Dr Mattson quits kidnap hunt in Tacoma case
Dr. W W Mattson announced he will withdraw from the Charles Mattson kidnapping investigation blaming crooks for the crime and saying he will return to practice. He praised FBI efforts led by Harold Nathan and said he will speak again only if the kidnapper is arrested. Mrs Mattson and the children will stay with relatives this weekend as the search continues and a suspect, Fred Orrin Haynes, is largely cleared.
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Tacoma
Wash
W. W. Mattson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charles Mattson
Mattson
Nathan
Fred Orrin Haynes
California
Seattle
Los Angeles County
Calif
Virginia
Duck Charge for Justice
The Biological Survey said it would press a federal game law violation charge against Associate Justice Van Devanter for duck hunting without a valid duck stamp. Tra N. Gabrielson, head of the enforcement bureau, stated a report has been sent to the Agriculture Department solicitor and that the policy is to prosecute every violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
van Devanter
Tra N. Gabrielson
Bureau
Agriculture Department
Crash kills farmer near Birmingham January 16
UP-Ed Pooler Monyetta, a farmer, was killed yesterday in an automobile truck collision near Birmingham. He stepped from his stalled car to hail a passing truck when the truck skidded and crushed him between the two vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer Holton
Ed Pooler
Monyetta
Farmer
Birmingham
Pooler
Guard River Levees Bolstered by Emergency Workers
Emergency workers reinforced levees along the St Francis River in southeast Missouri as floodwaters surged. The effort increased by 1,500 personnel today to guard against new inundations from the turbulent stream.
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Guard River
Kenneth Mcran
St. Francis River
Missouri
Spanish Planes Drop Bombs Near Queipo de Llano Quarters
Associated Press reports Spanish government air raids near Algeciras hit the area around General Gonzalo Queipo de Llano's headquarters. Bombs exploded near a hotel aiding a southern insurgent assault toward Malaga while insurgent shelling damaged the U S consulate.
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Gonzalo Queipo de Llano
Malaga
Algeciras
Broad Bay
Gibraltar
General de Llano
Washington State Department
United States
Spain
Germany
Threat in letter threatens governor and wife in extortion note
Oklahoma Governor E W Marland received a pencil extortion note demanding 5000 dollars in unmarked bills and threatening his wife. He offered a 500 reward for information, turned the note over to the state crime bureau, and said he would guard himself. The note, signed Bilk and postmarked from Oklahoma City, urged a personals ad.
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Oklahoma City
E. W. Marland
Bilk
Marland
Oklahoma City News
Oklahoma News
Paronto Gridster Marries Osborne Girl
Francis Paronto a KU football sophomore from Wakeeney said he is married and will not return next semester. His bride is Myrtle Bixler of Osborne whose parents are Mr. and Mrs. G W Bixler. Mrs Paronto is a Osborne High School student.
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Francis Paronto
Wakeeney
Myrtle Bixler
Osborne
G. W. Bixler
Paronto
Missouri guard Claude Todd quits Tigers for home
Claude Todd, 6'1" guard and key scorer, left Missouri's basketball team for the season to return to Huntington Indiana due to his mother's illness and financial difficulties. The Tigers head to Lawrence to face Kansas University tonight without him. In Manhattan Kansas influenza cases rise with 60 to 65 patients on campus as two college buildings become temporary hospitals.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
Lawrence
Kansas University
Claude Todd
Todd
Pagterday
Tiger
George Edwards
Huntington
Ind
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State
College
College Hospital
M. W. Husband
Peace talks set as GM and UAW agree on procedure
Detroit Jan 16 Representatives of General Motors and the United Automobile Workers agreed on a nine point procedure to negotiate permanent peace to quickly return 115000 GM workers to work. Sit down strikers withdraw as a truce signed after a 17 hour meeting in Gov Murphy's office. Governor cancels mobilization of 2800 Michigan guardsmen tied to Flint troubles. Prosecutor vows to prosecute inciters. Welfare aid offered to GM workers in need. Negotiations led by GM exec William Knudsen with UAW president Homer Martin and officers. Eight union demands to be considered in daily sessions from 10 to 430 CST with three representatives each. Martin notes GM desire for settlement.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers of America
General Motors
Frank Murphy
William S. Knudsen
Homer Martin
Wyndham Mortimer
John Brophy
Committee For Industrial Organization
Martin
Kansas Press Officers Named at Topeka Today
