roy Elmer Shattuck died after being struck by a car in Kansas City with driver Mark J Fisher identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis, Club
Wiedemann’s
C. C. Stewart
Waldemar Gelich
Paul Lawson
Howard McConnell
E. S. Weatherby
Guy Keeler
F. Nw. Raymond
Canuteson
Karl Kreider
I. C. Stevenson
Frank Hosford
D. M. Swarthout
George Shaad
William Pilcher
Voice
School of Fine Arts
Jetmore seeks reelection to Eleventh district seat
Harvey A. Jetmore, representative from the Eleventh district and a former member of the 1931 session, announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the August primaries. He served on several committees including highways and public utilities and urged curbing public spending while facing forthcoming tax issues.
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Harvey A. Jetmore
Jetmore
House
Public Utilities
Minneapolis Man Sparks Police Siege With Gunfire
Da vid Lyle’s demand for medical help set off a police chase and riot squads at his residence after neighbors alerted headquarters. Officers broke in to find Lyle, an armed Black man, on a bed firing six shots at the ceiling. he claimed stomach misery and illness, and he was taken to the hospital.
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Minneapolis
David Lyle
Lyle
Levee Breach Roars Open on Tallahatchie Near Sharkey
A crevasse opened in the twilight levee along the Tallahatchie near Sharkey Mississippi, flooding 30000 acres and endangering residents. Rescue boats battled the surge as refugees fled toward Charleston and Philipp with towns Tipp Payne Marcel Della and Philipp threatened with evacuation. TwoBlack men reportedly drowned as the levee failed without warning.
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Glendora
Miss
Tallahatchie
Sharkey
Tallahatchie River
Tallahatchie County
Leflors
Philip
Charleston
Philipp
Tipp
Payne
Marcel
Della
Bombs Found On Calcutta Train By AP
Five bombs were found in a Calcutta train today before causing damage. Authorities launched a search for the bombers as nationalists appeared to seek cover amid a boycott of British roads that slowed traffic. Gandhi’s lawyers planned to seek habeas corpus next Monday to free him from jail. In London an attempted attack on Viceroy Willingdon was reported, with no confirmation from the India Office. Washington also noted the Patman resolution to impeach Secretary Mellon was postponed by the House Judiciary Committee until next week due to formal channel delays.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Reconstruction Corporation
Pittsburgh
Congressional
White House
James R.cox
Ways and Means
Rainey
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
the Treasury
Frank Murphy
Detroit
New Delhi
India
London
Lord Willingdon
Associated Press
Calcutta
Mr. Gandhi
India Office
Panch
Patman
Mellon
House Judiciary Committee
Committee
Unemployment March Trombonist Collapses In Capitol
John Cyikouski of Pittsburgh carried 1050 dollars in his pocket during the unemployment march. He collapsed on the capitol steps and was hospitalized. He said he had withdrawn savings after losing his job and was supporting a wife. He was with the marching band, not the unemployed group, and his condition was not serious.
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Washington
John Cyikouski
Pittsburgh
Capitol
Ninth Grade Vocational Trip Planned by Juniper High
Pups in the ninth grade at Jun ior high school will visit sixteen Lawrence sites tomorrow afternoon under M F Hyde principal. The trip, begun in 1930, blends business firm visits with Has kell University museum cafeteria and Memorial hospital. It aims to acquaint citizens with local social political and economic activities and to help students learn vocational options while accumulating notes for classroom use. Teachers will accompany all pupils.
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Lawrence
M. F. Hyde
Haskell
University Museum
Memorial Hospital
Hyde
US Invokes Nine Power Pact in Manchurian Dispute
Washington reports that the United States invoked the Nine Power Pact to address the Manchurian dispute. Secretary Stimson, after consultations with Britain and France, indicated forthcoming major actions guided by the treaty framework. Original signatories include the United States Belgium Britain China France Italy Japan Netherlands and Portugal.
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Washington
United States
China
Stimson
Far East
Great Britain
France
Japan
van Aches
Belgium
British Empire
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Pilot Lieut E H Bobbitt’s body brought from mountains
The body of Lieut. E. H. Bobbitt, 24, was recovered today in Elkins after a Christmas day army plane crash in the Cheat mountains. The burned fuselage was moved three miles to a highway where officials say death was caused by the crash, not the subsequent fire. His father, from Hot Springs Virginia, will accompany the remains to the Bobbitt home there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
W. Va
E. H. Bobbitt
Cheat Mountains
Bobbitt
Hot Springs
Apology Accepted in Mukden Incident Dispute
Secretary Stimson said Japan’s apology for the Mukden attack on American Consul Culver B. Chamberlain was accepted. The remaining issue is the punishment of the assailants, with the incident remaining a point of contention between Japan and the United States.
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Washington
Jan
Stimson
Japan
Mukden
Culver B. Chamberlain
America
Opposition to Sunday film shows in Lawrence church action
The First Presbyterian Church session voted to oppose Sunday opening of local theaters and urged law enforcement to block Sunday showings. The Lawrence Ministerial Alliance planned a meeting to discuss the issue amid regional competition from Leavenworth Kansas City and Topeka theaters.
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Lawrence
First Presbyterian Church
R. B. Stevens
Ministerial Alliance
Meee
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Kan
Topeka
Moving Picture
Emmaehene Ag
Yell Ag
Bunainess
I Sahay
Crnsis
Relative of Consul Attacked by Soldiers in Manchuria
U S Consul Culver B Chamberlain, visiting Law rence on leave, was attacked by three Japanese soldiers at Mukden Manchuria after replying in Chinese. Three soldiers were arrested and Ambassador Debuchi apologized to Secretary Stimson, who did not see the incident closed. Chamberlain is a relative of Mrs J E Hoopes of 1046 Ohio Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Culver B. Chamberlain
Mukden
Manchuria
J. E. Hoopes
Ohio Street
Lawrence
Chamberlain
United States
Orient
Debuchi
Japan
Stimson
Hoopes
Reward Offered for Depew in Kidnap Plot
Depew alleged leader in a kidnap plot involving Mrs. Nell Q. Donnelly and former Senator James A. Reed. a $2,500 reward authorized to aid the search as Pennsylvania continues the hunt for the fugitive. Meanwhile Mrs. C C Kendall arrives with family to take charge of the Young farm linked to the case and mortgage foreclosure threatens ownership.
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Kansas City
Martin Depew
Nell Q. Donnelly
James A. Reed
Pennsylvania
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Jayhawk
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Wisconsin Council
Kiwanis Club
Roy Elmer Shattuck
Mark J. Fisher
HH. A. Jetmore
Osage City Bank
State Banking Department
Farmers State Bank of
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Bruening
Hitler
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
National Socialists
Move Company
National Savings Life Insurance Company of Kansas
Farmers and Bankers Life Insurance Company
John G. Pollock
Theodore Herstman
Caryl J. Dodds
Depew
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