Hauptmann Denies All Testimony By State's Witnesses
Bruno Richard Hauptmann testified in his Lindbergh baby murder trial denying involvement in kidnapping, murder, or ransom. He claimed police beat him, disputed his handwriting and the ransom notes, and gave an alibi for key dates while describing a box of money found later. He asserted never visiting Hopewell or the Lindbergh nursery and defended the origin of his assets and the missing ransom money.
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Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Edward J. Reilly
Hauptmann
Isador. Fisch
New York
Hopewell
Lindbereh
N. Je
Colonel Lindbergh
Reilly
Fisch
Europe
Amelia Earhart and husband fly to New York
Amelia Earhart and her husband George Palmer Putnam boarded at Burbank Union air terminal for a flight to New York. She avoided disclosing the route, saying she wished to avoid crowds and would stop roughly every 500 miles to refuel. Officials expected a possible path via Albuquerque and Wichita.
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Los Angeles
Amelia Earhart
George Palmer Putnam
Union Air Terminal
Burbank
New York
Albuquerque
Wichita
Kan
Irs
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Bombing raids in Chahar kill 44 Chinese
Reports from Peiping dated January 25 state Japanese air raids on Chahar province caused 44 Chinese deaths. Yungchetze and Tuhsikov were hit hardest, with Tungchetze losing 18 militiamen and 5 villagers to three bombs, and Tuhsikou eight bombs killing 21 militiamen and police. Governor Sung Chen-Yuan sought instructions from Nanking.
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Peiping
Chahar Province
Yungchetze
Tuhsikov
Tungchetze
Tuhsikou
Sung Chen-Yuan
Chahar
Nanking
Church Looted in Kweichow Province by Troops
Report from Shanghai states that Chinese national government and provincial troops looted and destroyed the American Evangelical church at Tungjen in Kweichow, with soldiers breaking into the mission hospital, physicians and nurses’ residences, and a boys’ school as they pursued communist bands in western China.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Tungjen
Kweichow Province
China
Statement by Cunningham tied to Reiter murder case
Wichita January 25 AP J S Parker assistant state attorney general said Lacey Cunningham one of four men held for investigation into the murder of August Reiter Stafford county bachelor farmer had made a statement Parker refused to say who Cunningham had implicated or whether he had any part in the crime himself Cunningham Harry Allan Pyle and Bert Richardson are jailed in St John Kansas as suspects Reiter died December 24 in a Great Bend hospital from a shotgun wound inflicted when he and his brother Otto and neighbor Schriner resisted three masked men who robbed a safe of 24000 in bonds Otto Reiter and Schriner were tortured by the attackers before the bonds were located
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Wichita
J. S. Parker
Lacey Cunningham
August Reiter
Stafford County
Parker
Cunnteham
Cunningham
Harry
Allan Pyle
Bert Richardson
St. John
Kan
Reiter
Great Bend
Otto
John Schriner
Otto Reiter
Schriner
Kan sas Interscholastic Track Meet Sanction Notice
Sanction for the 31st annual Kan sas Interscholastic Track meet at the University of Kansas on April 19 precedes the Kansas Relays on April 20. More than 1,000 Kansas high school athletes attended last year, and this year contestants will be guests of the university athletic management as national- level athletes compete on field and track.
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University of Kansas
Kansas
Guyer Calls Relief Bill an Illegitimate Child of Capitol
Rep Guyer of Kansas criticizes a 4.88 billion dollar relief fund measure as an illegitimate child left on the doorstep of the capitol. He accuses the resolution of encroaching on legislative prerogatives while acknowledging many members support relief for the needy. He says he will not violate his oath to defend the constitution.
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Washington
Guyer
Kansas
Roosevelt
Capitol
House
United States
Sinking of Ward liner Mohawk sparks mass losses off New Jersey
Reports from Cape May and New York describe 15 bodies recovered and 32 missing after the Mohawk collided with the Talisman near Sea Girt. Coast guard crews locate survivors, rescued 116, and search for additional mariners as a federal inquiry begins. Captain Wang of the Mohawk blamed the other ship as the two vessels crossed paths under clear skies.
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Balletn
Cape May
N. Dg
Coast Guard
Associated Press
New York
Jersey
Edmund Wang
Drewnbeonat
Tallaman
King the Talisman
South America
Cort M. Pedersen
Ambrose Light
J. E. Wood
Pedersen
Ward
Morro Castle
Nation party leaders to meet in Topeka for Kansas Day event
Republican leaders from Kansas and surrounding states, including former governors and lawmakers, will attend a Topeka gathering Tuesday commemorating Kansas Day. John Hamilton announced the informal conference may shape party policies and attract national attention, with Col. Frank Knox as honor guest.
