Kidnap Plot Involves Baseball Stars Reported
Washington reports say John Henry Seadlund planned to kidnap Dizzy Dean of the St Louis Cardinals for 50000 dollars and later discussed snatching Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees. J Edgar Hoover said Seadlund and James A Gray debated the plans before abandoning them.
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Washington
Justice Department
John Henry Seadlund
Charles S. Ross
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Oover
Seadlund
Chicago
Federal Agenta
Ross
James A. Gray
Gray
Dizzy” Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
Hoover
St. Louis
Dean
New York Yankee
Spooner
Wis
New York
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
Charles Ross
Joe
NBC
Walter Winchell
John Edgar Hoover
G-men
Peter Anders
Atwood Gray
Four U S officers die in Manila road crash
Bodies of Captains S N Devans and G W Ehrhardt and Lieutenants H B Crowwell and M A Acklen will be transported to Manila for funeral services after an automobile accident near Angeles. Driver Paul Ridge is hospitalized in critical but improving condition. Acklen's death follows news of his newborn grandson. Crowell had prior ties to Fort Riley.
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Manila
P. I
United States Army
Fort Stotsenberg
Angeles
S. N. Devans
Decatur
Ill
George W. Ehrhardt
Southhold
L. I
Henry B. Crosswell
Washington, D. C
Milton A. Acklen
Memphis
Tenn
Paul A. Ridge
Connersville
Ind
Junction City
Kan
Philippine Islands
Acklen
The Hurricane shines as a spectacular debut for Jon Hall
The Dickinson review hails The Hurricane as near colossal with its storm scenes and notes Jon Hall's American debut. Hall, Tahiti bred and trained in swimming, plays Terangi, a native youth who endures prison and peril to return to his homeland and bride Marama as the plot unfolds amid high seas.
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Hollywood
Jon Hall
Hall
Tahiti
Terangi
Marama
Dorothy Lamour
Flint Hearted
Gover
Escape and Hurricane Redefine Chase for Homecoming
Raymond Massey pursues Terangi across the sea after he escapes home on a 600 mile open boat. A hurricane alters the pursuit and fate of the characters. Mary Astor C Aubrey Smith Jerome Cowan and John Carradine head a strong supporting cast. Betty Boop cartoon and news shorts accompany the program.
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Raymond Massey
Terangi
Massey
Mary Astor
C. Aubrey Smith
Jerome Cowan
John Carradine
Betty Boop
Man Proof at Granada Opens with Loy Tone and Pidgeon
A light entertaining drama at Granada stars Myrna Loy Franchot Tone Rosalind Russell and Walter Pidgeon. Loy plays a girl who loves unwisely and schemes to win back her former fiancé. The cast also includes Nana Bryant and a Our Gang reel titled Follies of 1.
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Myrna Loy
Franchot Tone
Rosalind Russell
Walter Pidgeon
Granada
Miss Loy
Miss Russell
Pidgeon
Tone
Nana Bryant
Henry King
Ore
Study Group By League Of Women Voters Meets
A LWV study group will meet tomorrow at 7 30 PM at 723 Louisiana Street the home of Mrs L M Lewis. Mrs Mildred D Watson county welfare director will speak on local social security administration issues as part of the league's social security study series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters
L. M. Lewis
Louisiana Street
League
Department of Government
Mildred D. Watson
Dr C R Scoville Dies Evangelist Leader Passes Away
Dr Charles R Scoville president of the National Evangelical Association of the Christian church died yesterday at Garden City from a heart attack. He had preached in Lawrence and at the First Christian church in earlier years. The obituary notes his influence as a noted evangelist.
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Charles R. Scoville
National Evangelical Association of the Christian Church
Garden City
Lawrence Christian Church
Scoville
First Christian Church
Heads of High Schools to Meet Over Student Aid
Representatives from NYA and Miss Mae Laughlin state director will join Harold Fisher at the county courthouse office to discuss federal student aid programs at 10 a m February 3. The session aims to review the aid implementation for local high schools and rural districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NYA
Harold Fisher
Creomulsion Ad Persuades for Cough Relief
An old newspaper-style commercial ad promotes Creomulsion for cough relief. It claims rapid action from the first dose and urges readers to ensure the bottle carries the Creomulsion name to obtain genuine relief. The copy targets readers with lingering chest coughs and bronchial irritation.
