U S Embassy Seeks Rubens Status in Russia
The United States embassy in Moscow delivered a formal note to the Soviet foreign office asking if Ruth Marie Rubens of New York is under arrest in Russia and, if so, the charges. The note follows her December 9 disappearance from a Moscow hotel, with her companion Donald L. Robinson missing since December 2.
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Moscow
United States
Ruth Marie Rubens
New York
Russia
Washington
Rubens
Donald L. Robinson
State Department
Robinson
Izvestia
RACKETEERS AWAY Linked Buchalter in Passport Intrigue
Louis Lepke Buchalter and partner Jacob Shapiro, missing for months, tied to a passport scheme via a Tammany clerk office. Investigators note similar handwriting in signatures of Robinson and Rubens, with a man resembling Buchalter using an undisclosed alias. The fugitives are top racketeers operating across garment trucking flour and other industries.
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New York
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Thomas E Dewey
Robinson-Rubens
Buchalter
Jacob Shapiro
Tammany County
Albert Marinelli
Donald L. Robinson
Adolph A. Rubens
Robinson
Rubens
Capital society hosts velvet ball and grand breakfast
Washington recounts a high society day with 1200 East Coast guests at a formal ball in the White House after Roosevelt's dinner for the vice president. William Green of the AFL attended. Percy Grainger performed Turkey in the Straw before guests moved to the Mayflower for a velvet ball and a charity lunch fund for Washington public school children.
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Washington
Capital Society
East
Roosevelt
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Percy Grainger
Garner
White House
Mayflower Hotel
New York
Capital
Mrs. Roosevelt
Washington Public
Retail Trade Rises on Clearance Sales Across Regions
January report from Dun and Bradstreet shows retail sales up 2 to 8 percent versus last week and 3 to 10 percent from a year ago. Demand from markdowns boosted activity in major distribution centers with the middle west up 3 to 7 percent and the southwest up 6 percent. Wholesale buying also rose 4 to 12 percent year over year.
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New York
CP Samual
Bradstreet
Middle West
Southwest
Missing Corwin bank cashier sought on embezzlement warrant
Anthony Kan January 7 P J R Goodan cashier of the Corwin state bank is sought on a warrant charging embezzlement of 14800 dollars. County Attorney Guy Neal says the bank was closed for a checkup and Goodan left Corwin New Year’s Eve saying he could not return for several days. A second man is expected to be named in a warrant Neal intends to issue.
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Neal
Corwin Bank
Fissures Form in Westmoreland Village
Panic accompanied by several ground cracks in Bradenville Pennsylvania as fissures opened on main street. Firemen evacuated five houses and an apartment over a dance hall after a large eight to ten inch wide fissure appeared near the Derry No. 1 mine in a mining district 12 miles east of Greensburg.
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Bradenville
Westmoreland County
Greensburg
Derry
Classifieds Ad Promises Results for Readers
The Journal-World readers pursue results through classified ads. The page promotes advertising reach and quick responses for buyers and sellers seeking local deals and services.
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Journal-World
British Troops Protest Japanese Attack in Shanghai
Maj. Gen. A. D. P. Telfer Smollett accuses Japanese forces of invading the British defense zone in Shanghai after two British police officers are assaulted near the line separating zones. West and Turner claim Japanese soldiers beat them while stopping rough treatment of Chinese peddlers. Japanese censors seize foreign cable offices, while Nan Chang air raid reports say Chinese planes failed to hit a Japanese airfield. Chinese and Japanese forces mass near the Lunghai railway as both sides seek control of the eastern trunk line amid strategic moves toward Hankow.
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Shanghai
A. D. P. Telfer-Smollett
F. G. West
Set
A. R. Turner
West
Turner
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Wuhu
Yangtze River
Nanking
Yangtze
Lunghai Railway
China
Peiping- Hankow
Hankow
North China Front Quiet as Chinese Forces Aim Supreme Effort
Chinese forces announce a supreme effort to hold the Sunghai jugular vein while the North China area remains comparatively quiet.
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Nese
Sunghai
North China
Army engineers propose $275 billion rivers and harbors plan
Washington January 7 The army engineers report $275 290 819 could be profitably spent next fiscal year on rivers harbors and flood control projects Major General Edward M Markham retiring recommends 100 753 124 for waterways 127 844 610 for flood control and 46 692 585 for maintenance Roosevelt trims the program limiting major flood control to 76 000 000 and new rivers and harbors to 30 000 000 plus 37 500 000 for maintenance Flood control outlays would be the largest ever and overshadow the rivers and harbors request.
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Washington
Army Engineers
United States
Edward M. Markham
Roosevelt
Cunkle in Recital at Hoch Auditorium
Frank Cunkle newly appointed to the KU fine arts faculty in organ and theory to give an introductory organ recital Sunday at 4 in Hoch auditorium. He fills the vacancy left by Prof Charles S Skilton on leave abroad. Cunkle a graduate of Eastman School of Music Kansas City performance before the Kansas City Music Club last month. His program includes Bach Cesar Franck a Mourant dedication and a Chorale Prelude by Roger Sessions. Public invited.
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Frank Cunkle
K. U. Fine Arts
Hoch
Cunkle
Charles S. Skilton
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
N. Y
Kansas City
Grand Avenue Temple
Zanuck Teases Chicago Fire Film with Cow and Extras
New York, Jan 7. Darryl Zanuck, the boy wonder of Wahoo Neb, jokes about Mrs OLearys cow igniting the film In Old Chicago. He explains the vast extras, staged groups, and the ambitious use of asbestos sets for the big fire scene.
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New York
O’leary
Old Chicago
Darryl Zanuck
Boy Wonder
Old
Chicago
Darryl
Hollywood
Mr. Zanuck
Zanuck
State cash balance falls in Kansas report
Kansas unencumbered cash balance on December 31 stood at 833 809 dollars, down from 1 202 030 a year earlier. Receipts for the fiscal year totaled 3 254 470 dollars, vs 3 429 799 in the prior year.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
J. J. Rhodes
Petefish Family News Includes Westward Visits
Mrs. Mary Petefish returns home after a long visit with Ralph Petefish of New Mexico and Charles Petefish of Meade. Mrs. Edith Hilbert and Lloyd left Thursday for California to visit Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hilbert and other relatives. Mrs. Faye Woodward of Wash-
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Mary Petefish
Ralph Petefish
New Mexico
Charles Petefish
Meade
Edith Hilbert
Lloyd
California
Earl Hilbert
Faye Woodward
Wash
Richland Farm Bureau Holds December Meeting at John Myers Home
The December meeting of the Richland Farm Bureau was held at Mrs John Myers home. The note mentions Mr McKinter's illness and social visits by several local residents including Mr and Mrs Ward Beam and Jack Beam. Jean Benander plans a short visit to Colorado. Christmas day gathering hosted by John Benander for Carl Miller and others is reported.
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Ington
D. C
E. G. Woodward
McKinter
Richland Farm Bureau
John Myers
Dora
Ward Beam
Jack Beam
Francis
Harry Kennedy
Jean Benander
Mrs Charles Benander Ill but Improving
Mrs Charles Benander has been ill but is somewhat better now.
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Charles Benander
Benander
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