Two Union Officials Admit Bombing Plan Confession
Kansas City Jan 13 AP Ermal J Lime 24 president and E M Evans 40 business agent of the Sound Projectionists association sign ed statements made public by police confess planning the bombing of the Midland theater Monday night in which Frank Alexander a negro janitor lost his life James K R Page county prosecutor said charges would be filed against the union officials under a death penalty statute for bombings Lime and Evans said the bombing was planned in retaliation for prior theater bombings carried out by members of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees Police quoted Lime as saying they recruited Edward Gillespie 22 former convict to place the bomb believing it contained liquor Gillespie said to be unaware the package held explosives The two officials testified that the device was a dynamite bomb timed by a clock wheel and battery set for 11 50 p m Lime and Evans said the act was to be a gesture against the rival international union The Midland operator John Morgan head of the local International Alliance unit supervised theater operations Evans admitted meeting Lime Monday afternoon but did not say he helped assemble the device Police said Lime claimed most theater owners with sound projectionists union replaced workers with alliance members due to persecutions The statements also recounted Lime’s 1915 entry into the Motion Picture Operators Union in Joplin and later life upheavals including threats from union men and a self defense killing of Glen Monroe Lime said he suffered losses including the loss of his home and job and the need to place his wife and parents with relatives in Kansas and Missouri James R Dean former secretary of the association was arrested but released by police
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Kansas City
Ermatl J. Lime
E. M. Evens
Sound Projectionists’ Association
Midland Theater
Frank Alexander
James KR. Page
Lime
Evans
Memvers
International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employes
Edward Cillesvie
Gillespie
R. H. Dean
the Gunion
Gil Jespit
International Alliance of ‘Theatricek
Jima
Sound Projectionists’ Union
Alliance
International Organization
Motion Picture Operators Union
Joplin
Glen Monroe
Pittsberg
Kan
Urich
Association
American citizen hanged in Belfast for Turkish slaying
Eddie Cullen, a naturalized American citizen, was hanged at dawn in Belfast for the murder of Achmet Musa, a Turk linked to Zara Agha. Musa and Agha were connected to a case that drew international appeals for clemency. Cullen, once a film projectionist in Hollywood and New York, faced a final appeal on New Year’s Day before the execution.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Eddie Cullen
United States
Achmet
Musa
Schachter
Hollywood
New York
Murder arrest expected in Kansas death case
Columbus Kansas January 13 AP Sheriff John Kretcher said he expects to arrest a suspect soon in the death of John Pyle 30 found near Corona after a night of drinking and exposure. Post mortem showed a fractured skull and robbery of $30. Sheriff stated he believes whiskey haulers who visited Corona are involved.
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Columbus
Kan
John Kretcher
John Pyle
Carona
Sien
Here
Pyle
Corona
Jobless Brisbane Women Threaten Nude Parade
Unemployed Brisbane women threaten to march through the streets nude unless the state minister of labor and industry agrees to discuss their problems. Police fear the large crowd could overwhelm arrests as the women have staged extraordinary demonstrations.
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Brisbane
Australia
Labor and Industry
Plan Oil Merger Unites Sinclair Prairie Firms
Directors of Sinclair Consolidated Oil Prairie Oil & Gas and Prairie Pipe Line announce approval of a merger creating Consolidated Oil Corporation. New stock exchange ratio 14 for 10. Sinclair to chair executive committee, with officers including W S Fitzpatrick and R Gallagher. Special meetings set March 1 to ratify.
Washington Faces New Problems In Congress
Washington report details fresh congressional struggles as Mellon and Mills outline the administration plan to raise taxes for a new revenue law. House aims to pass the reconstruction corporation bill. senate debates the federal land banks bolstering measure. AFL head Green urges inquiry into southern labor camp conditions amid other hearings. Burglar escapes Miami cordon after looting dry goods store. 65 degrees in New York as warm front moves in.
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Washington
Congress
Mellon
Mills
Democratic House Committee
House
Reconstruction Corporation
Senate
Green
American Federation of Labor
Patman
Treasury
Farm and Shipping Boards
Navy
Weather Forecast For Kansas With Snow Probabilities
Forecaster notes mostly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday with probable snow and a strong cold snap. Morning map shows cloud cover over Ottawa Emporia and clears in Ottawa and Emporia. Road conditions vary from fair to rough across cities including Arkansas City Manhattan Wichita and Ottawa with muddy and dirt roads in several counties. Temperature data indicate yesterday's max and current min with little rainfall recorded.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Emporia
Arkansas City
Manhattan
Wichita
Fittsburg
Anata
Japanese Resistance Reported At Chinese Battlefronts
Chinese papers from Tientsin and Peiping describe renewed Chinese volunteer warfare across Manchuria and Jehol as Japanese forces push from three directions toward Jehol. Maher reports say 10,000 militiamen remain and 3,000 at Tungliao, with stubborn resistance despite ammo shortages. Meanwhile Japan withdraws its main force from Tsingtao to guard the consulate.