Actress Rosa Pinchot dies in self-inflicted death at Oyster Bay
The actress known for The Miracle was found dead in a closed car on the Harry Alexandre estate in Oyster Bay. Police ruled death by own action as a garden hose was connected to the exhaust and led into the vehicle. Pinchot, 32, daughter of Amos Pinchot and niece of Gov. Gifford Pinchot, starred on Broadway at 17 and recalled her early success with the nun role.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Rosamond Pinchot
Max Reinhardt
Harry Alexandre
Nassau County Police
Lewis F. Elimore
Miss Pinchot
Amos Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Long Island
Wellington man pleads innocent in extortion case
Grant D. Silknitter, 22, a Wellington filling station employee, pleaded innocent to three counts of using the mails to extort $10,000 from John T. Stewart, Wellington banker. He was remanded to Sedgwick County jail awaiting action by a federal grand jury in March. bond set at $5,000.
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Wichita
Kan
Grant D. Sillnitter
Wellington
John T. Stewart
U. S
John Boyer
Silknitter
Sedgwick
Dwight Brantley
F.B.I
Kansas City
Police Court Busy With Fines for Traffic Violations
Police court was busy this morning as six persons were fined for traffic violations and several drivers received warnings for parking in restricted zones. Murray Lydie Mrs Jesse Riffe and J G Demeron paid one dollar fines for overparking. Gordon Brigham fined one dollar for parking in a private driveway. Jack Ledyard fined one dollar for double parking. Jack
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Lydie
Jesse Riffe
J. G. Demeron
Gordon Brigham
Jack Ledyard
Jack
Local fines in Reckless Ad Violations Reported
A report lists fines issued for reckless conduct and deceptive ads. Haas paid $1 for reckless behavior connected to B. G. Shipley and Charles Holmes. A bond of $2 was set for passing a six sign associated with C. Stecher. Cecian Taylor and Deal Weegletty Ster Ting are also noted in the proceedings.
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Haas
B. G. Shipley
Charles Holmes
Cecian Taylor
Deal Weegletty
Thinner Paper to Be Used for Lawrence Water Bills
The Lawrence water department will switch to thinner postal card stock for January bills to fit a new billing machine from Burroughs Adding Machine Co purchased for 2249 dollars. The machine arrives February 15 and full use begins with February bills, though January bills are handwritten. The device will print ledger sheets and bills, speeding up accounting and record handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Water Department
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Continental Oil to boost 1938 newspaper ads 17 percent
Continental Oil announces a 17 percent rise in 1938 advertising appropriations for newspaper space, allocating about 66 percent of consumer media spending to papers and placing ads in around 1250 newspapers. Ads will promote Conoco Bronze gasoline Conoco Germ Processed oil and reinforce independent local Conoco dealers as mileage merchants.
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Continental Oil Company Today
Continental
Conoco
Couple Wed at Courthouse in St Louis
Married by Probate Judge Jerry G Pucci and Daphne L Canterbury both of St Louis at the courthouse Saturday with Probate Judge L H Menger officiating.
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Jerry G. Pucci
Daphne L. Canterbury
St. Louis
L. H. Menger
Baldwin News Briefs Highlight Visits and Birth
Frank Brown of Fall River visited Prof. and Mrs. Frank E. Wolf and other old friends on Friday. Mrs. Nelle Hopkins attended the funeral of Mrs. Alice G. Uhl in Baldwin on Thursday. Announced in Baldwin is the birth of a son, David Lee, to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Funston on January 11 in Syracuse, New York.