Topeka Jan 16 P Harold A Hammond publisher of the Cald well Messenger was elected president of the Kansas Press Association at the closing session of the annual convention He succeeds Ralph G Hemenway publisher of the Mineapolis Messenger L L Robinson publisher of the La Crosse Republican was elected vice president succeeding Hammond Dolph Simons business manager of the Lawrence Journal World was elected treasurer New members of the executive board are J M Crane publisher of the Clifton News W A Blair publisher of the Oswego Independent Lester Greenbank publisher of the Valley Center Index and Clelland Cole business manager of the Stafford Courier Mrs Will T Beck wife of the Holton Recorder publisher was elected president of the Jayhawker Press Women she succeeds Mrs Ralph Baker wife of the secretary of the state press association
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Topeka
Harold A. Hammond
Caldwell Messenger
Kansas Press Association
Ralph G. Hemenway
Mineapolis Messenger
L.L. Robinson
The
la Crosse
Clifton News
W. A. Blair
Oswego Independent
Lester Greenbank
Valley Center Index
Clelland Cole
Stafford Courier
Will T Beck
Holton Recorder
Jayhawker Press
Ralph Baker
State Press Association
Senator Sheppard Predicts Return of Prohibition
Senator Sheppard of Texas, sponsor of the eighteenth amendment, predicted on the eighteenth anniversary of its ratification that national prohibition will return faster than people expect. He cited highway slaughter from drunken drivers and said national prohibition could come within his lifetime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dan
Sheppard
D-Tex
America
Five Die in Dispute Over Mexican Land Division
Five killed and two wounded in a battle over communal land division in Mexico. Fight erupted between Tepeyantlo and Xoxotla villagers as agrarian surveyors began marking parcels yesterday, according to a dispatch from Puebla.
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Mexico
City of
Puexla
Tepeyantlo
Xoxotla
Agrarian Department
Senator McGill In State Of Illness In Washington
Senator George McGill of Kansas remained in his apartment in Washington on January 16 due to what his office called a slight influenza attack. Public notices and press paragraphs follow the brief illness report as reported from the capital.
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Senator McGill
Washington
George McGill
Kansas
Texas Admits Bible Is Wanted As Coach
Austin Texas January 16 UP J Luther Stark head of the University of Texas board disclosed the athletic council recommended Danny Bible of Nebraska as one of two choices for the football coaching vacancy. Stark indicated the board had not yet acted and could not confirm today. Bible was widely mentioned as the leading candidate with salary and contract terms shaping the decision. The council reportedly favored paying up to fifteen thousand dollars for a coach while some urged professor parity. others claimed Bible would need about twenty five thousand dollars with a budget near the prior year.
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Austin
Tex
J. Luther Stark
Orange
University of Texas Board of Regents
Danny. Bible of
Nebraska
Stark
East Texan
Bible
Athletic Council
Council
Lawrence party plans for Franklin Roosevelt birthday event
Roger M. Williams postmaster chairs the planning committee for the annual Lawrence Roosevelt birthday party. The event, January 30, will donate 70 percent of proceeds to Lawrence victims of infantile paralysis and 30 percent to the Warm Springs foundation. A Tuesday committee meeting will set details at the Chamber of Commerce office.
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Roger M. Williams
Lawrence
Franklin Roosevelt
Williams
Chamber of Commerce
Warm Springs Foundation
Kansan Admits A Plot Farm Hand Extortion Case
Elwyn Hutchenson, 24, a farm hand, will be taken to Fort Scott for arraignment on charges of attempting to extort 1000 dollars from Bertie Cole, 50, by threatening harm to her son. He admitted sending a letter promising her son would be killed unless the money is paid. The note, signed Black Foot Five, was traced to a detective story page. Mrs Cole’s son Roland, 26, is in Chase, Kansas. Also: Clarence G Nevins confirmed as state WPA administrator for Kansas.
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Pittsburg
Elwyn Hutchengon
Fort Scott
Bertie Cole
Leon Delmaide
Hutchenson
Mrs Roosevelt Buys Three New Inaugural Dresses
New York reports Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt will wear three new dresses for the inauguration week. Two blues and a red named Eleanor red Victory blue and White House blue are described, with a black broadtail coat kept for the event. Designers mixed paints to achieve the shades.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eleanor
Fifth Avenue
White House
Final steps in KU athletic board setup outlined
The University of Kansas regulatory process moves toward completing the new athletic board arrangement. Tomorrow, six faculty members alumni and two students will meet under Chancellor Lindley to name a chairman a Big Six faculty representative and an alumni member. Potential changes include whether Prof W W Davis will continue as Big Six representative and speculation that Dean Frank T Stockton may be chosen if Davis declines. The Alumni association will also elect a fourth member, with Irving Hill facing possible nonparticipation, to satisfy regents mandated alumni representation.