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Topeka
Jan
Sest
Kansas
John Hamilton
Hamilton
United Sates
Frank Knox
Chicago
Samuel R. McKelvie
Nebraska
H.M. D Bladridge
Omaha
Lyle KE. Jackson
Neligh
Robert S. Simmana
Lincoln
Clinton Brome
Arthur J. Weaver
Fall City
Roland Rodman
Kimball
W. W. Putney
Kansas City
W. W. Coburn
St. Louis
Charles A. Orr
Kangana City
Charles M. Blackmar
Illinois
Frank L. Smith
Dwight
Edward J. Bermingham
Fletcher
Paul Prehn
Champaign
Young Republican’ Club
Otis Glenn
United States
Phil Collins
Second Mining Victim Dies After Missouri Blast
Pittsburg Kansas telegram reports the Minden Missouri mine explosion claimed a second victim Tom Fish 64 of Liberal Missouri died in a hospital. George Andrews 24 also of Liberal was killed outright and two other miners Carl Konantz Harton County Missouri coroner said witnesses cannot explain the cause. A coroner’s jury ruled the blast an accident after an inquest attended by Arnold Griffith Missouri mine inspector.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Minden
Tom | Fish
Liberal
George Andrews
Carl Konantz
Harton County
Arnold Griffith
Missouri
Hearings postponed in torture murder case at St John
Preliminary hearings for four men charged in the torture murder of Reiter, a bachelor farmer, were postponed until Saturday in St John Kansas. Roy Riley and his son Babe, Monk Richard son, Lacey Cunningham, and Otto Reiter figure in the December slaying and robbery.
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St. John
Kan
Reiter
Bachelor-Farmer
Roy Riley
Harry Pyle
Babe
Monk Richardson
Lacey Cunningham
Otto
Babe Pyle
Stock Market Index Shows Uptick Amid Mixed Trading
The index of 60 stocks rose to 39.28 from 39.15 as trading continued at 2 p.m. Eldridge. Christian Institute and Moon aars were noted in the report with terse quotes on performance.
Bills Move To Limit Federal Power In Prohibition
Washington action with President Roosevelt approval, Congress advances companion bills to bar federal agents from seizing excise tax stamps in dry states. Senate and House leaders Harrison and Doughton push measures linked to 1926 internal revenue law. Kansas moves tax plan to shift burdens from property to gross receipts taxes, with proceeds aiding school districts and reducing local taxes.
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Roosevelt
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Senate
House
Harrison
Genate “Finance
Doughton
Internal Revenue
Nct
May Outlaw Beer In Kansas Amid 3.2 Beverage Debate
Topeka Jan 25 AP The Fossey bill to outlaw 3 2 beer by declaring alcohol an intoxicant was recommended for passage by the house state affairs committee. The panel voted unanimously to send the measure to the house calendar for early consideration next week. The bill would amend section to declare alcohol an intoxicating liquor and prohibit possession of any beverage with more than 1/2 of 1 percent alcohol by volume with penalties of 100 to 500 dollars fine and 30 days to six months in jail.
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Topeka
Kansas
House
Hills
Senate
Kansang
Supreme Court
Death of Yuma Chief Capitan Kelly Ends Native Era
Chief Capitan Kelly, last of the Yuma warriors, dies in Yuma Arizona at about 115 years old. He guided Fremont’s expedition across the desert after the Yumas captured the party and later earned U.S. and Mexican honors for leadership. Survived by multiple children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, his funeral will honor tribal customs with cremation and full rites.
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el Capitan Kelly
Southwest
Capitan Kelly
Indian Agency
Soy Eli Capitan
John Fremont
United States
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Government of
Mexico
Althoul Capitan Kelly
Shepard to Face Federal Trial for Wife Poisoning Case
Maj Charles A Shepard, a retired army surgeon, heads to federal court in Topeka on Monday for a second trial on charges of poisoning his second wife Zenana at Fort Riley in 1929 to marry Grace Brandon. U S district attorney S S Alexander expects a brisk trial with 7 to 8 witnesses for the prosecution and 27 for the defense.