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Frank Brown
Fall River
Frank E. Wolf
Nelle Hopkins
Phi Psi House
University of Kansas
Baldwin
Alice .G. Uhl
David Lee
Herbert Funston
Syracuse
N. Y
W. J. Williams
Harold W. Guest
Kansas
Letha Jane Chapman
Wilma Mannell
Byron Donmyer
Frank S. Hardin
Alice G. Uhl
Stewart Funeral Home
James S. Chubb
First Methodist Church
Russell Greer
Leonard Whitted
Herman Brown
Oakwood
W. A. Uhl
Earl Lawrence Uhl
Charles. E. Beeks
William M. Clark
C. E. Lockwood
Edward Huey
S. B. Longwood
Homer Schoepflin
Uhl
Reading Club
William M. Balch
Howard. Sanders
Elgin
Sanders
E. L. Hutchins
Howard
G.’S. Sanders
Bridge
Nathan W
Uric Acid Linked To Rheumatism Claims
An ad claims rheumatism neuritis and sciatica stem from excess uric acid or circulating poisons. It promotes Allenia as a swift remedy, stating pain relief in 48 hours and urging readers to ask a druggist for 8 ounces of prescription Allenri at about five cents.
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America
Miss Margaret Windett Honored Before Marriage
Margaret Windett, Baker College graduate, served for years as Baldwin high school's home economics teacher. In other local news, attention turns to Mrs. Calvin E. Holman and family as they plan a move from Manhattan to Santa Ana California to pursue pastoral duties.
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Margaret Windett
Baker
Baldwin High School
L. C. Wagner
Verle Wagner
Paola
Wichita
Calvin E. Holman
Manhattan
Dr. Holman
First Methodist Church
Santa Ana
Calif
Holman
Baldwin
David L. Young
Theodore Christensen
Kansas City
Edward C. Allderdice
E. V. Boardman
Evelath
Minn
Jean Keltner
Bernese Stanley
Marjorie Ricketts
Paola Junior Hich
Woman Dies After Pneumonia At Topeka Hospital
A Baldwin resident died after breaking a hip two years ago. She went to Christ hospital in Topeka for a bone reset but developed pneumonia and passed away. She had lived in Baldwin 35 years and is survived by four nieces living in Oklahoma City Cordell Topeka and Kansas City. Funeral attendance included relatives from Lawrence and Topeka with others traveling from Cordell and Osage.
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Christ’s Hospital
Topeka
Baldwin
C. T. Akers
J. A. Robinson
Cordell, Okla
S. M. Lorimer
Kansas City
Charles F. Walker
Virgil’ Woods
William T. Kemper
C. C. Clarridge
Oskaloosa
Baldwin 4-H
Baldwin High School
Harvey Booth
W.C.T.U
G. Liston
N. B. Clifton
Charlotte Curran
Kathryn
Ruth Wellshear
Lawrence
Lloyd Beaton
American Legion
Legion Hall
Wellsville
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DiMaggio
U.S. Army
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Dickinson
Lela Hall
Strasburg
Seattle Harbor
M. D. Watson
Clarence Crane
Eudora
Prairie Center
Fred Voger
Continental Oil Company
Ottawa
Eudora Kaw River
Kaw
Fred Vogler
Sheriff Vogler
Social Security Board
Fredonia
Chanute
Fred Leeper
Clay Center
Basil L. Ellis
Ellis
Baldwin News
Burgner-Bowman-Matthews
W. 6Th Street
Weyerhaeuser
Puerto Rico
Culebra
the Family Theatre
Northern
China
Ricap
Bevera
Roberts
Aubrey Smith
Betty Boop—News
Sati
Sonja Henie
Don Ameche
Jean Hersholt
Ethel Merman
RIS En Sne
Na’ Onse Bow
Adena
William D. Leahy
X-Tra
Our Gang
Henry King and Band
Lassed
Dick Powell
Hugh Herbert
Rosemary Lane
Glenda Farrell
Hollywood Hotel Broadcasting Group
Louella Parsons
Frances Langford
Ken Niles
Benny Goodman
Alice Faye
Jack Haley
Patsy Kelly
Ned Sparks
Clair Trevor Donald Woods
Thor
Varsity
Glorious Remantt Bgt
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Ares
Nitta
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