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Peiping
China
Shanhaikwan
Tokyo
Tsingtao
Riot and mass exodus in Tsingtao as Japanese Marines patrol
Japanese marines patrolled Tsingtao after a riot that saw Chinese crowds flee the city. Chinese authorities reported Japanese residents burned the Ming Kuo Jih Pao office and the Kuomintang headquarters in retaliation for remarks about Korea and the emperor.
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Tsingtao
China
Nuomintern
Ming Kuo Jih Pao
Korea
Kuomintang
China to cooperate with United States on Nine-Power Treaty
China declares readiness to cooperate with the United States in upholding the Nine-Power Treaty in Nanking. The note, dated January 13, was released by China and carried in dispatches with continued coverage expected on page 2.
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Nanking
China
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission approves Kansas and Oklahoma line takeover
The ICC authorized the Kansas and Oklahoma railroad to take over and operate the Kansas and Oklahoma railway in Seward and Stevens counties, after a 1923 receivership and last year’s recapitalization by four men. The line, about nineteen miles long, may raise $24,000 in new capital stock. the commission denied a plan to construct fourteen more miles to Woods and Hugoton.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
Kansas and Oklahoma Railway
Seward
Stevling
Kane Kansas and Oklahoma Railway
Woods
Hugoton
Entry of Paulen Into Race Stirs Speculation In State Circles
Topeka Jan. 13 AP Now that Ben S Paulen former governor has entered the 1932 Kansas Republican primary for the United States senate nomination political interest centers on whether it will be a free for all or a harmony race Paulens formal announcement today in Independence marked the first entry in the Republican primary for the nomination to the seat formerly held by Vice President Curtis and now by Sen George McGill McGill who defeated Henry J Allen a Republican and Curtis desired successor is expected to seek the Democratic nomination though he has not formally announced Allen last November urged Republicans consider a harmony movement in connection with the senatorial situation He said he would be glad to support any good Republican or senatorial candidate agreed upon by the factions Allen s statement was read as not ruling out a run Some others mentioned include Clyde M Reed former governor Homer Hoch Harold McGugin W H Sproul James F Getty and Cal Ward Dr John R Brinkley has been mentioned but many friends say if he runs it will be for governor rather than any senate post
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New York
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation
Prairie Oil & Gas Co
Prairie Pipe Line Company
Consolidated Oil Corporation
Sinclair and Prairie Oilhare
Prairie ‘Pine
Sinclair-Consolidated Oil Corp
Consolidated Oil Corp
Sinclair
Consolidated
H. F. Sinclair
Fitzpatrick
E. W. Sinclair
R Gallagher
Shell Union Oil
Board of Directors
Topeka
Ben S. Paulen
Paulen
Curtis
Snow
George McGill
Senate
Allen
McGill
Clyde M. Reed
Homer Hoch
Harold McGugin
W. H. Sproul
James F. Getty
Kansas City
Cal Ward
Kansas Farmers’ Union
John R. Brinkley
Milford
Kansas
Independence
Kan
Ben 8 Paulen
United States
Security National Bank
PAULEN IN RACE FOR U S SENATE NOMINATION
Former Governor Ben Paulen announces candidacy for Kansas Republican nomination to the U S Senate. He vows to serve Kansans faithfully and impartially if nominated and elected. Paulen has held multiple state offices and was reelected president of Security National Bank. Also notes KU band midwinter concert at University Auditorium with open admission. program includes Cavalry Trumpets and Our General composed for General Wilder S. Metcalf.
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University of Kansas
University
J. C. McCanles
Cavalry
J. H. Bell
Mr. McCanles
Wilder S. Metcalf
Lawrence
McLean killer to fight in court amid new clues
In Cincinnati on January 13 AP reports that Marian McLean’s confessed killer, a 45 year old shoemaker, appeared with guards surrounding the courtroom. Spectators were searched as discussions of a possible defense began. A dog bone find at a Bischoff tenement and a vanished kidnapping case provided fresh leads, while bones sent to Cleveland awaited human vs canine verification. The court hearing showcased a tense, crowded scene as authorities pursued each clue.