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Topeka
Charles A. Shepard
Mver
Fort Riley
Federal District Court
Alice Watt Shepard
Burr Cooper
Jane
Kansas City
S. S. Alexander
United States
Grace Brandon
San Antonio
Alexander
KU medical leaders inspect children's hospitals abroad
Dr H T Wahl dean of the University of Kansas School of Medicine Dr F C Naff pediatrics professor and Prof F A Russell civil engineering faculty visit Town City St Louis Chicago to study hospitals for a proposed Children's pavilion at Hell Hospital An anonymous donor has pledged 60000 for the pavilion Chancellor Lindley announced before Christmas Russell oversaw construction of the Watkins Memorial Hospital at KU University Coal Co Vs Fiiene 44.
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University of Kansas School of Medicine
F.C. Naff
F. A. Russell
K. U
Town City
St. Louis
Chicago
Hell Hospital
Hristmas
Lindley
University
Russell
Watkins Memorial
University of Kansas
University Coal
Woman House Member to Have Her Say Later
Topeka January 26 AP Mia Nettle Marsa Democratic representative from Elk county and the only woman member of the banana legislature made her in itil trip to the mike in the house today to address her fellow members After three weeks of the session stalled by, without a word from Mrs Moras Rep Grant Wagoner of Cherokee asked her to address a few remarks at the more males Mrs Moras laughed and said she would have plenty to say when the door occasion rose
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Mia
Nettle Marsa
Elk ‘County
Banana
Mike
Tolay
Mra. Moras
Roll Calla
Grant Wagoner
Mra
Had 59 In Court For Parking And Lights
Police court crowded with motorists fined for wrong parking and defective lights. Judge C. E. Learnard collected fines from 22 of 59 defendants and warned that future violations will be fined. About 40 cited offenders did not appear. others were excused or warned.
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C. E. Learnard
Learnard
Lonrnard
Otto Hunsinker
Robert Braden
Frank, Fitzpatrick
Walter Varnum, Jr
D. &. Edmonds
Jack Riggs
Limit Hours of Work for Bus and Truck Drivers
Topeka Jan 26 The house roads committee favorably reported the Burnette bill restricting hours for commercial truck and bus drivers. No driver may work more than 12 consecutive hours or 10 hours within 15, and eight hours rest before driving again. Other criminal procedure bills advanced.
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Topeka
House - Roads Committee
Judiciary Committee
House
Fisher
Kansas
Mandamus Action Filed Over Unpaid County Warrants
Winfield Kansas January 25 AP The State Bank of Winfield has filed a mandamus against Cowley county treasurer J A Glass to compel payment of 36 county warrants drawn on the poor fund totaling about 1000 dollars. Glass says the warrants were not paid because 1099 funds were exhausted and the cash-basin law forbade payments from 1934 collections, a view based on advice from County Attorney Earle H Wright. The county treasurer seeks guidance on why funds remain unhonored.
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Winfield
Kan
State. Bank
Cowley
J.A. Glass
Glass
Earle H. Wright
Highway 73-W to Become No 69 Across Kansas
Kansas highway engineers report a proposed transcontinental U S 69 route from Winnipeg to the Gulf using the present 73 W path across Kansas. The change would remark existing roads and create a continuous Canada to Gulf highway, with Kansas cities Lawrence Ottawa Iola Chanute on the line and a redesignation of US 59 from Winnipeg to Port Arthur. A separate plan would connect No 60A from Alberta to Durant, Oklahoma.
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Executive Council
The
American Association of Highway
Chambers of Commerce
U.S. 59
Winnipeg
Canada
Port Arthur
Tex
Kansas
Atchison
Lawrence
Ottawa
Iola
Chanute
Chetopa
Gulf Ia
Kitnana City
Omaha
Alberton
Minn
Durant
Okin
Problems Vary as Congress Handles World Court and Funds
Congress faced a busy day with the world court issue and treasury financing. Edwin E. Witte outlined child welfare costs, including 7.4 million children on relief and 1.09 million fatherless families. Secretary Morgenthau sought to boost borrowing power by 9 billion dollars while opposing universal unemployment insurance contributions and the Townsend plan.
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House
President's Committee On Economic Security
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Perkina
Senate Finance Committee
Townsend
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Bernard M. Baruch
Finans Gler
House Military Committee
America
Johnny P. Frey
American Federation of Labor
RFC
Weather forecast for Kansas with variable temperatures
Kansas forecast calls for fair and warmer in the southeast, colder in the northwest tonight. Saturday will be partly cloudy and cooler. Morning remains clear. Road conditions in Douglas County listed as good. Temperature and gas office notes are unclear. the rest reads as imperfect OCR.
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Kansas
Douglas
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