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University of Kansas
State Board of Regents
E. H. Lindley
Big Six
Regents
W. W. Davis
K. U
University Senate
Davis
K. U. Athletics
Athletic Board
Frank T. Stockton
School of Business
Alumni Association Board of Directors
Irving Hill
Lawrence
Lindley
Hill
Mr. Hill
Guards Dropped Over Prison Truck Escape
Lansing Kansas January 16 two guards were discharged for failure to fire on two convicts who escaped Thursday in a prison truck. Guards Ira Ball George Westfall and Lacey Simpson faced dismissal as the convicts Lloyd Farce and George Bradley remained at large after crashing through a wire gate. Ball claimed unfairness and criticized authorities for lacking an inside guard. Westfall stood at an outer gate while Ball was in a gate tower. William Allen White of Emporia was invited to advise youth congresses in 47 states as part of a group of elder statesmen. The stock market index averaged 72.7 up from 72.1 yesterday with reference to the New Ford V-8.
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Lansing
Kan
Lacey Simpson
State Penitentiary
George Westfall
Simpson
Ira Ball
Westfall
Ball
William Allen White
New York
Emporia
William W. Hinckley
American Youth Congress
Legislators Visit KU for Campus Tour and Missouri Game
About 70 Kansas legislators arrived in Lawrence to tour the University of Kansas campus, dine at the Union, and attend the Kansas Missouri basketball game. The group, led by Chancellor E H Lindley, visited Dyche Museum Watkins Memorial Hospital Watson Library and the Commons building before a 6 45 pm dinner. The party then watched the KU Missouri basketball game with invited guests from the faculty and Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.
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Kansas Legislature
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Union
Kansas-Missouri
Topeka
Lindley
E. H. Lindley
Dyche Museum
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Watson Library
Commons
Fraser Theater
Fred M. Harris
Board of Regents
K. U
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
K. U. Union
K. U. Athletic Department
WPA Marchers Leave Capital Demand WPA Funding
About 2,500 Works Progress Administration marchers from 25 states left Washington after presenting demands to the President, Congress, and business leaders. They seek a 1.04 billion dollar fund to extend WPA to July 1, a 20 percent raise in monthly wages, and public works employment for 2.8 million men. They met White House secretary Marvin McIntyre who promised the demand would not be ignored, then toured the Capitol in groups calling on lawmakers.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Workers ‘ Alliance of America
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
White House
Marvin McIintyre
McIntyre
Capitol
Police flee tear gas at Detroit central station
More than 80 officers fled the Detroit central station after a patrolman discharged a fountain pen type tear gas gun taken from a prisoner to test if it was loaded. The blast forced a 30 minute radio outage. Patrolman Charles Fisher fired on Leo Cormier found loitering near cars. Cormier was charged with carrying a concealed weapon.
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Detroit
UPI
Central Station
Charles Fisher
Leo Cormier
Cormier
Sleds in Demand Note in Classifieds Ad
Readers are urged to place ads for discarded sleds or skis in the Journal-World Classifieds while demand lasts. phone line 1 is provided for responses.
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Journal-World
Hamilton Links GOP Defeat to Closed Corporation Ties
National chairman John D. M. Hamilton blamed the November GOP loss on the party’s status as a closed corporation detached from the broader electorate. Speaking to 300 at the Women’s National Republican Club luncheon in New York, he urged a Liberal program and renewed ties with labor through constructive legislation and restored personal contact.
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New York
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican Party
United States
Hamilton
Women's National Republican Club
Hawilton
City Pays Snow Removal Bills Amid Budget Concerns
City council special meeting reports snow removal cost from work relief fund at 500.80 with 37 extra men and 5 trucks used totaling labor 358.60 and trucks 142.20 through yesterday. Mayor says stay within budget as winter begins. plan to clear Massachusetts street later. Also notes bond payments total 38,978.06 and a power contract discussion with Kansas Electric Power Co aiming at a five year or ten year terms with potential savings.
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Council
Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
coun+cil
Kansas Electric Power Company
Reach Shoe Goal Boosts Shoe Fund for Lawrence Needy
The Social Service Shoe Fund surpassed its $250 goal and nears $300 as Lawrence citizens respond quickly. Miss Electa Kindlesperger notes contributions will fund shoes and galoshes for needy school children, enabling desks to be filled Monday. Abe Wolfson donated 183 pairs of hose and seven galoshes worth about $40, with several local groups and individuals contributing to the total of about $296.90. Contributions may still be sent to Rev. C. A. Puls or left at the Journal- World.