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J. Hy Bell
Rand
Ray
Bischoff
W.M. Kroeman
Western Reserve University of Anthropology
Cleveland
Elsie Janis Weds Gilbert Wilson on New Year Eve
Elsie Janis actress wed Gilbert Wilson Los Angeles businessman New Year’s Eve in Tarrytown New York offices of Mayor Eugene Lehman Police Judge Daniel Dwyer performed ceremony Marriage license obtained after Mount Pleasant town clerk office closed Clerk Edward F. L Hennessey noted ages 42 for Janis and 26 for Wilson both single.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
Elsie Janis
Gilbert Wilson
Los Angeles
Eugene H. Lehman
Lehman
Daniel Dwyer
Mount Pleasant
Edward
FL Hennessey
Hennessey
Haskell to Host Rockhurst in Hoosier Gym Clash
The Haskell Indiana basketball team meets Rockhurst College at 7:45 tomorrow night in the Haskell gym with Steve Hinshaw refereeing. Last season the Braves beat Rockhurst by two field goals and another close contest is anticipated. Walter Johnson of the all star West football squad will also be in action.
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Rockhurst College
Haskell
Steve Hinshaw
Braves
Rockhurst
Walter Johnson
Pacific Coast
Storm Toll, Blizzards Sweep Across Regions
Tornadoes killed three people and injured over a hundred in Alabama and Mississippi after earlier storms in southeast Texas. A San Juan river ice jam near Shiprock, New Mexico threatened flooding, prompting dynamite efforts. A 14 year old, Lisgar Taylor, died near Glen Ellen Saskatchewan from the cold as blizzards and freezing temperatures hit the Northwest and Dakotas. Weather disrupted air travel and drove ranchers to move stock while Hoover Dam work faced damage and a missing man.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
San Juan
Navajo Indian Agency
Shiprock
N. M
Lisgar Taylor
Glen Ellen
Sask
Great, Falls
Mont
Boulder City
Hoover Dam
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Middle West
Dakotas
North Dakota
Cleveland Nominates Regular Party Candidates for Mayor
In the Cleveland mayoralty primary regular organization candidates won big. Daniel E. Morgan, Republican, and Ray T. Miller, Democrat, lead the ticket. Final count shows Morgan 69 248 votes, Miller 49 285, Peter Witt 30 937, Dr F W Walz 8 889, I C Ford 5. Miller’s margin over Democratic rivals pleased party leaders including Newton D. Baker who endorsed Miller. Also notes Secretary Stimson said no American observer would attend Lausanne reparations conference this month.
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Daniel E. Morgan
Ray T. Miller
Morgan
Miller
Peter Witt
Dr. F W. Walz
I. C. Ford
Lawrence city utilities commissioner candidate announces bid
J W Glidden of 944 New Hampshire street declares candidacy for Lawrence public utilities commissioner as March 8 city primaries approach. He cites twenty eight years in Lawrence, ten years with the U S Government at Leavenworth, and experience in construction and prison administration as qualifications. His family has long ties to local institutions.
New Oil Corporation to control world’s largest pipeline system
Independence Kan Jan. merger of Sinclair and Prairie companies forms a giant oil entity with a nationwide distribution system and full operations from crude production to retailing. Sinclair brings refineries with 130000+ barrels daily capacity, selling over a billion gallons of gasoline yearly, and distributing through 33000+ retail outlets in 45 states plus Mexico, Cuba and Europe.
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Independence
Kan
Sinclair Andl ‘Prairie Companies
Sinclair Company
Mexico
Cuba
Peleg Sha Abe
Lusk urges repeal of dry law and beer bill support
Dr Graham Lusk of Cornell University told the Senate committee evaluating the four per cent beer bill that repealing the 18th amendment and allowing moderate drinking would replace the unenforceable law. He argued that legalizing light wines and beer under the Canadian system would cause no harm to the community.
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Washington
Graham Lusk
Cornell University
Senate
Snow Covers Rockies as Subzero Temps Hit West
AP dispatch reports varying snow depths across the Rocky Mountain West with subzero readings and blizzard conditions not materializing. In Kansas a light snowfall began at Colby and Oberlin this morning as cold air drove temperatures down to 16 degrees.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain
Salina
Kan
Colby
Oberlin
SLEW WIFE IN A HOTEL
Archer F. Knisely, lumber dealer and clubman of Warren, shot and killed his wife in the lobby of a downtown building and fled in his car. Mrs. Knisely, about 40, died within two hours from a bullet to the brain. Police launched a manhunt, suspecting domestic troubles.
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Warren
Archer F. Knisely
McConnells Make Fast Motor Car Trip to Los Angeles
Dr W G McConnell and his three Parsons brothers drove 2104 miles to Los Angeles in 46 hours, visiting their 89 year old father John McConnell who was seriously ill with pneumonia. They shared driving on the westward leg then returned in two days, spent two days with him, and made the trip back in two days.
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W. GC. McConnell
Parsons
Los Angeles
John McConnell
Poultry Association Discusses Hatching And Diet
Kaw Valley Poultry Association met in the Chamber of Commerce room with 25 members. County agent J A Terrell spoke on baby chick hatching, care, feeding, and flock management. He noted March hatched chicks grow heavier and lay more eggs. February hatched pullets lay fewer eggs the following year. Incubators are costly long term. keep them in a basement or room with temperatures 111, 102, and 103 degrees across weeks. Chick candling advised between days seven and fourteen. Disease testing urged. Kansas ranks sixth in farm hens. Douglas County has about 200,000 hens. State average sale value per hen is $1.56. Douglas County average is $1.75. A dinner was voted for the next meeting on Tuesday February 2.
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Kaw Valley Poultry Association
Chamber of Commerce
Tj. A. Terrell
Kansas
Topeka
United States
Douglas County
Clutch of Winter Dims Kansas Weather Ahead
Topeka Jan 13 AP Winter grips Kansas as a strong northwest wind drives a cold wave. Northwestern counties report 14 degrees with new snow. Forecasts show zero to 15 degrees in various regions tonight and 25 to 30 tomorrow. Goodland 14 last night, Wichita 44, eastern Kansas warm. Meteorologist Flora notes winter is half gone and spring may come in six weeks.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Fedral
Goodland
Wichita
Flora
Wheat Outlook Favorable in Kansas Report
Kan sas reports from the United States Weather Bureau say the wheat crop had a favorable week overall with some damage in the southeast due to freeze thaw. Southwestern Kansas received 5 to 10 inches of snow for moisture, while northeastern areas had rain where snow did not. Corn in eastern Kansas was husked but moisture shortages hurt field conditions.
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United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Two Women Slain at Virginia Estate Near Middleburg
Wealthy New York socialite Mrs Agnes B Isley and her Virginia maid were found killed at Isley s estate near Middleburg Virginia after a house robbery. Police reported no immediate details available. Mrs Isley divided her time between New York and Virginia.
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Virginia
Washington
Agnes B. Isley
New York
Middleburg
Detile
Ilsley
Road bids set for Highway K 10 surfacing in Douglas county
Douglas county clerk C C Bowman received notice from the state highway department that a contract will be let in Olathe on February 3 for surfacing nine and a half miles of Highway K 10 in Douglas county with sand and gravel. Critics warn the surface may not endure expected traffic levels, potentially 3000 vehicles daily, and heavier trucks could damage the road. The department says sand and gravel is the only affordable option now, with permanent surfacing planned later as traffic grows.
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C. C. Bowman
Douglas County
State Highway Department
Olathe
Lawrence
Johnson County
Kansas City
Highway I Department
Resolution Passes on Norris Inquiry Resolution
Washington January 13 AP A favorable report on the Norris resolution calling for an investigation into Farm Board activities was sent to the Senate by the agriculture committee The panel asked that the report go to the audit and control committee which will pass on the $50 000 requested to finance the inquiry The resolution was amended to include interstate and foreign marketing operations of private organizations or cooperative borrowing from the board It directed investigation into organization and operation of stabilization corporations or subsidiaries set up by the board It also would direct inquiry into all exchanges in the United States dealing in commodities under Farm Board jurisdiction and the relation between exchanges and the board
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Washington
Norris
Farm Board
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Audit and Control Committee
United States
Probe death of Kansan Walter Hunsucker near Columbus
Officers await analysis to determine if poisoning caused the death of Walter B. Hunsucker who died after a brief illness at his farm home northeast of Columbus. He reportedly took a medicine dose before convulsions and death. Coroner McAuley labeled death possibly by poison and a post mortem was ordered by his children.
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Columbus
Kan
Walter B. Hunsucker
Hunsucker
J. S. McAuley
Tulsa salesman kidnapped near Claremore
Mrs. R. B. Reed of Tulsa reported her husband, a refrigerator salesman, was kidnapped by robbers last night near Claremore and driven over 100 miles south to near Wetumka before release. He was uninjured and money taken was not specified. Reed was released by the roadside and his car left behind.
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Tulsa
Okla
R. B. Reed
Claremore
Wetumka
Reed
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