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Social Service
Lawrence
Electa Kindlesperger
Kindlesberger
Abe Wolfson
Presbyterian Guild
Charlotte C. Walker
Cela A. Watt
Jennie Watt
Snow
Woo
Spalding
Carter
C. L. DeWatteville
C. A. Puls
New Hampshire
Journal- World
Injured at Paper Mill in Cave-In near Memorial Hospital
Arthur Payne of Lawrence Paper was crushed by a heap of pulp at the mill this morning. His skull and left femur were fractured and he lay under pulp for about five minutes before coworkers revived him with artificial respiration and rushed him to Memorial Hospital.
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Arthur Payne
Lawrence Paper Company
Memorial Hospital
Payne
EF. W. Patton
Walnut Street
Raymond Long
Dale Dick
Lewis Mole
Howard Hallmark
Cecil Button
Patton
Long
Bandit Gets a Payroll in Quiet Kansas City Robbery
In Kansas City on January 16 a quiet armed robber pressed a revolver into Isaac Fortman a black porter and stole a payroll of 1 004 33 as he carried it from the bank to the J B Osgood coffee company Fortman delivered the alarm to his employers after eight years of service.
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Kansas City
Isaac Fortman
J. B. Osgood Coffee Company
Fortman
Metzger Held on 10000 Bond for Kidnapping? Assault With Intent
Charles Metzger, charged with assault with intent to kill his employer C Arthur Russell, remained jailed after waiving preliminary hearing. Held on default 10000 bond. Russell in critical condition. Russell’s son, Rev Maurice Russell Denver, arrived to aid his father. Metzger, a chauffeur, admitted firing two shots. He claimed he did not intend to kill. No motive given.
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Wichita
Kan
Charles Metzger
C. Arthur Russell
Metzger
C. Edward Murray
Russell
Maurice Russell Denver
Joe Baum
Kansas Weather Forecast With Snow Likely In East and Northwest
Increasing cloudiness tonight and Sunday with snow or rain possible in the east, snow in the northwest on Sunday, cooler in the west. Morning notes show clear skies in Garden City and Wichita, cloudy in Ottawa, Pittsburg, Arkansas City and Topeka, and roads frozen. Temperatures report yesterday midnight to today noon, with gas office records. Multiple city notes describe overcast conditions and rough or covered roads in Emporia Coffeyville and Coffeyville area.
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Kansas
East Portion
Garden City
Wichita
Ottawa
Pittsburg
Arkansas City
Topeka
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U.S
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E.W. Marland
Michigan
Flint
Harold F. Bradshaw
Fisher Body Company
Joseph R. Joseph
U.A.W.A
Hanna
Frigidaire
Texas
Texas U
Roger Williams
Dr. T. J. Leasure
O. D. Lisle
George Lowman
C1. W. Maloney
George McCarty
J. W. McCoy
Frank McDonald
Conrad McGrew
Fritz Meyn
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Alfred Law
Carl Achning
Vane Ralph Achning
Warne Allphin
Clarence Bleisner
John Brand
George Huttens
John Callahan
Carl Mike Clark
Constant Marlon Coolidg
Erna Core
Corlett Cotton
Courtney Crim
O. B. Culbertse
Glen Dickinson
George Docking
Fred Ellsworth
Phil Ernst
Clement Evans RM
Fitzpatric
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H. B. Ober
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Fred Petergon
Lawrence Patrie
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Floyd Rankin
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Artene Roberts
John Robinson
Ivan Rowe
A. B. Russel
Walter. Schaat Stanley Schwab
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Jane Sheets
Dolph Simona Verner Smith
Vernon Smith
W. E. Spalding
R. B. Stevens
Sterling
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Senate Today
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Kaneas
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Eleanor Red
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Donald C. Allen
Valley Falls
Ed T. Hackney
Wellington
Fred R. Nurman
G. W. Schmidt
Junction City
Thale P. Skovaard
Greenient
Robert J. Pene Parker
Hilary C. Abbey
Fulton
M. Angell
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Sublette
Marion Beatty
Oscar H. Blase
F. M. Carter
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Wellsville
Hugoton
Pomeroy
Holton
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Perry
D. M. Price
Wallace
George L. Roll
Tritne
Chris F. Schrepel
Coate
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Morland
H. A. Storer
Alton
Earl BE. van Horn
Nortonville
EB. A. Warren
Neodesha
H. J. Wolfe
Oakley
Ee A
G.O.P
Gener National
N. Y
Bandit
Kansas City Porter
Coffeyville
Turner Coal Co
University Coal Co
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